1964 British Grand Prix

 1964 British Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 10 races of the 1964 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XVII RAC British Grand Prix
Date:	July 11, 1964
Place:	Kent , UK
Course:	Brands Hatch Circuit
Length:	341.2 km in 80 laps of 4.265 km
Weather:	sunny, warm, dry
Spectator:	~ 135000
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 38.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jim Clark (lap 73)	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 38.8 min
Podium
First:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Second:	Graham Hill	BRM
Third:	John Surtees	Ferrari

The 1964 British Grand Prix took place on July 11, 1964 at the Brands Hatch Circuit near Kent and was the fifth race of the 1964 World Automobile Championship . The Grand Prix also had the FIA ​​honorary title of European Grand Prix .

Reports

background

BRM P67

After the venue for the British Grand Prix had changed regularly between the Aintree Circuit and the Silverstone Circuit in previous years , the race took place for the first time on the Brands Hatch Circuit in 1964 . In the following decades the venue changed annually between Brands Hatch and Silverstone until 1986 . It was driven on the longer route variant, the route was considered to be a demanding driver and ran with a hilly route through a forest. Clark described the track as just as difficult as Monaco, with 20 gear changes to be made per lap and the suspension being stressed for an entire race.

After a serious accident in a Formula 2 race on the Circuit de Reims-Gueux , Peter Arundell was seriously injured and did not return to motorsport until 1966 . For this reason undertook Lotus with Mike Spence a new regular driver, for it was the first race of the season. Again, the new Lotus 33 was reported for his teammate Jim Clark , but only used in the training sessions. The car made its debut at the next Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of Germany .

Ferrari entered three different vehicles for the race. Lorenzo Bandini drove the Ferrari 156 Aero , the Ferrari 156 and the Ferrari 158 were available for John Surtees . BRP used two BRP Mk2s for Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor . However, due to a training accident, Taylor had to resort to the Lotus 24 replacement car; it was the last time for the team that a customer vehicle was used in a race in the Automobile World Championship . BRM announced a third driver, Richard Attwood , alongside Graham Hill and Richie Ginther . This was his first entry into a World Automobile Championship race, but it was withdrawn and his debut did not take place until 1965 . Attwood was to drive an all-wheel drive BRM P67 that was designed in collaboration with Ferguson Research .

There were also changes in the teams with customer vehicles. Peter Revson left Reg Parnell Racing and drove as a privateer for the remainder of the season. Reg Parnell Racing Team drivers remained Chris Amon and Mike Hailwood . The Rob Walker Racing Team returned after a race break and drove with Joakim Bonnier . The Scuderia Centro Sud was with two BRM P57 for Tony Maggs and Giancarlo Baghetti reported again. John Taylor drove his only race of the season, which was also his debut in the automobile world championship. He drove a Cooper T73 with a Ford-Cosworth engine and was the first to use a Ford engine in a Cooper. Even Frank Gardner made his debut and played his only race of the season. His Brabham BT10 was the first Brabham with a Ford engine. Ian Raby also competed with a Brabham BT3 .

With Jack Brabham and Clark two former winners took part in the race, Ferrari had previously been successful seven times, Cooper and Lotus twice with the constructors . In the drivers' standings, Clark was one point ahead of Graham Hill and ten points ahead of Ginther. In the constructors' championship, Lotus was four points ahead of BRM and eleven points ahead of Brabham .

training

Trevor Taylor had a serious accident in the first training session . His foot was pinched under the brake pedal and without braking he lost control of the car, which flew over a hill serving as a route boundary and was badly damaged. Trevor Taylor was thrown out of the vehicle and injured his back, but he later took part in the race.

Clark secured pole position and was two tenths of a second faster than runner-up Graham Hill. For Clark it was the second pole position in a row and the third of the season. Graham Hill was followed by the two Brabham drivers Dan Gurney and Brabham, each one tenth of a second apart . Surtees was fifth ahead of McLaren. The best driver with customer car was Anderson in seventh place on the grid, the top ten were completed by Bandini, Bonnier and Innes Ireland .

