1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1964 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 16th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 2 February, with United States Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 1 November.

Season summary

Mike Hailwood sprinted to another 500 class win for MV Agusta, winning the first six races of the year and seven races overall. Honda's Jim Redman won all eight 350 class races against only token factory opposition.

The 250 class proved to be more difficult as Yamaha's Phil Read battled Redman all season long, with Read finally coming out on top, winning five races to Redman's three. Luigi Taveri won the 125 title for Honda while Suzuki's Hugh Anderson fought a season-long battle with Honda's Ralph Bryans to retain his 50cc crown.

1964 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	2 February	United States Grand Prix	Daytona Speedway	Hugh Anderson	Hugh Anderson	Alan Shepherd		Mike Hailwood		Report
2	10 May	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Luigi Taveri	Tarquinio Provini			Camathias / Föll	Report
3	17 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Hugh Anderson	Luigi Taveri	Phil Read			Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
4	12 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Hugh Anderson	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Deubel / Hörner	Report
5	27 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Ralph Bryans	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Seeley / Rawling	Report
6	5 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Ralph Bryans		Mike Duff		Mike Hailwood	Deubel / Hörner	Report
7	19 July	West German Grand Prix	Solitude	Ralph Bryans	Jim Redman	Phil Read	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
8	26 July	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		Hugh Anderson	Phil Read	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood		Report
9	8 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		Hugh Anderson	Phil Read	Jim Redman	Phil Read		Report
10	30 August	Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit	Hugh Anderson	Luigi Taveri		Jim Redman	Jack Ahearn		Report
11	13 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza		Luigi Taveri	Phil Read	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood		Report
12	1 November	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	Ralph Bryans †	Ernst Degner	Jim Redman	Jim Redman			Report

† Non-championship race.

