1964 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	15th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	John Surtees (only title, 9th different world champion, 4th British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (2nd title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jim Clark
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Lotus
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
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

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	02 August	1964 German Grand Prix
7	Austria	Zeltweg	23 August	1964 Austrian Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	06 September	1964 Italian Grand Prix
9	USA	Watkins Glen	04 October	1964 United States Grand Prix
10	Mexico DT CT	Mexico City	25 October	1964 Mexican Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Brabham (works team)	Jack Brabham	All
Brabham (works team)	Dan Gurney	All
Brabham (privateers)	Bob Anderson	1-8
	Jo Bonnier	2-3, 5-10
	Frank Gardner	5
	Geki	8
	Ian Raby	5, 8
	Jochen Rindt	7
	Hap Sharp	9-10
	Jo Siffert	2-10
BRM (works team)	Richard Attwood	5
	Richie Ginther	All
	Graham Hill	All
BRM (privateers)	Giancarlo Baghetti	2-3, 5-8
	Tony Maggs	2-3, 5-7
	Maurice Trintignant	1, 4-6, 8
BRP (works team)	Innes Ireland	3-5, 7-10
BRP (works team)	Trevor Taylor	1, 3-4, 7-10
Cooper (works team)	Phil Hill	1-7, 9-10
	John Love	8
	Bruce McLaren	All
Cooper (privateers)	Edgar Barth	6
	Jo Bonnier	1
	Jean-Claude Rudaz	8
	John Taylor	5
Derrington-Francis ATS (works team)	Mario de Araujo Cabral	8
Ferrari (works team)	Lorenzo Bandini	All
	Pedro Rodriguez	10
	Ludovico Scarfiotti	8
	John Surtees	All
Honda (works team)	Ronnie Bucknum	6, 8-9
Lotus (works team)	Peter Arundell	1-4
	Jim Clark	All
	Walt Hansgen	9
	Gerhard Mitter	6
	Moises Solana	10
	Mike Spence	5-10
Lotus (privateers)	Chris Amon	1-7, 9-10
	Bernard Collomb	1
	Mike Hailwood	1-2, 4-10
	Innes Ireland	1
	Peter Revson	1, 3-6, 8
	Jo Siffert	1
	Trevor Taylor	5
Porsche (privateer)	Carel Godin de Beaufort	2, 6
Scirocco (privateer)	Andre Pilette	3, 6

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	4^R	0.100s
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	DNF	0.100s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	6^R	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^R	0.130s
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	5^R	0.860s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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

Qualifying results

See: 1964 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

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.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1964.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its 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.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Points
1	Ferrari	10^R	2	R	9	3	1	1	1	2	2	45 (49)
2	BRM	1	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	1	8	42 (51)
3	Lotus-Climax	3	1	1	4	1	8	R	6	5	4	37 (40)
4	Brabham-Climax	7^R	6	3	1	4	10	3	10	R	1	30
5	Cooper-Climax	5	7	2	6	6	R	R	2	R	7	16
6	Brabham-BRM		9	R	R	11	4	R	7	3	13	7
7	BRP-BRM	R		7	R	10		5	5	6	12	5
8	Lotus-BRM	6	5	R	8	R	11^R	8	13	8^R	R	3
9	Honda						13^R		R	R
10	Cooper-Ford					14
11	Scirocco-Climax			R			DNQ
12	Porsche		R				DNQ
13	Brabham-Ford					R
14	Derrington-Francis ATS								R
No.	Constructor	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1964.

Season statistics

See: 1964 F1 World Championship Season Statistics