Maurice Trintignant did not qualify for the race because his fastest lap was too slow. He was ten seconds slower than Maggs on the last grid position and was more than 16 seconds short of Clark's pole time. This was the only race in Trintignant's long career that he was unable to qualify for.

run

At the start Gurney tried to overtake Clark. Since Clark was on the inside of the curve, however, he kept the lead and built up a slight lead over Gurney on the first lap. Immediately after the start, Gardner had an accident, but was uninjured. Gurney set a new lap record on the track and was getting closer and closer to Clark; Problems with the ignition of his Brabham, however, caused a repair pit stop, which caused him to lose many places. Graham Hill moved up to second and also got closer to Clark. Behind them, Surtees overtook Brabham, improved the lap record one more time and narrowed the gap to Graham Hill. A few laps later, the gap between these two drivers widened again.

There were a few retirements in the back field. McLaren parked his Cooper on lap seven with a gearbox damage, the drivers from Reg Parnell Racing then followed with a defective clutch or damaged oil line. Taylor voluntarily gave up because he was physically unable to continue driving due to the pain in his back after his training accident. Raby had an accident later in the race, Maggs, Revson and Bonnier retired with technical problems. Brabham also pitted to have his mechanics investigate suspected suspension damage. He had previously spun off the track when attempting to overtake Surtees. The problem was not fixed at the pit stop, and when Brabham pitted again, he was sent back out onto the track without repair. After the race it turned out that a defective tank caused oil to drip onto the tires and impair the drivability of the vehicle. After the two stops, Brabham was seventh behind Anderson, Phil Hill and Bandini, whom he overtook one after the other as the race progressed.

At the top, Clark and Graham Hill had an intense duel that was decided by oil problems at Graham Hills BRM. Clark continuously expanded his lead in the last third of the race and improved the lap record several times. Only in the final laps of the race did he slow down, so that Graham Hill could again come within 2.8 seconds. Clark and Lotus won their third and final race of the season; for Clark it was the third consecutive win at the British Grand Prix. In addition to the victory, the pole position and driving the fastest race lap, Clark led the entire race and achieved a Grand Slam with it . With Graham Hill and John Surtees, two other British drivers made the podium in the home race. Brabham was fourth ahead of Bandini and Phil Hill. For Phil Hill it was the last point of his career in the automobile world championship. Anderson, Ginther, Spence and Ireland completed the top ten.

