1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1964 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1963 1965 thumb| The 1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 16th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 2 February, with United States Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 1 November. Season summary Mike Hailwood sprinted to another 500 class win for MV Agusta, winning the first six races of the year and seven races overall. Honda's Jim Redman won all eight 350 class races against only token factory opposition. The 250 class proved to be more difficult as Yamaha's Phil Read battled Redman all season long, with Read finally coming out on top, winning five races to Redman's three. Luigi Taveri won the 125 title for Honda while Suzuki's Hugh Anderson fought a season-long battle with Honda's Ralph Bryans to retain his 50cc crown. 1964 Grand Prix season calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 2 February USA United States Grand Prix Daytona Speedway NZL Hugh Anderson NZL Hugh Anderson GBR Alan Shepherd GBR Mike Hailwood Report 2 10 May ESP 1945 Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc Circuit FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt CHE Luigi Taveri ITA 1946 Tarquinio Provini CHE FRG Camathias / Föll Report 3 17 May FRA 1830 French Grand Prix Circuit de Charade NZL Hugh Anderson CHE Luigi Taveri GBR Phil Read CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson Report 4 12 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain NZL Hugh Anderson CHE Luigi Taveri RHO 1964 Jim Redman RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 5 27 June NLD Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen NIR Ralph Bryans RHO 1964 Jim Redman RHO 1964 Jim Redman RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood GBR Seeley / Rawling Report 6 5 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps NIR Ralph Bryans CAN 1957 Mike Duff GBR Mike Hailwood FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 7 19 July FRG West German Grand Prix Solitude NIR Ralph Bryans RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Phil Read RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson Report 8 26 July DDR East German Grand Prix Sachsenring NZL Hugh Anderson GBR Phil Read RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood Report 9 8 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit NZL Hugh Anderson GBR Phil Read RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Phil Read Report 10 30 August FIN Finnish Grand Prix Imatra Circuit NZL Hugh Anderson CHE Luigi Taveri RHO 1964 Jim Redman AUS Jack Ahearn Report 11 13 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Monza CHE Luigi Taveri GBR Phil Read RHO 1964 Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood Report 12 1 November JPN 1947 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit NIR Ralph Bryans † FRG Ernst Degner RHO 1964 Jim Redman RHO 1964 Jim Redman Report † Non-championship race. Standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of five races were counted in 50cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, best of six in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of four races were counted. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine USAUSA MANIOM HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU DDRDDR ULSNIR FINFIN NACITA Pts 1 GBR Mike Hailwood MV Agusta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 40 (56) 2 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton 14 4 4 2 6 3 1 3 25 (29) 3 GBR Phil Read Matchless / Norton 2 Ret 6 2 3 Ret 1 25 4 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Norton / Matchless 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 2 4 18 5 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Matchless 5 26 3 3 Ret 3 5 Ret 16 6 GBR Fred Stevens Matchless / Norton 3 5 7 6 Ret 6 Ret 7 8 7 CHE Gyula Marsovszky Matchless Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 7 8 ITA Remo