1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965

John Surtees in the Ferrari 330P2 , at the exit of the south bend

Le Mans start shortly before the start of the race. The vehicles from the left are the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé (# 54), three Porsche 904/6 works cars (# 23, 21 and 22) and another Porsche with the number 70, which was driven by Gerhard Koch and Ben Pon ; Gerhard Mieter and Peter Nöcker can be seen as drivers from the left

Lorenzo Bandini in the Ferrari Dino 166P on the way to fourth place in the overall standings

Joakim Bonnier in a Porsche 904 with 8-cylinder engine at the exit of the south bend. With his partner Jochen Rindt, Bonnier came third in the final ranking

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe by Bob Bondurant and Jochen Neerpasch in the Aremberg curve

The Alfa Romeo TZ2 by Giacomo Russo and de Andrea Adamich at the section Hatzenbach

The eleventh 1000 km race at the Nürburgring , also ADAC 1000 km race, Nürburgring , took place on May 23, 1965 and was the ninth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

As in 1965 63 Vehicles for Sunday, May 23 Le Mans start on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring a brief break, the eight races Been World Sportscar Championship in 1965 graduated. In the Daytona 2000km race , Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby stayed victorious in a Ford GT40 . In Sebring , Jim Hall and Hap Sharp won in a Chaparral 2A with a Chevrolet engine. This was followed by successes for Herbert Demetz in the GT race in Imola and Klaus Steinmetz in the 3-hour race in Monza .

At the third race of the year, in which both prototypes and GT cars were allowed to start, the 1000 km race in Monza , Scuderia Ferrari presented the new Ferrari 275P2 in racing for the first time. Promptly won Mike Parkes and Jean Guichet equal debut. The last event of this kind before the Nürburgring race was the Targa Florio , which was also won by the Ferrari works team. In between, Denis Hulme won the RAC Tourist Trophy on a Brabham BT8 and Willy Mairesse won the 500 km race in Spa .

Attendance record

Some websites put the number of spectators in this race at 400,000. It remains unclear whether this will document the number of visitors on race day or on the entire race weekend. If the number is correct for race day, this race is one of the most visited motorsport events in the history of the sport, along with several Indianapolis 500-mile races in the 1970s. The two German authors Michael Behrndt and Jörg-Thomas Födisch quote in their book ADAC 1000-km-Rennen an excerpt from the then published magazine Motor-Rundschau , where 250,000 spectators are stated on the day of the race. 80,000 vehicles were parked around the ring area.

The race

Another fatal accident

In 1964 there were two fatal accidents during training for the 1000 km race in which the German Rudolf-Wilhelm Moser and the British Brian Hetreed lost their lives. The 1965 race was also overshadowed by a fatal accident. The Luxembourg racing driver Honoré Wagner , who at the age of 43 was one of the veterans of the Benelux racing scene and shared an Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ with his compatriot Nicolas Koob , came off the track on the 19th lap in the Kallenhardt section; the GT car slid down a slope over an embankment and came to rest in a rain gutter. Wagner died of severe head injuries.

Teams, vehicles and drivers

Scuderia Ferrari came to the Eifel with four racing cars . John Surtees and Ludovico Scarfiotti were for the 4-liter V12 - Ferrari 330P2 reported. Mike Parkes and Jean Glichet drove the 3.3-liter 275P2; Giampiero Biscaldi and Giancarlo Baghetti a 275 GTB . The winners of the Targa Florio, Lorenzo Bandini and Nino Vaccarella , were entrusted with a completely new type of racing car. At the 1000 km race in Monza, the car failed on the first lap after an engine failure. At the Nürburgring, the Scuderia tried another mission. The car had the 65 ° V6 mid-engine designed by Franco Rocchi . The Dino with the 0834 chassis was powered by a 1.6-liter V6 (bore × stroke 77 × 57 mm, displacement 1592 cm³), which made 180 hp (132 kW) at 9000 rpm. This gave the car almost 200 hp less than the 330P2 and 275P2.

After 1964, the Shelby Daytona was moved on the Nordschleife for the second time . In this context, Behrndt and Födisch again cite the Motor-Rundschau in their publication: Last year, one of the Cobra drivers confessed to us that after a very fast Nürburgring round , he was actually ready for the sanatorium. In the meantime the drivers have got used to the car and understand how to handle it. Still, you have to admire them - both, car and driver. The vehicles in their current form are extremely unsuitable for such difficult and winding courses as the Nürburgring and the Targa Florio.

