1964 Australian Grand Prix
The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 February 1964.
It was the twenty ninth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 5 of the 1964 Tasman Series and Round 1 of the 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.
Defending winner Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham. It was his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory.
Classification
Results as follows:Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Time / comments |
1 | 1 | Jack Brabham | Ecurie Vitesse | Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF | 63 | 1h 15m 19.2s |
2 | 6 | Bib Stillwell | B.S. Stillwell | Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF | 63 | 1h 15m 31.1s |
3 | 5 | John Youl | John C. Youl | Cooper T55 / Climax FPF | 63 | 1h 15m 34.1s |
4 | 8 | Timmy Mayer | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. | Cooper T70 / Climax FPF | 63 | 1h 16m 06.5s |
5 | 2 | Denny Hulme | Ecurie Vitesse | Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF | 60 | |
6 | 12 | Jim Palmer | J. Palmer | Cooper T53 / Climax FPF | 60 | |
7 | 17 | Arnold Glass | Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. | Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 | 57 | |
8 | 14 | Tony Shelly | A. L. Shelly | Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF | 57 | |
9 | 26 | David Walker | David Walker | Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 | 54 | |
10 | 21 | Frank Gardner | Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. | Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 | 49 | |
Ret | 9 | Bill Patterson Doug Whiteford | Bill Patterson Motors | Cooper T53 / Climax FPF | 42 | Driver sick / Accident |
Ret | 7 | Bruce McLaren | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. | Cooper T70 / Climax FPF | 37 | Engine |
Ret | 10 | Doug Whiteford | Bill Patterson Motors | Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 | 36 | Engine |
Ret | 4 | Lex Davison | Ecurie Australie | Cooper T62 / Climax FPF | 29 | Piston |
Ret | 22 | David Fletcher | D. K. Fletcher | Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5 | 29 | Accident |
Ret | 24 | Mel McEwin | Mel McEwin | Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 | 24 | Gearbox |
Ret | 18 | Keith Rilstone | K. N. Rilstone | Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 | 5 | Piston |
Ret | 11 | Frank Matich | Total Team | Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF | 4 | Differential |
Ret | 16 | Charlie Smith | C. G. Smith | Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 | 2 | Timing Gear |
Ret | 15 | Tony Osborne | A. J. R. Osborne | Cooper T53 / Climax FPF | 2 | Differential |
Ret | 19 | Wally Mitchell | East Burwood Motors | MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5 | ||
DNS | 25 | Leo Geoghegan | Total Team | Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 | ||
DNS | 20 | Glyn Scott | Glyn Scott Motors | Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 | ||
DNS | 23 | Jack Hunnam | Jack Hunnam Motors | Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5 |