1965 Spring Trophy

The 6th Spring Trophy, was a non-championship race for Formula Two cars. It was held on the Oulton Park circuit, located near Tarporley, Cheshire, England, on 3 April 1965.http://formula2.net/F265_2.htm Formula 2 1965 - Spring Trophy Formula2.net 2014-03-05 Report Entry A total of 32 F2 cars were entered for the event. However, only 21 took part in qualifying. Qualifying Richard Attwood took pole position for Midland Racing Partnership, in their Lola-Cosworth T60, averaging a speed of 98.403 mph on. Race The race was held over 40 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Cosworth BT16. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 08:39.6mins., averaging a speed of 96.492 mph on. Approximately 19 seconds behind was the second place car of Jackie Stewart, for the Tyrrell Racing Organisation in their BRM-powered Cooper T75. The podium was completed by Alan Rees, in a Brabham-Cosworth BT16 of Roy Winkelmann Racing, a further 23.8 seconds behind Stewart. Classification Race result Pos. No Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 2 New Zealand Denis Hulme Brabham Racing Developments Brabham-Honda BT16 1hr 08:39.6 2nd 3 GBR Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Racing Organisation Cooper-BRM T75 1hr 08:58.6 3rd 24 GBR Alan Rees Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT16 1hr 09:22.4 4th South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T60 1hr 09:43.0 5th 14 GBR Mike Beckwith Normand Ltd Brabham-Cosworth BT10 1hr 09:47.0 6th 30 GBR Tony Hegbourne John Willment Automobiles Lola-Cosworth T55 1hr 10:23.6 7th 6 GBR Brian Hart Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 35 39 Wishbone 8th 22 GBR David Prophet David Prophet Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT10 39 9th 9 GBR Chris Irwin Merlyn Racing Merlyn-Cosworth Mk 9 39 10th 23 GBR Bill Bradley David Prophet Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT10 39 11th 19 France Jacques Maglia Jacques Maglia Lotus-Cosworth 32 38 12th 21 GBR Andy Wyllie Frank Lythgoe Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT16 37 NC 5 USA Peter Revson Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 32 34 Oil pressure NC 12 New Zealand Chris Amon Ian Raby Racing Merlyn-Cosworth Mk 9 34 NC 11 GBR Trevor Taylor Aurora Gear Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT16 27 DNF 8 GBR Graham Hill John Coombs Brabham-BRM BT16 17 Engine DNF 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Developments Brabham-Honda BT16 16 Spark plugs DNF 20 GBR Alan Rollinson Frank Lythgoe Racing Cooper-Cosworth T72 14 Chassis DNF 25 Austria Jochen Rindt Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT16 10 Gears DNF 28 GBR Richard Attwood Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T60 7 Gears DNS 17 GBR John Taylor Bob Gerard Racing Cooper-Ford T73 Source: Fastest lap: Graham Hill & Jochen Rindt, 1:41.4secs. (98.015 mph) Tristan Wood, “Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing” (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984) References 30em Category:1965 in motorsport Category:Auto races in the United Kingdom Spring