Venturi Bianchi 2DNS 10 6 9 ARG Benedicto Caldarella Gilera Ret Ret Ret 2 6 10 GBR Derek Minter Norton 2 Ret 6 11 NIR Dick Creith Norton 2 6 12 SUN Nikolai Sevostianov CKEB 4 4 6 13 GBR Derek Woodman Matchless 4 Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret 7 Ret 6 14 GBR John Hartle Norton 3 4 15 AUS Jack Findlay Matchless Ret 13 Ret 5 Ret 8 Ret 9 5 4 16 GBR Robin Fitton Norton 4 3 17 NZL Morry Low Norton Ret Ret 5 2 18 GBR Chris Conn Norton Ret 5 2 19 GBR Griff Jenkins Norton 5 2 20 GBR Lewis Young Matchless 14 Ret 9 16 6 1 21 DEU Walter Scheimann Norton 25 9 Ret Ret 6 1 22 NIR Billy McCosh Matchless 6 9 1 23 USA Buddy Parriott Norton 6 1 24 CZE Gustav Havel Jawa Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 0 25 ITA Alberto Pagani Bianchi 7DNS Ret 0 26 GBR Joe Dunphy Norton Ret 7 0 27 DEU Klaus Enders Norton 7 0 = USA George Rockett BMW 7 0 = GBR Brian Setchell Norton 7 0 30 GBR Dan Shorey Norton 17 8 9 Ret 10 10 0 31 AUS Dennis Fry Norton 35 Ret Ret 8 15 0 32 GBR Vernon Cottle Norton 15 8 Ret Ret 0 33 GBR Syd Mizen Dunstall Norton Ret 8 0 34 USA Ed LaBelle Norton 8 0 = NZL Ginger Molloy Norton 8 0 = FIN Jouko Ryhänen Matchless 8 0 = GBR Carl Ward Norton 8 0 38 SWE Sven-Olaf Gunnarsson Norton Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 0 39 GBR John Cooper Norton 9 Ret 0 40 USA Brian Davis AJS 9 0 = ITA Vasco Loro Norton 9 0 42 ZAF 1928 Andreas Georgeades Matchless 27 10 0 43 GBR Roy Robinson Norton 10 Ret Ret 0 44 AUS Thomas Gill Matchless Ret 10 0 = DEU Karl Recktenwald Norton 10 Ret 0 46 GBR Charles Williams Triumph 10 0 = GBR Derek Lee Matchless 10 0 48 GBR Maurice Hawthorne Norton 12 Ret 11 0 49 CAN 1957 Keith King Norton 30 11 14 0 50 BEL Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 11 Ret 0 = SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson Matchless 11 Ret 0 52 TCH František Šťastný Jawa 11DNQ 0 53 GBR Pete Bettison Norton 11 0 = FIN Hannu Kuparinen Matchless 11 0 = USA Paul Whitaker Norton 11 0 56 NLD Aart Van Kooij Norton 13 12DNS Ret 0 57 GBR Trevor Ritchie Norton 20 12 0 58 DEU Ernst Hiller Norton 12 Ret 0 = Estonian SSR Endel Kiisa CKEB 12 Ret 0 60 ITA Giuseppe Dardanello Norton 12 0 = RHO 1964 Alan Harris Matchless 12 0 = USA Joe Tillman BSA 12 0 = FIN Antero Ventoniemi Norton 12 0 64 SWE Bo Granath Matchless 15 13 14 Ret 0 65 ZAF 1928 Ian Burne Norton 22 13 Ret Ret 0 66 DEU Hans-Otto Butenuth BMW 34 13 0 67 NIR Jimmy Jones Norton 13 0 = ITA Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 13 0 69 DEU Hartmut Allner BMW 14 0 = ITA Benedetto Zambotti Norton 14 0 71 ITA Pietro Mencaglia Gilera 15 0 = GBR Alf Shaw Norton 15 0 = GBR John Simmonds Norton 15 0 74 DEU Hans-Jürgen Melcher Norton 16 0 = NLD Joop Vogelzang Norton 16 0 = GBR Don Watson Norton 16 0 77 IRL John Somers Norton Ret 17 0 78 GBR Alan Dugalde Matchless 18 0 79 GBR Stuart Graham Matchless 19 0 80 GBR Billie Nelson Norton 21 0 81 GBR Vincent Duckett Matchless 23 0 82 GBR Jim Evans Norton 24 0 83 GBR Brian Walmsley Matchless 28 0 84 GBR Don Ellis Matchless 29 0 85 GBR Laurence Povey Norton 31 0 86 GBR Jimmy Morton Matchless 32 0 87 GBR Dave Duncan Matchless 33 0 88 GBR Frank Norris F.A.N. 36 0 89 GBR Roly Capner Matchless 37 0 - GBR Alan Hunter Matchless Ret Ret Ret 0 - CHE Ernst Weiss Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - FIN Pentti Lehtelä NortonDNQ Ret Ret 0 - DEU Heiner Butz Norton Ret Ret 0 - SWE Agne Carlsson Matchless Ret Ret 0 - GBR Roy Ingram Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Stephen Murray Matchless Ret Ret 0 - GBR Bill Roberton Norton Ret Ret 0 - AUS Ron Robinson Norton Ret Ret 0 - USA William Sharp BSA Ret Ret 0 - ITA Silvio Grassetti BianchiDNS Ret 0 - AUT Edy Lenz NortonDNQ Ret 0 - AUT Rudolf Bergsleithner Norton Ret 0 - USA Peter Bosarge Honda Ret 0 - GBR Geoff Bradburn Norton Ret 0 - USA Stan Brassley Norton Ret 0 - NIR John Brown Norton Ret 0 - GBR Monty Buxton Norton Ret 0 - ITA Paolo Campanelli Matchless Ret 0 - FRA Philippe Canoui Norton Ret 0 - GBR Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 - USA Wester Cooley Norton Ret 0 - NIR James Courtney Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Colin Cross Norton Ret 0 - NIR Nigel Crossett Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Peter Darvill Norton Ret 0 - GBR Dave Degens Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Brian Dennis Velocette Ret 0 - ZAF 1928 Raymond Flack Norton Ret 0 - DEU Ronald Föll Matchless Ret 0 - DEU Manfred Gäckle Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Maurice Gittins Triumph Ret 0 - GBR Tony Godfrey Norton Ret 0 - GBR Bill Hawthorne BSA Ret 0 - USA Jeff Hoff Honda Ret 0 - DEU Lothar John Norton Ret 0 - ARG Jorge Kissling Norton Ret 0 - HUN György Kurucz Norton Ret 0 - FIN Teuvo Laakso Matchless Ret 0 - USA Kurt Leibmann BMW Ret 0 - SWE Jack Lindh Norton Ret 0 - DEU Lothar Luhr Norton Ret 0 - NIR Ian McGregor Norton Ret 0 - USA John McLaughlin Norton Ret 0 - GBR Michael McStay Norton Ret 0 - USA Tony Murphy Honda Ret 0 - USA John Nash Triumph Ret 0 - ITA Alberto Picca Gilera Ret 0 - IRL Patrick Plunkett Norton Ret 0 - GBR Norman Price Norton Ret 0 - DEU Max Raab Bianchi Ret 0 - GBR Johnnie Rae Norton Ret 0 - GBR Barry Randle Norton Ret 0 - FIN Anssi Resko Matchless Ret 0 - AUT Ladislaus Richter Norton Ret 0 - GBR John Rudge Norton Ret 0 - GBR Gerry Saward Norton Ret 0 - DEU Horst Seidl Norton Ret 0 - GBR Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 0 - USA Fred Simone BMW Ret 0 - NIR George Simpson Norton Ret 0 - GBR Bill Smith Matchless Ret 0 - ZAF 1928 John Smith Norton Ret 0 - USA Tom Stuart BMW Ret 0 - SWE Hans Sevensson Matchless Ret 0 - FIN Veikko Sulasaari Norton Ret 0 - GBR John Wilkinson Norton Ret 0 - GBR Tony Wilmott Norton Ret 0 - USA Scott Williams Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Dave Williams BSA Ret 0 - USA Anthony Woodman Matchless Ret 0 - DEU Manfred Zeller Norton Ret 0 - GBR Dennis Ainsworth NortonDNS 0 - DEU Bernhard Bockelmann NortonDNQ 0 - DEU Hans Fohr MatchlessDNQ 0 - DEU Hermann Klein NortonDNQ 0 - DEU Karl Peters NortonDNQ 0 - DEU Hans Schmidt BMWDNQ 0 - DEU Rolf Thiemig NortonDNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike USAUSA MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU DDRDDR ULSUlster FINFIN NACITA PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 RHO 1964 Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 40 8 2 RHO 1964 Bruce Beale Rhodesia Honda 24 0 3 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Canada AJS 20 0 4 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MV Agusta / MZ 12 0 5 TCH Gustav Havel Czechoslovakia Jawa 10 0 6 GBR Phil Read United Kingdom AJS 6 0 7 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver South Africa AJS 5 0 8 ITA Remo Venturi Italy Bianchi 4 0 = SUN Endel Kiisa Soviet Union CKEB C364 Vost. 4 0 = TCH Stanislav Malina Czechoslovakia CZ 4 0 = JPN Isamu Kasuya Japan Honda 4 0 12 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 4 0 13 ITA Gilberto Milani Italy Aermacchi 3 0 = GBR Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 3 0 = ITA Renzo Pasolini Italy Aermacchi 3 0 = JPN Isao Yamashita Japan Honda 3 0 17 GBR Derek Woodman United Kingdom AJS 3 0 = GBR Vernon Cottle United Kingdom AJS 3 0 19 GBR Chris Conn United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = JPN Kuniomi Nagamatsu Japan Honda 2 0 = GBR Fred Stevens United Kingdom AJS 2 0 22 GBR Joe Dunphy United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = AUS Jack Ahearn Australia Norton 1 0 250cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 GBR Phil Read United Kingdom Yamaha 46 5 2 RHO 1964 Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 42 3 3 GBR Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 23 1 4 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Canada Yamaha 20 1 5 ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy Benelli 15 1 6 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 11 0 7 JPN Isamu Kasuya Japan Honda 10 0 8 RHO 1964 Bruce Beale Rhodesia Honda 9 0 9 GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom