1964 Australian Grand Prix

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.^[1]

1964 Australian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Race details
Date	9 February 1964
Location	Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.1 km (1.92 miles)
Distance	63 laps, 195.3 km (120.96 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Repco Brabham-Climax
Time	1'09.6
Fastest lap
Drivers	Jack Brabham	Repco Brabham-Climax
Fastest lap	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Time	1'09.5
Podium
First	Jack Brabham	Repco Brabham-Climax
Second	Bib Stillwell	Repco Brabham-Climax
Third	John Youl	Cooper-Climax

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

Classification

Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT7A, similar to the example pictured above

Results as follows:^[2][3]

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

Notes

• Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6
• Starters: 21^[3]
• Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)^[7]
• Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5

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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.