1965 South African Grand Prix

January 2019 January 2019 F1 South Africa South African 1928 Prince_George_Circuit.svg 1 January, 1965 11th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa Prince George CircuitEast London, South Africa Temporary road circuit 2.436 3.920 85 207.025 333.175 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:27.2 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:27.6 80 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax UK John Surtees Ferrari UK Graham Hill BRM UK RSA The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One (F1) motor race held at East London on 1 January 1965. While originally scheduled to be the last race of the 1964 season, it was moved back a week and thus became race 1 of 10 in the 1965 Formula One season. David Hayhoe Formula 1: The Knowledge 2nd 2019-06-18 Veloce Publishing Ltd. 9781787112377 35 This scheduling change meant that the cars which were fielded were 1964 season cars, as no one had had the time to develop their 1965 designs as of yet. AU66 Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition) Grand Prix Racing for the World Championship 1965 Hutchinson P.G.M. Arthur Logoz 1965 Verlag International Automobile Parade Zürich, Switzerland IX 39 The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from pole position. John Surtees finished second for the Ferrari team and BRM driver Graham Hill came in third. This was the World Championship debut race of the future world champion Jackie Stewart. Race report Jim Clark celebrated Hogmanay by dominating the race, leading from pole and winning by half a minute from Graham Hill and John Surtees who were never able to threaten.Hutchinson, Auto-Universum 1966, p. 40. He even had time to complete an extra lap after the chequered flag was waved a lap too early. Clark also made the first ever lap of the East London circuit at over 100 mph in practice. Clark's teammate Mike Spence was in second place until he spun on oil on the sixtieth lap; he finished in fourth. Bruce McLaren and Championship débutant Jackie Stewart completed the points positions. Jack Brabham had been in competition for second place but his car broke down with ignition troubles four laps from the end. Classification Pre-qualifying A special pre-qualifying session was run for "local" drivers whereby they had to lap the circuit in under 1:37 in order to advance to qualifying proper, which all but three of them did.April 2026 Pos No Driver Constructor Time — 18 Australia Paul Hawkins Brabham-Ford -1:37.0 — 19 UK David Prophet Brabham-Ford -1:37.0 — 20 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo -1:37.0 — 21 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax -1:37.0 — 22 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax -1:37.0 — 23 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax -1:37.0 — 25 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo -1:37.0 — 27 South Africa 1928 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford -1:37.0 — 28 South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford -1:37.0 — 24 Rhodesia 1964 Clive Puzey Lotus-Climax +1:37.0 — 29 South Africa 1928 Jackie Pretorius LDS-Alfa Romeo +1:37.0 — 32 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford +1:37.0 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 5 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:27.2 — 2 1 UK John Surtees Ferrari 1:28.1 +0.9 3 7 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:28.3 +1.1 4 6 UK Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:28.3 +1.1 5 3 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:28.6 +1.4 6 2 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:29.3 +2.1 7 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 1:29.3 +2.1 8 9 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:29.4 +2.2 9 8 USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:29.5 +2.3 10 10 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 1:30.4 +3.2 11 4 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 1:30.5 +3.3 12 14 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:31.0 +3.8 13 15 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Lotus-BRM 1:31.3 +4.1 14 12 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 1:31.8 +4.6 15 16 Australia Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM 1:32.3 +5.1 16 18 Australia Paul Hawkins Brabham-Ford 1:33.1 +5.9 17 20 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 1:33.3 +6.1 18 17 Rhodesia 1964 John Love Cooper-Climax 1:33.8 +6.6 19 19 UK David Prophet Brabham-Ford 1:33.9 +6.7 20 25 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:34.6 +7.4 21 28 South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford 1:35.2 +8.0 22 23 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 1:35.2 +8.0 23 21 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax 1:35.7 +8.5 24 27 South Africa 1928 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 1:36.2 +9.0 25 22 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 1:37.9 +10.7 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 85 2:06:46.0 1 9 2 1 UK John Surtees Ferrari 85 +29.0 secs 2 6 3 3 UK Graham Hill BRM 85 +31.8 secs 5 4 4 6 UK Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 85 +54.4 secs 4 3 5 9 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 84 +1 Lap 8 2 6 4 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 83 +2 Laps 11 1 7 12 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 83 +2 Laps 14 8 7 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 81 +4 Laps 3 9 18 Australia Paul Hawkins Brabham-Ford 81 +4 Laps 16 10 20 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 79 +6 Laps 17 11 15 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Lotus-BRM 77 +8 Laps 13 12 16 Australia Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM 75 +10 Laps 15 13 25 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 73 +12 Laps 20 14 19 UK David Prophet Brabham-Ford 71 +14 Laps 19 15 2 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 66 Ignition 6 NC Not classified 14 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 50 +35 Laps 12 Ret Retired 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 42 Clutch 7 Ret Retired 10 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 39 Electrical 10 Ret Retired 17 Rhodesia 1964 John Love Cooper-Climax 20 Halfshaft 18 Ret Retired 8 USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 11 Ignition 9 DNQ Did not qualify 28 South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 23 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax DNQ Did not qualify 21 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax DNQ Did not qualify 27 South Africa 1928 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 22 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 24 Rhodesia 1964 Clive Puzey Lotus-Climax DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 29 South Africa 1928 Jackie Pretorius LDS-Alfa Romeo DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford Fire in practice WD Withdrawn 26 Rhodesia 1964 Ray Reed RE-Alfa Romeo WD Withdrawn 30 South Africa 1928 Brian Raubenheimer Lotus-Ford GearboxApril 2026 WD Withdrawn 31 South Africa 1928 David Clapham Cooper-Maserati WD Withdrawn 33 South Africa 1928 Alex Blignaut Cooper-Climax WD Withdrawn 34 UK Richard Attwood BRMSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1965/184/ 1965 South African Grand Prix Formula One 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031001520/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1965/184/ 31 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for British driver and future World Champion Jackie Stewart, Australian driver Paul Hawkins, Rhodesian deiver Clive Puzey and South African drivers Jackie Pretorius and Dave Charlton. Jim Clark won the South African Grand Prix for a record two times. Equally, Lotus was record holder with two South African Grand Prix wins. Also, this was the second time a Coventry Climax-powered car won the South African Grand Prix, a new record. RE made its Formula One World Championship debut as the first Rhodesian constructor. The car was withdrawn before the start however, and never again made it an appearance. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 UK Jim Clark 9 2 UK John Surtees 6 3 UK Graham Hill 4 4 UK Mike Spence 3 5 NZL Bruce McLaren 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1965/afrique-du-sud/championnat.aspx South Africa 1965 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK Lotus-Climax 9 2 ITA Ferrari 6 3 UK BRM 4 4 UK Cooper-Climax 2Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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