1964 Rand Grand Prix

  1964 Rand Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1964 Formula One season
Date	12 December 1964
Official name	VII Rand Grand Prix
Location	Kyalami, Johannesburg
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.096 km (2.545 mi)
Distance	25 x 2 laps, 204.8 km (127.25 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:35.0
Fastest lap
Drivers	Mike Spence (Heat 1)	Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap	Jackie Stewart (Heat 2)	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:38.6 (Heat 1) / 1:36.0 (Heat 2)
Podium
First	Graham Hill	Brabham-BRM
Second	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Ford
Third	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax

The 7th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 12 December 1964 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over two heats, each of 25 laps of the circuit, and was won overall by British driver Graham Hill in a Brabham BT11.

This race was the Formula One debut for future triple world champion Jackie Stewart, who secured pole position for the first heat. His car failed on the grid, and Hill won with Mike Spence in second. Stewart took the second heat, but Hill came second to claim the overall victory. Brabham cars filled the first three places, each with different makes of engine.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Heat 1 / 2
1	Graham Hill	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham-BRM	1.22:48.7	24	1st / 2nd
2	Paul Hawkins	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham-Ford	+ 52.9	4	3rd / 4th
3	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax	+ 1:25.0	5	4th / 3rd
4	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	+ 3:31.1	14	7th / 5th
5	Brausch Niemann	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	+ 3:55.8	10	9th / 6th
6	Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS-Climax	49 laps	11	8th / 7th
7	Clive Puzey	Clive Puzey Motors	Lotus-Climax	49 laps	15	10th / 9th
8	John Love	John Love	Cooper-Climax	46 laps	7	5th / 12th
9	Bob Hay	Bob Hay	Lotus-Ford	46 laps	19	13th / 11th
10	Neville Lederle	Scuderia Scribante	Lotus-Climax	45 laps	13	15th / 8th
11	David Hume	Team Valencia	Heron-Alfa Romeo	45 laps	16	11th / 13th
12	Alex Blignaut	Team Valencia	LDS-Alfa Romeo	44 laps	21	12th / 14th
13	Steve Mellet	Stan Mellet	LDS-Alfa Romeo	40 laps	25	16th / 15th
14	Rauten Hartmann	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot	37 laps / Engine	20	14th / Ret
15	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Romeo Special	27 laps / Accident	8	6th / Ret
16	Mike Spence	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	26 laps / Rose joint	2	2nd / Ret
17	Jackie Stewart	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Driveshaft / 25 laps	1	Ret / 1st
18	David Prophet	David Prophet Racing	Brabham-Ford	Water in petrol / 23 laps	9	Ret / 10th
19	Ray Reed	Rays Engineering	RE-Alfa Romeo	23 laps / Engine	17	Ret / DNS
Ret	Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Gearbox / Engine	6	Ret / Ret
Ret	David Clapham	Lawson Organisation	Cooper-Maserati	Engine	18	Ret / DNS
Ret	Ernie Pieterse	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	Accident	12	Ret / DNS
DNS	Tony Maggs	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-BRM	Camshaft in practice	(3)	- / -
DNS	Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus-Ford	Fire in practice	(22)	- / -
DNS	Jackie Pretorius	Jackie Pretorius	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Withdrawn after practice	(23)	- / -
DNP	Lionel Wilmot	Lionel Wilmot	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Oil leak	-	- / -

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com