1974 Swedish Grand Prix

After Monaco, there were some new faces. Brian Redman retired from Formula One, to be replaced by Bertil Roos whilst Reine Wisell took over at March from Hans-Joachim Stuck, Richard Robarts replaced Arturo Merzario after the Italian was unwell and Leo Kinnunen made his début marking the first time a Finn started a Formula One Grand Prix.

The two Tyrrells of Depailler and Scheckter sewed up the front row and dominated the race. Ronnie Peterson retired on lap eight with driveshaft failure, shortly to be followed by Clay Regazzoni with gearbox problems. Niki Lauda and James Hunt had a duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells' lead at two seconds a lap. In the end, Scheckter held on to take his first race win by 0.38s and Hunt took third place, the Hesketh team's first Formula One points. Graham Hill gained his first championship point since 1972, and the last of his career, whilst Tom Belsø drove to 8th place.

• Last points: Graham Hill
• Vern Schuppan (Ensign-Ford), first reserve, started illegally from 26th place on the grid and completed the race before he was disqualified.
• This race marked the first victory by a South African driver in a World Championship race.
• Only race for Bertil Roos.
• Tom Belsø crashed his car in practice and with no spare car, Richard Robarts did not start and let the Danish driver have his car

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 27 2 Clay Regazzoni 22 3 Niki Lauda 21 4 Jody Scheckter 21 5 Denny Hulme 11 Source: [5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Ford 40 2 Ferrari 30 3 Tyrrell-Ford 25 4 Lotus-Ford 13 5 Brabham-Ford 10 Source: [5]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.