The 1964 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One World Championship motor race held at Zeltweg Airfield on 23 August 1964. It was race 7 of 10 in both the 1964 World Championship of Drivers and the 1964 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 105-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini after he started from seventh position. Richie Ginther finished second for the BRM team and Brabham driver Bob Anderson came in third. This was the debut World Championship race of the future world champion Jochen Rindt.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 3 Graham Hill BRM 1:09.84 — 2 7 John Surtees Ferrari 1:10.12 +0.28 3 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:10.21 +0.37 4 5 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:10.40 +0.56 5 4 Richie Ginther BRM 1:10.40 +0.56 6 6 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:10.57 +0.73 7 8 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:10.63 +0.79 8 2 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:11.00 +1.16 9 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:11.25 +1.41 10 11 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 1:11.59 +1.75 11 14 Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 1:11.60 +1.76 12 20 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 1:11.82 +1.98 13 12 Jochen Rindt Brabham-BRM 1:12.00 +2.16 14 22 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:12.04 +2.20 15 18 Giancarlo Baghetti BRM 1:12.10 +2.26 16 15 Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 1:12.23 +2.39 17 16 Chris Amon Lotus-Climax 1:12.28 +2.44 18 17 Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 1:12.40 +2.56 19 19 Tony Maggs BRM 1:12.40 +2.56 20 10 Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 1:13.15 +3.31Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 105 2:06:18.23 7 9 2 4 Richie Ginther BRM 105 +6.18 5 6 3 22 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 102 +3 laps 14 4 4 19 Tony Maggs BRM 102 +3 laps 19 3 5 14 Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 102 +3 laps 11 2 6 11 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 101 +4 laps 10 1 7 18 Giancarlo Baghetti BRM 96 +9 laps 15 8 17 Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 95 +10 laps 18 9 6 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 76 +29 laps 6 12 Jochen Rindt Brabham-BRM 58 Steering 13 10 Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 58 Accident/fire 20 5 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 47 Suspension 4 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 43 Engine/valve 9 2 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 41 Halfshaft/transmission 8 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 40 Halfshaft/transmission 3 15 Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 21 Suspension 16 20 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 18 Accident 12 7 John Surtees Ferrari 9 Suspension 2 16 Chris Amon Lotus-Climax 7 Engine 17 3 Graham Hill BRM 5 Distributor 1
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for Austrian driver and future World Champion Jochen Rindt. Rindt was also the first Austrian to participate in Formula One.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Graham Hill 32 2 Jim Clark 30 3 John Surtees 19 4 Richie Ginther 17 4 5 Lorenzo Bandini 15Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 BRM 36 (39) 1 2 Lotus-Climax 34 3 Ferrari 28 4 Brabham-Climax 21 5 Cooper-Climax 10Source:
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
External links 1964 Austrian Grand Prix at statsf1.com 1964 Austrian Grand Prix at grandprix.com