Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kaore i tino ora te ringa o Edwards, no reira ko Rolf Stommelen te whakakapi i a ia mo te toenga o te waa. I tohu pai a Stommelen mo te Grand Prix o Austria i te 13 me te Hill i te 21 o nga tau, engari i pangia te Tiamana, ka raru ia i te wa i mutu ai a Hill i te 12th. I Itari Stommelen ano outpaced Hill rite tīmata ratou 14th me 21st, engari i kore tona whakatārewatanga i te hawhe tawhiti i haere Hill ki te whakaoti waru, kotahi anake huringa i raro i te toa Ronnie Peterson. I te haerenga ki Amerika ki te Raki mo nga rauna e rua whakamutunga, i tohu a Stommelen ka mutu te 11 i te Canadian Grand Prix me Hill i tiimata i te 20th ka mutu te 14th. Mo te whakataetae whakamutunga o te tau 1974,
United States Grand Prix, Stommelen ano outqualified Hill (21st me 24th), engari kawea Hill tona T370 kāinga i roto i te waru i te wa Stommelen i whawhai ki te motokā, mutu 12th me te whakamutunga, e rima huringa i muri i te toa Carlos Reutemann.