1964 Syracuse Grand Prix
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| 1964 Syracuse Grand Prix | |||
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| Non-championship race in the 1964 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 12 April 1964 | ||
| Official name | XIII Gran Premio di Siracusa | ||
| Location | Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily | ||
| Course | Temporary road circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.612 km (3.487 miles) | ||
| Distance | 56 (reduced to 40) laps, 224.47 km (139.48 miles) | ||
| Weather | Wet | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:50.5 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:53.9 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Lotus-Climax | ||
The 13th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 12 April 1964 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 40 laps of the circuit, reduced from the original race distance of 56 laps due to bad weather, after lobbying from Jo Bonnier on behalf of the GPDA. The race was won easily by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 158.
Jo Siffert was injured in a crash during the practice sessions, in which he rolled his Lotus 24.
During the race, Peter Arundell's Lotus developed gearbox trouble, and he swapped cars with Mike Spence. Arundell took the healthy Lotus to third place after a close fight with Lorenzo Bandini, while Spence retired the other one soon after the swap.
