Reims 12 hour race in 1965

The seventh 12-hour race in Reims , also known as 12 Heures Reims , took place on July 4, 1965 on the Reims circuit and was the 13th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

As in previous years, the Reims 12-hour race in 1965 started at midnight and ended at 12 noon on Sunday. Despite the absence of the factory team , the Ferrari prototypes were the favorites for overall victory. 26 vehicles were registered, 22 of them entered the race. The fastest practice time was achieved by Pedro Rodríguez on a Ferrari 365P2 of the North American Racing Team . The Maranello Concessionaires 330P led the race for a long time , with Graham Hill and Joakim Bonnier taking turns at the wheel. After 231 laps this car had to be parked with a damaged clutch.

Pedro Rodríguez and Jean Guichet secured overall victory in front of another Ferrari driven by John Surtees and Mike Parkes . The fastest GT car was a Shelby Cobra Daytona , which was driven by Bob Bondurant and Jo Schlesser in fifth place overall.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 3.0	3	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez Jean Guichet	Ferrari 365P2	285
2	P + 3.0	2	Maranello Concessionaires	John Surtees Mike Parkes	Ferrari 365P2	283
3	P + 3.0	9	Ecurie Francorchamps	Willy Mairesse Jean Blaton	Ferrari 250LM	280
4th	P + 3.0	8th	David Piper Auto Racing Team	David Piper Richard Attwood	Ferrari 250LM	274
5	GT + 3.0	26th	Shelby American Ltd.	Bob Bondurant Jo Schlesser	Shelby Cobra Daytona	270
6th	GT 2.0	45	Don Moore	Paul Hawkins Mike de Udy	Porsche 904 GTS	262
7th	P 1.3	15th	Automobiles Alpine	Lucien Bianchi Henri Grandsire	Alpine M65	249
8th	P 1.3	16	Automobiles Alpine	Jean Vinatier Roger Delageneste	Alpine M64	244
9	GT + 3.0	27	Willment Racing Team	Jack Sears John Whitmore	Shelby Cobra Roadster	241
10	GT 2.0	47	Claude Barbier	Claude Barber André Potier	Porsche 904 GTS	232
11	P 1.3	17th	Automobiles Alpine	Philippe Vidal Mauro Bianchi	Alpine M64	223
12	P 1.3	18th	Automobiles Alpine	Guy Verrier Jacques Cheinisse	Alpine M64	220
13	GT 1.4	60	Automobiles Alpine	Robert Bouharde Pierre Monneret	Alpine M63B	217
Failed
14th	P + 3.0	1	Maranello Conccesionaires	Graham Hill Joakim Bonnier	Ferrari 330P	231
15th	P + 3.0	5	Iso Grifo Prototipi	Pierre Noblet Mário de Araújo Cabral	Iso Grifo A3C
16	P + 3.0	6th	Iso Grifo Prototipi	Jean de Mortemart Régis Fraissinet	Iso Grifo A3C
17th	P + 3.0	10	Ecurie Francorchamps	Pierre Dumay Gustave Gosselin	Ferrari 250LM
18th	P + 3.0	11	Ecurie Francorchamps	Gérard Langlois van Ophem Annie Soisbault	Ferrari 250LM
19th	GT + 3.0	25th	John Willment	Frank Gardner Innes Ireland	Shelby Cobra Willment
20th	GT 3.0	35	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Sutcliffe William Bradley	Ferrari 250 GTO
21st	GT 3.0	36	Peter Clarke	Peter Clarke Rollo Feilding	Ferrari 250 GTO
22nd	GT 3.0	37	Ecurie Francorchamps	Guy Ligier Allen Grant	Ferrari 250 GTO
Not started
23	P + 3.0	7th	Dick Protheroe	Dick Protheroe Mike Salmon	Ferrari 250 GTO	1

¹ accident in the paddock

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
24	P + 3.0		Ford France		Ford GT40
25th	P + 3.0		North American Racing Team	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 250LM
26th	P + 3.0		Ferrari		Ferrari 330P2

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 3.0	Pedro Rodríguez	Jean Guichet	Ferrari 365P2	Overall victory
P 1.3	Lucien Bianchi	Henri Grandsire	Alpine M65	Rank 7
GT + 3.0	Bob Bondurant	Jo Schlesser	Shelby Cobra Daytona	Rank 5
GT 2.0	Paul Hawkins	Mike de Udy	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 6
GT 1.3	Robert Bouharde	Pierre Monneret	Alpine M63	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 22
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 8.301 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 285
• Total distance of the winning team: 2365.454 km
• Winner's average: 197.121 km / h
• Pole position: Pedro Rodríguez - Ferrari 365P2 (# 3) - 2: 18.200 = 216.234 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Surtees - Ferrari 365P2 (# 2) - 2: 17.900 = 216.705 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• 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

• Race results at WSPR Racing ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

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Sports car world championship

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