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1964 Solitude Grand Prix

West Germany  1964 Solitude Grand Prix
Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1964 Formula One season
Date 19 July 1964
Official name XIV Großer Preis der Solitude
Location Solitudering, near Stuttgart
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 11.4086 km (7.089 mi)
Distance 20 laps, 228.173 km (141.78 mi)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 3:49.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 3:58.7
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Ferrari
Third Brabham-Climax

The 14th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 July 1964 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 20 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 33, after a close battle with John Surtees in a Ferrari 158.

Seven drivers crashed out on the first lap due to heavy rain and standing water on the circuit.



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