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1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

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
2 February	USA United States Grand Prix	Daytona Speedway	NZL Hugh Anderson	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Alan Shepherd		GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
10 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	CHE Luigi Taveri	ITA Tarquinio Provini			CHE DEU Camathias / Föll	Report
17 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	NZL Hugh Anderson	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Phil Read			CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
12 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	NZL Hugh Anderson	CHE Luigi Taveri	RHO Jim Redman	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
27 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	NIR Ralph Bryans	RHO Jim Redman	RHO Jim Redman	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Seeley / Rawling	Report
5 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	NIR Ralph Bryans		CAN Mike Duff		GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
19 July	FRG West German Grand Prix	Solitude	NIR Ralph Bryans	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
26 July	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
8 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Phil Read		Report
30 August	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit	NZL Hugh Anderson	CHE Luigi Taveri		RHO Jim Redman	AUS Jack Ahearn		Report
13 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza		CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
1 November	JPN Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	NIR Ralph Bryans †	FRG Ernst Degner	RHO Jim Redman	RHO 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	USA
USA	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	DDR
DDR	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	=	=	30	31	32	33	34	=	=	=	38	39	40	=	42	43	44	=	46	=	48	49	50	=	52	53	=	=	56	57	58	=	60	=	=	=	64	65	66	67	=	69	=	71	=	=	74	=	=	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	USA
USA	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	DDR
DDR	ULS
Ulster	FIN
FIN	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	40 (56)
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton		14	4	4	2	6	3	1	3	25 (29)
GBR Phil Read	Matchless / Norton	2	Ret	6	2	3	Ret	1			25
CAN Mike Duff	Norton / Matchless	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	4	18
ZAF Paddy Driver	Matchless	5	26	3	3	Ret	3		5	Ret	16
GBR Fred Stevens	Matchless / Norton		3	5	7	6	Ret	6	Ret	7	8
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Matchless		Ret		Ret	4			3	Ret	7
ITA Remo Venturi	Bianchi			2		DNS				10	6
ARG Benedicto Caldarella	Gilera	Ret		Ret	Ret					2	6
GBR Derek Minter	Norton		2	Ret							6
NIR Dick Creith	Norton							2			6
SUN Nikolai Sevostianov	CKEB						4		4		6
GBR Derek Woodman	Matchless		4	Ret	6	Ret	5	Ret	7	Ret	6
GBR John Hartle	Norton	3									4
AUS Jack Findlay	Matchless	Ret	13	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	9	5	4
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton							4			3
NZL Morry Low	Norton			Ret	Ret	5					2
GBR Chris Conn	Norton		Ret					5			2
GBR Griff Jenkins	Norton		5								2
GBR Lewis Young	Matchless			14	Ret	9	16		6		1
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton		25	9	Ret	Ret				6	1
NIR Billy McCosh	Matchless		6					9			1
USA Buddy Parriott	Norton	6									1
CZE Gustav Havel	Jawa			Ret		Ret	7	Ret		Ret	0
ITA Alberto Pagani	Bianchi			7		DNS				Ret	0
GBR Joe Dunphy	Norton		Ret					7			0
DEU Klaus Enders	Norton					7					0
USA George Rockett	BMW	7									0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton		7								0
GBR Dan Shorey	Norton		17	8	9	Ret	10	10			0
AUS Dennis Fry	Norton		35	Ret	Ret	8	15				0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton			15	8	Ret	Ret				0
GBR Syd Mizen	Dunstall Norton		Ret					8			0
USA Ed LaBelle	Norton	8									0
NZL Ginger Molloy	Norton									8	0
FIN Jouko Ryhänen	Matchless								8		0
GBR Carl Ward	Norton		8								0
SWE Sven-Olaf Gunnarsson	Norton		Ret	Ret		Ret	9		Ret		0
GBR John Cooper	Norton		9					Ret			0
USA Brian Davis	AJS	9									0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton									9	0
ZAF Andreas Georgeades	Matchless		27			10					0
GBR Roy Robinson	Norton				10	Ret	Ret				0
AUS Thomas Gill	Matchless							Ret	10		0
DEU Karl Recktenwald	Norton			10		Ret					0
GBR Charles Williams	Triumph	10									0
GBR Derek Lee	Matchless		10								0
GBR Maurice Hawthorne	Norton					12	Ret			11	0
CAN Keith King	Norton		30			11	14				0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton				11	Ret					0
SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson	Matchless						11		Ret		0
CZE Frantisek Stastny	Jawa			11		DNQ					0
GBR Pete Bettison	Norton		11								0
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Matchless								11		0
USA Paul Whitaker	Norton	11									0
NLD Aart Van Kooij	Norton			13	12	DNS	Ret				0
GBR Trevor Ritchie	Norton		20					12			0
DEU Ernst Hiller	Norton			12		Ret					0
Estonian SSR Endel Kiisa	CKEB						12		Ret		0
ITA Giuseppe Dardanello	Norton									12	0