As early as 1965, Carroll Shelby trusted in the driving ability and performance of the Ford GT40 . The cars were driven by Chris Amon , Bruce McLaren , Phil Hill , Richard Attwood and John Whitmore . Another GT40 was reported by Ford France, driven by Guy Ligier and his 48-year-old compatriot and Grand Prix veteran Maurice Trintignant . Porsche lost the Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder , a one-off, in an accident by Gerhard Mitter during training. Mitter was uninjured, but the car was so damaged that it could not be used in the race. The works cars started in the prototype class with a displacement of up to 2 liters. With strong competition from Ferrari and Ford, victory in the overall standings with 904 models seemed out of reach.

The course of the race

In training, John Surtees had the best time with a time of 8: 53.100 minutes; this corresponded to an average speed of 151.035 km / h. Amazingly, he was three seconds faster in the race. From the first lap he came back with a lead of almost 20 seconds on Phil Hill's Ford. Hill was the only one who could follow the Ferrari until it retired on lap six. With the exception of one vehicle, all GT 40s crashed during the race due to technical defects. Bandini and Vaccarella lost third place in the final classification to the Porsche team Bonnier / Rindt due to the Dino-Ferrari's deteriorating engine performance. At the finish, Surtees / Scarfiotti had a 3/4 minute lead over their teammates Parkes and Guichet. For Jean Guichet it was the third second place in the 1000 km race in three consecutive years.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 3.0	1	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	John Surtees Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 330P2	44
2	P + 3.0	2	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Mike Parkes Jean Guichet	Ferrari 275P2	44
3	P 2.0	20th	Porsche system	Joakim Bonnier Jochen Rindt	Porsche 904/8	44
4th	P 2.0	31	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Lorenzo Bandini Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari Dino 166P	43
5	P 2.0	23	Porsche system	Umberto Maglioli Herbert Linge	Porsche 904/6	43
6th	P 2.0	22nd	Porsche system	Peter Nöcker Günter Klass	Porsche 904/6	43
7th	GT + 3.0	54	Alan Mann Racing Team	Bob Bondurant Jochen Neerpasch	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	43
8th	P + 3.0	11	Shelby American Inc.	Chris Amon Bruce McLaren Phil Hill	Ford GT40	43
9	P 2.0	21st	Porsche system	Gerhard Mitter Colin Davis	Porsche 904/6	42
10	GT + 3.0	55	Alan Mann Racing Team	Jack Sears Frank Gardner	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	42
11	GT 2.0	72	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber Udo Schütz	Porsche 904 GTS	42
12	GT + 3.0	56	Ford France	Jo Schlesser André Simon	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	42
13	P + 3.0	3	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Giampiero Biscaldi Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari 275 GTB	41
14th	GT 2.0	68	Lufthansa	Manfred Abels Günther Selbach	Porsche 904 GTS	41
15th	GT 3.0	64	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Sutcliffe Peter Lumsden	Ferrari 250 GTO	41
16	P + 3.0	8th	David Piper	David Piper Anthony Maggs	Ferrari 250LM	40
17th	GT 1.6	83	Autodelta	Andrea de Adamich Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	40
18th	GT 1.3	95	Abarth & Cie	Giuseppe Virgilio Salvatore Calascibetta	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	39
19th	P 2.0	26th	Autodelta	Ernst Furtmayr Herbert Schultze	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA	39
20th	GT 1.3	97	Abarth & Cie	Manfred Schiek Andreas Schmalbach	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	39
21st	GT 2.0	74	Bernd Degner	Bernd Degner Frank Kalkuhl	Porsche 904 GTS	39
22nd	P + 3.0	19th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Peter Ettmüller Peter Harper	Ferrari 250LM	39
23	GT 3.0	61	Werner Lindermann	Werner Lindermann Manfred Ramminger	Ferrari 250 GTO	39
24	GT 1.3	101	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	38
25th	GT 2.0	70	Porsche system	Gerhard Koch Ben Pon	Porsche 904 GTS	38
26th	GT 1.6	92	AVO	Joachim Springer Karl von Wendt	Lotus Elan	38
