The 1964 Formula One season included the 15th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 10 and ended on October 25 after ten races.

[edit] Season summary

The championship, fiercely contested by Jim Clark, John Surtees and Graham Hill, was decided at the Mexican Grand Prix when Hill was delayed after a collision with Lorenzo Bandini's Ferrari. Clark was forced to stop with an oil leak on the last lap, and Ferrari signalled Bandini to let Surtees through into the second place which gave him the championship by one point from Hill. Honda made a low-key debut in grand prix racing with the American driver Ronnie Bucknum, and Maurice Trintignant retired at the age of 47 after one of the longest world championship careers.

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Dutch Grand Prix	May 24	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 14	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	June 28	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 11	Brands Hatch	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 2	Nürburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	August 23	Zeltweg	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 6	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
9	United States Grand Prix	October 4	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
10	Mexican Grand Prix	October 25	Hermanos Rodriguez	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	Report

[edit] 1964 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Points[1]
1	Ferrari	45 (49)
2	BRM	42 (51)
3	Lotus-Climax	37 (40)
4	Brabham-Climax	30
5	Cooper-Climax	16
6	Brabham-BRM	7
7	BRP-BRM	5
8	Lotus-BRM	3
9	Derrington-Francis-ATS	0
10	Honda	0
11	Porsche	0
12	Scirocco-Climax	0
13	Brabham-Ford	0

[edit] 1964 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX Pts. 1 John Surtees Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 40 2 Graham Hill 1 4 5 2 2 2 Ret Ret 1 11 39 (41) 3 Jim Clark 4 1 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 15 7 5 32 4 Lorenzo Bandini 10 Ret Ret 9 5 3 1 3 Ret 3 23 5 Richie Ginther 2 11 4 5 8 7 2 4 4 8 23 6 Dan Gurney Ret Ret 6 1 13 10 Ret 10 Ret 1 19 7 Bruce McLaren Ret 7 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 7 13 8 Jack Brabham Ret Ret 3 3 4 12 9 14 Ret 15 11 9 Peter Arundell 3 3 9 4 11 10 Jo Siffert 8 13 Ret Ret 11 4 Ret 7 3 17 7 11 Bob Anderson 7 6 DNS 12 7 Ret 3 11 5 12 Mike Spence 9 8 Ret 6 Ret 4 4 13 Tony Maggs Ret DNS Ret 6 4 4 14 Innes Ireland 10 Ret 10 5 5 Ret 12 4 15 Jo Bonnier 5 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 12 Ret 18 3 16 Chris Amon DNQ 5 Ret 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 14 2 17 Maurice Trintignant Ret 11 DNQ 5 Ret 2 18 Walt Hansgen 5 2 19 Phil Hill 9 8 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 9 1 20 Trevor Taylor Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 6 19 1 21 Mike Hailwood 6 12 8 Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 16 1 22 Pedro Rodriguez 6 1 23 Giancarlo Baghetti 10 8 12 Ret 7 8 0 24 Gerhard Mitter 9 0 25 Ludovico Scarfiotti 9 0 26 Moisés Solana 10 0 27 Peter Revson DNQ DSQ DNS Ret 14 13 0 28 Ronnie Bucknum 13 Ret Ret 0 29 Hap Sharp NC 13 0 30 John Taylor 14 0 — Carel Godin de Beaufort Ret DNS 0 — André Pilette Ret DNQ 0 — Ian Raby Ret DNQ 0 — Frank Gardner Ret 0 — Edgar Barth Ret 0 — Jochen Rindt Ret 0 — Mario de Araujo Cabral Ret 0 — Bernard Collomb DNQ 0 — John Love DNQ 0 — Geki DNQ 0 Pos. Driver MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Hill scored 41 points during the year, but only 39 points were counted toward the championship. Surtees scored 40 points, all of which counted toward the championship. Thus, Surtees became the World Champion, although he did not score most points over the course of the year.

[edit] 1964 Grand Prix Points Best 5 drivers

Place	Driver	Monaco	Dutch	Belgium	French	British	German	Austrian	Italian	USA	Mexico	Best 6 results
1	John Surtees		6			4	9		9	6	6	40
2	Graham Hill	9	3	2	6	6	6			9		39
3	Jim Clark	3	9	9		9					2	32
4/5	Richie Ginther	6		3	2			6	3	3		23
4/5	Lorenzo Bandini					2	4	9	4		4	23

[edit] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races were also held in 1964, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
II Daily Mirror Trophy	Snetterton	March 14	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	Report
I News of the World Trophy	Goodwood	March 30	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XIII Syracuse Grand Prix	Syracuse	April 12	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
IX Aintree 200	Aintree	April 18	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
XVI BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 2	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
XIV Solitude Grand Prix	Solitudering	July 19	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
III Mediterranean Grand Prix	Pergusa	August 16	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	Report
VII Rand Grand Prix	Kyalami	December 12	Graham Hill	Brabham-BRM	Report

[edit] Notes