1965 Australian Grand Prix

Motor race September 2020 June 2026 CUST Race 7 of 7 in 1965 Tasman Series Australian Australia File:Longford Circuit track map.jpg Longford Circuit, Longford, Tasmania, Australia 1 March 1965 Temporary road circuit 4.501 7.242 26 114.4 182 Sunny Bruce McLaren New Zealand Cooper-Climax 2'20.3 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax 2'18.0 Australia Bruce McLaren New Zealand Cooper-Climax Jack Brabham Australia Repco Brabham-Climax Phil Hill USA Cooper-Climax The 1965 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania, Australia on 1 March 1965.Longford Programme, 30th Australian Grand Prix Meeting 1965 – Second Day It was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1965 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 66 It was the 30th Australian Grand Prix. The race, which had 18 starters, was the seventh and final round of the 1965 Tasman Series and round two of the 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship. It was the last Australian Grand Prix to be held at the Longford Circuit. Bruce McLaren won the race, his second and last Australian Grand Prix victory. Australian driver Rocky Tresise was killed in a second lap accident in which photographer Robin D'Abrera also died.My Greatest Race: Phil Hill https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1998/94/my-greatest-race-phil-hill 2021-04-20 Motor Sport Magazine 7 July 2014 en-GB Classification thumb|Jim Clark placed fifth driving this Lotus 32B PosAustralian Grand Prix, Longford, 1 Mar 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 1 September 2017 No.White Des Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 302–309 1965 Driver Entrants CarAll ten "Brabhams" are entered in the Programme as Repco Brabhams Laps Time / Remarks 1 10 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited Cooper T79 / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 10.9s 2 4 Australia Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 14.2s 3 11 USA Phil Hill Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 15.8s 4 1 UK Graham Hill Scuderia Veloce Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 18.8s 5 8 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 32B / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 19.3s 6 6 Australia Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 02m 25.0s 7 5 New Zealand Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 25 8 7 Australia Frank Gardner Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 23 9 17 Australia Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 23 10 21 New Zealand Roly Levis Roly Levis Repco Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 22 Accident 11 9The image of the race start on page 304 of The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix shows McDonald to be driving No 9 rather than No 26 (as indicated at www.oldracingcars.com) Australia John McDonald Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 22 12 15 Australia Jack Hobden Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 21 13 18 Australia Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin MonoThe story of Elfin Mono 6446 Retrieved on 4 June 2012 Ford 1.5 19 Ret 3 Australia Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 14 Suspension Ret 23 Australia Bob Jane Autoland Pty Ltd Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5 4 Transmission Ret 20 Australia Lyn Archer Lyn Archer Motors Elfin Junior / Ford 1.5 4 Engine Ret 2 Australia Kerry Grant Scuderia Veloce Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 3 Engine Ret 12 Australia Rocky Tresise Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 1 Fatal Accident DNS 9 Australia Bill Patterson Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF DNS 19 Australia Geoff McLelland G.B. McLelland Repco Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 DNS 22 Australia Barry Collerson Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment Repco Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 DNS 25 Australia Les Howard Howard & Sons Racing Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 DNS 40 Australia David Hallam D. J. Hallam Elfin Junior / Ford 1.1 Notes Pole position: Bruce McLaren – 2'20.3Bill Tuckey, Seven days in summer, Australian Motor Racing Annual Number Two, pages 10–17 (The grid was set from lap times recorded in a ten lap qualifying race on the Saturday) Fastest lap: Jack Brabham – 2'18.0 (117.4 mph) – New record References Tasman Series 1965 Sandown International 1965 1966 New Zealand Grand Prix Australian Drivers' Championship 1965 Warwick Farm International 1965 1965 Victorian Road Racing Championship Australian Grand Prix 1964 Australian Grand Prix 1965 1966 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Tasman Series Category:Motorsport in Tasmania Australian Grand Prix