Tour de France for automobiles 1964

The 1964 Tour de France for automobiles was a stage race for automobiles from September 11th to 20th in France and Italy . The event was the 17th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The Tour de France for automobiles , also known as the “Tour Auto”, started on September 11th in Lille and ended nine days later in Nice . 117 participants started in Lille, who had to cover six stages and 6060 km. 36 of them reached the destination in southern France. Like every year, the participants had to complete timed special stages on their long drive through France - stage destinations this year were Reims , Caen , Pau , Aurillac and Grenoble . This included circuit races on the racing slopes of Reims , Rouen , Le Mans and, for the first time, Monza , as well as mountain arrivals at Col du Tourmalet , Mont Ventoux and Col de Turini .

For the second time an American factory team was at the start. Carroll Shelby sent three Shelby Daytonas into the race , driven by Maurice Trintignant , Bob Bondurant and 1962 winner André Simon . The 380 hp coupés dominated the race, but all three retired on the third stage after some serious accidents. Overall victory in the GT class went to a Ferrari 250 GTO , this time driven by the two Belgians Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger . In the touring car class, the British Ford Mustang duo Peter Procter / Andrew Cowan finished Bernard Consten's winning streak , who only came third. Soisbault / Roure (Ferrari 250 GTO - GT class, ninth overall) and Texier / Mermod ( Jaguar Mark II - touring car class, sixth overall) won the women's classifications .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	GT 3.0	172	Ecurie Francorchamps	Lucien Bianchi Georges Berger	Ferrari 250 GTO
2	GT 3.0	168	Ferrari	Jean Guichet Michel de Bourbon-Parma	Ferrari 250 GTO
3	GT 2.0	160	Claude Storez	Robert Buchet Herbert Linge	Porsche 904 GTS
4th	GT 2.0	159	Porsche Systems	Günter Klass Rolf Wütherich	Porsche 904 GTS
5	GT 2.0	158	Porsche France	Christian Poirot Claude Marbaque	Porsche 904 GTS
6th	GT 2.0	157	Mille Miglia	Edmond Meert Wim de Jonghe	Porsche 904 GTS
7th	GT 1.6	150	Mediterranee	Jean Rolland Gabriel Augias	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
8th	T + 3.0	83	Alan Mann Racing	Peter Procter Andrew Cowan	Ford Mustang
9	T + 3.0	85	Alan Mann Racing	Peter Harper David Pollard	Ford Mustang
10	T + 3.0	75	AGACI	Bernard Consten Claude Le Guezec	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
11	T 1.6	38	ford	Vic Elford David Seigle-Morris	Ford Cortina Lotus
12	T 1.6	40	Autodelta	Fernand Masoero Jean Maurin	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
13	GT 3.0	175	Ecurie Francorchamps	Claude Dubois Philippe de Montaigu	Ferrari 250 GTO
14th	GT 3.0	170	AGACI	Annie Soisbault Nicole Roure	Ferrari 250 GTO 64
15th	GT 1.3	131	Standard triumph	Rob Slotemaker Terry Hunter	Triumph Spitfire
16	GT 1.6	141	Armagnac	Pierre Gelé Franck Lamarque	Lotus Elan
17th	T + 3.0	79	PIF	Louisette Texier Marie-Louise Mermod	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
18th	T 1.6	46	PIF	Louis Chardin Bernard Pasquier	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
19th	T 1.6	53	Le Mans	Gérard Sevaux Mendola	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
20th	T 2.0	62	Lorraine	Hugues Hazard Andre Bouly	Lancia Flavia Zagato
21st	GT 1.3	125	Alpine	Jacques Cheinisse Claude Leblond	Alpine A110
22nd	T 2.0	56	Ecurie Francorchamps	Jacques Patte Francis Charlier	Volvo 122S
23	T 3.0	71	Purple Pyrenees	Guy Clarou Madeleine Couzy	Alfa Romeo 2600
24	GT 3.0	167	Charly Müller	Charly Müller Heini Walter	Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
25th	T 2.0	67	PIF	Guy Verrier Lucien Pentier	Citroën DS19
26th	T 1.3	31	BMC	John Michael Wadsworth Johnstone Syer	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
27	T 2.0	54	SCAN	Maurice van der Bruwaene Michel Boucher	Volvo 122S
28	T 1.0	20th	BMC	Pauline Mayman Valerie Domleo	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
29	T + 3.0	78	Claude Storez	Robert Dutoit Jacques Morel	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
30th	T 1.3	29	Purple Pyrenees	Michel Castaing Jacques Chambon	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
31	T 1.0	7th	PIF	Pierre Lelong Raymond Hibon	Panhard 24CT
32	T 2.0	57	Armagnac	Bernard Le Pelletier Philippe Gardinier	Volvo 122S
33	GT 1.0	103	AGACI	Claude Levasseur Jean-Marie Sachet	Alpine A108
34	GT 1.0	111	AGACI	José Behra Pierre Landereau	NSU Prince
35	GT 1.0	117	AGACI	Branko Stoikovitch Jean-Jacques Eisenbach	Alpine A108
36	GT 1.0	109	CSAN	Robert Yschard Christian Cuttica	NSU Prince
Disqualified
37	T + 3.0	82	Alan Mann Racing	Bo Ljungfeldt Fergus Sager	Ford Mustang
38	GT 3.0	176	Maranello Concessionaires	David Piper Joseph Siffert	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64
Failed
39	T 1.0	18th	BMC	Timo Mäkinen Paul Easter	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
40	T 1.0	19th	BMC	Paddy Hopkirk Henry Liddon	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
41	T 1.3	34	Loire	Serge Lelong Dominique Bouniol	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
42	T + 3.0	84	Ford France	Henri Greder Martial Delalande	Ford Mustang
43	GT 1.0	101	CSAN	Fernand Ancelin Lucien Dejardin	NSU Sport Prinz
44	GT 1.3	127	Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Michel Gauvain	Alpine A110
45	GT 1.3	129	Standard triumph	Jean-Jacques Thuner Jean Gretener	Triumph Spitfire
46	T 1.0	6th	AGACI	Jacques Bigrat Jean-Pierre Rousseau	Panhard 24CT
47	T 1.3	23	BMC	Geoffrey Mabbs John Davenport	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
48	T 1.3	25th	AGACI	Christina Boulay Jean-François Piot	Glass 1204TS
