The 1974 French Grand Prix was Round 9 of the 1974 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Dijon-Prenois, France on Sunday, 7 July 1974. Niki Lauda started on pole position for Ferrari and Ronnie Peterson was the race winner in the Lotus Ford.
1974 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 80 | 1:21:55.020 | 1:21:55.020 | - | - | 1:00.400 | 192.720 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | 12 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 80 | +20.360 | 1:22:15.380 | +20.360 | +20.360 | 1:00.500 | 191.930 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 80 | +27.840 | 1:22:22.860 | +27.840 | +7.480 | 1:00.900 | 191.640 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +28.110 | 1:22:23.130 | +28.110 | +0.270 | 1:00.000 | 10 | 191.630 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +37.540 | 1:22:32.560 | +37.540 | +9.430 | 1:01.300 | 191.260 | 13 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 80 | + 38.14 | 1:22:33.160 | +38.140 | +0.600 | 1:00.700 | 191.240 | 11 | 1 | |
| 7 | 33 | Mike Hailwood | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:01.570 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:01.700 | 9 | |||||
| 9 | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:01.800 | 15 | |||||
| 10 | 14 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | BRM | Firestone | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:01.800 | 17 | |||||
| 11 | 10 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:02.200 | 16 | |||||
| 12 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:02.000 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 26 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lola Ford | Firestone | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:02.000 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | 37 | François Migault | France | BRM | Firestone | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:02.700 | 22 | |||||
| 15 | 27 | Guy Edwards | Great Britain | Lola Ford | Firestone | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:01.700 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | Firestone | 76 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:01.800 | 14 | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 27 | Engine | 1:00.600 | 5 | ||||||
| DNF | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | 24 | Handling | 1:02.400 | 8 | ||||||
| DNF | 19 | Jochen Mass | Germany | Surtees Ford | Firestone | 4 | Clutch | 1:06.800 | 18 | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 1 | Collision | 3 | |||||||
| DNF | 15 | Henri Pescarolo | France | BRM | Firestone | 1 | Clutch | 19 | |||||||
| DNF | 24 | James Hunt | Great Britain | Hesketh Ford | Firestone | Collision | 10 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 22 | Vern Schuppan | Australia | Ensign Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 8 | Rikky von Opel | Liechtenstein | Brabham Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 34 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 21 | Jean Pierre Jabouille | France | Iso Marlboro Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Jose Dolhem | France | Surtees Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 23 | Leo Kinnunen | Finland | Surtees Ford | Firestone | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 43 | Gerard Larrousse | France | Brabham Ford | Goodyear |