1965 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	16th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Jim Clark (2nd and last title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Lotus-Climax (2nd title for Lotus)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	John Surtees
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Ferrari
Races:	10
Winning drivers:	Jim Clark (6) Graham Hill (2) Jackie Stewart (1) Richie Ginther (1)
Winning constructors:	Lotus (6) BRM (3) Honda (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Jackie Stewart Richie Ginther
First-time winners (constructor):	Honda
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	South Africa	East London	01 January	1965 South African Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	30 May	1965 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	13 June	1965 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Clermont-Ferrand	27 June	1965 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Silverstone	10 July	1965 British Grand Prix
6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	18 July	1965 Dutch Grand Prix
7	Germany DT CT	Nurburgring	01 August	1965 German Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	12 September	1965 Italian Grand Prix
9	USA	Watkins Glen	03 October	1965 United States Grand Prix
10	Mexico	Mexico City	24 October	1965 Mexican Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Alfa Special (privateer)	Peter de Klerk	1
Brabham (works team)	Giancarlo Baghetti	8
	Jack Brabham	1-3, 5, 7-10
	Dan Gurney	1, 3-10
	Denny Hulme	2, 4-8
Brabham (privateers)	Chris Amon	5
	Bob Anderson	1-7
	Jo Bonnier	All
	Frank Gardner	1-3, 5-8
	Paul Hawkins	1
	David Prophet	1
	Ian Raby	5, 7
	Jo Siffert	All
BRM (works team)	Graham Hill	All
BRM (works team)	Jackie Stewart	All
BRM (privateers)	Giorgio Bassi	8
	Lucien Bianchi	3
	Roberto Bussinello	7-8
	Masten Gregory	3, 5, 7-8
	Willy Mairesse	3
Cooper (works team)	Bruce McLaren	All
Cooper (works team)	Jochen Rindt	All
Cooper (privateers)	Trevor Blokdyk	1
	John Love	1
	John Rhodes	5
	Alan Rollinson	5
Ferrari (works team)	Lorenzo Bandini	All
	Bob Bondurant	9
	Pedro Rodriguez	9-10
	Ludovico Scarfiotti	10
	John Surtees	1-8
	Nino Vaccarella	8
Honda (works team)	Ronnie Bucknum	2-4, 8-10
Honda (works team)	Richie Ginther	2-6, 8-10
LDS (privateers)	Jackie Pretorius	1
	Doug Serrurier	1
	Sam Tingle	1
Lotus (works team)	Jim Clark	1, 3-10
	Geki	8
	Gerhard Mitter	7
	Moises Solana	9-10
	Mike Spence	1, 3-10
Lotus (privateers)	Chris Amon	4, 7
	Richard Attwood	2-3, 5-10
	Bob Bondurant	10
	Dave Charlton	1
	Brian Gubby	5
	Mike Hailwood	2
	Paul Hawkins	2, 7
	Innes Ireland	3-6, 8-10
	Neville Lederle	1
	Tony Maggs	1
	Brausch Niemann	1
	Ernie Pieterse	1
	Clive Puzey	1

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	South Africa	East London	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	29.000s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM	1	1m 04.000s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2	44.800s
4	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	26.300s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	3.200s
6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2	8.000s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	15.900s
8	Italy	Monza	Jackie Stewart	BRM	3	3.300s
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	12.500s
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Richie Ginther	Honda	3	2.890s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	South Africa	East London	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.900s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM	1	0.300s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Graham Hill	BRM	5	2.100s
4	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.500s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.200s
6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Graham Hill	BRM	4	0.300s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	3.400s
8	Italy	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	10	0.200s
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	0.100s
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	DNF	0.070s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	South Africa	East London	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
4	France	Clermont-Ferrand	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
5	Britain	Silverstone	Graham Hill	BRM
6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
8	Italy	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
9	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM
10	Mexico	Mexico City	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax

