1964 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 28 June 1964 (1964-06-28)
Official name 50e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
Location Rouen-Les-Essarts, Rouen, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.542 km (4.066 mi)
Distance 57 laps, 372.894 km (231.755 mi)
Weather Dry
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
Lap leaders

The 1964 French Grand Prix (formally the 50e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.[2]) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 June 1964 at the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit, Rouen, France. It was race 4 of 10 in both the 1964 World Championship of Drivers and the 1964 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The 57-lap race was won by Dan Gurney, driving a works Brabham-Climax, after starting from second position. Graham Hill finished second in a BRM, having started sixth, with Jack Brabham third in the other works Brabham-Climax.[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Qualifying times Gap
Q1 Q2
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 No time 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 No time 2:12.8 +3.2
9 10 United States Richie Ginther BRM2:14.6 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 Kingdom 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 No time +14.0

Race

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 Brakes/Accident 12
Ret 30 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 4 Clutch 17
DNS 36 United States Peter Revson Lotus-BRM Car raced by Hailwood
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. 1 2 Grant, Gregor (3 July 1964). "Dan's day at Rouen". Autosport. Vol. 29, no. 1. pp. 20–23.
  2. ↑ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1964". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "1964 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "France 1964 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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