RHO Alan Harris	Matchless		12								0
USA Joe Tillman	BSA	12									0
FIN Antero Ventoniemi	Norton								12		0
SWE Bo Granath	Matchless					15	13	14	Ret		0
ZAF Ian Burne	Norton		22		13		Ret	Ret			0
DEU Hans-Otto Butenuth	BMW		34			13					0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton							13			0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera									13	0
DEU Hartmut Allner	BMW					14					0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Norton									14	0
ITA Pietro Mencaglia	Gilera									15	0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton							15			0
GBR John Simmonds	Norton		15								0
DEU Hans-Jürgen Melcher	Norton					16					0
NLD Joop Vogelzang	Norton			16							0
GBR Don Watson	Norton		16								0
IRL John Somers	Norton				Ret		17				0
GBR Alan Dugalde	Matchless		18								0
GBR Stuart Graham	Matchless		19								0
GBR Billie Nelson	Norton		21								0
GBR Vincent Duckett	Matchless		23								0
GBR Jim Evans	Norton		24								0
GBR Brian Walmsley	Matchless		28								0
GBR Don Ellis	Matchless		29								0
GBR Laurence Povey	Norton		31								0
GBR Jimmy Morton	Matchless		32								0
GBR Dave Duncan	Matchless		33								0
GBR Frank Norris	F.A.N.		36								0
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	Norton					DNQ	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	Bianchi					DNS				Ret	0
AUT Edy Lenz	Norton					DNQ	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 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 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	Norton					DNS					0
DEU Bernhard Bockelmann	Norton					DNQ					0
DEU Hans Fohr	Matchless					DNQ					0
DEU Hermann Klein	Norton					DNQ					0
DEU Karl Peters	Norton					DNQ					0
DEU Hans Schmidt	BMW					DNQ					0
DEU Rolf Thiemig	Norton					DNQ					0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	RHO Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	40	8
2	RHO Bruce Beale	Rhodesia	Honda	24	0
3	CAN Mike Duff	Canada	AJS	20	0
4	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta / MZ	12	0
5	CSK Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	10	0
6	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
7	ZAF Paddy Driver	South Africa	AJS	5	0
8	ITA Remo Venturi	Italy	Bianchi	4	0
=	SUN Endel Kiisa	USSR	CKEB C364 Vost.	4	0
=	CSK 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	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	46	5
2	RHO Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	42	3
3	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	23	1
4	CAN 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 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
=	CSK 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 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	USA
USA	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	FRG
FRG	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAT
ITA	JPN
JPN	Pts	1	46 (64)	2	36 (37)	3	35	4	22 (24)	5	21	6	12	7	10	8	6	8	6	10	6	11	4	11	4	13	4	14	3	14	3	14	3	14	3	14	3	19	2	19	2	19	2	19	2	23	2	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	USA
USA	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	FRG
FRG	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAT
ITA	JPN
JPN	Pts
CHE Luigi Taveri	Honda		1F	1F	1F		2	2	2	1	1	2
RHO Jim Redman	Honda		2		2	1F	1	3		3F	6
NZL Hugh Anderson	Suzuki	1F	5			5	NCF	1F	1F		2F	NCF
AUT Bert Schneider	Suzuki	3	4	2		4	4		5	4
GBR Ralph Bryans	Honda				3	3			3	2	4
FRG Ernst Degner	Suzuki										3	1
GBR Frank Perris	Suzuki			3		6			4		5
JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Suzuki	2
GBR Phil Read	Yamaha					2
FRG Walter Scheimann	Honda				5		3
GBR Rex Avery	EMC		3
JPN Yoshimi Katayama	Suzuki											3
FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Bultaco	5		5
JPN Isao Morishita	Suzuki	4
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda			4
CSK Stanislav Malina	ČZ				4
DDR Heinz Rosner	MZ							4
JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Suzuki											4
FRG Richard Thomas	Honda						5
DDR Friedhelm Kohlar	MZ							5
DDR Klaus Enderlein	MZ									5
JPN Hiroki Matsushima	Yamaha											5
RHO Bruce Beale	Honda				6			6
GBR Gary Dickinson	Honda	6
GBR Chris Vincent	Honda		6
FRG Roland Föll	Honda			6
FRG Peter Eser	Honda						6
ESP Ramon Torras	Bultaco								6
DDR Dieter Krumpholz	MZ									6
JPN Akiyasu Motohashi	Yamaha											6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	USA
USA	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	FRG
FRG	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAT
ITA	JPN
JPN	Pts	1	48 (75)	2	44 (56)	3	8	4	5	5	5	6	4	7	3	Pos.	Constructor	USA
USA	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	FRG
FRG	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAT
ITA	JPN
JPN	Pts
JPN Honda	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2
JPN Suzuki	1	4	2		4	4	1	1	4	2	1
JPN Yamaha					2						5
GDR MZ							4		5
ESP Bultaco	5		5					6
GBR EMC		3
CSK ČZ				4

50cc Standings

Place	Rider	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 José Busquets	Spain	Derbi	3	0
9	FRG Rudolf Kunz	West Germany	Kreidler	3	0
10	ESP 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.

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