After a Dismal 1973 Ferrari resigned former team driver Clay Regazzoni from Switzerland and the young and talented Niki Lauda from Austria. Both drivers had already raced side-by-side during the 1973 season for BRM.
Lauda and Regazzoni debuted the “B3/74” at the season-opening Argentinean GP. They finished a hugely impressive second and third respectively. While Regazzoni was above all very consistent, it was Lauda who scored Ferrari’s first victory in nearly two years by winning the Spanish GP. Lauda won again at the Dutch GP later in the year. Regazzoni was only victorious once, at the German GP, but scored enough points to clinch the second place in the Driver’s World Championship. Lauda was fourth at the end of the year and their combined efforts saw Ferrari climb in The Constructors Championship from sixth 1973 to second in 1974.
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