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of five races were counted in 50cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, best of six in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of four races were counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos Rider Machine USA MAN HOL BEL GER DDR ULS FIN NAC Pts 1 Mike Hailwood MV Agusta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 (56) 2 Jack Ahearn Norton 14 4 4 2 6 3 1 3 25 (29) 3 Phil Read Matchless / Norton 2 Ret 6 2 3 Ret 1 25 4 Mike Duff Norton / Matchless 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 2 4 18 5 Paddy Driver Matchless 5 26 3 3 Ret 3 5 Ret 16 6 Fred Stevens Matchless / Norton 3 5 7 6 Ret 6 Ret 7 8 7 Gyula Marsovszky Matchless Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 7 8 Remo Venturi Bianchi 2 DNS 10 6 9 Benedicto Caldarella Gilera Ret Ret Ret 2 6 10 Derek Minter Norton 2 Ret 6 11 Dick Creith Norton 2 6 12 Nikolai Sevostianov CKEB 4 4 6 13 Derek Woodman Matchless 4 Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret 7 Ret 6 14 John Hartle Norton 3 4 15 Jack Findlay Matchless Ret 13 Ret 5 Ret 8 Ret 9 5 4 16 Robin Fitton Norton 4 3 17 Morry Low Norton Ret Ret 5 2 18 Chris Conn Norton Ret 5 2 19 Griff Jenkins Norton 5 2 20 Lewis Young Matchless 14 Ret 9 16 6 1 21 Walter Scheimann Norton 25 9 Ret Ret 6 1 22 Billy McCosh Matchless 6 9 1 23 Buddy Parriott Norton 6 1 24 Gustav Havel Jawa Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 0 25 Alberto Pagani Bianchi 7 DNS Ret 0 26 Joe Dunphy Norton Ret 7 0 27 Klaus Enders Norton 7 0 = George Rockett BMW 7 0 = Brian Setchell Norton 7 0 30 Dan Shorey Norton 17 8 9 Ret 10 10 0 31 Dennis Fry Norton 35 Ret Ret 8 15 0 32 Vernon Cottle Norton 15 8 Ret Ret 0 33 Syd Mizen Dunstall Norton Ret 8 0 34 Ed LaBelle Norton 8 0 = Ginger Molloy Norton 8 0 = Jouko Ryhänen Matchless 8 0 = Carl Ward Norton 8 0 38 Sven-Olaf Gunnarsson Norton Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 0 39 John Cooper Norton 9 Ret 0 40 Brian Davis AJS 9 0 = Vasco Loro Norton 9 0 42 Andreas Georgeades Matchless 27 10 0 43 Roy Robinson Norton 10 Ret Ret 0 44 Thomas Gill Matchless Ret 10 0 = Karl Recktenwald Norton 10 Ret 0 46 Charles Williams Triumph 10 0 = Derek Lee Matchless 10 0 48 Maurice Hawthorne Norton 12 Ret 11 0 49 Keith King Norton 30 11 14 0 50 Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 11 Ret 0 = Bror-Erland Carlsson Matchless 11 Ret 0 52 Frantisek Stastny Jawa 11 DNQ 0 53 Pete Bettison Norton 11 0 = Hannu Kuparinen Matchless 11 0 = Paul Whitaker Norton 11 0 56 Aart Van Kooij Norton 13 12 DNS Ret 0 57 Trevor Ritchie Norton 20 12 0 58 Ernst Hiller Norton 12 Ret 0 = Endel Kiisa CKEB 12 Ret 0 60 Giuseppe Dardanello Norton 12 0 = Alan Harris Matchless 12 0 = Joe Tillman BSA 12 0 = Antero Ventoniemi Norton 12 0 64 Bo Granath Matchless 15 13 14 Ret 0 65 Ian Burne Norton 22 13 Ret Ret 0 66 Hans-Otto Butenuth BMW 34 13 0 67 Jimmy Jones Norton 13 0 = Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 13 0 69 Hartmut Allner BMW 14 0 = Benedetto Zambotti Norton 14 0 71 Pietro Mencaglia Gilera 15 0 = Alf Shaw Norton 15 0 = John Simmonds Norton 15 0 74 Hans-Jürgen Melcher Norton 16 0 = Joop Vogelzang Norton 16 0 = Don Watson Norton 16 0 77 John Somers Norton Ret 17 0 78 Alan Dugalde Matchless 18 0 79 Stuart Graham Matchless 19 0 80 Billie Nelson Norton 21 0 81 Vincent Duckett Matchless 23 0 82 Jim Evans Norton 24 0 83 Brian Walmsley Matchless 28 0 84 Don Ellis Matchless 29 0 85 Laurence Povey Norton 31 0 86 Jimmy Morton Matchless 32 0 87 Dave Duncan Matchless 33 0 88 Frank Norris F.A.N. 36 0 89 Roly Capner Matchless 37 0 - Alan Hunter Matchless Ret Ret Ret 0 - Ernst Weiss Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Pentti Lehtelä Norton DNQ Ret Ret 0 - Heiner Butz Norton Ret Ret 0 - Agne Carlsson Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Roy Ingram Norton Ret Ret 0 - Stephen Murray Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Bill Roberton Norton Ret Ret 0 - Ron Robinson Norton Ret Ret 0 - William Sharp BSA Ret Ret 0 - Silvio Grassetti Bianchi DNS Ret 0 - Edy Lenz Norton DNQ Ret 0 - Rudolf Bergsleithner Norton Ret 0 - Peter Bosarge Honda Ret 0 - Geoff Bradburn Norton Ret 0 - Stan Brassley Norton Ret 0 - John Brown Norton Ret 0 - Monty Buxton Norton Ret 0 - Paolo Campanelli Matchless Ret 0 - Philippe Canoui Norton Ret 0 - Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 - Wester Cooley Norton Ret 0 - James Courtney Matchless Ret 0 - Colin Cross Norton Ret 0 - Nigel Crossett Matchless Ret 0 - Peter Darvill Norton Ret 0 - Dave Degens Matchless Ret 0 - Brian Dennis Velocette Ret 0 - Raymond Flack Norton Ret 0 - Ronald Föll Matchless Ret 0 - Manfred Gäckle Matchless Ret 0 - Maurice Gittins Triumph Ret 0 - Tony Godfrey Norton Ret 0 - Bill Hawthorne BSA Ret 0 - Jeff Hoff Honda Ret 0 - Lothar John Norton Ret 0 - Jorge Kissling Norton Ret 0 - György