1964 Mexican Grand Prix

The 1964 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mexico City on October 25, 1964.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	65	2:09:50.32	2	9
2	7	John Surtees	Ferrari	65	+ 1:08.94	4	6
3	8	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	65	+ 1:09.63	3	4
4	2	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	65	+ 1:21.86	5	3
5	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	64	Engine	1	2
6	18	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	64	+ 1 lap	9	1
7	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	64	+ 1 lap	10
8	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	64	+ 1 lap	11
9	10	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	63	Engine	15
10	17	Moisés Solana	Lotus-Climax	63	+ 2 laps	14
11	3	Graham Hill	BRM	63	+ 2 laps	6
12	11	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	61	+ 4 laps	16
13	23	Hap Sharp	Brabham-BRM	60	+ 5 laps	19
Ret	15	Chris Amon	Lotus-BRM	46	Gearbox	12
Ret	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	44	Electrical	7
Ret	14	Mike Hailwood	Lotus-BRM	12	Overheating	17
Ret	22	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	11	Fuel Pump	13
Ret	16	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	9	Suspension	8
Ret	12	Trevor Taylor	BRP-BRM	6	Overheating	18

Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:57.24
• Fastest Lap: Jim Clark 1:58.37
• For the first time, 3 British drivers went into the last race with a chance of winning the championship.
  • Graham Hill (39pts) needed either:
    • 1st
    • 3rd, with Surtees 2nd or lower
    • Clark 2nd or lower and Surtees 3rd or lower
  • John Surtees (34pts) needed either:
    • 1st
    • 2nd, with Graham Hill 4th or lower
  • Jim Clark (30pts) needed:
    • 1st, with Surtees 3rd or lower and Graham Hill 4th or lower
  • Jim Clark nearly managed this. If his engine hadn't blown in the last lap, he would've done just enough to win the championship.
• In another first, three constructors were fighting for the championship.
  • Ferrari (43pts) needed either
    • 1st
    • 2nd, with the top BRM 3rd or lower
    • The top Lotus-Climax 2nd or lower and the top BRM in 3rd or lower
  • BRM (42pts) needed
    • 1st
  • Lotus-Climax (37pts) needed
    • 1st, with the top Ferrari 3rd or lower
  • Again, if Jim Clark's engine hadn't blown, then Lotus-Climax would've won the Constructors' Championship

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	John Surtees	40
2	Graham Hill	39 (41)
3	Jim Clark	32
4	Lorenzo Bandini	23
5	Richie Ginther	23

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	45 (49)
2	BRM	42 (51)
3	Lotus-Climax	37 (40)
4	Brabham-Climax	30
5	Cooper-Climax	16

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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