1964 Rand Grand Prix

The 7th Rand Grand Prix was a auto 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.
==Background==
The entry list for the non-championship of 1964 was entered in a Kyalami Circuit before it was Christmastime on December 25 and the first round of . The race was only 25 laps in two heats and fifty laps of aggregate race for the Rand Grand Prix.
Before 1965, Team Lotus had 33s with Mike Spence and Jim Clark was replaced by the "Flying Scot" driver, Jackie Stewart, who will drive in the on the New Year's Day of 1965. So as Graham Hill in John Willment's alongside Paul Hawkins in another private car. For Hill, he will be later in the with Jackie Stewart in the South African Grand Prix in 1965.
Bob Anderson, legendary DW Racing driver, has joined to race in the non-championship season and Tony Maggs with his Parnell's was seen on the entry list after he joined Scuderia Centro Sud in the whole World Championship of 1964. David Clapham and Ernie Pieterse were the only two to enter the race in Lawson Organisation and Doug Serrurier with was included a 1.5 liter engine instead of the engine, which he used this engine from to . The private team, Scuderia Scribante, had a driver Neville Lederle with a who finished 6th place in last 2 years of the East London race.
The Rhodesian drivers (such as, Clive Puzey, Sam Tingle, and John Love) have other private cars. The new one was he would be named Ray Reed driving with a 1.5 liter engine.
Thus David Prophet will start driving for the non-championship round was able to qualify that Friday. These drivers with other private cars are Jackie Pretorius, Alex Blignaut, Steve Mellet. The car in the other private will be entered with a South African driver, Peter de Klerk.
The rest of the driver on the entry list will be Dave Charlton, Brausch Niemann, Bob Hay, Rauten Hartmann (in ), Dave Hume, and Trevor Blokdyk.
===Entry list===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jackie Stewart 	Team Lotus 	 	33 	 	FWMV V8 1.5 	
2 	Mike Spence 	Team Lotus 	 	33 	 	FWMV V8 1.5 	
3 	Graham Hill 	John Willment Automobiles	 	BT11 	 	P56 V8 1.5 	
4 	Paul Hawkins 	John Willment Automobiles	 	BT10 	 	109E L4 1.5 	
5 	Tony Maggs 	Reg Parnell Racing 	 	25 	 	P56 V8 1.5 	
6 	Bob Anderson 	DW Racing Enterprises 	 	BT11 	 	FWMV V8 1.5 	
7 	Ernie Pieterse 	Lawson Organisation 	 	21 	 	FPF L4 1.5 	
8 	David Prophet 	Privateer 	 	BT10 	 	109E L4 1.5 	
9 	John Love 	Privateer 	 	T55 	 	FPF L4 1.5 	
10 	Peter de Klerk 	Otelle Nucci 	 	Special	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
11 	Trevor Blokdyk 	Hoffman Racing 	 	T59 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
12 	Doug Serrurier 	Privateer 	 	Mk2 	 	FPF L4 1.5 	
14 	Neville Lederle 	Scuderia Scribante 	 	21 	 	FPF L4 1.5 	
15 	Clive Puzey 	Privateer 	 	18/21 	 	FPF L4 1.5 	
16 	Sam Tingle 	Privateer 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
17 	Dave Charlton 	Ecurie Tomahawk 	 	20 	 	109E L4 1.5 	
18 	Jackie Pretorius	Privateer 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
19 	David Clapham 	Lawson Organisation 	 	T51 	 	6-1500 L4 1.5 	