Kurucz Norton Ret 0 - Teuvo Laakso Matchless Ret 0 - Kurt Leibmann BMW Ret 0 - Jack Lindh Norton Ret 0 - Lothar Luhr Norton Ret 0 - Ian McGregor Norton Ret 0 - John McLaughlin Norton Ret 0 - Michael McStay Norton Ret 0 - Tony Murphy Honda Ret 0 - John Nash Triumph Ret 0 - Alberto Picca Gilera Ret 0 - Patrick Plunkett Norton Ret 0 - Norman Price Norton Ret 0 - Max Raab Bianchi Ret 0 - Johnnie Rae Norton Ret 0 - Barry Randle Norton Ret 0 - Anssi Resko Matchless Ret 0 - Ladislaus Richter Norton Ret 0 - John Rudge Norton Ret 0 - Gerry Saward Norton Ret 0 - Horst Seidl Norton Ret 0 - Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 0 - Fred Simone BMW Ret 0 - George Simpson Norton Ret 0 - Bill Smith Matchless Ret 0 - John Smith Norton Ret 0 - Tom Stuart BMW Ret 0 - Hans Sevensson Matchless Ret 0 - Veikko Sulasaari Norton Ret 0 - John Wilkinson Norton Ret 0 - Tony Wilmott Norton Ret 0 - Scott Williams Matchless Ret 0 - Dave Williams BSA Ret 0 - Anthony Woodman Matchless Ret 0 - Manfred Zeller Norton Ret 0 - Dennis Ainsworth Norton DNS 0 - Bernhard Bockelmann Norton DNQ 0 - Hans Fohr Matchless DNQ 0 - Hermann Klein Norton DNQ 0 - Karl Peters Norton DNQ 0 - Hans Schmidt BMW DNQ 0 - Rolf Thiemig Norton DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike USA MAN HOL BEL GER DDR ULS FIN NAC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jim Redman		Rhodesia	Honda	40	8
2	Bruce Beale		Rhodesia	Honda	24	0
3	Mike Duff		Canada	AJS	20	0
4	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	MV Agusta / MZ	12	0
5	Gustav Havel		Czechoslovakia	Jawa	10	0
6	Phil Read		United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
7	Paddy Driver		South Africa	AJS	5	0
8	Remo Venturi		Italy	Bianchi	4	0
=	Endel Kiisa		USSR	CKEB C364 Vost.	4	0
=	Stanislav Malina		Czechoslovakia	CZ	4	0
=	Isamu Kasuya		Japan	Honda	4	0
12	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
13	Gilberto Milani		Italy	Aermacchi	3	0
=	Alan Shepherd		United Kingdom	MZ	3	0
=	Renzo Pasolini		Italy	Aermacchi	3	0
=	Isao Yamashita		Japan	Honda	3	0
17	Derek Woodman		United Kingdom	AJS	3	0
=	Vernon Cottle		United Kingdom	AJS	3	0
19	Chris Conn		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Kuniomi Nagamatsu		Japan	Honda	2	0
=	Fred Stevens		United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
22	Joe Dunphy		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Jack Ahearn		Australia	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Phil Read		United Kingdom	Yamaha	46	5
2	Jim Redman		Rhodesia	Honda	42	3
3	Alan Shepherd		United Kingdom	MZ	23	1
4	Mike Duff		Canada	Yamaha	20	1
5	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Benelli	15	1
6	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Honda	11	0
7	Isamu Kasuya		Japan	Honda	10	0
8	Bruce Beale		Rhodesia	Honda	9	0
9	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Yamaha	7	0
10	Ron Grant		United States	Parilla	6	0
11	Alberto Pagani		Italy	Paton	6	0
12	Giacomo Agostini		Italy	Moto Morini	6	0
13	Bert Schneider		Austria	Suzuki	5	0
14	Bob Gehring		United States	Bultaco	4	0
=	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	4	0
=	Hiroshi Hasegawa		Japan	Yamaha	4	0
17	Gilberto Milani		Italy	Aermacchi	4	0
18	George Rockett		United States	Ducati	3	0
=	Stanislav Malina		Czechoslovakia	CZ	3	0
20	Joe Dunphy		United Kingdom	Greeves	2	0
=	Hugh Anderson		New Zealand	Suzuki	2	0
=	Ernst Weiss		Switzerland	Honda	2	0
=	Roy Boughey		United Kingdom	Yamaha	2	0
=	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	MZ	2	0
25	Douglas Brown		United States	Ducati	1	0
=	Jorge Sirera		Spain	Montesa	1	0
=	Roger Mailles		France	Morini	1	0
=	Clive Hunt		United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	Wolfgang Gast		East Germany	MZ	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike USA ESP FRA MAN NED FRG GDR ULS FIN NAT JPN Pts 1 Luigi Taveri Honda 1F 1F 1F 2 2 2 1 1 2 46 (64) 2 Jim Redman Honda 2 2 1F 1 3 3F 6 36 (37) 3 Hugh Anderson Suzuki 1F 5 5 NCF 1F 1F 2F NCF 35 4 Bert Schneider Suzuki 3 4 2 4 4 5 4 22 (24) 5 Ralph Bryans Honda 3 3 3 2 4 21 6 Ernst Degner Suzuki 3 1 12 7 Frank Perris Suzuki 3 6 4 5 10 8 Mitsuo Itoh Suzuki 2 6 8 Phil Read Yamaha 2 6 10 Walter Scheimann Honda 5 3 6 11 Rex Avery EMC 3 4 11 Yoshimi Katayama Suzuki 3 4 13 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Bultaco 5 5 4 14 Isao Morishita Suzuki 4 3 14 Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 4 3 14 Stanislav Malina ČZ 4 3 14 Heinz Rosner MZ 4 3 14 Teisuke Tanaka Suzuki 4 3 19 Richard Thomas Honda 5 2 19 Friedhelm Kohlar MZ 5 2 19 Klaus Enderlein MZ 5 2 19 Hiroki Matsushima Yamaha 5 2 23 Bruce Beale Honda 6 6 2 24 Gary Dickinson Honda 6 1 24 Chris Vincent Honda 6 1 24 Roland Föll Honda 6 1 24 Peter Eser Honda 6 1 24 Ramon Torras Bultaco 6 1 24 Dieter Krumpholz MZ 6 1 24 Akiyasu Motohashi Yamaha 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike USA ESP FRA MAN NED FRG GDR ULS FIN NAT JPN Pts

