1964 Mediterranean Grand Prix

1964 Mediterranean Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1964 Formula One season
Race details
Date 16 August 1964
Official name III Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.803 km (2.985 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 288.172 km (179.1 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-BRM
Time 1:17.1
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Mike Spence Lotus-Climax
Time 1:16.0
Podium
First Brabham-BRM
Second Lotus-Climax
Third BRP-BRM

The 3rd Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 16 August 1964 at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Swiss driver Jo Siffert in a Brabham BT11.

British driver Mike Hailwood was involved in an accident during the race, in which his Lotus 25 ended up in Pergusa Lake.[1]

  1. ^ "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.