Sports car world championship 1965
The 1965 World Sports Car Championship , also the International Championship for GT Manufacturers and the Prototype Trophy , was the 13th season of this championship. It started on February 28 and ended on September 19, 1965.
championship
As in the previous year , the 1965 World Championship was primarily a GT Championship . Again there was a prototype trophy; however, this car was not allowed to start in all races. The first race of the year was the Daytona 2000km race at Daytona International Speedway , which ended with the victory of Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby in the Ford GT40 . The Sebring 12-hour race brought a new winning team. The American racing driver Jim Hall founded Chaparral Cars in 1963 . Hall won the race together with Hap Sharp on a Chaparral 2A , that of a V8 engine from Chevrolet was driven.
The European sports car races for prototype and GT vehicles dominated the Scuderia Ferrari factory cars . In the 1000 km race in Monza , Mike Parkes and Jean Guichet triumphed in a Ferrari 275P2 . The Targa Florio was won by Nino Vaccarella and Lorenzo Bandini , who also drove a 275P2. There were further successes at the Nürburgring by John Surtees and Ludovico Scarfiotti in the 330P2 and at the 24-hour race at Le Mans . There, however, the victorious Ferrari was reported by the North American Racing Team . This also applied to the winning car in the Reims 12-hour race . Successes for Porsche , Abarth and various private teams were achieved in the hill climb races , which are also part of the world championship this year .
Ferrari won the Prototype Trophy by a clear margin over Porsche and Ford . The GT classes went to Abarth, Porsche and Shelby .
Scoring
In 1964 a coefficient was introduced for the award of world championship points. For the first six of the respective classes, the points were awarded in the order 9-6-4-3-2-1. However, the races received coefficients from 2.0 (Le Mans) to 1.0 (e.g. hill climb). There were also 1.6 (e.g. Sebring and the Targa Florio) and 1.3 (e.g. the RAC Tourist Trophy ). While the winner of Le Mans got double the number of points, there were only normal points for success in hill climbs. In the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring, the winner received 14.4 points from the coefficient 1.6, etc.
Racing calendar
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Brand world championship for designers
GT car
Division I GT cars up to 1.3 liter displacement
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Abarth
|
9 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 9 | (9) | 9 | 67.5 | |||||||||||||
| 2 |
 MG
|
14.4 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 1 | 11.7 | 41.5 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 |
Fiat
|
3 | 3.9 | 6th | (4) | 6th | 7.8 | 26.7 | ||||||||||||||
| 4th |
Alfa Romeo
|
2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
 Alpine
|
6.7 | 3 | 9.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6th |
triumph
|
9.6 | 9.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th |
Marcos
|
4.8 | 1 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 = |
Lancia
|
4th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 = |
Austin
|
4th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |
lotus
|
1 | 1 |
GT car division II up to 2-liter displacement
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Porsche
|
14.4 | 14.4 | (11.7) | 14.4 | (11.7) | 14.4 | (6) | 18th | 9 | (9) | 11.7 | 96.3 | |||||||||
| 2 |
Alfa Romeo
|
(4.8) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 9 | 2 | 5.2 | 45.2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |
MG
|
1 | 12 | 7.8 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th |
lotus
|
3.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1 | (1) | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 |
triumph
|
8th | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6th |
Abarth
|
4th | 3 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7th |
 Volvo
|
3.9 | 3.9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8th |
TVR
|
1.3 | 1.3 |
GT car division III over 2 liter displacement
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Shelby
|
14.4 | 14.4 | 11.7 | (11.7) | (7.8) | 14.4 | 9 | 12 | 14.4 | (11.7) | (11.7) | 90.3 | |||||||||
| 2 |
Ferrari
|
(4.8) | 5.2 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 11.7 | (4.8) | 18th | 5.2 | 9 | (3.9) | 71.3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |
Austin-Healey
|
4.8 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 15.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th |
jaguar
|
4th | (2) | 5.2 | 9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Chevrolet
|
2.6 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6th |
Sunbeam
|
1.6 | 1.6 |
Prototype Trophy
Prototypes without displacement limits
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ferrari
|
(9.6) | 11.7 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 18th | (11.7) | 58.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Porsche
|
6.4 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 8th | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |
ford
|
14.4 | 5.2 | 19.6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4th |
Iso
|
3.9 | 3.9 |
literature
- Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 1: 1953-1963. Éditions ETAI, Boulogne-Billancourt 2004, ISBN 2-7268-9327-9 .
- 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 .
