1964 Australian Grand Prix

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]

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 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax
Fastest lap Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Time 1'09.5
Podium
First
Repco Brabham-Climax
Second
Repco Brabham-Climax
Third
Cooper-Climax

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 /
comments
1 1 Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF [5] 63 1h 15m 19.2s
2 6 Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF [5] 63 1h 15m 31.1s
3 5 John Youl John C. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 63 1h 15m 34.1s
4 8 Timmy Mayer Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 63 1h 16m 06.5s
5 2 Denny Hulme Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF [5] 60
6 12 Jim Palmer J. Palmer Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 60
7 17 Arnold Glass Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 57
8 14 Tony Shelly A. L. Shelly Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF [6] 57
9 26 David Walker David Walker Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 54
10 21 Frank Gardner Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 49
Ret 9 Bill Patterson
Doug Whiteford		 Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 42 Driver sick / Accident
Ret 7 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 37 Engine
Ret 10 Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 36 Engine
Ret 4 Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 29 Piston
Ret 22 David Fletcher D. K. Fletcher Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5 29 Accident
Ret 24 Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 24 Gearbox
Ret 18 Keith Rilstone K. N. Rilstone Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 5 Piston
Ret 11 Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF [5] 4 Differential
Ret 16 Charlie Smith C. G. Smith Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 2 Timing Gear
Ret 15 Tony Osborne A. J. R. Osborne Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2 Differential
Ret 19 Wally Mitchell East Burwood Motors MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
DNS 25 Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 20 Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 23 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

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. 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. 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
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