Race key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap Rider key Colour Meaning Light blue Rookie rider

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	USA	ESP	FRA	MAN	NED	FRG	GDR	ULS	FIN	NAT	JPN	Pts
1	Honda	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	48 (75)
2	Suzuki	1	4	2		4	4	1	1	4	2	1	44 (56)
3	Yamaha					2						5	8
4	MZ							4		5			5
5	Bultaco	5		5					6				5
6	EMC		3										4
7	ČZ				4								3
Pos.	Constructor	USA	ESP	FRA	MAN	NED	FRG	GDR	ULS	FIN	NAT	JPN	Pts

50cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Hugh Anderson		New Zealand	Suzuki	38	4
2	Ralph Bryans		United Kingdom	Honda	30	3
3	Hans-Georg Anscheidt		West Germany	Kreidler	29	1
4	Isao Morishita		Japan	Suzuki	25	0
5	Mitsuo Itoh		Japan	Suzuki	19	0
6	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		France	Kreidler	6	0
7	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Honda	5	0
8	José Busquets		Spain	Derbi	3	0
9	Rudolf Kunz		West Germany	Kreidler	3	0
10	Angel Nieto		Spain	Derbi	2	0
=	Cees van Dongen		Netherlands	Kreidler	2	0
=	Peter Eser		West Germany	Honda	2	0
13	Lee Allen		United States	Ducati	1	0
=	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Kreidler	1	0
=	Naomi Taniguchi		Japan	Honda	1	0
15	Albert Beirle		West Germany	Kreidler	1	0
=	Charlie Mates		United Kingdom	Honda	1	0

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN   2-940125-32-5
• Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 55–58. ISBN   978-2-9701086-8-9.
• "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.