Qualifying results

See: 1965 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best six results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ZAF	MCO	BEL	FRA	GBR	NLD	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	Points
1	Jim Clark	1		1	1	1	1	1	10^R	R	R	54
2	Graham Hill	3	1	5	5	2	4	2	2	1	R	40 (47)
3	Jackie Stewart	6	3	2	2	5	2	R	1	R	R	33 (34)
4	Dan Gurney	R		10	R	6	3	3	3	2	2	25
5	John Surtees	2	4^R	R	3	3	7	R	R			17
6	Lorenzo Bandini	15^R	2	9	8^R	R	9	6	4	4	8	13
7	Richie Ginther		R	6	R	R	6		14^R	7	1	11
8	Mike Spence	4		7	7	4	8	R	11^R	R	3	10
=	Bruce McLaren	5	5	3	R	10	R	R	5	R	R	10
10	Jack Brabham	8	R	4		DNS		5		3	R	9
11	Denny Hulme		8		4	R	5	R	R			5
=	Jo Siffert	7	6	8	6	9	13	R	R	11	4	5
13	Jochen Rindt	R	DNQ	11	R	14^R	R	4	8	6	R	4
14	Pedro Rodriguez									5	7	2
=	Ronnie Bucknum		R	R	R				R	13	5	2
=	Richard Attwood		R	14^R		13	12	R	6	10	6	2
	Jo Bonnier	R	7	R	R	7	R	7	7	8	R
	Frank Gardner	12	R	R		8	11	R	R
	Masten Gregory			R		12		8	R
	Bob Anderson	NC	9	DNS	9^R	R	R	DNS
	Innes Ireland			13	R	R	10		9	R	DNS
	Paul Hawkins	9	10^R					R
	Bob Bondurant									9	R
	Peter de Klerk	10
	Tony Maggs	11
	Ian Raby					11		DNQ
	Moises Solana									12	R
	Lucien Bianchi			12
	Nino Vaccarella								12^R
	Sam Tingle	13
	Roberto Bussinello							DNQ	13^R
	David Prophet	14
	Chris Amon				R	DNS		R
	John Love	R
	Mike Hailwood		R
	John Rhodes					R
	Gerhard Mitter							R
	Giancarlo Baghetti								R
	Geki								R
	Giorgio Bassi								R
	Willy Mairesse			DNS
	Alan Rollinson					DNS
	Ludovico Scarfiotti										DNS
	Trevor Blokdyk	DNQ
	Neville Lederle	DNQ
	Doug Serrurier	DNQ
	Brausch Niemann	DNQ
	Ernie Pieterse	DNQ
	Brian Gubby					DNQ
	Jackie Pretorius	DNPQ
	Clive Puzey	DNPQ
	Dave Charlton	DNPQ
No.	Driver	ZAF	MCO	BEL	FRA	GBR	NLD	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1965.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (9), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best six results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ZAF	MCO	BEL	FRA	GBR	NLD	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	1	10^R	1	1	1	1	1	10^R	12	3	54 (58)
2	BRM	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	R	45 (61)
3	Brabham-Climax	8	7	4	4	6	3	3	3	2	2	27 (31)
4	Ferrari	2	2	9	3	3	7	6	4	4	7	26 (27)
5	Cooper-Climax	5	5	3	R	10	R	4	5	6	R	14
6	Honda		R	6	R	R	6		14^R	7	1	11
7	Brabham-BRM	7	6	8	6	8	11	R	R	11	4	5
8	Lotus-BRM	11	R	13	R	13	10	R	6	10	6	2
9	Brabham-Ford	9
10	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo	10
11	LDS-Alfa Romeo	13
12	Cooper-Ford	DNQ				DNS
13	LDS-Climax	DNQ
14	Lotus-Ford	DNQ
No.	Constructor	ZAF	MCO	BEL	FRA	GBR	NLD	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1965.

Season statistics

See: 1965 F1 World Championship Season Statistics