500 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965

Alpine M65

The sixth 500 km race on the Nürburgring , also VI. Intern. ADAC 500 km race, Nürburgring , took place on September 5, 1965 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the 18th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

At the 500 km race in 1965, Automobiles Alpine achieved its first overall victory in the sports car world championship. The Belgian brothers Lucien and Mauro Bianchi won the race on an Alpine M65 . Second was Gerhard Mitter , one plant - Abarth 1300 OT drove. Mitter was actually a Porsche works driver and received approval for this race to start for Abarth.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 1.3	7th	Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Lucien Bianchi	Alpine M65	22nd
2	P 1.3	11	Abarth	Gerhard Mitter	Abarth 1300 OT	22nd
3	P 1.3	12	Abarth	Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth 1300 S Coupe	22nd
4th	GT 1.3	44	Abarth	Kurt Ahrens	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	22nd
5	P 1.3	10	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Abarth 1300 OT	22nd
6th	P 1.3	2	Donald Healey	Clive Baker Keith Greene	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	21st
7th	GT 1.0	51	Abarth	Jochen Neerpasch	Fiat-Abarth Monomille	21st
8th	P 850	30th	Abarth	Ernst Furtmayr	Fiat-Abarth 850 Bertone	20th
9	P 1.0	26th	Abarth	Leo Cella	Fiat-Abarth 1000 MC	20th
10	P 1.3	41	Mike Garton	Mike Garton	Austin-Healey Sprite	20th
11	T 1.0	74	Abarth	Fritz Jüttner	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	20th
12	T 1.0	75	Abarth	Erich Bitter	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	20th
13	T 1.3	60	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Glass 1204 TS	20th
14th	P 1.3	5	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giorgio Pianta	ASA RB613	20th
15th	GT 1.3	47	Douglas Wilson-Spratt	Peter Jackson	Austin-Healey Sprite	20th
16	GT 1.3	43	Friedhelm Kleine	Friedhelm Kleine	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	20th
17th	T 850	91	Abarth	Ed Swart	Fiat-Abarth 850 TC	20th
18th	P 1.3	3	Richard Groves	John Moore John Harris	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	20th
19th	T 850	92	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	DKW Junior	19th
20th	GT 1.0	50	Michael Forsdyke	Michael Forsdyke	Marcos Gullwing	19th
21st	T 1.3	62	Jochen Neerspasch	Karl von Wendt Hans-Friedrich Höftmann	Austin Mini Cooper S.	19th
22nd	GT 1.0	49	Raymond Nash	Raymond Nash	Marcos Fastback	19th
23	T 850	93	Hannelore Werner	Hannelore Werner Manfred Roesner	DKW Junior	19th
24	T 1.0	70	Peter Ochs	Peter Ochs	DKW F12	19th
25th	T 1.0	76	Abarth	Hans-Peter Koepchen	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	19th
26th	GT 1.3	46	John Milne	John Williamson	MG Midget	19th
27	T 850	94	Wilfried Oetelshoven	Wilfried Oetelshoven Dieter Nakaten	DKW Junior	19th
28	T 700	107	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff Horst Ranke	BMW 700 S.	19th
29	T 1.0	77	Eckhard Casteel	Heinrich von Schweinichen Eckhard Casteel	Morris Mini Cooper	19th
30th	T 1.3	64	National Belge	Georges Lambrechts	Glass 1204 TS	19th
31	P 1.3	8th	Automobiles Alpine	Roger Delageneste	Alpine M64	19th
32	T 1.0	69	Taurus	David Meer Mike Pignéguy	Austin Mini Cooper	18th
33	T 850	88	Helmut Hinse	Helmut Hinse Heinrich Wiese	DKW Junior	18th
34	T 700	113	Johann Koster	Johann Koster	BMW 700S	18th
35	T 1.6	63	Friedrich Noenen	Friedrich Noenen Franz Schwan	Glass 1204 TS	18th
36	T 1.3	61	Tony Goodwin	Tony Goodwin Tony Lanfranchi	Ford Anglia	18th
37	T 700	104	Willi Martini	Wolfgang Kirsch Eberhard Gerstle	BMW 700 S.	18th
