1964 season

Dropped scores
Title decided in round 10

‹ 1963 1965 ›

World ChampionJohn Surtees40 points · 2 wins
Constructors' championFerrari45 points

Races10
Different winners5
Pole-sitters4
Not classified39%75 of 193 starts

Points: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six. Only the best 6 results counted towards the championship.

In this season not every result counted towards the championship: only a driver's best races went into the standings, the rest were dropped. The championship standings therefore sit below the sum of the points scored in races.

The title was decided in round 10: Mexican Grand Prix on 25 Oct 1964.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round. Not every result counted in this season: the chart shows the official championship standings, not the sum of the race points.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
John Surtees	0	6	6	6	10	19	19	28	34	40
Graham Hill	9	12	14	20	26	32	32	32	39	39
Jim Clark	3	12	21	21	30	30	30	30	30	32
Lorenzo Bandini	0	0	0	0	2	6	15	19	19	23
Richie Ginther	6	6	9	11	11	11	17	20	23	23
Dan Gurney	0	0	1	10	10	10	10	10	10	19
Bruce McLaren	0	0	6	7	7	7	7	13	13	13
Jack Brabham	0	0	4	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Peter Arundell	4	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Jo Siffert	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	7	7
Bob Anderson	0	1	1	1	1	1	5	5	5	5
Mike Spence	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Tony Maggs	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4
Innes Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4
Jo Bonnier	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Chris Amon	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maurice Trintignant	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Walt Hansgen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Mike Hailwood	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pedro Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Hill	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Trevor Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ferrari	0	6	6	6	10	19	28	37	43	45
BRM	9	12	15	21	27	33	36	36	42	42
Cooper	2	2	8	9	10	10	10	16	16	16
Brabham	0	1	5	14	17	3	3	3	7	7
BRP	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	5
Lotus	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	John Surtees	Ferrari	2	40
2	Graham Hill	BRM	2	39
3	Jim Clark	Lotus	3	32
4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1	23
5	Richie Ginther	BRM		23
6	Dan Gurney	Brabham	2	19
7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper		13
8	Jack Brabham	Brabham		11
8	Peter Arundell	Lotus		11
10	Jo Siffert	Lotus, Brabham		7
11	Bob Anderson	Brabham		5
12	Mike Spence	Lotus		4
12	Tony Maggs	BRM		4
14	Innes Ireland	Lotus, BRP		4
15	Jo Bonnier	Cooper, Brabham		3
16	Chris Amon	Lotus		2
16	Maurice Trintignant	BRM		2
16	Walt Hansgen	Lotus		2
19	Mike Hailwood	Lotus		1
19	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari		1
19	Phil Hill	Cooper		1
19	Trevor Taylor	BRP, Lotus		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	45
2	BRM	42
5	Cooper	16
6	Brabham	7
7	BRP	5
8	Lotus	3

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1964
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
SUR (John Surtees)	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	1^P^F	Ret	1^P^F	2	2	40
HIL (Graham Hill)	1^F	4	5	2	2	2	Ret^P	Ret	1	11	39
CLA (Jim Clark)	4^P	1^F	1	Ret^P	1^P^F	Ret	Ret	Ret	7^P^F	5^P^F	32
BAN (Lorenzo Bandini)	10	Ret	Ret	9	5	3	1	3	Ret	3	23
GIN (Richie Ginther)	2	11	4	5	8	7	2	4	4	8	23
GUR (Dan Gurney)	Ret	Ret^P	6^P^F	1	13	10	Ret^F	10	Ret	1	19
MCL (Bruce McLaren)	Ret	7	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	7	13
BRA (Jack Brabham)	Ret	Ret	3	3^F	4	12	9	14	Ret	Ret	11
ARU (Peter Arundell)	3	3	9	4							11
SIF (Jo Siffert)	8	13	Ret	Ret	11	4	Ret	7	3	Ret	7
AND (Bob Anderson)	7	6	DNS	12	7	Ret	3	11			5
SPE (Mike Spence)					9	8	Ret	6	7	4	4
MAG (Tony Maggs)		DNS	DNS		Ret	6	4				4
IRE (Innes Ireland)	DNS		10	Ret	10		5	5	Ret	12	4
BON (Jo Bonnier)	5	9	Ret		Ret	Ret	6	12	Ret	Ret	3
AMO (Chris Amon)	DNQ	5	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret		Ret	Ret	2
TRI (Maurice Trintignant)	Ret			11	DNQ	5		Ret			2
HAN (Walt Hansgen)									5		2
HAI (Mike Hailwood)	6	12		8	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	1
ROD (Pedro Rodríguez)										6	1
HIL (Phil Hill)	9	8	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret		Ret	9	1
TAY (Trevor Taylor)	Ret		7	Ret	Ret		Ret	DNQ	6	Ret	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Monaco	Monaco	10 May 1964	Jim Clark	Graham Hill
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	24 May 1964	Dan Gurney	Jim Clark
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	14 Jun 1964	Dan Gurney	Jim Clark
4	France	Rouen-Les-Essarts	28 Jun 1964	Jim Clark	Dan Gurney
5	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	11 Jul 1964	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
6	Germany	Nürburgring	2 Aug 1964	John Surtees	John Surtees
7	Austria	Zeltweg	23 Aug 1964	Graham Hill	Lorenzo Bandini
8	Italy	Monza	6 Sept 1964	John Surtees	John Surtees
9	United States	Watkins Glen	4 Oct 1964	Jim Clark	Graham Hill
10	MexicoTitle decided	Hermanos Rodríguez	25 Oct 1964	Jim Clark	Dan Gurney

