1974 Formula One season

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The 1974 Formula One season was the 28th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, contested concurrently over a fifteen-race series which commenced on 13 January and ended on 6 October. The season also included three non-championship races. Defending champion Jackie Stewart did not drive in 1974, having announced his retirement at the end of the previous season. For the first time since 1968, the battle for the Drivers' Championship went down to the very last race; Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) began the race weekend at Watkins Glen with an equal number of points, but Regazzoni dropped down the field with handling problems and Fittipaldi's fourth place gave him his second championship. South African Jody Scheckter finished third for Tyrrell Racing after having an outside chance of also becoming champion. Fittipaldi's triumph with the British manufacturer...

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