1964 Australian Grand Prix

  1964 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Date	9 February 1964
Location	Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.1 km (1.92 mi)
Distance	63 laps, 195.3 km (120.96 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
Time	1'09.6
Fastest lap
Drivers	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Time	1'09.5
Podium
First	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
Second	Bib Stillwell	Brabham-Climax
Third	John Youl	Cooper-Climax

The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 February 1964. The race had 19 starters.

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. Defending winner Jack Brabham won his third and last AGP.

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

Classification

Results as follows:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time
1	1	Jack Brabham	Ecurie Vitesse	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 19.2s
2	6	Bib Stillwell	B.S. Stillwell	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 31.1s
3	5	John Youl	John Youl	Cooper T55 / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 34.1s
4	8	Timmy Mayer	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Cooper T70 / Climax FPF	63	1h 16m 06.5s
5	2	Denny Hulme	Ecurie Vitesse	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	60
6	12	Jim Palmer	George Palmer	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF	60
7	17	Arnold Glass	Capitol Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5	57
8	14	Tony Shelly	Shelly Motors Ltd.	Lola T4 / Climax FPF	57
9	26	David Walker	David Walker	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5	54
10	21	Frank Gardner	Alec Mildren Racing	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	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	David 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. Rilstone	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	5	Piston
Ret	11	Frank Matich	Team Total	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	4	Differential
Ret	16	Charlie Smith	Charlie Smith	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	2	Timing Gear
Ret	15	Tony Osborne	Tony Osborne	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF	2	Differential
Ret	19	Wally Mitchell	East Burwood Motors	MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
DNS	25	Leo Geoghegan	Team Total	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS	20	Glynn Scott	Glynn Scott Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS	23	Jack Hunnam	Jack Hunnam Motors	Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5

Notes

• Pole Position: Jack Brabham - 1:09.6
• Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren - 1:09.5

References

1. Ray Bell. "XXIX Australian Grand Prix". tasman-series.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
2. White, Des (1986). "1964". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 294–301. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.