1965 Italian Grand Prix

 1965 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 10 races of the 1965 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 12, 1965
Place:	Monza , Italy
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	437 km in 76 laps of 5.75 km
Weather:	sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 35.9 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jim Clark (Round 46)	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 36.4 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	BRM
Second:	Graham Hill	BRM
Third:	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax

The 1965 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 12, 1965 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza and was the eighth race of the 1965 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Jackie Stewart's first win (right - picture from 1971)

first point for Richard Attwood

After the German Grand Prix , the Austrian Grand Prix was originally supposed to take place. Due to the lack of safety and the failed race last year, this Grand Prix was canceled, so that the Italian Grand Prix became the eighth race of the season. In the more than a month break between the races, the Gran Premio del Mediterraneo took place, which Joseph Siffert won on Brabham . This was the last edition of the Grand Prix with Formula 1 regulations, which was not part of the Automobile World Championship, and from 1967 it became a Formula 2 race.

Ferrari fielded three vehicles for the first time this season. John Surtees and Lorenzo Bandini drove the Ferrari 1512 , Nino Vaccarella the Ferrari 158 . For Vaccarella it was the only race for a works team and the last in the automobile world championship. He then continued his career in the sports car world championship . Two weeks after the Italian Grand Prix, Surtees had a serious accident during test drives in Canada and was seriously injured. For him, the season ended prematurely, he did not return until the season opener in 1966 and continued to drive for Ferrari. A third vehicle was also used at Lotus, also for an Italian driver. Alongside regular drivers Clark and Mike Spence, Giacomo Russo contested his only race of the season and the only one for Lotus in his career. A cockpit was also made available to an Italian driver at Brabham . Giancarlo Baghetti was registered for the team together with Dan Gurney and Denis Hulme . For Baghetti it was the only race of the season and the only one for Brabham. Hulme ended his season with the Italian Grand Prix and replaced Gurney at Brabham in 1966. Team owner Jack Brabham suspended a race for Baghetti, but then drove back for the rest of the season. Honda returned after a break and competed with Ronnie Bucknum and Richie Ginther .

For the teams with customer vehicles, Scuderia Centro Sud registered vehicles for a Grand Prix for the last time. The team, which had been there since 1956, then withdrew from the automobile world championship. Scuderia Centro Sud drivers were Masten Gregory , Roberto Bussinello and Giorgio Bassi . Gregory and Bussinello also drove their last race, Bassi his only. Reg Parnell Racing reported two cars for Richard Attwood and Innes Ireland , who had previously skipped a race. Frank Gardner ended the season with his last race participation. Another report came in 1968 , but Gardner did not qualify.

With Graham Hill , Clark and Surtees three former winners took part in the race, with the designers Ferrari had previously been successful six times, Cooper , BRM and Lotus once each. The drivers 'championship had already been decided in favor of Clark, the constructors' championship in favor of Lotus.

training

For the second time in a row and a total of fifth time in the season, Clark secured pole position . He was two tenths of a second faster than Surtees, who started the race from second. Stewart qualified in third place ahead of his team-mate Hill, while Bandini was fifth. In the midfield, Bucknum was in sixth place ahead of Rindt and Spence. The first ten were completed by Gurney and Siffert. Vaccarella, Baghetti and Russo qualified in the back field, the last three places were occupied by the drivers of Scuderia Centro Sud.

run

Clark won the starting duel again and led the race from Stewart, Hill and Bandini. Surtees had technical problems and dropped several places. But then the problems disappeared and Surtees improved within a short time to fifth place behind Bandini. In the five previous races, Clark always quickly set himself apart from the competition; this was not possible due to the characteristics of the track at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. As in previous years, the long straights resulted in slipstream duels that led to many changes of position. Clark held his own for two laps before Hill took the lead. Clark countered a lap later, but was overtaken again by Hill. On lap six Stewart overtook both opponents and took the lead before Clark took the lead again just one lap later. In the following laps a duel developed between Clark and Stewart, who overtook each other four times. During this time Bassi retired with engine failure, Baghetti followed a few laps later with the same reason for retirement.

