1964 Rand Grand Prix
# 1964 Rand Grand Prix

The 7th Rand Grand Prix was a motor 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.

## Results

| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid | Heat 1 / 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Graham Hill | John Willment Automobiles | Brabham-BRM | 1.22:48.7 | 24 | 1st / 2nd |
| 2 | Paul Hawkins | John Willment Automobiles | Brabham-Ford | + 52.9 | 4 | 3rd / 4th |
| 3 | Bob Anderson | DW Racing Enterprises | Brabham-Climax | + 1:25.0 | 5 | 4th / 3rd |
| 4 | Sam Tingle | Sam Tingle | LDS-Alfa Romeo | + 3:31.1 | 14 | 7th / 5th |
| 5 | Brausch Niemann | Ted Lanfear | Lotus-Ford | + 3:55.8 | 10 | 9th / 6th |
| 6 | Doug Serrurier | Otelle Nucci | LDS-Climax | 49 laps | 11 | 8th / 7th |
| 7 | Clive Puzey | Clive Puzey Motors | Lotus-Climax | 49 laps | 15 | 10th / 9th |
| 8 | John Love | John Love | Cooper-Climax | 46 laps | 7 | 5th / 12th |
| 9 | Bob Hay | Bob Hay | Lotus-Ford | 46 laps | 19 | 13th / 11th |
| 10 | Neville Lederle | Scuderia Scribante | Lotus-Climax | 45 laps | 13 | 15th / 8th |
| 11 | David Hume | Team Valencia | Heron-Alfa Romeo | 45 laps | 16 | 11th / 13th |
| 12 | Alex Blignaut | Team Valencia | LDS-Alfa Romeo | 44 laps | 21 | 12th / 14th |
| 13 | Steve Mellet | Stan Mellet | LDS-Alfa Romeo | 40 laps | 25 | 16th / 15th |
| 14 | Rauten Hartmann | Rauten Hartmann | Netuar-Peugeot | 37 laps / Engine | 20 | 14th / Ret |
| 15 | Peter de Klerk | Otelle Nucci | Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo | 27 laps / Accident | 8 | 6th / Ret |
| 16 | Mike Spence | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | 26 laps / Rose joint | 2 | 2nd / Ret |
| 17 | Jackie Stewart | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | Driveshaft / 25 laps | 1 | Ret / 1st |
| 18 | David Prophet | David Prophet Racing | Brabham-Ford | Water in petrol / 23 laps | 9 | Ret / 10th |
| 19 | Ray Reed | Rays Engineering | RE-Alfa Romeo | 23 laps / Engine | 17 | Ret / DNS |
| Ret | Trevor Blokdyk | Hoffman Racing | Cooper-Alfa Romeo | Gearbox / Engine | 6 | Ret / Ret |
| Ret | David Clapham | Lawson Organisation | Cooper-Maserati | Engine | 18 | Ret / DNS |
| Ret | Ernie Pieterse | Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax | Accident | 12 | Ret / DNS |
| DNS | Tony Maggs | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus-BRM | Camshaft in practice | (3) | - / - |
| DNS | Dave Charlton | Ecurie Tomahawk | Lotus-Ford | Fire in practice | (22) | - / - |
| DNS | Jackie Pretorius | Jackie Pretorius | LDS-Alfa Romeo | Withdrawn after practice | (23) | - / - |
| DNP | Lionel Wilmot | Lionel Wilmot | LDS-Alfa Romeo | Oil leak | - | - / - |
