Race of Champions 1965 (Formula 1)

The Daily Mail Race of Champions held on March 13, 1965 at the British Brands Hatch Circuit was an automobile race that was held according to the Formula 1 regulations , but which, as a so-called non-championship race, was not part of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was the first of a total of 14 races that were held under this name until 1983 . The first overall winner of the Race of Champions was British racing driver Mike Spence , who competed for Team Lotus .

report

Brands Hatch Circuit

In its first year, the Race of Champions was supported by the Daily Mail magazine , which became namesake.

Messages and qualifying

All works teams participating in the Formula 1 World Championship registered for the race in March 1965. Then there were the established customer teams Rob Walker Racing , Reg Parnell Racing and Scuderia Centro Sud . Together they made up more than half of the starting field. There were also a number of smaller customer teams and private drivers, some of whom were using outdated chassis and low-performance engines.

22 drivers were admitted. There were also Rodney Bloor , Paul Hawkins and John Rhodes , who were registered as reserve drivers.

Jim Clark , the Formula 1 world champion of 1963 , who drove for the Lotus works team , dominated the qualification training . He reached pole position with half a second ahead of Graham Hill in the factory BRM , the vice world champion of the 1964 Formula 1 season .

run

The Race of Champions was carried out in two separate runs of 40 laps each. For the overall ranking, the times of the two runs were added.

The private drivers Ludovico Scarfiotti and Jo Schlesser were disqualified in the first run for using outside help; they were not allowed to take part in the second run. Due to technical problems with his car, Masten Gregory also decided not to take part in the second run. In their place drove the reserve drivers Rodney Bloor , Paul Hawkins and John Rhodes , who had not participated in the first run.

Jim Clark won the first run with a 20 second lead over the American Dan Gurney, who competed in the Brabham factory . Third was Clark's team mate Mike Spence .

Winner car: Lotus 33

In the second run Jim Clark, whose renewed victory was expected, retired after a collision with Gurney. Gurney was initially able to continue, but then suffered an engine failure and had to retire before the end of the race. The second run was won by Lotus works driver Mike Spence, who after adding up his times from both runs was classified as the overall winner. The Race of Champions was the only Formula 1 race that Spence could win in 1965. At the World Championship runs of 1965, sixth place at the Mexican Grand Prix was his best result.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine
Ferrari	1	John Surtees	Ferrari 158	Ferrari V8
	2	Lorenzo Bandini
Owen Racing Organization	3	Graham Hill	BRM P261	BRM V8
	4th	Jackie Stewart
Team Lotus	5	Jim Clark	Lotus 33	Climax FWMV V8
	6th	Mike Spence
Brabham Racing Organization	7th	Dan Gurney	Brabham BT11	Climax FWMV V8
	8th	Jack Brabham
Cooper Car Company	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T77	Climax FWMV V8
	10	Jochen Rindt
Rob Walker Racing	11	Jo Siffert	Brabham BT11	Climax FWMV V8
	12	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham BT7
Scuderia Centro Sud	14th	Masts Gregory	BRM P57	BRM V8
	15th	Ludovico Scarfiotti
Reg Parnell Racing	16	Richard Attwood	Lotus 25	BRM V8
	17th	Mike Hailwood
John Willment Automobiles	18th	Frank Gardner	Brabham BT11	BRM V8
	19th	Jo Schlesser	Lola T55	Cosworth SCA
DW Racing Enterprises	20th	Bob Anderson	Brabham BT11	Climax FWMV V8
	25th	Paul Hawkins	Lotus 33
Ian Raby Racing	21st	Ian Raby	Brabham BT3	BRM V8
Gerard Racing	22nd	John Taylor	Cooper T60	Climax FWMV V8
	26th	John Rhodes	Cooper T71	Ford 105E R4
Sports Motors Manchester	23	Rodney Bloor	Brabham BT14	Ford E105 R4
Roy Winkelmann Racing	24	Alan Rees	Lola T55	Cosworth SCA

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time
01	Jim Clark	Lotus - Climax	1: 34.9
02	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 35.6
03	Mike Spence	Lotus - Climax	1: 36.1
04th	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham - Climax	1: 36.5
05	Jack Brabham	Brabham - Climax	1: 36.5
06th	Jackie Stewart	Lotus - Climax	1: 36.7
07th	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 37.3
08th	Bob Anderson	Brabham - Climax	1: 37.4
09	Jochen Rindt	Cooper - Climax	1: 37.7
010	Bruce McLaren	Cooper - Climax	1: 38.0
011	Richard Attwood	Lotus - BRM	1: 38.1
012	Jo Siffert	Brabham - BRM	1: 38.1
013	Dan Gurney	Brabham - Climax	1: 38.1
014th	Mike Hailwood	Lotus - BRM	1: 38.8
015th	Frank Gardner	Brabham - BRM	1: 39.0
016	Ian Raby	Brabham - BRM	1: 40.4
017th	John Taylor	Cooper - Climax	1: 40.6
018th	Ludovico Scarfiotti	BRM	1: 41.3
019th	Masts Gregory	BRM	1: 41.4
020th	Jo Schlesser	Lola - Cosworth	1: 44.0
0DNA	Alan Rees	Lola - Ford	-

Cumulative race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	Position 1st run	Position 2nd run	Failure reason
01	Mike Spence	Lotus - Climax	80	2: 11.42.0	3	1
02	Jackie Stewart	BRM	80	2: 12.41.6	7th	4th
03	Joakim Bonnier	Brabham - Climax	79		8th	2
04th	Frank Gardner	Brabham - BRM	79		9	3
05	Bruce McLaren	Cooper - Climax	79		12	5
06th	Jo Siffert	Brabham - BRM	79		11	6th
07th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper - Climax	78		13	7th
08th	John Taylor	Cooper - Climax	77		14th	8th
09	Ian Raby	Brabham - BRM	75		15th	9
010	Paul Hawkins	Lotus - Climax	37		DNS	10
011	John Rhodes	Cooper - Ford	31		DNS	11
0-	Jack Brabham	Brabham - Climax			4th	DNF	Oil leak
0-	Richard Attwood	Lotus - BRM			10	DNF	Water Leak
0-	Rodney Bloor	Brabham - Ford			DNS	DNF	Steering defect
0-	Graham Hill	BRM			5	DNF	Motor overheated
0-	Dan Gurney	Brabham - Climax			2	DNF	ignition
0-	Jim Clark	Lotus - Climax			1	DNF	Collision with Gurney
0-	Mike Hailwood	Lotus - BRM			DNF	DNF	Accidents in both runs
0-	John Surtees	Ferrari			6th	DNF	Defective fuel injection
0-	Bob Anderson	Brabham - Climax			DNF	DNF	Accident (run 1), throttle cable (run 2)
0-	Ludovico Scarfiotti	BRM			DQ	DNS
0-	Jo Schlesser	Lola - Ford			DQ	DNS
0-	Masts Gregory	BRM			DNF	DNS	Power transmission

literature

• Adriano Cimarosti: The Century of Racing . 1st edition. Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01848-9 .

Web links

• Overview of the Race of Champions 1965 on the website www.silhouet.com (accessed on September 19, 2012).

See also

• Race of Champions (Formula 1)
• Formula 1 season 1965