entered by the American NART team and painted white and blue, the national colours of the teams licensed in the United States. Since Ferrari cars entered in the and seasons by the American NART team and at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix by the British privateer Reg Parnell team kept wearing the red colour, this race was the last time Ferrari cars wore other than the traditional red colour (rosso corsa) in Formula One. Classification Qualifying Race Permutations For the first time, 3 British drivers went into the last race with a chance of winning the championship. Graham Hill (39pts) needed either: 1st 3rd, with Surtees 2nd or lower Clark 2nd or lower and Surtees 3rd or lower John Surtees (34pts) needed either: 1st 2nd, with Graham Hill 4th or lower Jim Clark (30pts) needed: 1st, with Surtees 3rd or lower and Graham Hill 4th or lower Jim Clark nearly managed this. If his engine hadn't blown in the last laps, he would've done just enough to win the championship. In another first, three constructors were fighting for the championship. Ferrari (43pts) needed either 1st 2nd, with the top BRM 3rd or lower The top Lotus-Climax 2nd or lower and the top BRM in 3rd or lower BRM (42pts) needed 1st Lotus-Climax (37pts) needed 1st, with the top Ferrari 3rd or lower Again, if Jim Clark's engine hadn't blown, then Lotus-Climax would've won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Constructors' Championship standings Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Notes References External links 1964 Mexican Grand Prix at statsf1.com 1964 Mexican Grand Prix at grandprix.com Mexican Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix 1964 in Mexican motorsport October 1964 sports events in Mexico