27	GT 1.3	98	British Motor Co.	Andrew Hedges Keith Greene	MG Midget	38
28	P 1.3	33	Richard Groves	Clive Baker John Moore	Austin-Healey Sprite	37
29	P 3.0	63	Karl vom Kothen	Karl vom Kothen Karl-Friedrich Kronenberg	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	36
30th	GT 1.6	82	Autodelta	Roberto Bussinello Carlo Zuccoli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	36
31	GT 1.3	103	International Racing Club	Joachim Komusin Siegfried Müller senior	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	36
32	P 1.0	46	Willi Martini	Peter Otto Heinz Gilges	Martini	31
Disqualified
33	GT 1.6	89	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan Peter Taggart	Lotus Elan	5
Failed
34	P 2.0	24	Pierre de Siebenthal	Pierre de Siebenthal Charly Cuénoud	Porsche 356B 2000	37
35	GT 1.6	88	Manfred Schweiger	Georg Winkler Wolfgang Jordis	Lotus Elan	35
36	P + 3.0	10	Ford Advanced Vehicles Ltd.	Richard Attwood John Whitmore	Ford GT40 Roadster	34
37	GT 1.3	100	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer Dieter Schmid	1300GT glass	34
38	GT 1.6	84	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Girolamo Capra Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	33
39	GT 1.3	105	Abarth & Cie	Klaus Steinmetz Fritz Jüttner	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	33
40	P + 3.0	5	Ecurie Francorchamps	Willy Mairesse Jean Blaton	Ferrari 250LM	25th
41	GT 1.6	87	WJ Moss	Mark Konig Gabriele Konig	Lotus Elan	24
42	P + 3.0	16	Ford France	Maurice Trintignant Guy Ligier	Ford GT40	22nd
43	GT 3.0	65	Dawnay Racing	Mike Salmon Chris Kerrison	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64	22nd
44	GT 1.6	85	Nicolas Koob	Nicolas Koob Honoré Wagner	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	19th
45	GT 1.3	102	William Bradley	William Bradley David Prophet	Triumph Spitfire	19th
46	P + 3.0	17th	Iso Prototipi SpA	Pierre Noblet Wittigo von Einsiedel	Iso Grifo A3C	16
47	P 1.0	42	Automobiles Alpine	Roger Delageneste Peter Ruby	Alpine M64	16
48	P + 3.0	6th	Georges Marquet	Gérard Langlois van Ophem Xavier Boulanger	Ferrari 250LM	13
49	P 2.0	25th	Abarth & Cie	Hans Herrmann Kurt Ahrens	Abarth 1600 OT	13
50	GT 1.3	96	Abarth & Cie	Anzio Zucchi André Knörr	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	12
51	P 1.3	40	Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Jean Vinatier	Alpine M64	11
52	P 2.0	29	Anthony Kilburn	Terry Sanger Simon De Lautour	Marcos Fastback	10
53	P + 3.0	4th	Maranello Concessionaires	Graham Hill Jackie Stewart	Ferrari 275P2	9
54	GT 1.6	90	Willi Martini	Manfred Mohr Horst Eiteneuer	Lotus Elan	9
55	GT 1.3	104	Willy Franz	Willy Franz Gebi Lippuner	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	9
56	P + 3.0	15th	Ecurie Francorchamps	Gustave Gosselin Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250LM	7th
57	P + 3.0	12	Shelby American Inc.	Phil Hill Bruce McLaren	Ford GT40	6th
58	GT 2.0	69	Don Moore	Paul Hawkins Mike De Udy	Porsche 904 GTS	6th
59	P + 3.0	18th	Iso Prototipi SpA	Mário de Araújo Cabral Teodoro Zeccoli	Iso Grifo A3C	5
60	P 2.0	30th	Anglian Racing	Richard Wrottesley Tony Lanfranchi	Elva GT160	4th
61	GT + 3.0	52	Radford Racing	John Sparrow Christopher McLaren	Shelby Cobra Roadster	1
62	P 1.3	35	Abarth & Cie	Herbert Demetz Leo Cella	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	1
63	GT 3.0	62	Peter Clarke	Rollo Fielding Peter Clarke	Ferrari 250 GTO	1
Not started
64	P 1.0	37	Willi Martini	Heinrich Hülbüsch Kurt Louis	Martini	1
65	P 1.0	44	Diva Cars	Mike Walton Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Diva GT	2
66	GT + 3.0	50	André Wicky	Maurice Caillet André Wicky	Jaguar E-Type	3
67	GT + 3.0	51	Patrick McNally Alan Mann	Patrick McNally Bob Bondurant Jochen Neerpasch Jack Sears Frank Gardner	Shelby Cobra	4th
68	GT + 3.0	67	Peter Mold	Peter Mold Chris Ashmore	Jaguar E-Type	5
68	GT 1.6	81	Autodelta	Jean Rolland Andrea de Adamich Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	6th
69	P 2.0	21T	Porsche system	Gerhard Mitter Colin Davis Joakim Bonnier Jochen Rindt	Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder	7th
70	P 2.0	23T	Porsche system	Umberto Maglioli Herbert Linge	Porsche 904/6	8th

