Australian Grand Prix

Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT7A [IC-2-63] - Climax FPF 4
#1 Ecurie Vitesse 		63 75:19.2
2 Bib Stillwell Brabham BT4 [IC-3-62] - Climax FPF 4
#6 B.S. Stillwell 		63 75:31.1
3 John Youl Cooper T55 [F1-10-61] - Climax FPF 4
#5 John Youl 		63 75:34.1
4 Tim Mayer Cooper T70 [FL-1-64] - Climax FPF 4
#8 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 		63 76:06.5
5 Denis Hulme Brabham BT4 [IC-2-62] - Climax FPF 4
#2 Ecurie Vitesse 		60
6 Jim Palmer Cooper T53 ["F2-13-58"] - Climax FPF 4
#12 George Palmer 		60
7 Arnold Glass (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-FM-24] - Ford twin cam
#17 Capitol Motors 		57
8 Tony Shelly Lola Mk4A [BRGP-44] - Climax FPF 4
#14 Shelly Motors Ltd. 		57
9 Dave Walker (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT2 [FJ-12-62] - Ford
#26 David Walker 		54
10 Frank Gardner (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT6 [FJ-9-63] - Ford twin cam
#21 Alec Mildren Racing 		53 gearbox
R Bill Patterson Cooper T53 [F1-5-61] - Climax FPF 4
#9 Bill Patterson Motors 		42 accident
R Doug Whiteford Cooper T53 [F1-5-61] - Climax FPF 4
#9 Bill Patterson Motors 		42 accident
R Bruce McLaren Cooper T70 [FL-2-64] - Climax FPF 4
#7 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 		37 engine
R Doug Whiteford (Tasman) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' ["F2-2-57" or "F2-5-57"] - Climax FPF 4
#10 Bill Patterson Motors (see note 1) 		36 engine
R Lex Davison Cooper T62 ["CTA/BM/2"] - Climax FPF 4
#4 Ecurie Australie 		29 piston
R David Fletcher (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lola Mk5 [BRJ51] - Ford
#22 David Fletcher 		29 accident
R Mel McEwin (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [623] - Ford
#24 Mel McEwin 		24 gearbox
R Keith Rilstone (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [6317] - Ford
#18 K. Rilstone 		5 electrics
R Frank Matich Brabham BT7A [IC-1-63] - Climax FPF 4
#11 Team Total 		4 differential
R Charlie Smith (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [625] - Ford
#16 Charlie Smith 		2 valve
R Tony Osborne Cooper T53 ['F2-5-60' (F2-17-60?)] - Climax FPF 4
#15 Tony Osborne 		2 differential
R Wally Mitchell (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre MRD (Brabham BT1) [FJ1] - Ford
#19 East Burwood Motors
DNS Leo Geoghegan (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-JM-11] - Ford
#25 Total Team 		Did not start
DNS Glyn Scott (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-JM-18] - Ford
#20 Glyn Scott Motors 		Did not start
DNS Jack Hunnam (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [6316] - Ford
#23 Jack Hunnam Motors 		Did not start
DNA Greg Cusack Brabham BT4 [IC-1-62] - Climax FPF 4
#3 Scuderia Veloce 		Did not arrive

All cars are 2.5-litre Tasman unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Jack Brabham (Tasman) 2.5-litre Brabham BT7A [IC-2-63] - Climax FPF 4 1m 09.6s
2 Bruce McLaren (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T70 [FL-2-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 09.7s
3 Frank Matich (Tasman) 2.5-litre Brabham BT7A [IC-1-63] - Climax FPF 4 1m 10.1s
4 Denis Hulme (Tasman) 2.5-litre Brabham BT4 [IC-2-62] - Climax FPF 4 1m 10.4s
5 Tim Mayer (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T70 [FL-1-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 10.7s
6 Lex Davison (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T62 ["CTA/BM/2"] - Climax FPF 4 1m 11.0s
7 Bib Stillwell (Tasman) 2.5-litre Brabham BT4 [IC-3-62] - Climax FPF 4 1m 11.1s
8 Bill Patterson (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T53 [F1-5-61] - Climax FPF 4 1m 11.3s
8 Doug Whiteford (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T53 [F1-5-61] - Climax FPF 4 1m 11.3s
9 John Youl (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T55 [F1-10-61] - Climax FPF 4 1m 11.5s
10 Tony Shelly (Tasman) 2.5-litre Lola Mk4A [BRGP-44] - Climax FPF 4 1m 13.3s
11 Jim Palmer (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T53 ["F2-13-58"] - Climax FPF 4 1m 14.1s
12 Doug Whiteford (Tasman) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' ["F2-2-57" or "F2-5-57"] - Climax FPF 4 1m 14.2s
13 Leo Geoghegan * (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-JM-11] - Ford 1m 14.7s
14 Frank Gardner (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT6 [FJ-9-63] - Ford twin cam 1m 14.8s
15 Glyn Scott * (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-JM-18] - Ford 1m 16.2s
16 Arnold Glass (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-FM-24] - Ford twin cam 1m 16.3s
17 Dave Walker (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT2 [FJ-12-62] - Ford 1m 16.5s
18 Keith Rilstone (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [6317] - Ford 1m 16.5s
19 Jack Hunnam * (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [6316] - Ford 1m 17.3s
20 Charlie Smith (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [625] - Ford 1m 17.3s
21 Mel McEwin (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Elfin Junior [623] - Ford 1m 17.7s
22 Tony Osborne (Tasman) 2.5-litre Cooper T53 ['F2-5-60' (F2-17-60?)] - Climax FPF 4 1m 17.9s
23 David Fletcher (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre Lola Mk5 [BRJ51] - Ford 1m 19.4s
24 Wally Mitchell (ANF1.5) 1.5-litre MRD (Brabham BT1) [FJ1] - Ford 1m 21.1s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' ["F2-2-57" or "F2-5-57"] (Doug Whiteford): In December 1960, Bill Patterson acquired a full 2.5-litre Cooper T51 in England and had it shipped to Australia. This "new" car has been described by Patterson and by later owner Murray Richards in a number of ways, including "ex-works", "ex-Brabham" and "ex-Salvadori". It was said to have been bought from a private team and given the dispersal of the 1959 works T51s, that suggests either Tommy Atkins team or Fred Tuck's. The Salvadori reference would indicate Atkins' team so this car may be the late 1959 works car that was then acquired by Atkins for Salvadori to race in F1 in 1960. Whatever its origins, Patterson debuted the car at Warwick Farm on 29 Jan 1961 and used it to win the 1961 Gold Star. He retained it as a show car after replacing it in 1963 and finally sold it in 1988 to Murray Richards for historic racing. It was sold to Rod Jolley in England in the mid-1990s. It was still owned by Jolley in 2007.

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' orginal results.

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