Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race 1964

The 16th Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race , also known as the 24-hour Spa-Francorchamps , took place from July 25th to 26th, 1964 on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps .

The race

Just one year after the first 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1923 , a 24-hour race was held in Spa for the first time in 1924 . After the Second World War , the race was held only twice, in 1948 and 1953 . After the race in 1953 there was a break of eleven years before a 24-hour race was announced again in 1964, this time for touring cars and on the 14.10 km circuit.

Vehicles between 0.85 and 3 liters of displacement were permitted. The fastest in training was the Briton John Whitmore , who shared the cockpit of a Ford Lotus Cortina with Frank Gardner . The duo also led the first few hours of the race, then a defective clutch forced them to give up. Then Eugen Böhringer and Dieter Glemser took the lead in the Mercedes-Benz 300SE. The German team were later disqualified for using outside help. Despite some problems with the gearbox, another Mercedes team led the race from midnight with drivers Robert Crevits and Taf Gosselin , who ultimately won it.

Which was overshadowed endurance race of the death of Italian Piero Frescobaldi , the evening at 10 o'clock in the stretch Malmedy in a serious accident with his Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato was killed.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C7	102		Robert Crevits Gustave Gosselin	Mercedes-Benz 300SE	281
2	C6	204		Hubert Hahne Rauno Aaltonen	BMW 1800 TI	280
3	C7	103		Giancarlo Galimberti Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	269
4th	C5	311	Alfa Romeo Motorsport	Lucien Bianchi Fernand Masoero	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	265
5	C5	309	Alfa Romeo Motorsport	Andrea de Adamich Gino Munaron	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	264
6th	C6	210		Georges Hacquin Henri Quernette	Volvo 122S	248
7th	C6	209		Jean-Pierre Ackerman's Caddy	Volvo 122S	247
8th	C4	404		Gerhard Bodmer Dieter Schmied	Glass 1204TS	245
9	C5	305	Alan Mann Racing	Kelly Ted Lund Alan Mann	Ford Lotus Cortina	242
10	C6	211		Freddy Rousselle Rommedenne	Volvo 122S	242
11	C6	201		Guy Verrier Alain Bertaut	Citroën DS19	238
12	C4	405		Georges Lambrechts Charles Mombaerts	Glass 1204TS	233
13	C3	504		Julien Vernaeve Paddy Hopkirk	Morris Mini Cooper S 970	232
14th	C5	304	Ecurie Francorchamps	Jacky Ickx Teddy Pilette	Ford Lotus Cortina	231
15th	C5	308	Jolly Club Italia	Francesco de Leonibus Riccardo di Bona	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	228
16	C4	408		Xavier Boulanger Gilmont	Morris Mini Cooper S.	228
17th	C5	313		Guy Sanders Paul Nokin	VW 1500S	227
18th	C5	315		Ben Pon C. De Moffarts	VW 1500S	227
19th	C4	403		Günther Isenbügel Helmut Rathjen	Glass 1204TS	223
20th	C3	508		Jean-Marie Sachet Claude Levasseur	Alpine A108	223
21st	C3	501		Chris Tuerlinx Martin Baeten	Opel Kadett	216
22nd	C3	506		Nicolas Koob Raymond Schweich	Morris Mini Cooper S 970	209
23	C3	510		Jean-Marie Lagae Jean Carpentier	NSU Prinz 1000	207
24	C3	502		Nederth Eggerth	Opel Kadett	205
Not classified
25th	C5			Wim de Jonghe Eddie Meert	VW 1500S	225
26th	C5			Jacques Thenaers Jean-Pierre Gaban	VW 1500S	225
27	C6			Roland Hanser Armsbuster	Peugeot 404	215
28	C4			Hughes de Fierlant Maurice Damseaux	Austin Mini Cooper S.	199
Failed
29	C4			Claude Dubois Yves Deprez	Morris Mini Cooper S.
30th	C4			Philippe de Barsy Carl Smet	Morris Mini Cooper S.
31	C4		British Vita Racing	Elizabeth Jones Harry Ratcliffe	Morris Mini Cooper S.
32	C3	5		Kent de Roodebeeke Paul Lucas	Morris Mini Cooper S.
33	C6	201		Jean Demortier Vettel	Citroën DS19
34	C7	101		Herbert Linge Peter Lang	Mercedes-Benz 300SE
35	C7	100		Eugen Böhringer Dieter Glemser	Mercedes-Benz 300SE
36	C5			Andrean Vianini Gianni Balzarini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
37	C5			Claudio Castellano Jack Crawley	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
38	C7			Jean Rolland Jean-Jacques Pagnon	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint
39	C5			Gerard Sevaux Georges Naneix	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
40	C3			Pat Caudot Bill Blydenstein	Opel Kadett
41	C5			Gilbert Staepelaere Meuwissen	Ford Lotus Cortina
42	C5			Tony Hegbourne Roy Pierpoint	Ford Cortina GT
43	C4	300	Alan Mann Racing	Henry Taylor Peter Harper	Ford Lotus Cortina
44	C6	204		Hans Eppelein Walter Schneider	BMW 1800 TI
45	C6	206	Lancia Corse	Piero Frescobaldi Ferdinando Frescobaldi	Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato
46	C7			Pascal Ickx George Harris	Lancia Flaminia
47	C5	301	Alan Mann Racing	John Whitmore Frank Gardner	Ford Lotus Cortina
48	C6			Maurice Vandenbruwaene André Buge	Volvo 122S
49	C7			Ada Pace Claudine Bouchet	Lancia Flaminia
50	C7			Giorgio Pianta Luciano Massoni	Lancia Flaminia
51	C3			Emile Holvoet Hugo Schumacher	DKW F12
52	C6	200		Jean-Claude Ogier Patrick Vanson	Citroën DS19
53	C6			Jacques Patte Dany Wauters	Volvo 122S
54	C6	205	Lancia Corse	Leo Cella Marco Crosina	Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato
55	C6	207	Lancia Corse	René Trautmann Bruno Deserti	Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C7	Robert Crevits	Taf Gosselin	Mercedes-Benz 300SE	Overall victory
C6	Hubert Hahne	Rauno Aaltonen	BMW 1800TI	Rank 2
C5	Lucien Bianchi	Fernando Masorero	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	Rank 4
C4	Gerhard Bodmer	Dieter Schmied	Glass 1204TS	Rank 8
C3	Julien Vernaeve	Paddy Hopkirk	Morris Mini Cooper S 970	Rank 13

Racing data

• Starter: 55
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 14.120 km
• Distance of the winning team:
• Winner's average: 164.800 km / h
• Fastest training time: John Whitemore - Ford Lotus Cortina - 4.46.100 = 176.420 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Eugen Böhringer - Mercedes-Benz 300SE - 4.46.300 = 177.296 km / h

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