1974 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review

1974 was the year of change in Formula One Defending champion Jackie Stewart had retired from racing creating a power vacuum that sucked a host of racers old and new into the battle for the Championship And what a season Predicting the outcome of each race was impossible as the drivers battled to come to terms with closer racing brought about by faster cars with better tyres It was reliability as much as driving skill that kept the leaderboard in a state of constant flux By the final race of the season Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren Clay Regazzoni Ferrari and Jody Scheckter Tyrrell were locked in a fascinating threeway battle for the title It went right down to the wire