38	T 1.3	55	Colonia	Franz-Josef Oebel	Renault R8	18th
39	T 700	106	Eckhard Schimpf	Manfred Berthold Eckhard Schimpf	BMW 700S	18th
40	T 1.3	67	John Glyde Walker	John Glyde Walker Simon Scrimgeour	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	18th
41	P 1.0	27	John god	Margaret MacKenzie	Hillman Imp	18th
42	P 850	33	Willi Martini	Kurt Louis Peter Hahn	Martini	18th
43	P 700	105	Willi Martini	Arthur Schneider	BMW 700S	17th
44	P 600	119	Peter Lux	Peter Lux Roland Heck	NSU Prinz 4	17th
45	P 600	118	Manfred Spiess	Manfred Spiess Werner Müller	NSU Prinz 4	17th
46	P 600	120	Helmut Becker	Manfred Spiess Hans Bohm	NSU Prinz 4	17th
47	P 600	123	Josef Weber	Josef Weber	NSU Prinz 4	17th
48	T 700	100	Heinz-Josef Derichs	Heinz-Josef Derichs Dieter Wanowius	BMW 700S	17th
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49	P 1.3	4th	diva	Jon Samuel John Markey	Diva GT	18th
50	T 1.0	81	Werner Müller	Gerd Quist Werner Müller	NSU Prince	17th
51	T 700	102	Willi Martini	Peter Otto	BMW 700	16
52	T 700	103	Willi Martini	Wolfram Schmitz	BMW 700	16
53	T 700	109	Jörg Klasen	Jörg Klasen	BMW 700	16
54	T 700	112	Albert yoke	Albert yoke	BMW 700	16
55	P 850	31	Willi Martini	Heinrich Schütz	Martini	15th
56	T 700	14th	Willi Deutsch	Willi Deutsch Werner Brinkmann	BMW 700	15th
57	T 700	115	Wilhelm von Appen	Henry von Appen Kurt Friess	BMW 700	14th
58	P 850	35	Paul Emery	Bob Beavers	Emery Hillman Imp GTI	13
59	P 1.0	23	Paul Emery	Paul Emery Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Emery Hillman Imp	12
60	P 850	32	Willi Martini	Heinz-Dieter Werner	Martini	12
61	GT 1.3	42	MRRC Hoehreich	Heinrich Oestreich Richard Höhfeld	Glass 1204 TS	12
62	T 1.0	71	Manfred Hartung	Manfred Hartung	Opel Kadett	12
63	T 600	122	Wolfgang Hansen	Wolfgang Hansen Lothar Köttgen	NSU Prince	12
64	T 1.3	58	Detlev Reiff	Soscho Hofstaaetter Detlev Reiff	Glass 1204 TS	10
65	T 700	101	Dieter Bohnhorst	Franz Michael Dieter Bohnhorst	BMW 700	10
66	T 1.0	72	William Shepherd	William Shepherd	Austin Mini Cooper	9
67	T 850	90	Abarth	Giuseppe Virgilio	Fiat-Abarth 850	9
68	T 850	95	Winfried Gutsell	Winfried Gutsell Walter Arndt	Auto Union Junior	9
69	T 850	86	Paul Polzin	Willi fire singer Paul Polzin	Auto Union Junior	9
70	T 600	121	Gerhard Wiedemann	Gerhard Wiedemann Heinz Gilges	NSU Prince	8th
71	T 1.0	68	Taurus	Philip Wicks William Kelly	Morris Mini Cooper S.	7th
72	T 700	111	Wilfried Zahn	Wilfried Zahn	BMW 700	7th
73	P 1.3	1	Scuderia Lufthansa	Anton Fischhaber Hans-Dieter Dechent	Abarth 1300 OT	6th
74	P 850	34	Willi Martini	Hans Pasman	Martini	5
75	P 1.0	29	Marcos	Terry Sanger	Marcos Fastback	4th
76	GT 1.3	40	Scuderia Lufthansa	Udo Schütz Robert Huhn	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	4th
77	T 1.3	57	Willi Kauhsen	Willi Kauhsen	Morris Minor	4th
78	T 1.3	65	Karl Herd	Karl Herd	Glass 1204 TS	3
79	T 850	85	John Aley	John Aley	Austin Mini Cooper	3
80	T 850	87	Rolf Kienen	Rolf Kienen	DKW Junior	2
81	T 850	89	Georg Winkler	Georg Winkler	DKW Junior	2
82	P 1.0	22nd	Willi Martini	Karl-Heinz Becker	Martini	2
83	GT 1.0	48	Scuderia Lufthansa	Andreas Schmalbach Hermann Dorner	Fiat-Abarth 1000	1
84	T 700	108	Peter Vollecker	Peter Vollecker	BMW 700	1
85	T 1.3	56	Broadspeed	Broadspeed	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	1
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86	P 1.3	6th	ASA	Giampiero Biscaldi	ASA RB613	1
87	P 1.3	9	Automobiles Alpine	Henri Grandsire Philippe Vidal Roger Delageneste	Alpine M64	2
88	P 1.0	20th	diva	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton	Diva GT	3
89	P 1.0	28	Marcos	Tim Lalonde Peter Brayshaw	Marcos GT	4th

