1964 F1 World Championship Season

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	John Surtees (1st title, 9th different world champion, 4th British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (2nd title)
Races:	10
Winning drivers:	Jim Clark (3) John Surtees (2) Graham Hill (2) Dan Gurney (2) Lorenzo Bandini (1)
Winning constructors:	Lotus (3) Ferrari (3) BRM (2) Brabham (2)
First-time winners (driver):	Lorenzo Bandini
First-time winners (constructor):	Brabham

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	10 May	1964 Monaco Grand Prix
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	24 May	1964 Dutch Grand Prix
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	14 June	1964 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	28 June	1964 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Brands Hatch	11 July	1964 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	Nurburgring	2 August	1964 German Grand Prix
7	Austria	Zeltweg	23 August	1964 Austrian Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	6 September	1964 Italian Grand Prix
9	USA	Watkins Glen	4 October	1964 United States Grand Prix
10	Mexico DT CT	Mexico City	25 October	1964 Mexican Grand Prix

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM	3	1 lap
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2	53.600s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	6	3.400s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	2	24.100s
5	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	2.800s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	1	1m 15.600s
7	Austria	Zeltweg	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	7	6.180s
8	Italy	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari	1	1m 06.000s
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	4	30.500s
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	2	1m 08.940s

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	4 (DNF)	0.100s
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	DNF	0.100s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	6 (DNF)	1.800s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	DNF	0.500s
5	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.200s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	1	0.400s
7	Austria	Zeltweg	Graham Hill	BRM	DNF	0.280s
8	Italy	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari	1	0.800s
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	7 (DNF)	0.130s
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	5 (DNF)	0.860s

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
5	Britain	Brands Hatch	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
6	Germany	Nurburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari
7	Austria	Zeltweg	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
8	Italy	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	John Surtees	Ferrari	40
2	Graham Hill	BRM	39 (41)	-1
3	Jim Clark	Lotus	32	-8
4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	23	-17
=	Richie Ginther	BRM	23	-17
6	Dan Gurney	Brabham	19	-21
7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	13	-27
8	Peter Arundell	Lotus	11	-29
=	Jack Brabham	Brabham	11	-29
10	Jo Siffert	Lotus Brabham	7	-33
11	Bob Anderson	Brabham	5	-35
12	Tony Maggs	BRM	4	-36
=	Mike Spence	Lotus	4	-36
=	Innes Ireland	BRP	4	-36
15	Jo Bonnier	Cooper Brabham	3	-37
16	Chris Amon	Lotus	2	-38
=	Maurice Trintignant	BRM	2	-38
=	Walt Hansgen	Lotus	2	-38
19	Mike Hailwood	Lotus	1	-39
=	Phil Hill	Cooper	1	-39
=	Trevor Taylor	BRP Lotus	1	-39
=	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	1	-39

Points scoring system used:

Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	45 (49)
2	BRM	42 (51)	-3
3	Lotus-Climax	37 (40)	-8
4	Brabham-Climax	30	-15
5	Cooper-Climax	16	-29
6	Brabham-BRM	7	-38
7	BRP-BRM	5	-40
8	Lotus-BRM	3	-42

Points scoring system used:

Constructors only received points for their highest placed car.
Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Pos	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Avg.	Best
1	Jim Clark	1	2	6	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	2.20	1
2	Dan Gurney	5	1	1	2	3	3	4	2	3	2	2.60	1
3	John Surtees	4	4	5	3	5	1	2	1	2	4	3.10	1
4	Graham Hill	3	3	2	6	2	5	1	3	4	6	3.50	1
5	Peter Arundell	6	6	4	4							5.00	4
6	Jack Brabham	2	7	3	5	4	6	6	11	7	7	5.80	2
7	Lorenzo Bandini	7	10	9	8	8	4	7	7	8	3	7.10	3
8	Bruce McLaren	10	5	7	7	6	7	9	5	5	10	7.10	5
9	Pedro Rodriguez										9	9.00	9
10	Mike Spence					13	17	8	8	6	5	9.50	5
11	Richie Ginther	8	8	8	9	14	11	5	9	13	11	9.60	5
12	Jo Bonnier	11	12	14		9	12	10	12	9	8	10.78	8
13	Innes Ireland	15		16	11	10		11	13	10	16	12.75	10
14	Chris Amon	18	13	11	14	11	9	17		11	12	12.89	9
15	Jochen Rindt							13				13.00	13
16	Bob Anderson	12	11	19	15	7	15	14	14			13.38	7
17	Phil Hill	9	9	15	10	16	8	20		19	15	13.44	8
18	Jo Siffert	17	18	13	18	17	10	12	6	12	13	13.60	6
19	Moises Solana										14	14.00	14
20	Richard Attwood					15						15.00	15
21	Mike Hailwood	16	14		13	12	13	18	17	16	17	15.11	12
22	Ronnie Bucknum						22		10	14		15.33	10
23	Trevor Taylor	14		12	12	19		16	22	15	18	16.00	12
24	Ludovico Scarfiotti								16			16.00	16
25	Walt Hansgen									17		17.00	17
26	Peter Revson	19		10	16	23	18		18			17.33	10
27	Giancarlo Baghetti		16	17		22	21	15	15			17.67	15
28	Maurice Trintignant	13			17	25	14		21			18.00	13
29	Tony Maggs		15	18		24	16	19				18.40	15
30	Hap Sharp									18	19	18.50	18
31	Gerhard Mitter						19					19.00	19
32	Mario Araujo de Cabral								19			19.00	19
33	Carel Godin de Beaufort		17				23					20.00	17
34	Bernard Collomb	20										20.00	20
35	Frank Gardner					20						20.00	20
36	Edgar Barth						20					20.00	20
37	Jean-Claude Rudaz								20			20.00	20
38	John Taylor					21						21.00	21
39	Ian Raby					18			25			21.50	18
40	Andre Pilette			20			24					22.00	20
41	Geki								23			23.00	23
42	John Love								24			24.00	24

Pos	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Points
1	John Surtees	R	2	R	R	3	1	R	1	2	2	40
2	Graham Hill	1	4	5^R	2	2	2	R	R	1	11	39 (41)
3	Jim Clark	4^R	1	1	R	1	R	R	R	7^R/R	5^R	32
4	Lorenzo Bandini	10^R	R	R	9	5	3	1	3	7/R	3	23
=	Richie Ginther	2	11	4	5	8	7	2	4	4	8	23
6	Dan Gurney	R	R	6^R	1	13	10	R	10	R	1	19
7	Bruce McLaren	R	7	2	6	R	R	R	2	R	7	13
8	Peter Arundell	3	3	9	4							11
=	Jack Brabham	R	R	3	3	4	12^R	9	14^R	R	R	11
10	Jo Siffert	8	13	R	R	11	4	R	7	3	R	7
11	Bob Anderson	7^R	6	DNS	12	7	R	3	11			5
12	Tony Maggs		DNS	DNS		R	6	4				4
=	Mike Spence					9	8	R	6	7/R	4	4
=	Innes Ireland	DNS		10	R	10		5	5	R	12	4
15	Jo Bonnier	5	9	R		R	R	6	12	R	R	3
16	Chris Amon	DNQ	5	R	10	R	11^R	R		R	R	2
=	Maurice Trintignant	R			11	DNQ	5^R		R			2
=	Walt Hansgen									5		2
19	Mike Hailwood	6	12^R		8	R	R	8	R	8^R	R	1
=	Phil Hill	9^R	8	R	7	6	R	R		R	9^R	1
=	Trevor Taylor	R		7	R	R		R	DNQ	6	R	1
=	Pedro Rodriguez										6	1
	Giancarlo Baghetti		10	8		12	R	7	8
	Gerhard Mitter						9
	Ludovico Scarfiotti								9
	Moises Solana										10
	Peter Revson	DNQ		DSQ	DNS	R	14^R		13
	Ronnie Bucknum						13^R		R	R
	Hap Sharp									NC	13
	John Taylor					14
	Carel Godin de Beaufort		R				DNQ
	Andre Pilette			R			DNQ
	Ian Raby					R			DNQ
	Frank Gardner					R
	Edgar Barth						R
	Jochen Rindt							R
	Mario Araujo de Cabral								R
	Richard Attwood					DNS
	Jean-Claude Rudaz								DNS
	Bernard Collomb	DNQ
	John Love								DNQ
	Geki								DNQ

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.