1964 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1964 Formula One season crowned as champion John Surtees.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Dutch Grand Prix	May 24	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 14	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	June 28	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 11	Brands Hatch	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 2	Nürburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	August 23	Zeltweg	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 6	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
9	United States Grand Prix	October 4	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
10	Mexican Grand Prix	October 25	Hermanos Rodriguez	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	Report

Pos.	Driver	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	John Surtees	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	1	2	2	40
2	Graham Hill	1	4	5	2	2	2	Ret	Ret	1	11	39 (41)
3	Jim Clark	4	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	15	7	5	32
4	Lorenzo Bandini	10	Ret	Ret	9	5	3	1	3	Ret	3	23
5	Richie Ginther	2	11	4	5	8	7	2	4	4	8	23
6	Dan Gurney	Ret	Ret	6	1	13	10	Ret	10	Ret	1	19
7	Bruce McLaren	Ret	7	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	7	13
8	Jack Brabham	Ret	Ret	3	3	4	12	9	14	Ret	15	11
9	Peter Arundell	3	3	9	4							11
10	Jo Siffert	8	13	Ret	Ret	11	4	Ret	7	3	17	7
11	Bob Anderson	7	6	DNS	12	7	Ret	3	11			5
12	Mike Spence					9	8	Ret	6	Ret	4	4
13	Tony Maggs		Ret	DNS		Ret	6	4				4
14	Innes Ireland			10	Ret	10		5	5	Ret	12	4
15	Jo Bonnier	5	9	Ret		Ret	Ret	6	12	Ret	18	3
16	Chris Amon	DNQ	5	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret		Ret	14	2
17	Maurice Trintignant	Ret			11	DNQ	5		Ret			2
18	Walt Hansgen									5		2
19	Phil Hill	9	8	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret		Ret	9	1
20	Trevor Taylor	Ret		7	Ret	Ret		Ret	DNQ	6	19	1
21	Mike Hailwood	6	12		8	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	8	16	1
22	Pedro Rodriguez										6	1
23	Giancarlo Baghetti		10	8		12	Ret	7	8			0
24	Gerhard Mitter						9					0
25	Ludovico Scarfiotti								9			0
26	Moises Solana										10	0
27	Peter Revson	DNQ		DSQ	DNS	Ret	14		13			0
28	Ronnie Bucknum						13		Ret	Ret		0
29	Hap Sharp									NC	13	0
30	John Taylor					14						0
—	Carel Godin de Beaufort		Ret				DNS					0
—	André Pilette			Ret			DNQ					0
—	Ian Raby					Ret			DNQ			0
—	Frank Gardner					Ret						0
—	Edgar Barth						Ret					0
—	Jochen Rindt							Ret				0
—	Mario de Araujo Cabral								Ret			0
—	Bernard Collomb	DNQ										0
—	John Love								DNQ			0
—	Geki								DNQ			0
Pos.	Driver	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Hill scored 41 points during the year, but only 39 points were counted toward the championship. Surtees scored 40 points, all of which counted toward the championship. Thus, Surtees became the World Champion, although he did not score most points over the course of the year.