1964 Elite Racing League season

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1964 Elite Racing League season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Jo Bonnier	Ferrari

The 1964 Elite Racing League season was the 5th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won by Jo Bonnier who switched to Ferrari from Lotus during the winter break this would prove out to be a successful move to Ferrari as the team won the Constructors Championship for the second time, they also won the Formula 1 Constructors Championship becoming the third constructor to win both titles and the first non British constructor to win both ERL and F1 constructor titles. Both championships were decided in the final race in Argentina at the Buenos Aries circuit.

Season Review

The South African Grand Prix debuted at Kyalami this year following Formula 1's decision to give the Elite Racing League its own stand alone event away from FIA supported races (eg: The races on the F1 calendar as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring.) with the FIA saying that if the Kyalami race is profitable from fan attendance and racing quality then it will become an permanent ERL only race.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor
1	Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Bruce McLaren	Jo Bonnier	Template:USA Phil Hill	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax
2	European Grand Prix	Aintree	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:USA Phil Hill	Template:USA Phil Hill	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax
3	Template:FRA French Grand Prix	Magny-Cours	Bruce McLaren	Lorenzo Bandini	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Ferrari
5	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Jo Bonnier	Template:GBR Alan Wray	Jo Bonnier	Ferrari
6	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Lorenzo Bandini	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
7	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Jo Bonnier	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax
8	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Sebring	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
9	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aries	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	Jo Bonnier	Ferrari

Teams and Drivers

Maserati and Porsche left the championship, Maserati left due to poor results whilst Porsche left due to a lack of funding causing the team to collapse.

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:GBR Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	1	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	All
				2	Template:USA Dan Gurney	All
Template:GBR British Racing Motors Limited	BRM	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	3	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	All
				4	Template:GBR Alan Wray	All
Template:GBR Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	5	Bruce McLaren	All
				6	Template:USA Phil Hill	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	Template:Dunlop	7	Jo Bonnier	All
				8	Lorenzo Bandini	All
Template:GBR Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	9	Template:GBR Jim Clark	All
				10	Template:AUT Jochen Rindt	All

Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jo Bonnier	40
2	Lorenzo Bandini	37
3	Bruce McLaren	27
4	Template:USA Phil Hill	25
5	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	23
6	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	22
7	Template:GBR Jim Clark	22
8	Template:GBR Alan Wray	15
9	Template:USA Dan Gurney	8
10	Template:AUT Jochen Rindt	6

Constructors Championship

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	77
2	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax	52
3	Template:GBR BRM	37
4	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax	31
5	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax	28