The fifth Trophée d’Auvergne, was the fourth round of the 1964 FFSA Trophées de France. This was held on the

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, in the

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s, near the town of

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, on 19 July. This

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race podium was a sign of things to come:

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and

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showed their skill before the track hosted the 1965 French Grand Prix.

Report

Entry

A total of 30 F2 cars were entered for the event, of which 22 took part in qualifying.

Qualifying

took

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for the Brabham Racing Developments team, in a Brabham-

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BT10, averaging a speed of , around the five mile (8km) course.

Race

The race was held over 32 laps of the Circuit de Charade.

took the winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-

BT10. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 59:11.9mins., averaging a speed of . Approximately 6.6s behind was the second place car, driven by

, for Ron Harris - Lotus in their Cosworth-powered

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. The podium was completed by the second Brabham of

Classification

Race Result

* Fastest lap:

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, 3:40.9ecs. (81.569 mph) Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

References

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