49	T 1.3	27	AGACI	Alain Reille Bruno D'Armaille	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
50	T 1.6	36	Bokkenrijders	Gilbert Staepelaere Maurice Celis	Ford Cortina
51	T 1.6	41	Mediterranee	Therese Mahieuw Ginette Derolland	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
52	T 1.6	44	Val de Loire	Lionel Raudet Germaine Raudet	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
53	T 2.0	63	Fiorenzo Genta	Fiorenzo Genta Paolo Renier	Lancia Flavia Zagato
54	T 3.0	72	PIF	Georges Alexandrovitch Roger Campuzan	Alfa Romeo 2600
55	T 3.0	73	Lancia	Giorgio Pianta Carlo Facetti	Lancia Flaminia
56	T + 3.0	77	AGACI	Claude Bobrowski Henry Morrogh	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
57	GT 1.0	102	Claude Laurent	Claude Laurent Jacques Marché	DKW F11
58	GT 1.0	104	Alsace	Alfred Krause Dominique Thiry	Alpine A108
59	GT 1.0	106	Val de Loire	Jacky Cool Leon Peyresaubes	DKW F12
60	GT 1.0	112	CSAN	Paul Flament Gilles Flament	NSU Prince
61	GT 1.0	113	Maine	Yves Breteau Jean Mésange	Alpine A108
62	GT 1.0	114	AGACI	Jean-Francois Gerbault Philippe Gerbault	Alpine A108
63	GT 1.3	120	René Bonnet	Jean-Claude Rudaz Jean-Jacques Pagnon	René Bonnet Djet
64	GT 1.3	121	Alpine	Jacques Féret Guy Monraisse	Alpine A110
65	GT 1.3	136	Mediterranee	Michel Billiards Pierre Massenez	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
66	GT 1.3	139	Equipe Nationale Belge	Henri Quernette Andre Monbaerts	Lotus Elan
67	GT 1.6	142	Autodelta	Jean Hébert Georges Burggraff	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
68	GT 2.0	153	BMC	Andrew Hedges John Sprinzel	MGB
69	GT 2.0	154	Mediterranee	Alain Finkel Jean-Pierre Barailler	Abarth-Simca 2000GT
70	GT 2.0	155	Scuderia Filipinetti	Herbert Müller Michel Weber	Porsche 904 GTS
71	GT 3.0	171	AGACI	Sylvain Guarantor Jacques Lanners	Ferrari 250 GTO
72	T 1.0	4th	Leman	Claude Ballot-Léna Philippe de Henning	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
73	T 1.0	9	Dragon	Emile Holvoet Claude Collaer	DKW F12
74	T 1.3	28	Vita Foam	Rupert Jones John Clegg	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
75	T 1.3	30th	BMC	Rauno Aaltonen John Tony Ambrose	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
76	T 1.3	33	Mediterranee	Paul Justamond Henri-Bernard Zubléna	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
77	T 1.6	37	ford	Henry Taylor Brian Melia	Ford Cortina Lotus
78	T 1.6	42	Jolly Club	Andrea de Adamich Carlo Scarambone	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
79	T 1.6	45	Val de Loire	Jean Blanchet Michel Fougeray	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
80	T 2.0	58	Noire	Henri Perrier Georges Harris	Volvo 122S
81	T 2.0	60	PIF	René Trautmann Marc Gentil	Lancia Flavia Zagato
82	T 2.0	65	BMW	Paul Metternich Wittigo von Einsiedel	BMW 1800 Ti
83	GT 1.0	105	Maine	Daniel Lenoble Bernard Tramont	Alpine A108
84	GT 1.0	107	AGACI	Raymond Pontier "Freddy"	Simca 900SA Bertone
85	GT 1.0	110	CSAN	Stanislas Motte Georges Bertelotti	NSU Prince
86	GT 1.0	116	Chouans	Philippe Praud Gerard Sorin	René Bonnet Djet
87	GT 1.3	122	Mediterranee	Robert Wybo Jean-Francois Serpentier	Alpine A110
88	GT 1.6	147	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Sergio Pedretti Bruno Deserti	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
89	GT 1.6	149	Noire	Eliane Mondolini Simone Petit	Porsche 356 Carrera
90	GT 2.0	152	PIF	"Allemont" Henri Nicolleau	MGB
91	GT 3.0	173	Fernand Tavano	Fernand Tavano Marcel Martin	Ferrari 250 GTO
92	GT + 3.0	186	Ford France	André Simon Maurice Dupeyron	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
93	GT + 3.0	187	Shelby American	Bob Bondurant Jochen Neerpasch	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
94	GT + 3.0	188	Ford France	Maurice Trintignant Bernard de Saint-Auban	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
95	T 1.0	5		Jean-George's branch Robert Jullien	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
96	T 1.6	48	Equipe Nationale Belge	Georges Hacquin Jean-Marie Lagae	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
97	T 2.0	61	PIF	Claudine Bouchet Marie-Claude Charmasson	Lancia Flavia Zagato
98	T 2.0	68	PIF	Jean-Claude Ogier Lucette Pointet	Citroën DS19
99	T 3.0	70	Val de Loire	André Chollet Bernard Lamonerie	Alfa Romeo 2600
100	GT 1.0	108	AGACI	Jean-Louis Marnat “Ventu”	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
101	GT 1.0	117	René Bonnet	Philippe Farjon Francois Pasquier	René Bonnet Djet
102	GT 1.3	118	René Bonnet	Robert Bouharde Emmanuel Charboneaux	René Bonnet Djet
103	GT 1.3	119	René Bonnet	Roland Charrière Georges Bonnet	René Bonnet Djet
104	GT 1.3	123	PIF	Robert Tixador Andre Percher	Alpine A110
105	GT 1.3	132	Stirling Moss	Valerie Pirie Anita Taylor	Triumph Spitfire
106	GT 1.6	145	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giampiero Biscaldi Edgar Berney	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
107	GT 2.0	163	Jacques Rey	Jacques Rey Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 904 GTS
108	GT 3.0	165	AGACI	Robert Jegge Alain Rouquette	Mercedes-Benz 230 SL
109	GT + 3.0	189	AGACI	Jean Vincent Gerard Faget	Shelby Cobra
110	T 1.0	17th	Weber Racing	Robert Buchanan-Michaelson Alan Hutcheson	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
111	T 1.6	50	PIF	Michel Nicol Jean Py	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
112	T 2.0	64	Bourgogne	Jean Laroche Pierre Labet	BMW 1800 Ti
113	T + 3.0	76	AGACI	François Bichat Michel Bourjade	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
114	T + 3.0	88	Gawaine Baillie	Gawaine Baillie Peter Jopp	Ford Galaxy
115	GT 1.3	130	Standard triumph	William Bradley Roy Fidler	Triumph Spitfire
116	GT 1.3	135	Atlantique	Lucien Barthe Guy Flayac	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
117	GT 1.6	138	AGACI	René Richard Bernard Lagier de Giuseppe	Lotus Elan

