Automobile World Championship 1965

Automobile World Championship 1965

World Champion
Driver:	Jim Clark
Constructor:	Lotus Climax
Season dates
Number of races:	10
<1964 season	1966 season>

Driver world champion for the second time: Jim Clark

The dominant car of the 1965 season: the Lotus 33 with a Climax engine

The automobile world championship in 1965 was the 16th season of the automobile world championship, which is nowadays known as the Formula 1 world championship . Over ten races from January 1, 1965 to October 24, 1965, the drivers' world championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held within this framework .

The FIA honorary title Grand Prix of Europe was awarded to the Grand Prix of Belgium in 1965 .

Jim Clark won the drivers championship for the second time. Lotus became world constructors champion for the second time.

The season was largely dominated by Jim Clark and his Lotus . In contrast to the previous year, he could only take part in nine out of ten races. This time he also dropped out in three races. But whenever he reached the finish, he was first and scored 54 points - more was not possible according to the regulations at the time.

Changes in 1965

The year marked the end of the 1.5-liter Formula 1, which many designers had considered inferior. But Graham Hill judged in retrospect that the small and very light monopostos were incredibly fast and could only be mastered with maximum concentration. In the last race of these regulations, the manufacturer Honda and Richie Ginther celebrated their first victory.

With Jackie Stewart and Denis Hulme , two future world champions took part in the world championship for the first time. Stewart won his first race on his eighth start. At the end of the year, Bruce McLaren said goodbye to Cooper after seven years together to form his own team, the basis of what is now the McLaren team.

Race reports

South Africa Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 South African Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 06: 46.0
2	John Surtees	Ferrari	+ 29.0
3	Graham Hill	BRM	+ 31.8
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 27.2
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 27.6

The Grand Prix of South Africa on the Prince George Circuit took place on January 1, 1965 and went over a distance of 85 laps of 3.920 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 333.175 km.

Jim Clark won the race ahead of John Surtees and Graham Hill .

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Graham Hill	BRM	2: 37: 39.6
2	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	+1: 04.0
3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	+1: 41.9
PP	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 32.5
SR	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 31.7

The Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco took place on May 30, 1965 and covered a distance of 100 laps of 3.145 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 314.500 km.

Graham Hill won the race ahead of Lorenzo Bandini and Jackie Stewart .

Grand Prix of Belgium / Europe

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1965

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 23: 34.8
2	Jackie Stewart	BRM	+ 44.8
3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	+ 1 lap
PP	Graham Hill	BRM	3: 45.4
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	4: 12.9

The Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps took place on June 13, 1965 and covered a distance of 32 laps of 14.12 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 451.18 km. This year, the Grand Prix was given the honorary title Grand Prix of Europe .

Jim Clark won the race ahead of Jackie Stewart and Bruce McLaren .

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 French Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 14: 38.4
2	Jackie Stewart	BRM	+ 26.3
3	John Surtees	Ferrari	+ 2: 33.5
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	3: 18.3
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	3: 18.9

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Charade took place on June 27, 1965 and covered a distance of 40 laps of 8.055 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 322.2 km.

Jim Clark won the race ahead of Jackie Stewart and John Surtees .

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 British Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 05: 25.4
2	Graham Hill	BRM	+ 3.2
3	John Surtees	Ferrari	+ 27.6
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 30.8
SR	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 32.2

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit took place on July 10, 1965 and went over a distance of 80 laps of 4.711 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 376.880 km.

Jim Clark won the race ahead of Graham Hill and John Surtees .

Grand Prix of the Netherlands

→ Main article : Dutch Grand Prix 1965

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 03: 59.1
2	Jackie Stewart	BRM	+ 8.0
3	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	+ 13.0
PP	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 30.7
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 30.6

The Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Park Zandvoort took place on July 18, 1965 and covered a distance of 80 laps of 4.193 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 335.440 km.

Jim Clark won the race ahead of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney .

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : 1965 German Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 07: 52.4
2	Graham Hill	BRM	+ 15.9
3	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	+ 21.4
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	8: 22.7
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	8: 24.1

The German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on August 1, 1965 and covered a distance of 15 laps of 22.810 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 342.150 km.

Jim Clark won the race ahead of Graham Hill and Dan Gurney . Clark was prematurely world champion with the maximum possible number of points according to the cancellation rules. With his eighth and final Grand Slam , Clark set a record that is still valid today. Lotus won the constructors' championship. Of 19 drivers who started, only eight made it to the finish.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Jackie Stewart	BRM	2: 04: 52.8
2	Graham Hill	BRM	+ 3.3
3	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	+ 16.5
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 35.9
SR	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 36.4

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza took place on September 12, 1965 and covered a distance of 68 laps of 5,750 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 391,000 km.

