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1964 Mexican Grand Prix

March 24, 2023

The 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 25, 1964. It was race 10 of 10 in both the 1964 World Championship of Drivers and the 1964 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

1964 Mexican Grand Prix
Race details
Date October 25, 1964
Official name III Gran Premio de México
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.000 km (3.107 miles)
Distance 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Climax
Time 1:57.24
Fastest lap
Driver Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:58.37
Podium
First
Brabham-Climax
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

It was perhaps the most dramatic finale in the history of the World Championship. Championship points could only be scored by the first six finishers (9–6–4–3–2–1 points). Arriving to the race, three drivers had a chance of winning the title: Graham Hill (BRM P261[1]) with 39 points, John Surtees (Ferrari) with 34, and Jim Clark (Lotus 33-Climax) with 30. In order to win the title, Clark had to win the race, with Surtees finishing not higher than third and Hill not higher than fourth.[a] Surtees could only win the title by finishing first, in each case, or second, unless Hill finished as high as third.

The race began with Clark leading from pole position with Dan Gurney running second in the Brabham-Climax (Gurney had only ten points going into this race having won the French Grand Prix and scored a sixth place at the Belgian Grand Prix). Hill and Lorenzo Bandini, Surtees's teammate, were duelling for third place, with Surtees a distant fifth, seemingly with no chance at winning the title. Then Bandini ran into the back of Hill's BRM, causing him to spin into the Armco, damaging his exhaust and lose a few places.[1] Thereafter Hill's car ran with a crimped exhaust pipe, causing him to lose power. The championship was now firmly in Clark's grasp. If the positions remained the same, he would be champion with four victories to Hill's two, although they would be tied on points at 39. On the penultimate lap, an oil line failed and Clark's engine seized as the Lotus crossed the line, with one lap left to go.[1] The positions were now Gurney–Bandini–Surtees, meaning the championship would be Hill's, so long as Surtees placed no higher. Realizing Surtees could win the title by finishing second, the Ferrari team manager frantically signalled Bandini to slow down as he passed the pits to enter the last lap and let Surtees through. Bandini dutifully did so and Surtees finished second, thus winning the World Championship of Drivers by one point over Hill (40 to 39). Meanwhile, Gurney won the Grand Prix, almost unnoticed.[1] The Ferrari cars were entered by the American NART team and painted white with blue lengthwise "Cunningham racing stripes", the national colours of the teams licensed in the United States. Since Ferrari cars entered in the 1965 and 1969 seasons by the American NART team and at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix by the British privateer Reg Parnell team kept wearing the red colour, this race was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour (rosso corsa) in Formula One.


Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time
1 1   Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:57.24
2 6   Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:58.10
3 8   Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:58.60
4 7   John Surtees Ferrari 1:58.70
5 2   Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:59.21
6 3   Graham Hill BRM 1:59.80
7 5   Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:59.99
8 16   Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 2:00.17
9 18   Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 2:00.90
10 9   Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:01.12
11 4   Richie Ginther BRM 2:01.15
12 15   Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 2:01.17
13 22   Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 2:01.37
14 17   Moisés Solana Lotus-Climax 2:01.43
15 10   Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 2:02.00
16 11   Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 2:02.35
17 14   Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 2:04.11
18 12   Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 2:04.90
19 23   Hap Sharp Brabham-BRM 2:06.90

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6   Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 65 2:09:50.32 2 9
2 7   John Surtees Ferrari 65 + 1:08.94 4 6
3 8   Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 65 + 1:09.63 3 4
4 2   Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 65 + 1:21.86 5 3
5 1   Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 64 Engine/Oil line 1 2
6 18   Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 64 + 1 lap 9 1
7 9   Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 64 + 1 lap 10
8 4   Richie Ginther BRM 64 + 1 lap 11
9 10   Phil Hill Cooper-Climax 63 Engine 15
10 17   Moisés Solana Lotus-Climax 63 + 2 laps 14
11 3   Graham Hill BRM 63 + 2 laps 6
12 11   Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 61 + 4 laps 16
13 23   Hap Sharp Brabham-BRM 60 + 5 laps 19
Ret 15   Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 46 Gearbox 12
Ret 5   Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 44 Electrical 7
Ret 14   Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM 12 Overheating 17
Ret 22   Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 11 Fuel pump 13
Ret 16   Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 9 Suspension 8
Ret 12   Trevor Taylor BRP-BRM 6 Overheating 18
Source:[2]