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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
90	P 1.3	14th	Abarth		Abarth 1300 OT
91	P 1.0	21st	Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 1000
92	GT 1.3	45	André Wicky	André Wicky	Alpine A110
93	T 1.3	59	Escargot	David Strauss Dave Helmick	Austin Mini Cooper
94	T 1.3	66	Michel Moisset	Michel Moisset Julien Vernaeve	Morris Mini Cooper
95	T 1.0	73	Waldemar Warmbold	Waldemar Warmbold	DKW F12
96	T 1.0	78	Konrad Riemer	Konrad Riemer	DKW F12
97	T 1.0	79	Aylesbury Tuning	Phil De Banks Martyn Ryan	Austin Mini Cooper
98	T 1.0	80	Jolly Club	Andrea Saltari Franco Chiari	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
99	T 1.0	82	Gustav Bontemps	Gustav Bontemps	Austin Mini Cooper
100	T 850	96	Peter Ruby	Peter Ruby	DKW Junior
101	T 850	97	Kurt Simonsen	Kurt Simonsen	Saab 96
102	T 700	110	Jürgen Dietrich	Jürgen Dietrich Herbert Dorn	BMW 700

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 1.3	Mauro Bianchi	Lucien Bianchi	Alpine M65	Overall victory
P 1.0	Leo Cella		Fiat-Abarth 1000 MC	Rank 9
P 850	Ernst Furtmayr		Fiat-Abarth 850 Bertone	Rank 8
GT 1.3	Kurt Ahrens		Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 4
GT 1.0	Jochen Neerpasch		Fiat-Abarth Monomille	Rank 7
T 1.3	Gerhard Bodmer		Glass 1204 TS	Rank 13
T 1.0	Fritz Jüttner		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	Rank 11
T 850	Ed Swart		Fiat-Abarth 850 TC	Rank 17
T 700	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	Horst Ranke	BMW 700S	Rank 28
T 600	Peter Lux	Roland Heck	NSU Prinz 4	Rank 44

Racing data

• Reported: 102
• Started: 85
• Rated: 48
• Race classes: 10
• Spectators: 20,000
• Weather on race day: very cloudy
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3:40: 42,100 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 22
• Total distance of the winning team: 501.820 km
• Winner's average: 136.425 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Lucien Bianchi - Alpine M65 (# 7) - 9: 38.900 = 141.848 km / h
• Racing series: 18th round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results

Predecessor race hill climb Ollon-Villars 1965

Sports car world championship

Successor race 500 km from Bridgehampton 1965, 1st race