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
BRM	Maurice Trintignant	P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Maurice Trintignant
BRM	Owen Racing Organisation	P261, P67	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Graham Hill, Richard Attwood, Richie Ginther
BRM	Scuderia Centro Sud	P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Giancarlo Baghetti, Tony Maggs
BRP	British Racing Partnership	Mk 1, Mk 2	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Innes Ireland, Trevor Taylor
Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	BT11, BT7	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Dan Gurney, Jack Brabham
Brabham	DW Racing Enterprises	BT11	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bob Anderson
Brabham	Ian Raby Racing	BT3	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Ian Raby
Brabham	John Willment Automobiles	BT10	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Frank Gardner
Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Giacomo Russo, Hap Sharp, Jo Bonnier, Jo Siffert, Jochen Rindt
Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	BT7	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jo Bonnier
Brabham	Siffert Racing Team	BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jo Bonnier, Jo Siffert
Cooper	Bob Gerard Racing	T71/73	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	John Taylor
Cooper	Cooper Car Company	T66, T73	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bruce McLaren, John Love, Phil Hill
Cooper	Fabre Urbain	T60	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jean-Claude Rudaz
Cooper	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	T66	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Edgar Barth, Jo Bonnier
Derrington-Francis	Derrington-Francis Racing Team	DF	ATS 100 1.5 V8	Goodyear	Mário de Araújo Cabral
Ferrari	North American Racing Team	1512, 158	Ferrari 205B 1.5 V8, Ferrari 207 1.5 F12	Dunlop	John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Pedro Rodríguez
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	156, 158	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6, Ferrari 205B 1.5 V8	Dunlop	John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti
Honda	Honda R&D Company	RA271	Honda RA271E 1.5 V12	Dunlop	Ronnie Bucknum
Lotus	Bernard Collomb	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bernard Collomb
Lotus	British Racing Partnership	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Innes Ireland, Trevor Taylor
Lotus	Reg Parnell Racing	24, 25	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Chris Amon, Mike Hailwood, Peter Revson
Lotus	Reg Parnell Racing	25	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Chris Amon
Lotus	Revson Racing	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Peter Revson
Lotus	Siffert Racing Team	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jo Siffert
Lotus	Team Lotus	25, 33	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Gerhard Mitter, Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Moisés Solana, Peter Arundell, Walt Hansgen
Porsche	Ecurie Maarsbergen	718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	Dunlop	Carel Godin de Beaufort
Scirocco	Equipe Scirocco Belge	SP	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	André Pilette

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950, with or without the dropped-scores rule of the time.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	40	40	P1
2	Graham Hill	40	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	33	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	23	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	22	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	18	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	12	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	12	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	4	5	P11
12	Innes Ireland	4	4	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. In this season drivers shared a car. The points for a shared position are split, just as the era itself split them – 2 drivers are affected. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	40		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	38	−2	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	33		32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	23		23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	22		23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	18		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	12		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	12		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	4		5	P11
12	Innes Ireland	4		4	P14

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	39	39	P2
2	John Surtees	38	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	29	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	23	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	22	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	17	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	13	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	11	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	5	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	4	4	P12

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	38		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	37	−2	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	29		32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	23		23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	22		23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	17		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	13		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	11		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	5		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	4		4	P12

The system in force at the time, but every result counts – nothing dropped.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	41	39	P2
2	John Surtees	40	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	32	32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	23	23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	23	23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	19	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	13	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	11	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	5	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	4	4	P12

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	43	39	P2
2	John Surtees	42	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	35	32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	24	23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	23	23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	21	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	13	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	11	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	5	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	4	4	P12

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	42		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	41	−2	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	35		32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	24		23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	23		23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	21		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	13		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	11		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	11		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	7		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	5		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	4		4	P12

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	53	39	P2
2	John Surtees	50	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	40	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	39	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	32	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	23	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	23	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	17	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	17	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	14	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	13	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	10	4	P12

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	50		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	49	−4	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	40		32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	35	−4	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	32		23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	23		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	23		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	17		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	17		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	14		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	13		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	10		4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	126	39	P2
2	John Surtees	119	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	100	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	96	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	83	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	60	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	44	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29	4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	119		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	116	−10	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	100		32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	82	−1	23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	82	−14	23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	60		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	44		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29		4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	127	39	P2
2	John Surtees	121	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	104	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	96	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	83	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	61	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	45	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29	4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	121		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	117	−10	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	104		32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	82	−1	23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	82	−14	23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	61		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	45		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29		4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of John Surtees.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	126	39	P2
2	John Surtees	119	40	P1
3	Jim Clark	100	32	P3
4	Richie Ginther	96	23	P5
5	Lorenzo Bandini	83	23	P4
6	Dan Gurney	60	19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56	13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	44	11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44	11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37	7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35	5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29	4	P12

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	John Surtees	119		40	P1
2	Graham Hill	116	−10	39	P2
3	Jim Clark	100		32	P3
4	Lorenzo Bandini	82	−1	23	P4
5	Richie Ginther	82	−14	23	P5
6	Dan Gurney	60		19	P6
7	Bruce McLaren	56		13	P7
8	Jack Brabham	44		11	P8
9	Peter Arundell	44		11	P8
10	Jo Siffert	37		7	P10
11	Bob Anderson	35		5	P11
12	Mike Spence	29		4	P12