Jackie Stewart won the race ahead of Graham Hill and Dan Gurney . This was Stewart's first win in the World Automobile Championship.

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 US Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Graham Hill	BRM	2: 20: 36.1
2	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	+ 12.5
3	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	+ 57.5
PP	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 11.25
SR	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 11.9

The US Grand Prix at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course took place on October 3, 1965 and covered a distance of 110 laps of 3.78 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 415.80 km.

Graham Hill won the race ahead of Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham .

Mexican Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1965 Mexican Grand Prix

space	driver	constructor	time
1	Richie Ginther	Honda	2: 08: 32.10
2	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	+ 2.89
3	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	+1: 00.15
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 56.17
SR	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1: 55.84

The Mexican Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez took place on October 24, 1965 and covered a distance of 65 laps of 5 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 325 km.

Richie Ginther won the race ahead of Dan Gurney and Mike Spence . It was Ginthers only win in the automobile world championship and the first for Honda .

World championship ratings

Driver ranking

The first six places got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the best six results of the ten races counted towards the championship.

1	Jim Clark	Lotus - Climax	54
2	Graham Hill	BRM	40
3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	33
4th	Dan Gurney	Brabham - Climax	25th
5	John Surtees	Ferrari	17th
6th	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	13
7th	Richie Ginther	Honda	11
8th	Mike Spence	Lotus - Climax	10
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper - Climax	10
10	Jack Brabham	Brabham - Climax	9
11	Denis Hulme	Brabham - Climax	5
12	Joseph Siffert	Brabham - Climax	5
13	Jochen Rindt	Cooper - Climax	4th
14th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	2
15th	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	2
16	Richard Attwood	Lotus - BRM	2

Constructors' championship

For each race the highest number of points of all drivers of a designer was counted. The best six (out of ten) individual results were added up and the constructors' rating was derived from this.

1	Lotus - Climax	54
2	BRM	45
3	Brabham - Climax	27
4th	Ferrari	26th
5	Cooper - Climax	14th
6th	Honda	11
7th	Brabham - BRM	5
8th	Lotus - BRM	2

Formula 1 races not included in the World Championship

In addition to the ten world championship races, seven Formula 1 races took place in 1965 that did not have world championship status.

Cape South Eastern Trophy

space	driver	team	time
1	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Climax	1: 16: 04.4
2	John Love	Cooper-Climax	1: 16: 18.3
3	David prophet	Brabham-Cosworth	1: 16: 42.7

The II. Cape South Easter Trophy was a race that was held on January 9, 1965 as part of the South African Formula 1 Championship at the Killarney Motor Racing Circuit in Cape Town . The race went over 50 laps of 3.267 km each (total distance: 163.35 km). It was open to international Formula 1 drivers, but in fact almost exclusively drivers from southern Africa took part in the race, many of whom were self-made (so-called “specials”). The only non-African racing drivers were Paul Hawkins , who raced for the private John Willment Automobiles team and fielded a Brabham BT10 with a Climax engine, and David Prophet , whose private Brabham BT10 was powered by a 1.5 liter Cosworth engine. The South Rhodesian John Love drove out the pole position. Paul Hawkins won the race 14 seconds ahead of Love, followed by Prophet. The best self-made South African was the Alfa Special by South African Peter de Klerk , who crossed the finish line in fourth place and was two minutes behind the winner. Fifth place went to Sam Tingle from Southern Rhodesia, who raced an LDS with an Alfa Romeo engine.

Daily Mail Race of Champions

→ Main article : Race of Champions 1965 (Formula 1)

space	driver	team	time
1	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	2: 11: 42.0
2	Jackie Stewart	BRM	2: 12: 41.6
3	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	+1 lap
PP	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 34.9

The Daily Mail Race of Champions took place on March 13, 1965 at the British Brands Hatch Circuit . It was the first of a total of 14 races that were held under this name until 1983 . The race went over a distance of 40 laps of 4.265 km each; the total distance was 341.206 km. It was carried out in two separate runs. For the overall ranking, the times of the two runs were added. Five works teams were represented with two drivers each; In addition, there were 15 other drivers who competed for nine private teams. The first run was won by Jim Clark on the factory Lotus 33 , the second by his team-mate Mike Spence . In the overall standings, Spence won ahead of Jackie Stewart in the factory BRM .

Gran Premio di Siracusa

space	driver	team	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 43: 47.0
2	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 44: 29.1
3	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1: 44: 43.3

The XIV Gran Premio di Siracusa was held on April 4, 1965 in the Sicilian city ​​of Syracuse on the Circuito di Siracusa . It went over 56 laps of 5.612 km each (total distance: 314.379 km). A total of 14 drivers took part in the race. Of the Formula 1 works teams, only Scuderia Ferrari and Lotus were represented with two drivers each. In addition, the private teams Rob Walker Racing Team , Reg Parnell Racing and the Milan Scuderia Centro Sud registered . In practice, Jim Clark dominated in the Lotus 33 - Climax , who took pole position ahead of John Surtees in the Ferrari and Joakim Bonnier in Rob Walker's private Brabham BT11 . Clark won the race by 44 seconds over Surtees. Clark's average speed was 178 km / h. He also drove the fastest race lap (186.5 km / h). The best private driver was Jo Bonnier, who was once lapped by the leading trio.

