1964 Solitude Grand Prix

1964 Solitude Grand Prix
Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1964 Formula One season
Date	19 July 1964
Official name	XIV Großer Preis der Solitude
Location	Solitudering, near Stuttgart
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	11.4086 km (7.089 mi)
Distance	20 laps, 228.173 km (141.78 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	3:49.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	3:58.7
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	John Surtees	Ferrari
Third	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax

The 14th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 July 1964 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 20 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 33, after a close battle with John Surtees in a Ferrari 158.

Seven drivers crashed out on the first lap due to heavy rain and standing water on the circuit.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	1.33:02.2	1
2	John Surtees	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	+ 10.4	2
3	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax	19 laps	7
4	Peter Revson	Revson Racing (America)	Lotus-BRM	19 laps	15
5	Jo Bonnier	Rob Walker Racing Team	Brabham-BRM	19 laps	13
6	Trevor Taylor	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	18 laps	9
7	Jo Siffert	Siffert Racing Team	Brabham-BRM	18 laps	10
8	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	18 laps	16
9	Mike Hailwood	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-BRM	16 laps	5
10	Ernst Maring	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	16 laps	18
Ret	Mike Spence	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Steering - accident	6
Ret	Innes Ireland	British Racing Partnership	BRP-BRM	Accident	11
Ret	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Accident	3
Ret	Joachim Diel	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	Accident	17
Ret	Gerhard Mitter	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Accident	14
Ret	Chris Amon	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-BRM	Accident	12
Ret	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	Accident	8
Ret	Lorenzo Bandini	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	Accident	4
WD	Dan Gurney	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax		-
WD	Richard Attwood	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Driver racing elsewhere	-

References

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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