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1964 Australian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Grand Prix	Australian
Country	Australia
Location	Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date	9 February
Year	1964
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.92
Course_km	3.1
Distance_laps	63
Distance_mi	120.96
Distance_km	195.3
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Jack Brabham
Pole_Country	Australia
Pole_Team	Repco Brabham-Climax
Pole_Time	1'09.6
Fast_Driver	Jack Brabham
Fast_Team	Repco Brabham-Climax
Fast_Time	1'09.5
Fast_Country	Australia
Fast_Driver2	Bruce McLaren
Fast_Team2	Cooper-Climax
Fast_Country2	New Zealand
First_Driver	Jack Brabham
First_Country	Australia
First_Team	Repco Brabham-Climax
Second_Driver	Bib Stillwell
Second_Country	Australia
Second_Team	Repco Brabham-Climax
Third_Driver	John Youl
Third_Country	Australia
Third_Team	Cooper-Climax

The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 February 1964. It was the twenty ninth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 5 of the 1964 Tasman Series and Round 1 of the 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.

Defending winner Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham. It was his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory.

Classification

Results as follows:

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Laps	Time /
comments	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS
1	AUS Jack Brabham	Ecurie Vitesse	Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 19.2s
6	AUS Bib Stillwell	B.S. Stillwell	Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 31.1s
5	AUS John Youl	John C. Youl	Cooper T55 / Climax FPF	63	1h 15m 34.1s
8	USA Timmy Mayer	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd.	Cooper T70 / Climax FPF	63	1h 16m 06.5s
2	NZL Denny Hulme	Ecurie Vitesse	Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	60
12	NZL Jim Palmer	J. Palmer	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF	60
17	AUS Arnold Glass	Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd.	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5	57
14	NZL Tony Shelly	A. L. Shelly	Lola Mk4A / Climax FPF	57
26	AUS David Walker	David Walker	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5	54
21	AUS Frank Gardner	Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd.	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5	49
9	AUS Bill Patterson
AUS Doug Whiteford	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF	42	Driver sick / Accident
7	NZL Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd.	Cooper T70 / Climax FPF	37	Engine
10	AUS Doug Whiteford	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2	36	Engine
4	AUS Lex Davison	Ecurie Australie	Cooper T62 / Climax FPF	29	Piston
22	AUS David Fletcher	D. K. Fletcher	Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5	29	Accident
24	AUS Mel McEwin	Mel McEwin	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	24	Gearbox
18	AUS Keith Rilstone	K. N. Rilstone	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	5	Piston
11	AUS Frank Matich	Total Team	Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	4	Differential
16	AUS Charlie Smith	C. G. Smith	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	2	Timing Gear
15	AUS Tony Osborne	A. J. R. Osborne	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF	2	Differential
19	AUS Wally Mitchell	East Burwood Motors	MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5
25	AUS Leo Geoghegan	Total Team	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
20	AUS Glyn Scott	Glyn Scott Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
23	AUS Jack Hunnam	Jack Hunnam Motors	Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5

Notes

Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6
Starters: 21
Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)
Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5 p

In popular culture

A "science-fiction" version of the 1964 Australian Grand Prix was depicted five years before it took place in the American film On the Beach (1959), based on the Nevil Shute novel of the same name.

References

The 29th Australian Grand Prix, Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, Confedertion of Australian Motor Sport, p. 48
Ray Bell. "XXIX Australian Grand Prix". tasman-series.com.
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, 9 February 1964
The cars of Brabham, Stillwell, Hulme and Matich were each listed in the Official Programme under the name "Repco Brabham"
[https://www.oldracingcars.com/tasman/results/1964/sandown-park/ Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964, www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved 4 December 2018
The official history of the Australian Grand Prix – 80 Years, p. 221

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