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1965 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 80 laps
Round5 of 10
Race numbers

The 1965 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 136th World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax802hr 05m 25.400s9
2 (GBR) Graham HillBRM80+3.200s6
3+2(GBR) John SurteesFerrari80+27.600s4
4+2(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax80+39.600s3
5-1(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM80+1m 14.600s2
6+1(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax79+1 lap1
7+7(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)79+1 lap 
8+5(AUS) Frank GardnerBrabham-BRM (privateer)78+2 laps 
9+9(CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)78+2 laps 
10+1(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax77+3 laps 
11+9(GBR) Ian RabyBrabham-BRM (privateer)73+7 laps 
12+7(USA) Masten GregoryBRM (privateer)70+10 laps 
13+3(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)63+17 laps 
14-2(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax63DNF 
R (GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)41DNF 
R (GBR) John RhodesCooper-Climax (privateer)38DNF 
R (GBR) Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax (privateer)33DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Climax29DNF 
R (USA) Richie GintherHonda26DNF 
R (ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari2DNF 
Did not start
  (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax   
  (NZL) Chris AmonBrabham-BRM (privateer)   
  (GBR) Alan RollinsonCooper-Ford (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:30.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) Graham HillBRM
3(USA) Richie GintherHonda
4(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM
5(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
6(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
7(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
8  
9(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
10(NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Climax
11(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
12(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax
13(AUS) Frank GardnerBrabham-BRM (privateer)
14(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
15(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)
16(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(GBR) Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax (privateer)
18(CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)
19(USA) Masten GregoryBRM (privateer)
20(GBR) Ian RabyBrabham-BRM (privateer)
21(GBR) John RhodesCooper-Climax (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Brian GubbyLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark36
2(GBR) Graham Hill23
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart19
4(GBR) John Surtees17
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren8
6(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini6
7(GBR) Mike Spence6
8(AUS) Jack Brabham3
=(NZL) Denny Hulme3
10(CHE) Jo Siffert2
11(USA) Richie Ginther1
=(USA) Dan Gurney1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax36
2BRM31
3Ferrari20
4Cooper-Climax8
5Brabham-Climax7
6Brabham-BRM2
7Honda1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
John Rhodes (only start)
Last start
Ian Raby
Milestone race start
50th for Dan Gurney (10th driver to start 50 races, 2nd American driver)
Wins
17th for Jim Clark
22nd for Lotus
Podiums
22nd for Jim Clark
20th for Graham Hill (5th driver to score 20 podiums, 3rd British driver)
15th for John Surtees
145th for Ferrari
37th for BRM
34th for Lotus
Poles
21st for Jim Clark
26th for Lotus
Fastest laps
7th for Graham Hill
10th for BRM (6th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
Front row starts
29th for Jim Clark
27th for Graham Hill
7th for Richie Ginther (first since 1962; first for Honda)
3rd for Jackie Stewart
Pole & win
11th for Jim Clark