Formula One 1974 Review - Down to the Last Race is the DVD review of the 1974 Formula 1 season. This was the year when amazingly, by the final Grand Prix of the season, three drivers were still in contention for the Formula One Drivers Championship.
With the 1973 F1 champion, Jackie Stewart, having retired from racing a power vacuum was created that sucked a host of racers, old and new, into the battle for the Formula One 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 three-way battle for the title. It went right down to the wire.
This film doesn’t just show the action from the season – it tells the story. Pit lane cameras eavesdrop on intimate conversations between the engineers and drivers as they discuss set-up and tyres, revealing a world markedly different from contemporary Formula One.
Brunswick Films were pioneers in the embryonic days of Formula One production, when sponsors controlled the demand for footage, and before the era of global TV coverage began. They have skilfully combined film from their famous archive - including some previously unseen material - to create a review that captures the essence of a very special era in Grand Prix racing.
The 1974 Formula 1 season is perfectly summarised in this 52 minute DVD using archive footage from Brunswick Films. The review is a wonderful piece of Grand Prix nostalgia in which the brilliant driving skills of Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren clinched the 1974 Formula One Drivers Championship on the final Grand Prix of the season.
Now you can relive the key events from the 1974 Grand Prix season on this DVD from the Sky Sports DVD Shop.