After Stewart had held the lead between lap eleven and lap 14, he was replaced by Surtees, who had previously overtaken several opponents. However, his Ferrari suffered damage to the clutch, which meant that he dropped out of the battle for first place and was later eliminated entirely. Stewart was again in first place and continued the duel with Clark. There were four more changes in leadership between these two drivers. There were more failures in midfield. Bucknum and Gardner had an engine failure, Gregory, Russo and Siffert parked their vehicles with defective transmissions. Hulme also did not reach the goal, the suspension of his Brabham broke on lap 47.

On lap 25, Hill fought his way to the top again and from then on it was three drivers, Hill, Clark and Stewart, who constantly overtook each other. Hill led the field twice for one lap, then Stewart and Clark were each ahead for four laps. After 15 more changes in leadership, Clark dropped out of the top group because the fuel pump on his Lotus failed. After six wins in a row, Clark's winning streak ended, but he was still classified in tenth place because he had already covered the necessary racing distance. Before him, Spence, Vaccarella, Bussinello and Ginther were eliminated and were also classified.

After Clark's retirement, the two BRM drivers were in the lead and continued to change positions almost every lap. The Italian Grand Prix became one of the races with the most leadership changes, with the first one being overtaken a total of 40 times.

The race decision resulted in a driving error by Hill on the last lap of the race. Stewart built up a small lead over his teammates and was the first to cross the finish line. This was Stewart's first win in the World Automobile Championship. BRM won its second race of the season and Hill's second place made it the constructor's fifth and final one-two. Stewart won the Italian Grand Prix one more time with Matra in 1968 , BRM only won again in 1971 .

The other points went to Bandini, McLaren and Attwood. For Attwood it was the first point in his career. Bonnier, Rindt and Ireland crossed the finish line in seventh to ninth place, each two laps behind. The fastest race lap was driven by Clark. In the drivers' championship, Stewart came up to one point on Hill, the first five positions did not change. There were no changes in the ranks in the constructors' championship either, BRM was 20 points ahead of Ferrari and 12 points behind Lotus. Without the cancellation rule, BRM would have only missed two points on Lotus. Stewart said of his first win that he never thought he would get this far in his first year. Furthermore, 50 years later, due to the many changes in leadership, he described it as one of the best Grand Prix of all time.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	04th	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 1512	Ferrari 1.5 B12	D.
	06th	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 158	Ferrari 1.5 V8
	08th	John Surtees	Ferrari 1512	Ferrari 1.5 B12
Brabham Racing Organization	10	Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham BT7	Climax 1.5 V8	G
	12	Dan Gurney	Brabham BT11
	14th	Denis Hulme
Cooper Car Company	16	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T77	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	18th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper T73
Honda R&D Co.	20th	Richie Ginther	Honda RA272	Honda 1.5 V12	G
	22nd	Ronnie Bucknum
Team Lotus	24	Jim Clark	Lotus 33	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	26th	Mike Spence
	28	Jim Clark	Lotus 25
		Mike Spence
		Giacomo Russo
Owen Racing Organization	30th	Graham Hill	BRM P261	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	32	Jackie Stewart
Reg Parnell Racing	38	Innes Ireland	Lotus 25	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	40	Richard Attwood
Rob Walker Racing Team	42	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham BT7	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	44	Joseph Siffert	Brabham BT11	BRM 1.5 V8
John Willment Automobiles	46	Frank Gardner	Brabham BT11	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Scuderia Centro Sud	48	Masts Gregory	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	50	Roberto Bussinello
	52	Giorgio Bassi