Permutations

  • For the first time, 3 British drivers went into the last race with a chance of winning the championship.
    • Graham Hill (39pts) needed either:
      • 1st
      • 3rd, with Surtees 2nd or lower
      • Clark 2nd or lower and Surtees 3rd or lower
    • John Surtees (34pts) needed either:
      • 1st
      • 2nd, with Graham Hill 4th or lower
    • Jim Clark (30pts) needed:
      • 1st, with Surtees 3rd or lower and Graham Hill 4th or lower
    • Jim Clark nearly managed this. If his engine hadn't blown in the last laps, he would've done just enough to win the championship.
  • In another first, three constructors were fighting for the championship.
    • Ferrari (43pts) needed either
      • 1st
      • 2nd, with the top BRM 3rd or lower
      • The top Lotus-Climax 2nd or lower and the top BRM in 3rd or lower
    • BRM (42pts) needed
      • 1st
    • Lotus-Climax (37pts) needed
      • 1st, with the top Ferrari 3rd or lower
    • Again, if Jim Clark's engine hadn't blown, then Lotus-Climax would've won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers

Championship standings after the race

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Notes

  1. ^ Hill had already scored points in six races and only the best six scores counted; he would have to drop the points for his weakest four finishes. If he finished fourth or higher he would have to drop three points scored for the Dutch Grand Prix. Neither Clark nor Surtees had scored in six races thus far.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kettlewell, Mike. "Grand Prix Racing South of the Border", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974) Volume 12, p.1332.
  2. ^ . formula1.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Mexico 1964 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

External links

  • 1964 Mexican Grand Prix at statsf1.com
  • 1964 Mexican Grand Prix at grandprix.com


