The fifth Trophée d’Auvergne, was the fourth round of the 1964 FFSA Trophées de France. This was held on the Circuit de Charade, in the Auvergne mountains, near the town of Clermont-Ferrand, on 19 July. This Formula Two race podium was a sign of things to come: Denny Hulme, Jackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt showed their skill before the track hosted the 1965 French Grand Prix.
Report
Entry A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event, of which 22 took part in qualifying.
Qualifying Denny Hulme took pole position for the Brabham Racing Developments team, in a Brabham-Cosworth BT10, averaging a speed of , around the five mile (8 km) course.
Race The race was held over 32 laps of the Circuit de Charade. Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Cosworth BT10. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 59:11.9mins., averaging a speed of . Approximately 6.6s behind was the second place car, driven by Jackie Stewart, for Ron Harris - Lotus in their Cosworth-powered Lotus 32. The podium was completed by the second Brabham of Jochen Rindt.
Classification
Race result Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 7 Denny Hulme Brabham Racing Developments Brabham-Cosworth BT10 1hr 59:11.9 2nd 18 Jackie Stewart Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 32 1hr 59:18.5 3rd 5 Jochen Rindt Ford Motor Co (Austria) Brabham-Cosworth BT10 2hr 00:57.5 4th 4 Tony Maggs Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T54 2hr 00:57.9 5th 19 Peter Procter Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 32 2hr 01:47.2 6th 1 Alan Rees Roy Winkelamnn Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT10 2hr 02:47.2 7th 16 José Rosinski Société des Automobiles Alpine Alpine-Renault A270 31 8th 8 Mike Beckwith Normand Racing Team Cooper-Cosworth T71 31 9th 9 Jacques Maglia Jacques Maglia Brabham-Cosworth BT10 31 10th 17 Jean Vinatier Société des Automobiles Alpine Alpine-Renault A270 30 11th 24 Teddy Pilette Merlyn Racing Merlyn-Cosworth Mk 7 30 12th 3 Bill Bradley Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T54 30 13th 6 John Ampt Team Alexis Alexis-Cosworth Mk 5 30 14th 21 Jean-Claude Rudaz Société Automobiles René Bonnet René Bonnet-Cosworth 1 29 15th 22 Roland Charriére Société Automobiles René Bonnet René Bonnet-Cosworth 1 26 16th 11 Warwick Banks Normand Racing Team Cooper-Cosworth T71 25 DNF 2 Richard Attwood Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T54 22 Accident DNF 25 Herbert Nosek Racing Team Austria Cooper-Lotus T65 19 DNF 23 Robert Bouharde Société Automobiles René Bonnet René Bonnet-Cosworth 1 16 DNF 14 Jo Schlesser Equipe Ford France SA Brabham-Cosworth BT6 8 DNF 12 Frank Garner John Willment Automobiles Brabham-Cosworth BT10 0 Gearbox DNS 8 Rodney Bloor Sports Motors (Manchester) Lotus-Cosworth32 Accident Source:
Fastest lap: Richard Attwood, 3:40.9ecs. (81.569 mph) Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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