1965 South African Grand Prix

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1965 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Date 1 January 1965
Official name 11th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa
Location Prince George Circuit
East London, South Africa
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 3.920 km (2.436 miles)
Distance 85 laps, 333.175 km (207.025 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:27.2
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:27.6 on lap 80
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Ferrari
Third BRM
Lap leaders

The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One 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 up by a week and thus became race 1 of 10 in the 1965 Formula One season.[1] 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.[2] 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[edit]

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.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 5 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:27.2
2 1 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 1:28.1 +0.9
3 7 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:28.3 +1.1
4 6 United Kingdom Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:28.3 +1.1
5 3 United Kingdom 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 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:29.5 +2.3
10 10 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 1:30.4 +3.2
11 4 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 1:30.5 +3.3
12 14 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:31.0 +3.8
13 15 South Africa 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 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 1:33.3 +6.1
18 17 Rhodesia John Love Cooper-Climax 1:33.8 +6.6
19 19 United Kingdom David Prophet Brabham-Ford 1:33.9 +6.7
20 25 Rhodesia Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:34.6 +7.4
21 28 South Africa Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford 1:35.2 +8.0
22 23 South Africa Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 1:35.2 +8.0
23 21 South Africa Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax 1:35.7 +8.5
24 27 South Africa Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 1:36.2 +9.0
25 22 South Africa Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 1:37.9 +10.7

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 85 2:06:46.0 1 9
2 1 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 85 +29.0 secs 2 6
3 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 85 +31.8 secs 5 4
4 6 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 79 +6 Laps 17
11 15 South Africa Tony Maggs Lotus-BRM 77 +8 Laps 13
12 16 Australia Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM 75 +10 Laps 15
13 25 Rhodesia Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 73 +12 Laps 20
14 19 United Kingdom David Prophet Brabham-Ford 71 +14 Laps 19
15 2 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 66 Ignition 6
NC 14 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 50 +35 Laps 12
Ret 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 42 Clutch 7
Ret 10 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 39 Electrical 10
Ret 17 Rhodesia John Love Cooper-Climax 20 Halfshaft 18
Ret 8 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 11 Ignition 9
DNQ 28 South Africa Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford
DNQ 23 South Africa Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax
DNQ 21 South Africa Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax
DNQ 27 South Africa Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford
DNQ 22 South Africa Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax
DNPQ 24 Rhodesia Clive Puzey Lotus-Climax
DNPQ 29 South Africa Jackie Pretorius LDS-Alfa Romeo
DNPQ 32 South Africa Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford Fire in practice
WD 26 Rhodesia Ray Reed RE-Alfa Romeo
WD 30 South Africa Brian Raubenheimer Lotus-Ford Gearbox[4]
WD 31 South Africa David Clapham Cooper-Maserati
WD 33 South Africa Alex Blignaut Cooper-Climax
WD 34 United Kingdom Richard Attwood BRM
Source:[5]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hayhoe, David (18 June 2019), Formula 1: The Knowledge (2nd ed.), Veloce Publishing Ltd., p. 35, ISBN 9781787112377
  2. ^ Hutchinson, P.G.M. (1965), Logoz, Arthur (ed.), "Grand Prix Racing for the World Championship 1965", Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition), IX, Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade: 39
  3. ^ a b c Hutchinson, Auto-Universum 1966, p. 40.
  4. ^ "1965 South African Grand Prix, Pre-Qualifying times". Autosport. 30 December 2016. Brian Raubenheimer is missing from this list, although he is shown as not arriving on most records. He has previously told me that he did briefly participate in the first practice session before the gear linkage broke in the gate in neutral. He believed he had recorded a 1:36.8, but was unable to repair his Lotus 20 and so took no further part.
  5. ^ "1965 South African Grand Prix". Formula One. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b "South Africa 1965 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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