1964 British Grand Prix

The 1964 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 11 July 1964. The event was also designated as the European Grand Prix. It was race 5 of 10 in both the 1964 World Championship of Drivers and the 1964 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The first of twelve British Grands Prix to be held at the southern England circuit, it would alternate with Silverstone until 1987. The race was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 25.

Classification


Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times		Gap
Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:38.8	1:38.1	—
2	3	Graham Hill	BRM	1:39.0	1:38.3	+0.2
3	6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:38.4	1:38.4	+0.3
4	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:38.8	1:38.5	+0.4
5	7	John Surtees	Ferrari	1:39.0	1:38.7	+0.6
6	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:39.6	1:39.8	+1.5
7	19	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	1:42.8	1:39.8	+1.7
8	8	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	No time	1:40.2	+2.1
9	16	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-BRM	1:43.4	1:40.2	+2.1
10	11	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	1:42.2	1:40.8	+2.7
11	15	Chris Amon	Lotus-BRM	1:42.4	1:41.2	+3.1
12	14	Mike Hailwood	Lotus-BRM	1:41.4	1:42.4	+3.3
13	2	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:42.0	1:41.4	+3.3
14	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	1:42.2	1:41.6	+3.5
15	10	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	1:57.8	1:42.6	+4.5
16	20	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1:43.2	1:42.8	+4.7
17	23	Ian Raby	Brabham-BRM	1:43.4	1:42.8	+4.7
18	12	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-BRM	1:42.8	1:42.8	+4.7
19	26	Frank Gardner	Brabham-Ford	No time	1:43.0	+4.9
20	22	John Taylor	Cooper-Ford	1:44.0	1:43.2	+5.1
21	18	Giancarlo Baghetti	BRM	1:44.2	1:43.4	+5.3
22	24	Peter Revson	Lotus-BRM	1:48.4	1:43.4	+5.3
23	17	Tony Maggs	BRM	1:45.0	1:45.4	+6.9
24	21	Richard Attwood	BRM	No time	1:45.2	+7.1
25	25	Maurice Trintignant	BRM	1:54.4	No time	+16.3

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	80	2:15:07.0	1	9
2	3	Graham Hill	BRM	80	+ 2.8	2	6
3	7	John Surtees	Ferrari	80	+ 1:20.6	5	4
4	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	79	+ 1 lap	4	3
5	8	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	78	+ 2 laps	8	2
6	10	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	78	+ 2 laps	15	1
7	19	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	78	+ 2 laps	7
8	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	77	+ 3 laps	14
9	2	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	77	+ 3 laps	13
10	11	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	77	+ 3 laps	10
11	20	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	76	+ 4 laps	16
12	18	Giancarlo Baghetti	BRM	76	+ 4 laps	21
13	6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	75	+ 5 laps	3
14	22	John Taylor	Cooper-Ford	56	+ 24 laps	20
Ret	16	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-BRM	46	Brakes	9
Ret	24	Peter Revson	Lotus-BRM	43	Differential	22
Ret	23	Ian Raby	Brabham-BRM	37	Rear axle	17
Ret	17	Tony Maggs	BRM	37	Gearbox	23
Ret	12	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-BRM	23	Unwell	18
Ret	14	Mike Hailwood	Lotus-BRM	16	Oil pipe	12
Ret	15	Chris Amon	Lotus-BRM	9	Clutch	11
Ret	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	7	Gearbox	6
Ret	26	Frank Gardner	Brabham-Ford	0	Accident	19
DNS	21	Richard Attwood	BRM		Withdrawn
DNQ	25	Maurice Trintignant	BRM
Source:^[1]

This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for British drivers Richard Attwood, John Taylor and Australian driver Frank Gardner.
This was Jim Clark's third British Grand Prix win, breaking the record of two British Grand Prix wins set by Alberto Ascari at the 1953 British Grand Prix.

^ "1964 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Britain 1964 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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