Sunday Mirror Trophy

space	driver	team	time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	55: 33.8
2	Graham Hill	BRM	57: 58.0
3	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	58: 54.6

The First Sunday Mirror Trophy was on April 19, 1965 the in West Sussex located Goodwood Circuit held. It replaced the Glover Trophy held in the same place from 1949 to 1964 . The Sunday Mirror Trophy was the last Formula 1 race to be held on this now obsolete circuit. It went over 42 laps of 3.863 km each (total distance: 162.234 km). The factory teams from Brabham , BRM Cooper and Lotus were registered; the Scuderia Ferrari did not appear. In addition, several British private teams such as Rob Walker Racing Team and Reg Parnell Racing appeared . After qualifying, Jackie Stewart took pole position in the factory BRM; Second and third places on the grid went to Graham Hill (also works BRM) and Jim Clark (Lotus). Clark won the race ahead of Hill and Jack Brabham . The best private driver was Joakim Bonnier , who finished in fifth place. Polesitter Jackie Stewart didn't finish. He had previously retired on the 38th lap after a camshaft defect. Jochen Rindt , who drove a works Cooper, was disqualified after missing a chicane.

BRDC International Trophy

space	driver	team	time
1	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1: 21: 47.0
2	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 21: 50.0
3	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	1: 22: 43.4

The XVII. BRDC International Trophy took place on May 15, 1965 at the Silverstone Circuit . It was the third British Formula 1 race of the year and was the last chance the teams had to test their cars again before the European World Championship races began two weeks later. Accordingly, the works teams from Brabham , BRM , Cooper , Lotus and Ferrari started with two drivers each. The Lotus factory team, however, decided not to use its number one driver, Jim Clark : The Scot was preparing for the Indianapolis 500 , which was held in the USA two weeks later. In addition to the works teams, the larger private teams such as Rob Walker Racing Team , Reg Parnell Racing and Scuderia Centro Sud also registered . Graham Hill set the fastest time in practice at Silverstone, ahead of Jackie Stewart (both factory BRM) and the two Ferrari drivers John Surtees and Lorenzo Bandini . The fastest private driver was Joakim Bonnier in Rob Walker's customer Brabham. The race went over 52 laps of 4.711 km each; the total distance was 244.960 km. Stewart won the race by three seconds over Surtees; Mike Spence came third in the factory Lotus. The fastest race lap was set by John Surtees with a time of 1: 33.0 (corresponding to 182 km / h).

Gran Premio del Mediterraneo

space	driver	team	time
1	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1: 17: 05.2
2	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 17: 05.5
3	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM	+ 1 lap

The Gran Premio del Mediterraneo was held on August 15, 1965 at the Autodromo di Pergusa in the Sicilian city ​​of Enna . It was the fourth and last time that this race was held according to the Formula 1 regulations. From 1966, the Gran Premio del Mediterraneo was part of the Formula 2 championship for 19 years . Mostly private racing teams registered for the race. The Lotus and Brabham team were the only factory teams. The Scuderia Ferrari did not appear. On the front row of the grid were the two works Lotus from Jim Clark and Mike Spence as well as the private Brabham BT11 from Rob Walker Racing Team , which was driven by the Swiss Jo Siffert . Siffert won the race three tenths of a second ahead of Clark. Third place went to Australian Frank Gardner , who achieved the best result of his Formula 1 career here in the Brabham BT11 from John Willment Racing .

Rand Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1.18: 11.2
2	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Climax	1: 18: 17.1
3	Paul Hawkins	Lotus Climax	1: 19: 34.6
PP	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1: 30.8
SR	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1: 31.5

The Rand Grand Prix at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit took place on December 4, 1965 and covered a distance of 50 laps of 4.087 km, which corresponds to a total distance of 204.350 km. For the first time, the 3-liter engines decided on in 1966 and already used in the South African Formula 1 championship were approved for the event .

Jack Brabham won the race ahead of Peter de Klerk and Paul Hawkins .

Web links

Commons : Automobile World Championship 1965  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1965 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics of the Non Championship Races of the 1965 season on the website www.silhouet.com (accessed on January 31, 2013).
2. ↑ Ken Stewart, Norman Reich: Sun on the grid. Grand Prix and Endurance Racing in Southern Africa, 1967 ( ISBN 1-870519-49-3 ), p. 86.