1964 Australian Grand Prix

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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.[1]

Defending winner Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham. It was his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory.

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Classification

File:Brabham BT7A.jpg
Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT7A, similar to the example pictured above

Results as follows:[2][3]

Pos No. Driver Entrant[4] Car Laps Time /
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1 1 Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF[5] 63 1h 15m 19.2s
2 6 Template:Flagicon Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF[5] 63 1h 15m 31.1s
3 5 Template:Flagicon John Youl John C. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 63 1h 15m 34.1s
4 8 Template:Flagicon Timmy Mayer Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 63 1h 16m 06.5s
5 2 Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF[5] 60
6 12 Template:Flagicon Jim Palmer J. Palmer Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 60
7 17 Template:Flagicon Arnold Glass Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 57
8 14 Template:Flagicon Tony Shelly A. L. Shelly Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF[6] 57
9 26 Template:Flagicon David Walker David Walker Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 54
10 21 Template:Flagicon Frank Gardner Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 49
Ret 9 Template:Flagicon Bill Patterson
Template:Flagicon Doug Whiteford
Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 42 Driver sick / Accident
Ret 7 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 37 Engine
Ret 10 Template:Flagicon Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 36 Engine
Ret 4 Template:Flagicon Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 29 Piston
Ret 22 Template:Flagicon David Fletcher D. K. Fletcher Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5 29 Accident
Ret 24 Template:Flagicon Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 24 Gearbox
Ret 18 Template:Flagicon Keith Rilstone K. N. Rilstone Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 5 Piston
Ret 11 Template:Flagicon Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF[5] 4 Differential
Ret 16 Template:Flagicon Charlie Smith C. G. Smith Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 2 Timing Gear
Ret 15 Template:Flagicon Tony Osborne A. J. R. Osborne Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2 Differential
Ret 19 Template:Flagicon Wally Mitchell East Burwood Motors MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
DNS 25 Template:Flagicon Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 20 Template:Flagicon Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS 23 Template:Flagicon Jack Hunnam Jack Hunnam Motors Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5

Notes

  • Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6
  • Starters: 21[3]
  • Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)[7]
  • Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5

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In popular culture

A "science-fiction" version of the 1964 Australian Grand Prix was depicted five years before it took place in the American film On the Beach (1959), based on the Nevil Shute novel of the same name.

References

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  1. The 29th Australian Grand Prix, Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, Confedertion of Australian Motor Sport, p. 48
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  4. Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, 9 February 1964
  5. a b c d The cars of Brabham, Stillwell, Hulme and Matich were each listed in the Official Programme under the name "Repco Brabham"
  6. Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 4 December 2018
  7. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix – 80 Years, p. 221

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