Yamaha 7 0 10 USA Ron Grant United States Parilla 6 0 11 ITA Alberto Pagani Italy Paton 6 0 12 ITA Giacomo Agostini Italy Moto Morini 6 0 13 AUT Bert Schneider Austria Suzuki 5 0 14 USA Bob Gehring United States Bultaco 4 0 = GBR Ralph Bryans United Kingdom Honda 4 0 = JPN Hiroshi Hasegawa Japan Yamaha 4 0 17 ITA Gilberto Milani Italy Aermacchi 4 0 18 USA George Rockett United States Ducati 3 0 = TCH Stanislav Malina Czechoslovakia CZ 3 0 20 GBR Joe Dunphy United Kingdom Greeves 2 0 = NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand Suzuki 2 0 = CHE Ernst Weiss Switzerland Honda 2 0 = GBR Roy Boughey United Kingdom Yamaha 2 0 = GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MZ 2 0 25 USA Douglas Brown United States Ducati 1 0 = ESP 1945 Jorge Sirera Spain Montesa 1 0 = FRA Roger Mailles France Morini 1 0 = GBR Clive Hunt United Kingdom Aermacchi 1 0 = DDR Wolfgang Gast East Germany MZ 1 0 125cc Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike USAUSA ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD FRGFRG GDRGDR ULSNIR FINFIN NATITA JPNJPN Pts 1 CHE Luigi Taveri Honda 1F 1F 1F 2 2 2 1 1 2 46 (64) 2 RHO 1964 Jim Redman Honda 2 2 1F 1 3 3F 6 36 (37) 3 NZL Hugh Anderson Suzuki 1F 5 5 NCF 1F 1F 2F NCF 35 4 AUT Bert Schneider Suzuki 3 4 2 4 4 5 4 22 (24) 5 GBR Ralph Bryans Honda 3 3 3 2 4 21 6 FRG Ernst Degner Suzuki 3 1 12 7 GBR Frank Perris Suzuki 3 6 4 5 10 8 JPN Mitsuo Itoh Suzuki 2 6 8 GBR Phil Read Yamaha 2 6 10 FRG Walter Scheimann Honda 5 3 6 11 GBR Rex Avery EMC 3 4 11 JPN Yoshimi Katayama Suzuki 3 4 13 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Bultaco 5 5 4 14 JPN Isao Morishita Suzuki 4 3 14 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 4 3 14 TCH Stanislav Malina ČZ 4 3 14 DDR Heinz Rosner MZ 4 3 14 JPN Teisuke Tanaka Suzuki 4 3 19 FRG Richard Thomas Honda 5 2 19 DDR Friedhelm Kohlar MZ 5 2 19 DDR Klaus Enderlein MZ 5 2 19 JPN Hiroki Matsushima Yamaha 5 2 23 RHO 1964 Bruce Beale Honda 6 6 2 24 GBR Gary Dickinson Honda 6 1 24 GBR Chris Vincent Honda 6 1 24 FRG Roland Föll Honda 6 1 24 FRG Peter Eser Honda 6 1 24 ESP 1945 Ramon Torras Bultaco 6 1 24 DDR Dieter Krumpholz MZ 6 1 24 JPN Akiyasu Motohashi Yamaha 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike USAUSA ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD FRGFRG GDRGDR ULSNIR FINFIN NATITA JPNJPN Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor USAUSA ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD FRGFRG GDRGDR ULSNIR FINFIN NATITA JPNJPN Pts 1 JPN Honda 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 48 (75) 2 JPN Suzuki 1 4 2 4 4 1 1 4 2 1 44 (56) 3 JPN Yamaha 2 5 8 4 GDR MZ 4 5 5 5 ESP 1945 Bultaco 5 5 6 5 6 GBR EMC 3 4 7 TCH ČZ 4 3 Pos. Constructor USAUSA ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD FRGFRG GDRGDR ULSNIR FINFIN NATITA JPNJPN Pts 50cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand Suzuki 38 4 2 GBR Ralph Bryans United Kingdom Honda 30 3 3 FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt West Germany Kreidler 29 1 4 JPN Isao Morishita Japan Suzuki 25 0 5 JPN Mitsuo Itoh Japan Suzuki 19 0 6 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise France Kreidler 6 0 7 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 5 0 8 ESP 1945 José Busquets Spain Derbi 3 0 9 FRG Rudolf Kunz West Germany Kreidler 3 0 10 ESP 1945 Angel Nieto Spain Derbi 2 0 = NLD Cees van Dongen Netherlands Kreidler 2 0 = FRG Peter Eser West Germany Honda 2 0 13 USA Lee Allen United States Ducati 1 0 = ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy Kreidler 1 0 = JPN Naomi Taniguchi Japan Honda 1 0 15 FRG Albert Beirle West Germany Kreidler 1 0 = GBR Charlie Mates United Kingdom Honda 1 0 References Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 55–58 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1964/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302222646/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1964/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season