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1964 French Grand Prix
Race 4 of 10 in the 1964 Formula One season
Race details
Date June 28, 1964
Official name L Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
Location Rouen-Les-Essarts, Rouen, France
Course Public roads
Course length 6.53 km (4.06 miles)
Distance 57 laps, 372 km (231 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 2:09.6
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax
Time 2:11.4 on lap 44[1]
Podium
First Brabham-Climax
Second BRM
Third Brabham-Climax

The 1964 French Grand Prix (formally the L Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.) was a Formula One motor race held on October 22, 1964 at the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit, Rouen, France. It was the 4th race of the 1964 Formula One season.[2] The race, contested over 57 laps, was won by Dan Gurney for the Brabham team after starting from second position. Graham Hill, who started the Grand Prix from sixth position, finished second in a BRM car, with Jack Brabham third in the other Brabham.[1]

Report

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Background

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Heading into the race weekend, there was speculation as to the future of Formula One. It had been suggested that some races were processional and that instead of having just one race, Formula One could move to a system with heat races and a final.[3] The CSI, the body responsible for the running of Formula One at the time, announced that for the 1966 season, there would be no minimum or maximum weight limits for Grand Prix cars powered by a rotary or turbine engine. They were still working on a system that in theory would equalise the performance of these cars with the then current piston engined cars.[4]

The Rouen circuit had been partially resurfaced prior to the Grand Prix, leaving out the Nouveau Monde and la Sciere hairpins and the section of the circuit from the final hairpin to the pit straight.[5]

The Rob Walker Racing Team and Scuderia Centro Sud did not enter the Grand Prix.[5] Privately entered cars were Jo Siffert's Brabham-BRM, Bob Anderson's Brabham-Climax and Maurice Trintignant's BRM.[5]

Practice

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Practice sessions were held on the Thursday and Friday prior to the Grand Prix with each driver's fastest lap time contributing to their place on the grid. Ferrari did not participate in the session on Thursday, along with Mike Hailwood, who was practicing for the Dutch TT, a motorcycle race which was set to take place on the Saturday. He would go on to win the race for motorcycles with an engine displacement of 500 cc on an MV Agusta.[1][6] Although triumphant, an airline strike meant that he had to drive through the night to reach Rouen in time for Sunday's race.[7]

During the first session, Lotus driver Jim Clark started the session in a Lotus 33, but alternated between that its predecessor, the Lotus 25. Brabham's Dan Gurney posted a lap of 2:10.1, which stood as the quickest lap until just before the end of the session, when Clark set a time of 2:09.6. Third was Lotus' other driver, Peter Arundell, two seconds slower than Clark. Fourth was ex-world champion Graham Hill in a BRM, half a second behind Arundell and fifth was Jack Brabham in the second Brabham, 0.2 seconds slower than Hill.

Race

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Dan Gurney, winner of the 1964 French Grand Prix.

The start of the race was due at 3:15 local time (UTC+1), and conditions were overcast and cloudy.[8] Prior to the start, Clark's Lotus was leaking oil but the start was delayed, which enabled Clark's Lotus to be pushed to the pole position on the grid.[1] The race started and Clark held on to the lead, followed by Gurney.[1]

Gurney took the Brabham team's first win in a World Championship Grand Prix. This meant that Jack Brabham became the first man to be a winning driver and owner of a winning manufacturer.[9] As well as being Brabham's first win, the race was also the first Grand Prix win for a Hewland gearbox.[10] Graham Hill finished second for BRM, 24 seconds behind Gurney, with Jack Brabham third in the other works Brabham.

Classification

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Practice

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Bold formatting denotes a driver's best time over both practice sessions

