1964 Monza Grand Prix
The 1964 Monza Grand Prix , also known as the GP GT di Monza , took place on May 3 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
The Monza Grand Prix was announced in 1964 for GT cars and was a 3-hour race without driver changes (with one exception). Before the race, there was a dispute between some Abarth private drivers and the organizer. They complained about what they saw as the preferred treatment of the three works cars. Abarth had adapted and technically improved the factory Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero . Improvements that the private drivers did not have. Since the improvements took place within the framework of the regulations, the protests of private drivers were rejected. As a result, seven Abarth drivers decided not to start.
Unsurprisingly, the race ended with a triple victory for the works cars. Franco Patria was one lap ahead of his teammates Hans Herrmann and Tommy Spychiger at the finish .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT 1.3 | 19th |
 Abarth
|
Franco Patria
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 90 | ||
| 2 | GT 1.3 | 21st |
Abarth
|
 Hans Herrmann
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 89 | ||
| 3 | GT 1.3 | 20th |
Abarth
|
 Tommy Spychiger
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 89 | ||
| 4th | GT 1.3 | 15th |
Pierre de Siebenthal
|
Lotus Elite | 86 | |||
| 5 | GT 1.0 | 4th |
Anzio Zucchi
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 86 | |||
| 6th | GT 1.0 | 3 |
Giovanni Pessina
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 84 | |||
| 7th | GT 1.3 | 26th |
Giancarlo Giraudi Gianni Varese
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 83 | |||
| 8th | GT 1.0 | 6th |
Mariano Moselli
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 63 | |||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 9 | GT 1.3 | 11 |
Oddone Sigala
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 49 | |||
| 10 | GT 1.3 | 9 |
Wicky Racing Team
|
Denis Borel
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 32 | ||
| 11 | GT 1.0 | 5 |
Benedetto Guarini
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 9 | |||
| Not started | ||||||||
| 12 | GT 1.0 | 1 |
Scuderia Filipinetti
|
André Knörr
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero | 1 | ||
| 13 | GT 1.0 | 2 |
Giuseppe Romano Perdomi
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 2 | |||
| 14th | GT 1.0 | 4th |
Bruno Bonini
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 3 | |||
| 15th | GT 1.3 | 8th |
Secondo Ridolfi
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 4th | |||
| 16 | GT 1.3 | 10 |
Giampiero Biscaldi
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 5 | |||
| 17th | GT 1.3 | 14th |
Giuseppe Dalla Torre
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 6th | |||
| 18th | GT 1.3 | 18th |
Ildefonso Torriani
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 7th | |||
| 19th | GT 1.3 | 22nd |
Alberto Luti
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 8th | |||
| 20th | GT 1.3 | 27 |
Guido Rava
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 9 | |||
| 21st | GT 1.3 | 28 |
Giorgio Pianta
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 10 | |||
| 22nd | GT 1.3 | 32 |
Erasmo Andreini
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 11 | |||
1 not started 2 not started 3 not started 4 not started 5 withdrawn after protest 6 withdrawn after protest 7 not started 8 withdrawn after protest 9 withdrawn after protest 10 not started 11 withdrawn after protest
Only in the entry list
Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | GT 1.3 | 12 |
Suomi La Valle
|
Fairthorpe Electron | |
| 24 | GT 1.3 | 16 |
Guido Nicolai
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | |
| 25th | GT 1.3 | 23 |
Mario Regis
|
Lancia Appia | |
| 26th | GT 1.3 | 24 |
Francesco Fiorentino
|
Lancia Appia | |
| 27 | GT 1.3 | 25th |
Angelo Giliberti
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | |
| 28 | GT 1.3 | 29 |
“Battipaglia”
|
Lancia Appia | |
| 29 | GT 1.3 | 30th |
Girolamo Capra
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |
| 30th | GT 1.3 | 31 |
Carlo Facetti
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero |
Class winner
| class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| GT 1.3 |
Franco Patria
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | Overall victory |
| GT 1.0 |
Anzio Zucchi
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | Rank 5 |
Racing data
- Registered: 30
- Started: 11
- Rated: 8
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 5.750 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 3: 00: 00,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 90
- Total distance of the winning team: 514.889 km
- Winner's average: 171.630 km / h
- Fastest training time: unknown
- Fastest race lap: Franco Patria - Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero (# 19) - 1: 57.400 = 176.320 km / h
- Racing series: 4th round of the sports car world championship in 1964
literature
- Greggio, Luciano: Abarth - A genius and his cars , HEEL Verlag Königswinter, ISBN 978-3-89880-203-1
Web links
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Predecessor race Targa Florio 1964 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor race 500 km from Spa-Francorchamps 1964 |