20 	Lionel Wilmot 	Privateer 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
21 	Ray Reed 	Privateer 	 	RE 1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
22 	Alex Blignaut 	Team Valencia 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
23 	Dave Hume 	Team Valencia 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
24 	Brausch Niemann 	Ted Lanfear 	 	22 	 	109E L4 1.5 	
25 	Steve Mellet 	Privateer 	 	Mk1 	 	Giulietta L4 1.5	
26 	Bob Hay 	Privateer 	 	20 	 	109E L4 1.5 	
27 	Rauten Hartmann 	Privateer 	 	Mk1 	 	L6 1.5 	
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	1 	Jackie Stewart 	 	1:35.0 	—
2 	2 	Mike Spence 	 	1:35.6 	+0.6
DNS 	5 	Tony Maggs 	 	1:36.1 	+1.1
4 	4 	Paul Hawkins 	 	1:36.7 	+1.7
5 	6 	Bob Anderson 	 	1:37.2 	+2.2
6 	11 	Trevor Blokdyk 	 	1:37.9 	+2.9
7 	9 	John Love 	 	1:38.3 	+3.3
8 	10 	Peter de Klerk 	 	1:38.5 	+3.5
9 	8 	David Prophet 	 	1:38.6 	+3.6
10 	24 	Brausch Niemann 	 	1:39.2 	+4.2
11 	12 	Doug Serrurier 	 	1:39.4 	+4.4
12 	7 	Ernie Pieterse 	 	1:40.0 	+5.0
13 	14 	Neville Lederle 	 	1:40.6 	+5.6
14 	16 	Sam Tingle 	 	1:40.9 	+5.9
15 	15 	Clive Puzey 	 	1:42.8 	+7.8
16 	23 	David Hume 	 	1:43.4 	+8.4
17 	21 	Ray Reed 	 	1:44.1 	+9.1
18 	19 	David Clapham 	 	1:45.3 	+10.3
19 	26 	Bob Hay 	 	1:46.2 	+11.2
20 	27 	Rauten Hartmann 	 	1:46.4 	+11.4
21 	22 	Alex Blignaut 	 	1:47.3 	+12.3
DNS 	17 	Dave Charlton 	 	1:48.0 	+13.0
Res 	3 	Graham Hill 	 	No time 	—
Res 	25 	Steve Mellet 	 	No time 	—
DNS 	18 	Jackie Pretorius	 	Withdrew	Withdrew
===Grid===
==Race==
===Heat I===
===Heat II===
===Aggregate Result===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	I/II
1 	3 	Graham Hill 	 	50 	1:22:48.7 	— 	1st/2nd
2 	4 	Paul Hawkins 	 	50 	+52.9 	3 	3rd/4th
3 	6 	Bob Anderson 	 	50 	+52.9 	4 	4th/3rd
4 	16 	Sam Tingle 	 	50 	+3:31.1 	13 	7th/5th
5 	24 	Brausch Niemann 	 	50 	+3:55.8 	9 	9th/6th
6 	12 	Doug Serrurier 	 	49 	+1 lap 	9 	8th/7th
7 	15 	Clive Puzey 	 	49 	+1 lap 	14 	10th/9th
8 	9 	John Love 	 	46 	+4 laps 	6 	5th/12th
9 	26 	Bob Hay 	 	46 	+4 laps 	18 	13th/11th
10 	14 	Neville Lederle 	 	45 	+5 laps 	12 	15th/8th
11 	23 	David Hume 	 	45 	+5 laps 	15 	11th/13th
12 	22 	Alex Blignaut 	 	44 	+6 laps 	20 	12th/14th
13 	25 	Steve Mellet 	 	40 	+10 laps 	— 	16th/15th
14 	27 	Rauten Hartmann 	 	37 	+13 laps 	19 	14th/Ret
15 	10 	Peter de Klerk 	 	27 	+23 laps 	7 	6th/Ret
16 	2 	Mike Spence 	 	26 	+24 laps 	2 	2nd/Ret
17 	1 	Jackie Stewart 	 	25 	+25 laps 	1 	Ret/1st
18 	8 	David Prophet 	 	23 	+27 laps 	8 	Ret/10th
19 	21 	Ray Reed 	 	23 	+27 laps 	16 	Ret/DNS
Ret 	11 	Trevor Blokdyk 	 	19 	Engine 	5 	Ret/Ret
Ret 	19 	David Clapham 	 	17 	Engine 	17 	Ret/DNS
Ret 	7 	Ernie Pieterse 	 	0 	Accident 	11 	Ret/DNS
DNS 	5 	Tony Maggs 	 	Camshaft 	Camshaft 	Camshaft 	—/—
DNS 	17 	Dave Charlton 	 	Fire in practice 	Fire in practice 	Fire in practice 	—/—
DNS 	18 	Jackie Pretorius	 	Withdrew after practice	Withdrew after practice	Withdrew after practice	—/—
WD 	20 	Lionel Wilmot 	 	Oil leak 	Oil leak 	Oil leak 	—/—
Category:Non-Championship races
Category:1964 Formula One Season
Category:Formula One races in South Africa
Category:1964 non-championship Grands Prix