The 1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars. The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club, but also incorporated European rounds. It was the sixth in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships, and the second to be contested as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship. The 1974 championship was won by Bob Evans, driving a Lola T332.
The championship was contested over eighteen rounds.
Championship points were awarded on a 20âÂÂ15âÂÂ12âÂÂ10âÂÂ8âÂÂ6âÂÂ4âÂÂ3âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first seventeen rounds and on a 40âÂÂ30âÂÂ24âÂÂ20âÂÂ16âÂÂ12âÂÂ8âÂÂ6âÂÂ4âÂÂ2 basis for the first ten places at the final round. Each driver could retain points from fourteen rounds.