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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1964 Mexican Grand Prix news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 25 1964 It was race 10 of 10 in both the 1964 World Championship of Drivers and the 1964 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers 1964 Mexican Grand PrixRace detailsDateOctober 25 1964Official nameIII Gran Premio de MexicoLocationAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Magdalena Mixhuca Mexico CityCoursePermanent racing facilityCourse length5 000 km 3 107 miles Distance65 laps 325 000 km 201 946 miles Pole positionDriverJim ClarkLotus ClimaxTime1 57 24Fastest lapDriverJim ClarkLotus ClimaxTime1 58 37PodiumFirstDan GurneyBrabham ClimaxSecondJohn SurteesFerrariThirdLorenzo BandiniFerrariLap leaders It was perhaps the most dramatic finale in the history of the World Championship Championship points could only be scored by the first six finishers 9 6 4 3 2 1 points Arriving to the race three drivers had a chance of winning the title Graham Hill BRM P261 1 with 39 points John Surtees Ferrari with 34 and Jim Clark Lotus 33 Climax with 30 In order to win the title Clark had to win the race with Surtees finishing not higher than third and Hill not higher than fourth a Surtees could only win the title by finishing first in each case or second unless Hill finished as high as third The race began with Clark leading from pole position with Dan Gurney running second in the Brabham Climax Gurney had only ten points going into this race having won the French Grand Prix and scored a sixth place at the Belgian Grand Prix Hill and Lorenzo Bandini Surtees s teammate were duelling for third place with Surtees a distant fifth seemingly with no chance at winning the title Then Bandini ran into the back of Hill s BRM causing him to spin into the Armco damaging his exhaust and lose a few places 1 Thereafter Hill s car ran with a crimped exhaust pipe causing him to lose power The championship was now firmly in Clark s grasp If the positions remained the same he would be champion with four victories to Hill s two although they would be tied on points at 39 On the penultimate lap an oil line failed and Clark s engine seized as the Lotus crossed the line with one lap left to go 1 The positions were now Gurney Bandini Surtees meaning the championship would be Hill s so long as Surtees placed no higher Realizing Surtees could win the title by finishing second the Ferrari team manager frantically signalled Bandini to slow down as he passed the pits to enter the last lap and let Surtees through Bandini dutifully did so and Surtees finished second thus winning the World Championship of Drivers by one point over Hill 40 to 39 Meanwhile Gurney won the Grand Prix almost unnoticed 1 The Ferrari cars were entered by the American NART team and painted white with blue lengthwise Cunningham racing stripes the national colours of the teams licensed in the United States Since Ferrari cars entered in the 1965 and 1969 seasons by the American NART team and at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix by the British privateer Reg Parnell team kept wearing the red colour this race was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour rosso corsa in Formula One Contents 1 Classification 1 1 Qualifying 1 2 Race 2 Permutations 3 Championship standings after the race 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksClassification EditQualifying Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Time1 1 Jim Clark Lotus Climax 1 57 242 6 Dan Gurney Brabham Climax 1 58 103 8 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1 58 604 7 John Surtees Ferrari 1 58 705 2 Mike Spence Lotus Climax 1 59 216 3 Graham Hill BRM 1 59 807 5 Jack Brabham Brabham Climax 1 59 998 16 Jo Bonnier Brabham Climax 2 00 179 18 Pedro Rodriguez Ferrari 2 00 9010 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper Climax 2 01 1211 4 Richie Ginther BRM 2 01 1512 15 Chris Amon Lotus BRM 2 01 1713 22 Jo Siffert Brabham BRM 2 01 3714 17 Moises Solana Lotus Climax 2 01 4315 10 Phil Hill Cooper Climax 2 02 0016 11 Innes Ireland BRP BRM 2 02 3517 14 Mike Hailwood Lotus BRM 2 04 1118 12 Trevor Taylor BRP BRM 2 04 9019 23 Hap Sharp Brabham BRM 2 06 90Race Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 6 Dan Gurney Brabham Climax 65 2 09 50 32 2 92 7 John Surtees Ferrari 65 1 08 94 4 63 8 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 65 1 09 63 3 44 2 Mike Spence Lotus Climax 65 1 21 86 5 35 1 Jim Clark Lotus Climax 64 Engine Oil line 1 26 18 Pedro Rodriguez Ferrari 64 1 lap 9 17 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper Climax 64 1 lap 108 4 Richie Ginther BRM 64 1 lap 119 10 Phil Hill Cooper Climax 63 Engine 1510 17 Moises Solana Lotus Climax 63 2 laps 1411 3 Graham Hill BRM 63 2 laps 612 11 Innes Ireland BRP BRM 61 4 laps 1613 23 Hap Sharp Brabham BRM 60 5 laps 19Ret 15 Chris Amon Lotus BRM 46 Gearbox 12Ret 5 Jack Brabham Brabham Climax 44 Electrical 7Ret 14 Mike Hailwood Lotus BRM 12 Overheating 17Ret 22 Jo Siffert Brabham BRM 11 Fuel pump 13Ret 16 Jo Bonnier Brabham Climax 9 Suspension 8Ret 12 Trevor Taylor BRP BRM 6 Overheating 18Source 2 Permutations EditFor the first time 3 British drivers went into the last race with a chance of winning the championship Graham Hill 39pts needed either 1st 3rd with Surtees 2nd or lower Clark 2nd or lower and Surtees 3rd or lower John Surtees 34pts needed either 1st 2nd with Graham Hill 4th or lower Jim Clark 30pts needed 1st with Surtees 3rd or lower and Graham Hill 4th or lower Jim Clark nearly managed this If his engine hadn t blown in the last laps he would ve done just enough to win the championship In another first three constructors were fighting for the championship Ferrari 43pts needed either 1st 2nd with the top BRM 3rd or lower The top Lotus Climax 2nd or lower and the top BRM in 3rd or lower BRM 42pts needed 1st Lotus Climax 37pts needed 1st with the top Ferrari 3rd or lower Again if Jim Clark s engine hadn t blown then Lotus Climax would ve won the International Cup for F1 ManufacturersChampionship standings after the race EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points 1 1 John Surtees 40 1 2 Graham Hill 39 41 3 Jim Clark 32 1 4 Lorenzo Bandini 23 1 5 Richie Ginther 23Source 3 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 45 49 2 BRM 42 51 3 Lotus Climax 37 40 4 Brabham Climax 30 5 Cooper Climax 16Source 3 Notes Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings Only best 6 results counted toward the championship Numbers without parentheses are championship points numbers in parentheses are total points scored Notes Edit Hill had already scored points in six races and only the best six scores counted he would have to drop the points for his weakest four finishes If he finished fourth or higher he would have to drop three points scored for the Dutch Grand Prix Neither Clark nor Surtees had scored in six races thus far References Edit a b c d Kettlewell Mike Grand Prix Racing South of the Border in Ward Ian executive editor World of Automobiles London Orbis 1974 Volume 12 p 1332 1964 Mexican Grand Prix formula1 com Archived from the original on 12 November 2014 Retrieved 20 September 2015 a b Mexico 1964 Championship STATS F1 www statsf1 com Retrieved 19 March 2019 External links Edit1964 Mexican Grand Prix at statsf1 com 1964 Mexican Grand Prix at grandprix com Previous race 1964 United States Grand Prix FIA Formula One World Championship 1964 season Next race 1965 South African Grand PrixPrevious race 1963 Mexican Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Next race 1965 Mexican Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 Mexican Grand Prix amp oldid 1144039254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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