1964 Grote Prijs van Limborg

The 1964 Grote Prijs van Limborg (Limborgh Grand Prix), was the inaugural race to bear the title. It was a non-championship race for Formula Two cars, held on the Zolder, race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, on 23 August 1964.^[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event. However, only 21 took part in qualifying.^[1]

Qualifying

Jackie Stewart took pole position for Ron Harris – Lotus, in their Lotus 32-Cosworth , averaging a speed of 93.506 mph (150.483 km/h).^[1]

Race

The race was held over two heats, both of 25 laps of the Zolder circuit. The winner was based on the aggregated points scored across the two heats. Points were awarded, based on the drivers finishing positions. Denny Hulme took the overall winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Cosworth BT10. Hulme won in an aggregated time of 1hr 24:47.2mins., averaging a speed of 89.165 mph (143.497 km/h). 45.9 seconds behind was the second place car of Lucien Bianchi, for Ron Harris-Team Lotus in their Cosworth powered Lotus 32. The podium was completed by another Ron Harris Lotus, of Brian Hart, in a Lotus 32, just a further 9.9 seconds behind his team-mate, despite being equal on points.^[1]

Heat One saw Jackie Stewart take the win for Ron Harris, with Hulme 4.6seconds adrift and Richard Attwood in third. However, as Stewart and Attwood retired in the second heat, this left Hulme in first place, nearly 17 seconds clear of Alan Rees. Hart was a further 4.9 seconds behind, but this combined with his sixth place in heat one, left him equal on points with Bianchi, who finished fifth and fourth in the heats respectively, but approximately 10 seconds down on the aggregate race times.^[1]

Classification

Aggregate Race Result

Pos.	No	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Pts.
1st	10	Denis Hulme	Brabham Racing Developments	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	1hr 24:47.2	3
2nd	4	Lucien Bianchi	Ron Harris - Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 32	1hr 25:33.1	9
3rd	8	Brian Hart	Ron Harris - Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 32	1hr 25:43.0	9
4th	58	David Hobbs	Merlyn Racing	Merlyn-Cosworth Mk 7	1hr 26:52.5	14
5th	24	Jo Schlesser	Ecurie Ford France S.A.	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	1hr 26:57.4	15
6th	42	David Prophet	David Prophet Racing	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	1hr 27:28.8	16
7th	26	Guy Ligier	Ecurie Ford France S.A.	Brabham-Cosworth BT6	1hr 28:06.4	17
8th	16	Alan Rees	Roy Winkelmann Racing	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	48	20
9th	34	Mauro Bianchi	Société des Automobiles Alpine	Alpine-Renault A270	46	24
NC	54	Richard Attwood	Midland Racing Partnership	Lola-Cosworth T55	35
NC	12	Mike Beckwith	Normand Racing Team Ltd.	Cooper-Cosworth T71	35
NC	6	Peter Procter	Ron Harris – Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 32	32
NC	18	Frank Gardner	John Willment Autombiles	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	29
NC	2	Jackie Stewart	Ron Harris – Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 32	27
NC	28	Jacques Maglia	Jacques Maglia	Brabham-Cosworth BT10	22
NC	46	Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Cooper-Cosworth T65	13
NC	14	Tony Hegbourne	Normand Racing Team Ltd.	Cooper-Cosworth T71	12
NC	22	Peter Revson	Team Alexis	Alexis-Cosworth Mk 5	6
NC	44	Jean-Claude Franck	David Prophet Racing	Lotus-Cosworth 32	0
NC	20	Paul Hawkins	John Willment Automobiles	Lola-Cosworth T55	0
DNS	44	Piers Courage	David Prophet Racing	Lotus-Cosworth 32
DNQ	32	Frank Dörfliger	Siffert Racing Team	Brabham-Cosworth BT10
Source:[1]

• Fastest lap: Richard Attwood, 1:40.45secs. 93.553 mph (150.559 km/h)^[1][2]

Heat 1 Result

Heat 2 Result

References