1964 Australian Grand Prix

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1964 Australian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Race details
Date9 February 1964
Location Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.1 km (1.92 mi)
Distance 63 laps, 195.3 km (120.96 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Repco Brabham-Climax
Time 1'09.6
Fastest lap
Drivers Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax
Fastest lap Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Time 1'09.5
Podium
First Repco Brabham-Climax
Second Repco Brabham-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax

The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 February 1964. It was the twenty ninth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 5 of the 1964 Tasman Series and Round 1 of the 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. [1]

Contents

Defending winner Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham. It was his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory.

Classification

Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT7A, similar to the example pictured above Brabham BT7A.jpg
Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT7A, similar to the example pictured above

Results as follows: [2] [3]

PosNo.DriverEntrant [4] CarLapsTime /
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11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF [5] 631h 15m 19.2s
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bib StillwellB.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF [5] 631h 15m 31.1s
35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Youl John C. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 631h 15m 34.1s
48 Flag of the United States.svg Timmy Mayer Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 631h 16m 06.5s
52 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF [5] 60
612 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim PalmerJ. Palmer Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 60
717 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arnold GlassCapitol Motors Pty. Ltd. Lotus 27 / Ford 1.557
814 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Shelly A. L. Shelly Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF [6] 57
926 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Walker David Walker Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.554
1021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Gardner Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.549
Ret9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Patterson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Whiteford
Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 42Driver sick / Accident
Ret7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 37Engine
Ret10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 36Engine
Ret4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 29Piston
Ret22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David FletcherD. K. Fletcher Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.529Accident
Ret24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mel McEwinMel McEwin Elfin FJ / Ford 1.524Gearbox
Ret18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith RilstoneK. N. Rilstone Elfin FJ / Ford 1.55Piston
Ret11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF [5] 4Differential
Ret16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie SmithC. G. Smith Elfin FJ / Ford 1.52Timing Gear
Ret15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony OsborneA. J. R. Osborne Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2Differential
Ret19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally MitchellEast Burwood MotorsMRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
DNS25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glyn ScottGlyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack HunnamJack Hunnam Motors Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5

Notes

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A "science-fiction" version of the 1964 Australian Grand Prix was depicted five years before it took place in the American film On the Beach (1959), based on the Nevil Shute novel of the same name.

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References

  1. The 29th Australian Grand Prix, Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, Confedertion of Australian Motor Sport, p. 48
  2. Ray Bell. "XXIX Australian Grand Prix". tasman-series.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  3. 1 2 White, Des (1986). "1964". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 294–301. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
  4. Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, 9 February 1964
  5. 1 2 3 4 The cars of Brabham, Stillwell, Hulme and Matich were each listed in the Official Programme under the name "Repco Brabham"
  6. Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 4 December 2018
  7. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix – 80 Years, p. 221
Preceded by
1964 Teretonga International
Tasman Series
1964
Succeeded by
1964 Warwick Farm International
Preceded by
1963 Hordern Trophy
Australian Drivers' Championship
1964
Succeeded by
1964 South Pacific Trophy
Preceded by
1963 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
1964
Succeeded by
1965 Australian Grand Prix