Pos No Driver Constructor Thursday Friday Gap
1 2 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:09.6 2:10.8
2 22 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 2:10.1 2:10.5 + 0.5
3 24 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 2:11.1 + 1.5
4 4 United Kingdom Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax 2:11.6 2:12.1 + 2.0
5 20 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 2:12.3 2:11.8 + 2.2
6 8 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 2:12.1 2:12.9 + 2.5
7 12 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:13.9 2:12.4 + 2.8
8 26 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 2:12.8 + 3.2
9 10 United States Richie Ginther BRM 2:14.6 2:13.9 + 4.3
10 14 United States Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 2:14.5 2:15.4 + 4.9
11 16 United Kingdom Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 2:15.3 2:14.8 + 5.2
12 18 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 2:16.3 2:14.9 + 5.3
13 36† United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 2:16.2 + 6.6
14 34 New Zealand Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 2:24.3 2:16.4 + 6.8
15 32 United States Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 2:17.4 2:16.9 + 7.3
16 36† United States Peter Revson Lotus-BRM 2:18.5 + 8.9
17 28 France Maurice Trintignant BRM 2:26.3 2:21.5 + 11.9
18 30 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 2:23.6 + 14.0
Notes
†: Revson drove Hailwood's car in Thursday's practice session whilst Hailwood was practicing for the Dutch TT.

Starting Grid

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1st Row 3 2 1
United Kingdom
24. Surtees
Ferrari
2:11.1
United States
22. Gurney
Brabham-Climax
2:10.1
United Kingdom
2. Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
2:09.6
2nd Row 5 4
Australia
20. Brabham
Brabham-Climax
2:11.8
United Kingdom
4. Arundell
Lotus-Climax
2:11.6
3rd Row 8 7 6
Italy
26. Bandini
Ferrari
2:12.8
New Zealand
12. McLaren
Cooper-Climax
2:12.4
United Kingdom
8. G. Hill
BRM
2:12.1
4th Row 10 9
United States
14. P. Hill
Cooper-Climax
2:14.5
United States
10. Ginther
BRM
2:13.9
5th Row 13 12 11
United Kingdom
36. Hailwood
Lotus-BRM
2:16.2
United Kingdom
18. Taylor
BRP-BRM
2:14.9
United Kingdom
16. Ireland
BRP-BRM
2:14.8
6th Row 15 14
United States
32. Anderson
Brabham-Climax
2:16.9
United Kingdom
34. Amon
Lotus-BRM
2:16.4
7th Row 17 16
Switzerland
30. Siffert
Brabham-BRM
2:23.6
France
28. Trintignant
BRM
2:21.5

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 22 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 57 2:07:49.1 2 9
2 8 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 57 + 24.1 6 6
3 20 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 57 + 24.9 5 4
4 4 United Kingdom Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax 57 + 1:10.6 4 3
5 10 United States Richie Ginther BRM 57 + 2:12.1 9 2
6 12 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 56 + 1 lap 7 1
7 14 United States Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 56 + 1 lap 10
8 36 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 56 + 1 lap 13
9 26 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 55 + 2 laps 8
10 34 New Zealand Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 53 + 4 laps 14
11 28 France Maurice Trintignant BRM 52 + 5 laps 16
12 32 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 50 + 7 laps 15
Ret 16 United Kingdom Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 32 Accident 11
Ret 2 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 31 Engine 1
Ret 24 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 6 Engine 3
Ret 18 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 6 Accident 12
Ret 30 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 4 Clutch 17

Standings after the race

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Note, only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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Classifications from -

  • Grant, Gregor (1964-07-03). "Dan's day at Rouen". Autosport. 29 (1): p.20-23. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  • "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Grant, Gregor (1964-07-03). "Dan's day at Rouen". Autosport. 29 (1): p.20-23. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ "1964 FIA Formula One World Championship". The Official Formula 1 Website. Formula One Administration Ltd. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  3. ^ Grant, Gregor (1964-07-03). "Dan's day at Rouen". Autosport. 29 (1): p.1. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Grant, Gregor (1964-07-03). "Dan's day at Rouen". Autosport. 29 (1): p.3. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ a b c Jenkinson, Denis (August 1964). "50th French Grand Prix". Motor Sport. 40 (8): p.629. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ "Results 1964 : Dutch TT : MotoGP Classification". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports S.L. Retrieved 2008-10-28. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  7. ^ "Grand Prix Results: French GP, 1964". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1, Inc. Retrieved 2008-10-28. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  8. ^ Jenkinson, Denis (August 1964). "50th French Grand Prix". Motor Sport. 40 (8): p.630. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  9. ^ Rendall, Ivan (1995). The Chequered Flag: 100 Years of Motor Racing. George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. pp. p.237. ISBN 0-297-83550-5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  10. ^ "History of Hewland Products". Hewland Engineering. Retrieved 2008-11-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)


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