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Giacomo Russo drove the number 28 Lotus in practice sessions and in the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 35.9	215.85 km / h	01
02	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 36.1	215.40 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1: 36.6	214.29 km / h	03
04th	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 37.1	213.18 km / h	04th
05	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1: 37.2	212.96 km / h	05
06th	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	1: 37.3	212.74 km / h	06th
07th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	1: 37.7	211.87 km / h	07th
08th	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	1: 37.8	211.66 km / h	08th
09	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1: 38.1	211.01 km / h	09
10	Joseph Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1: 38.1	211.01 km / h	10
11	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1: 38.3	210.58 km / h	11
12	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Climax	1: 38.3	210.58 km / h	12
13	Richard Attwood	Lotus BRM	1: 38.8	209.51 km / h	13
14th	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	1: 38.9	209.30 km / h	14th
15th	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari	1: 38.9	209.30 km / h	15th
16	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM	1: 39.0	209.09 km / h	16
17th	Richie Ginther	Honda	1: 39.6	207.83 km / h	17th
18th	Innes Ireland	Lotus BRM	1: 39.8	207.41 km / h	18th
19th	Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham-Climax	1: 40.9	205.15 km / h	19th
20th	Giacomo Russo	Lotus Climax	1: 41.7	203.54 km / h	20th
21st	Roberto Bussinello	BRM	1: 41.7	203.54 km / h	21st
22nd	Giorgio Bassi	BRM	1: 45.4	196.39 km / h	22nd
23	Masts Gregory	BRM	1: 45.6	196.02 km / h	23

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	BRM	76	0	2: 04: 52.8	03
02	Graham Hill	BRM	76	0	+ 3.3	04th
03	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	76	0	+ 16.5	09
04th	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	76	0	+1: 15.9	05
05	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	0	+ 1 lap	11
06th	Richard Attwood	Lotus BRM	75	0	+ 1 lap	13
07th	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	74	0	+ 1 lap	14th
08th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	74	0	+ 2 rounds	07th
09	Innes Ireland	Lotus BRM	74	0	+ 2 rounds	18th
10	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	63	0	+ 13 rounds	01	1: 36.4
11	Mike Spence	Lotus Climax	62	0	+ 14 rounds	08th
12	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari	58	0	+ 18 rounds	15th
13	Roberto Bussinello	BRM	58	0	+ 18 rounds	21st
14th	Richie Ginther	Honda	56	0	+ 20 rounds	17th
-	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Climax	47	0	DNF	12		suspension
-	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM	46	0	DNF	16		Engine failure
-	Joseph Siffert	Brabham-BRM	44	0	DNF	10		transmission
-	Giacomo Russo	Lotus Climax	38	0	DNF	20th		transmission
-	John Surtees	Ferrari	35	0	DNF	02		coupling
-	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	28	0	DNF	06th		Engine failure
-	Masts Gregory	BRM	23	0	DNF	23		transmission
-	Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham-Climax	13	0	DNF	19th		Engine failure
-	Giorgio Bassi	BRM	09	0	DNF	22nd		Engine failure

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the six best results from ten races counted. In the constructors' championship, only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jim Clark Lotus Climax 54 02  Graham Hill BRM 34 (38) 03  Jackie Stewart BRM 33 (34) 04th  John Surtees Ferrari 17th 05  Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 13 06th  Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 10 07th  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Mike Spence Lotus Climax 6th 09  Denis Hulme Brabham-Climax 5 10  Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 5 11  Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 3 12  Joseph Siffert Brabham-BRM 2 13  Richie Ginther Honda 2 14th  Richard Attwood Lotus BRM 1

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	Points
01	Lotus Climax	54
02	BRM	42 (52)
03	Ferrari	24
04th	Brabham-Climax	19th
05	Cooper-Climax	13
06th	Brabham-BRM	2
07th	Honda	2
08th	Lotus BRM	1

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: Italian GP, ​​1965 at grandprix.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Stewart wins his maiden grand prix" (en.espnf1.com on September 28, 2015)
2. ↑ "Jackie Stewart on Monza 1965: 'I was bored'" (motorsport-total.com on September 28, 2015)