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
118	GT 1.3			José Rosinski Henri Grandsire	Alpine A110
119	T 1.6			Gayte Gayte	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
120	T 1.3			Paul Condrillier Binda	Glass 1204TS
121	T 1.3		Alpine	Pierre Orsini	Alpine A110
122	GT 1.0			Mario Poltronieri Quarin	Fiat-Abarth 700
123	T 3.0			Sergio Bettoja Gianni Bulgari	Mercedes-Benz 300 SE
124	T 1.6			Jean-Claude Vidilles Jean Thépenier	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
125	T 1.3			Francis Tomas Michel Gamet	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
126	GT 1.6	39	Barcelone	Salvador Fabregas Juan Fernández	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
127	T 2.0	66	PIF	Henri Marang Jean-Paul Joly	Citroën DS19
128	T + 3.0	87	Pius Zünd	Pius Zünd Federico Karrer	Chevrolet Impala
129	GT 1.6	148		Christiane Petit Francois Quesnel	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
130	GT 2.0	161	Porsche system	Edgar Barth	Porsche 904 GTS
131	GT 2.0	162		Jacques Dewez Jean Kerguen	Porsche 904 GTS
132	GT 2.0	164	AGACI	Guy Savoye "Mandro"	Morgan Plus 4
133	GT 3.0	169	Ecurie Francorchamps	Gérard Langlois van Ophem Gustave Gosselin	Ferrari 250 GTO
134	GT 3.0	174		Edgar Berney Jean-Pierre Favre	Ferrari 250 GTO
135	GT 3.0	177	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Ludovico Scarfiotti Giampiero Biscaldi	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64
136	GT + 3.0	185	Magny-Cours	Guy Ligier Henry Morrogh	Shelby Cobra

