1965 Formula One season

The 1965 Formula One season crowned as champion Jim Clark.

Season review[change | edit source]

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	January 1	Prince George	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 30	Monaco	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 13	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	June 27	Charade	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 10	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	Dutch Grand Prix	July 18	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
7	German Grand Prix	August 1	Nürburgring	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 12	Monza	Jackie Stewart	BRM	Report
9	United States Grand Prix	October 3	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
10	Mexican Grand Prix	October 24	Hermanos Rodriguez	Richie Ginther	Honda	Report

Pos.	Driver	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.^[1]
1	Jim Clark	1		1	1	1	1	1	10	Ret	Ret	54
2	Graham Hill	3	1	5	5	2	4	2	2	1	Ret	40 (47)
3	Jackie Stewart	6	3	2	2	5	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	33 (34)
4	Dan Gurney	Ret		10	Ret	6	3	3	3	2	2	25
5	John Surtees	2	4	Ret	3	3	7	Ret	Ret			17
6	Lorenzo Bandini	15	2	9	8	Ret	9	6	4	4	8	13
7	Richie Ginther		Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6		14	7	1	11
8	Mike Spence	4		7	7	4	8	Ret	11	Ret	3	10
9	Bruce McLaren	5	5	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	10
10	Jack Brabham	8	Ret	4		DNS		5		3	Ret	9
11	Denny Hulme		8		4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret			5
12	Jo Siffert	7	6	8	6	9	13	Ret	Ret	11	4	5
13	Jochen Rindt	Ret	DNQ	11	Ret	14	Ret	4	8	6	Ret	4
14	Pedro Rodríguez									5	7	2
15	Ronnie Bucknum		Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret	13	5	2
16	Richard Attwood		Ret	14		13	12	Ret	6	10	6	2
17	Jo Bonnier	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	7	8	Ret	0
18	Frank Gardner	12	Ret	Ret		8	11	Ret	Ret			0
19	Masten Gregory			Ret		12		8	Ret			0
20	Bob Anderson	NC	9	DNS	9	Ret	Ret	DNS				0
21	Innes Ireland			13	Ret	Ret	10		9	Ret		0
22	Paul Hawkins	9	10					Ret				0
23	Bob Bondurant									9	Ret	0
24	Peter de Klerk	10										0
25	Tony Maggs	11										0
26	Ian Raby					11		DNQ				0
27	Moises Solana									12	Ret	0
28	Lucien Bianchi			12								0
29	Nino Vaccarella								12			0
30	Sam Tingle	13										0
31	Roberto Bussinello							DNQ	13			0
32	David Prophet	14										0
—	Chris Amon				Ret	DNS		Ret				0
—	John Love	Ret										0
—	Mike Hailwood		Ret									0
—	John Rhodes					Ret						0
—	Gerhard Mitter							Ret				0
—	Giancarlo Baghetti								Ret			0
—	Geki								Ret			0
—	Giorgio Bassi								Ret			0
—	Trevor Blokdyk	DNQ										0
—	Doug Serrurier	DNQ										0
—	Neville Lederle	DNQ										0
—	Brausch Niemann	DNQ										0
—	Ernie Pieterse	DNQ										0
—	Alan Rollinson					DNQ						0
—	Brian Gubby					DNQ						0
—	Jackie Pretorius	DNPQ										0
—	Clive Puzey	DNPQ										0
—	Dave Charlton	DNPQ										0
Pos.	Driver	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Place	Driver	Country	Points^[1]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jim Clark	Britain	54	6	6	6
2	Graham Hill	Britain	40 (47)	2	6	4
3	Jackie Stewart	Britain	33 (34)	1	5
4	Dan Gurney	USA	25		5
5	John Surtees	Britain	17		3
6	Lorenzo Bandini	Italy	13		1
7	Richie Ginther	USA	11	1	1
8	Mike Spence	Britain	10		1
9	Bruce McLaren	New Zealand	10		1
10	Jack Brabham	Australia	9		1
11	Denny Hulme	New Zealand	5
12	Jo Siffert	Switzerland	5
13	Jochen Rindt	Austria	4
14	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexico	2
15	Ronnie Bucknum	USA	2
16	Richard Attwood	Britain	2
17	Jo Bonnier	Sweden
18	Frank Gardner	Australia
19	Masten Gregory	USA
20	Bob Anderson	Britain
21	Innes Ireland	Britain
22	Paul Hawkins	Australia
23	Bob Bondurant	USA
24	Peter de Klerk	South Africa
25	Tony Maggs	South Africa
26	Ian Raby	Britain
27	Moises Solana	Mexico
28	Lucien Bianchi	Belgium
29	Nino Vaccarella	Italy
30	Sam Tingle	Rhodesia
31	Roberto Bussinello	Italy
32	David Prophet	Britain
—	Chris Amon	New Zealand
—	John Love	Rhodesia
—	Mike Hailwood	Britain
—	John Rhodes	Britain
—	Gerhard Mitter	Germany
—	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italy
—	Geki	Italy
—	Giorgio Bassi	Italy
—	Trevor Blokdyk	South Africa
—	Doug Serrurier	South Africa
—	Neville Lederle	South Africa
—	Brausch Niemann	South Africa
—	Ernie Pieterse	South Africa
—	Alan Rollinson	Britain
—	Brian Gubby	Britain
—	Jackie Pretorius	South Africa
—	Clive Puzey	Rhodesia
—	Dave Charlton	South Africa

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.