¹ Engine damage in training ² Engine damage in training ³ Accident in training ⁴ Not started ⁵ Engine damage in training ⁶ Accident in training ⁷ Accident in training ⁸ Training car

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
71	P + 3.0	7th	Heini Walter	Heini Walter	Ferrari 250LM
72	P + 3.0	9	Robert Blouin	Robert Blouin Michel de Bourbon-Parma	Ferrari 275 GTB
73	P + 3.0	14th	John Willment		Ford GT40
74	P 2.0	27	Willi Martini	Hubert Hahne	Martini
75	P 2.0	28	Willi Martini		Martini
76	P 1.3	34	André Wicky	André Wicky	Alpine M64
77	P 1.3	38	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Martini
78	P 1.3	41	Automobiles Alpine	Roger Delageneste	Alpine M64
79	P 1.0	45	Automobiles Alpine	Peter Brayshaw Tim Lalonde	Marcos GT
80	P 1.0	47	Willi Martini		Martini
81	P 1.0	48	Willi Martini		Martini
82	GT + 3.0	53	Radford Racing	Christopher McLaren Harry Digby	Shelby Cobra
83	GT 3.0	66	Ecurie Francorchamps		Ferrari 250 GTO
84	GT 2.0	67	Porsche system	Gerhard Koch	Porsche
85	GT 2.0	71	AP Covill	Simon Scrimgeour John Glyde Walker	Elva Courier
86	GT 2.0	73	Kind Swanson	Art Swanson Robert Ennis	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT
87	GT 1.3	75	Abarth & Cie	Herbert Demetz Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
88	GT 2.0	76	Peter Ruby	Peter Ruby	Porsche 904 GTS
89	GT 2.0	77	Ben Pon	Ben Pon Rob Slotemaker	Porsche 904 GTS
90	GT 1.6	89	Walker Day	Tony Hegbourne Boley Pittard	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
91	GT 1.6	91	AVO	Anselm von Oertzen Georg Bialas	Lotus Elan
92	GT 1.6	93	AVO	Herbert Schultze	Alfa Romeo Giulia
93	GT 1.6	94	Michel Disdier	Bernard Collomb Michel Disdier	Lotus Elan
94	GT 1.6	99	Anthony Kilburn	Anthony Kilburn Gerry Ashmore	Glass 1204 GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 3.0	John Surtees	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 330P2	Overall victory
P 2.0	Joakim Bonnier	Jochen Rindt	Porsche 904/8	Rank 3
P 1.3	Clive Baker	John Moore	Austin-Healey Sprite	Rank 28
P 1.0	Peter Otto	Heinz Gilges	Martini	Rank 32
GT + 3.0	Bob Bondurant	Jochen Neerpasch	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Rank 7
GT 3.0	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Lumsden	Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 15
GT 2.0	Anton Fischhaber	Udo Schütz	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 11
GT 1.6	Andrea de Adamich	Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Rank 17
GT 1.3	Giuseppe Virgilio	Salvatore Calascibetta	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 94
• Started: 63
• Rated: 32
• Race classes: 9
• Spectators: different information from 250,000 to 400,000
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 53: 05.400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.640 km
• Winner's average: 145.775 km / h
• Pole position: John Surtees - Ferrari 330P2 (# 1) - 8: 53.100 = 151.035 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Surtees - Ferrari 330P2 (# 1) - 8: 50.500 = 154.790 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1965  - collection of images

• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ 2000km Daytona 1965
2. ^ 12-hour race at Sebring 1965
3. ^ Coppa Bologna 1965
4. ^ 3 Hours of Monza 1965
5. ↑ 400,000 visitors on race day
6. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 , page 84.
7. ^ Honoré Wagner at Motorsport Memorial

Previous race 500 km from Spa-Francorchamps 1965

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 500 km Mugello race in 1965