The 2nd Daily Mirror Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 March 1964 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 35 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Innes Ireland in a BRP.
The weather conditions for this race were atrocious, with driving sleet and snow, and the length of the race was cut from 50 laps to 35."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.174-175 Three of the favourites were out of contention early in the race, as Jim Clark and Jack Brabham suffered badly from their cars being fitted with smaller wheels than the others, while Graham Hill had an accident on lap 6, aquaplaning into an earth bank while leading. Peter Arundell led from then until lap 22 when his gearbox failed, and after Jo Bonnier led briefly, Ireland took the lead on lap 26 and pulled away to take the victory.
Giancarlo Baghetti was unable to make the start after his car's engine failed while it was being practised by Phil Hill.
Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 14 Innes Ireland British Racing Partnership BRP-BRM 1.12:53.4 17 2 20 Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 20.0 s 6 3 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 1:03.0 s 4 4 11 Phil Hill Scuderia Centro Sud BRM + 1:36.2 8 5 17 Chris Amon Reg Parnell Racing Lotus-BRM 33 laps 9 6 25 Jackie Epstein Epstein-Eyre Racing Team BRM 32 laps 14 7 26 André Pilette Equipe Scirocco Belge Scirocco-Climax 31 laps 16 Ret 18 Peter Revson Revson Racing (America) Lotus-BRM Accident 11 Ret 19 Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Brabham-BRM Accident 12 Ret 2 Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Gearbox 3 Ret 5 Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax Scavenge pump 5 Ret 1 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Ignition 1 Ret 16 Mike Hailwood Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM Engine 18 Ret 15 Trevor Taylor British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM Engine 7 Ret 3 Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM Accident 2 Ret 23 Jock Russell Jock Russell Lotus-Climax Engine 15 Ret 22 Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax Engine 13 DNS 12 Giancarlo Baghetti Scuderia Centro Sud BRM Engine (10) WD 4 Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM Car not ready - WD 21 Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax Car not delivered - WD 24 Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper Arden-Climax Car not ready -
Scuderia Ferrari had entered two cars, numbered 7 and 8, but withdrew before naming drivers. Brabham and Cooper entered cars given numbers 6 and 10 respectively, which were also withdrawn.
References
"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.174-175.