1964 Australian Grand Prix

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1964 Australian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Race details
Date 9 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 Australia Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax
Fastest lap New Zealand 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]

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

Results as follows:[2][3]

Pos No. Driver Entrant[4] Car Laps Time /
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1 1 Australia Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF[5] 63 1h 15m 19.2s
2 6 Australia Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF[5] 63 1h 15m 31.1s
3 5 Australia John Youl John C. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 63 1h 15m 34.1s
4 8 United States Timmy Mayer Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 63 1h 16m 06.5s
5 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF[5] 60
6 12 New Zealand Jim Palmer J. Palmer Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 60
7 17 Australia Arnold Glass Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 57
8 14 New Zealand Tony Shelly A. L. Shelly Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF[6] 57
9 26 Australia David Walker David Walker Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 54
10 21 Australia Frank Gardner Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 49
Ret 9 Australia Bill Patterson
Australia Doug Whiteford 		Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 42 Driver sick / Accident
Ret 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 37 Engine
Ret 10 Australia Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 36 Engine
Ret 4 Australia Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 29 Piston
Ret 22 Australia David Fletcher D. K. Fletcher Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5 29 Accident
Ret 24 Australia Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 24 Gearbox
Ret 18 Australia Keith Rilstone K. N. Rilstone Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 5 Piston
Ret 11 Australia Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF[5] 4 Differential
Ret 16 Australia Charlie Smith C. G. Smith Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 2 Timing Gear
Ret 15 Australia Tony Osborne A. J. R. Osborne Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2 Differential
Ret 19 Australia Wally Mitchell East Burwood Motors MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
DNS 25 Australia Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 20 Australia Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 23 Australia Jack Hunnam Jack Hunnam Motors Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6
  • Starters: 21[3]
  • Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)[7]
  • Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5

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In popular culture[]

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.

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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

External links[]

Preceded by
 Tasman Series
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Preceded by
 Australian Drivers' Championship
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Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
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