Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici

The Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici was a non-championship Formula One race held on 3 February 1974 to inaugurate a new racing facility in Brasília, the Autódromo Emilio Medici. Carlos Reutemann qualified on pole and Emerson Fittipaldi set fastest lap and won. The race was held only this once.^[2]

1974 Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici
Non-championship race in the 1974 Formula One season
Race details[1]
Date	February 3, 1974 (1974-02-03)
Official name	Grande Premio Presidente Emilio Medici
Location	Autódromo Emilio Medici, Brasília, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.476 km (3.403 miles)
Distance	40 laps, 219.04 km (136.12 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Cosworth
Time	1:51.18
Fastest lap
Driver	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Cosworth
Time	1:51.62
Podium
First	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Cosworth
Second	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth
Third	Arturo Merzario	Williams-Cosworth

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Car	Lap	Gap
1	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Cosworth	Brabham BT44	1:51.18	+0.00
2	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Cosworth	McLaren M23	1:51.27	+0.09
3	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	Tyrrell 006	1:51.40	+0.13
4	18	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Cosworth	Surtees TS16	1:51.40	+0.00
5	20	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro-Cosworth	Iso-Marlboro FW	1:53.43	+2.03
6	14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	BRM P160	1:54.44	+1.01
7	8	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Cosworth	Brabham BT44	1:54.62	+0.18
8	19	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Cosworth	Surtees TS16	1:55.53	+0.91
9	15	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	BRM P160	1:55.88	+0.35
10	10	Howden Ganley	March-Cosworth	March 741	1:57.61	+1.73
11	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Cosworth	March 741	1:58.10	+0.49
12	24	James Hunt	March-Cosworth	March 731G	2:04.95	+6.85
Sources:[3][4]

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Laps	Grid
1	5	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Cosworth	1:15:22.75, 174.26 km/h	2
2	3	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Cosworth	+0:12.40	3
3	20	Arturo Merzario	Iso-Marlboro-Cosworth	+0:27.10	5
4	19	Jochen Mass	Surtees-Cosworth	+1:38.84	8
5	8	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham-Cosworth	39 laps	7
6	10	Howden Ganley	March-Cosworth	39 laps	10
7	15	Henri Pescarolo	BRM	39 laps	9
8	14	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	38 laps	6
9	18	Carlos Pace	Surtees-Cosworth	35 laps	4
10	9	Hans-Joachim Stuck	March-Cosworth	34 laps/Engine	11
Ret	7	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Cosworth	12 laps/Holed piston	1
Ret	24	James Hunt	March-Cosworth	1 lap/Gear linkage	12
Sources:[4][5]