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.The 29th Australian Grand Prix, Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, Confedertion of Australian Motor Sport, p. 48
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 EntrantOfficial Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, 9 February 1964 Car Laps Time / comments 1 1 Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPFThe cars of Brabham, Stillwell, Hulme and Matich were each listed in the Official Programme under the name "Repco Brabham" 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 FPFAustralian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 4 December 2018 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
Notes Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6 Starters: 21 Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)The official history of the Australian Grand Prix – 80 Years, p. 221 Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5 p
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
External links Open Wheelers 1964, autopics.com.au XXIX Australian Grand Prix, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org