In the drivers' championship, Clark extended his lead over Graham Hill to four points, while Ginther in third place was already 19 points behind. In the constructors' championship, Lotus kept the lead ahead of BRM and Brabham.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Team Lotus	01	Jim Clark	Lotus 25	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
			Lotus 33
	02	Mike Spence	Lotus 25
Owen Racing Organization	03	Graham Hill	BRM P261	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	04th	Richie Ginther
	21st	Richard Attwood	BRM P67
Brabham Racing Organization	05	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	06th	Dan Gurney
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	07th	John Surtees	Ferrari 158	Ferrari 1.5 V8	D.
			Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5 V6
	08th	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 156 Aero
Cooper Car Company	09	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T73	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	10	Phil Hill
British Racing Partnership	11	Innes Ireland	BRP Mk2	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	12	Trevor Taylor	BRP Mk2
			Lotus 24
Reg Parnell Racing	14th	Mike Hailwood	Lotus 25	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	15th	Chris Amon
Rob Walker Racing Team	16	Jo Bonnier	Brabham BT11	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
			Cooper T66	Climax 1.5 V8
Scuderia Centro Sud	17th	Tony Maggs	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	18th	Giancarlo Baghetti
DW Racing Enterprises	19th	Bob Anderson	Brabham BT11	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
Siffert Racing Team	20th	Jo Siffert	Brabham BT11	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Bob Gerard Racing	22nd	John Taylor	Cooper T73	Ford 1.0 L4	D.
Ian Raby Racing	23	Ian Raby	Brabham BT3	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Revson Racing	24	Peter Revson	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Maurice Trintignant	25th	Maurice Trintignant	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
John Willment Automobiles	26th	Frank Gardner	Brabham BT10	Ford 1.5 L4	D.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jim Clark drove both cars in practice, the Lotus 25 with the number 2 in the race.
2. ↑ ^{a b} John Surtees drove the Ferrari 158 with the number 7 in the practice sessions and in the race.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Trevor Taylor drove the BRP with the number 12 in practice sessions and the Lotus 24 in the race.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jo Bonnier drove the Brabham with the number 16 in the training sessions and in the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 38.1	106.92 km / h	01
02	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 38.3	156.20 km / h	02
03	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1: 38.4	156.04 km / h	03
04th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1: 38.5	155.88 km / h	04th
05	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 38.7	155.56 km / h	05
06th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1: 39.6	154.16 km / h	06th
07th	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	1: 39.8	153.85 km / h	07th
08th	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1: 40.2	153.23 km / h	08th
09	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-BRM	1: 40.2	153.23 km / h	09
10	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	1: 40.8	152.32 km / h	10
11	Chris Amon	Lotus BRM	1: 41.2	151.72 km / h	11
12	Mike Hailwood	Lotus BRM	1: 41.4	151.42 km / h	12
13	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	1: 41.4	151.42 km / h	13
14th	Richie Ginther	BRM	1: 41.6	151.12 km / h	14th
15th	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	1: 42.6	149.65 km / h	15th
16	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1: 42.8	149.36 km / h	16
17th	Ian Raby	Brabham-BRM	1: 42.8	149.36 km / h	17th
18th	Trevor Taylor	Lotus BRM	1: 42.8	149.36 km / h	18th
19th	Frank Gardner	Brabham-Ford	1: 43.0	149.07 km / h	19th
20th	John Taylor	Cooper-Ford	1: 43.2	148.78 km / h	20th
21st	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus BRM	1: 43.4	148.49 km / h	21st
22nd	Peter Revson	Lotus BRM	1: 43.4	148.49 km / h	22nd
23	Tony Maggs	BRM	1: 45.0	146.23 km / h	23
DNQ	Maurice Trintignant	BRM	1: 54.4	134.21 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	80	0	2: 15: 07.0	01	1: 38.8
02	Graham Hill	BRM	80	0	+ 2.8	02	1: 39.2
03	John Surtees	Ferrari	80	0	+1: 20.6	05	1: 39.6
04th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	79	2	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 40.4
05	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	78	0	+ 2 rounds	08th	1: 40.6
06th	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	78	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 41.6
07th	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	78	0	+ 2 rounds	07th	1: 41.2
08th	Richie Ginther	BRM	77	0	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 42.4
09	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	77	0	+ 3 rounds	13	1: 42.8
10	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	77	0	+ 3 rounds	10	1: 43.8
11	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	76	0	+ 4 rounds	16	1: 43.8
12	Giancarlo Baghetti	BRM	76	0	+ 4 rounds	21st	1: 44.8
13	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	75	1	+ 5 rounds	03	1: 40.4
14th	John Taylor	Cooper-Ford	56	0	+ 24 rounds	20th	1: 44.4
-	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-BRM	45	0	DNF	09	1: 43.2	Brakes
-	Peter Revson	Lotus BRM	43	0	DNF	22nd	1: 46.6	differential
-	Tony Maggs	BRM	38	0	DNF	23	1: 45.8	transmission
-	Ian Raby	Brabham-BRM	37	0	DNF	17th	1: 45.0	accident
-	Trevor Taylor	Lotus BRM	23	0	DNF	18th	1: 44.0	physical exhaustion
-	Mike Hailwood	Lotus BRM	17th	0	DNF	12	1: 43.6	Oil pipe
-	Chris Amon	Lotus BRM	09	0	DNF	11	1: 43.4	coupling
-	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	06th	0	DNF	06th	1: 40.6	transmission
-	Frank Gardner	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	19th		accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the six best results from ten races counted. In the constructors' championship, only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jim Clark Lotus Climax 30th 02  Graham Hill BRM 26th 03  Richie Ginther BRM 11 04th  Peter Arundell Lotus Climax 11 05  Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 11 06th  Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 10 07th  John Surtees Ferrari 10

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 7th 09  Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 2 10  Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 2 11  Chris Amon Lotus BRM 2 12  Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1 13  Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 1 14th  Mike Hailwood Lotus BRM 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Lotus Climax 34 02  BRM 27 03  Brabham-Climax 17th 04th  Ferrari 10 05  Cooper-Climax 10 06th  Lotus BRM 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Clark triumphs on Brands debut" (en.espnf1.com on May 8, 2015)

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1964 at grandprix.com
• 1964 British Grand Prix flashback at f1fanatic.co.uk