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October 6, 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi secured his second world championship in a race marred by the death of young Austrian driver Helmuth Koinigg

September 22, 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi won at Mosport to move level on points with Clay Regazzoni and take the championship down to the final race

September 8, 1974: Ronnie Peterson took his third victory of the season at Monza to keep alive his slim hopes in what was fast becoming one of the closest championships in recent history

August 18, 1974: In 38C heat, Argentinean driver Carlos Reutemann kept his cool to hold off Denny Hulme and James Hunt to win the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring

August 4, 1974: Ferrari's Clay Regazzoni mastered the daunting Nurburgring to lead all 14 laps of the German Grand Prix and finish over 50 seconds ahead of Tyrrell's Jody Scheckter in second place

July 20, 1974: Jody Scheckter won the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, profiteering from Niki Lauda's misfortune when the Ferrari suffered a puncture with just a handful of laps remaining

July 7, 1974: Lotus's Ronnie Peterson notched up his second victory of the season at the French Grand Prix, held at the brand new Dijon-Prenois track

June 23, 1974: Niki Lauda proved that 12 cylinders are better than eight - at least on the high-speed Zandvoort circuit - by romping to victory ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Clay Regazzoni at the Dutch Grand Prix

June 9, 1974: Jody Scheckter took his first grand prix victory by winning the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp

May 26, 1974: Ronnie Peterson and Lotus won their first grand prix of the season on the streets of Monte Carlo, after the Swede escaped a huge pile-up on the first lap

May 12, 1974: McLaren's Emerson Fittipaldi beat Ferrari's Niki Lauda by a matter of feet at the Belgian Grand Prix, after a close race that really came to life during the final half hour

April 28, 1974: Niki Lauda took his maiden victory during a wet/dry race at Jarama and with it secured Ferrari's first win since 1972

March 30, 1974: Carlos Reutemann became the first Argentinean to win a Formula One race since Juan Manuel Fangio when he took victory at the South African Grand Prix

January 27, 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi won his second Brazilian Grand Prix after the 40-lap race on the Interlagos track at Sao Paolo was shortened by nine laps because of rain