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT + 3.0	no participant in the finish
GT 3.0	Lucien Bianchi	Georges Berger	Ferrari 250 GTO	Overall victory
GT 2.0	Robert Buchet	Herbert Linge	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 3
GT 1.6	Jean Rolland	Gabriel Augias	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 7
GT 1.3	Rob Slotemaker	Terry Hunter	Triumph Spitfire	Rank 15
GT 1.0	Claude Levasseur	Jean-Marie Sachet	Alpine A108	Rank 33
T + 3.0	Peter Procter	Andrew Cowan	Ford Mustang	Rank 8
T 3.0	Guy Clarou	Madeleine Couzy	Alfa Romeo 2600	Rank 23
T 2.0	Hugues Hazard	Andre Bouly	Lancia Flavia Zagato	Rank 20
T 1.6	Vic Elford	David Seigle-Morris	Ford Cortina Lotus	Rank 11
T 1.3	John Michael Wadsworth	Johnstone Syer	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	Rank 26
T 1.0	Pauline Mayman	Valerie Domleo	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	Rank 28

Racing data

• Reported: 136
• Started: 117
• Rated: 36
• Race classes: 12
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: rain from Pau
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: unknown
• Overall laps of the winning team: none
• Total distance of the winning team: 6060,000 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: 17th round of the World Sports Car Championship in 1964

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 3-hour race of Monza 1964

Sports car world championship

Successor race 500 km from Bridgehampton 1964, 1st race