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Home / Seasons / 1965 F1 World Championship Season / 1965 Italian Grand Prix

1965 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 September 1965
Winner
  • Jackie Stewart
  • BRM
Pole position
  • Jim Clark
  • Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Jim Clark
  • Lotus-Climax
CircuitMonza, 76 laps
Round8 of 10
Race numbers

The 1965 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 139th World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 16th World Championship race at Monza
More 1965 season
More Italian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM762hr 04m 52.800s9
2+2(GBR) Graham HillBRM76+3.300s6
3+6(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax76+16.500s4
4+1(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari76+1m 15.900s3
5+6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax75+1 lap2
6+7(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)75+1 lap1
7+7(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)74+2 laps 
8-1(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax74+2 laps 
9+9(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)74+2 laps 
10-9(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax63DNF 
11-3(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax62DNF 
12+3(ITA) Nino VaccarellaFerrari58DNF 
13+8(ITA) Roberto BussinelloBRM (privateer)58DNF 
14+3(USA) Richie GintherHonda56DNF 
R (NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Climax46DNF 
R (AUS) Frank GardnerBrabham-BRM (privateer)45DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)43DNF 
R (ITA) GekiLotus-Climax37DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesFerrari34DNF 
R (USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda27DNF 
R (USA) Masten GregoryBRM (privateer)22DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiBrabham-Climax12DNF 
R (ITA) Giorgio BassiBRM (privateer)8DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.900

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
3(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM
4(GBR) Graham HillBRM
5(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
6(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda
7(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax
8(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
9(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
10(CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)
11(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
12(NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Climax
13(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)
14(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
15(ITA) Nino VaccarellaFerrari
16(AUS) Frank GardnerBrabham-BRM (privateer)
17(USA) Richie GintherHonda
18(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)
19(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiBrabham-Climax
20(ITA) GekiLotus-Climax
21(ITA) Roberto BussinelloBRM (privateer)
22(ITA) Giorgio BassiBRM (privateer)
23(USA) Masten GregoryBRM (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark54
2(GBR) Graham Hill34
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart33
4(GBR) John Surtees17
5(USA) Dan Gurney13
6(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini10
7(NZL) Bruce McLaren10
8(GBR) Mike Spence6
9(NZL) Denny Hulme5
=(AUS) Jack Brabham5
11(AUT) Jochen Rindt3
12(CHE) Jo Siffert2
=(USA) Richie Ginther2
14(GBR) Richard Attwood1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax54
2BRM42
3Ferrari24
4Brabham-Climax19
5Cooper-Climax13
6Brabham-BRM2
=Honda2
8Lotus-BRM1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Giorgio Bassi (only start)
Geki
Last start
Roberto Bussinello
Frank Gardner
Masten Gregory
Nino Vaccarella
Milestone race start
50th for Jim Clark (11th driver to start 50 races, 3rd British driver)
Wins
1st for Jackie Stewart (35th different winner, 9th British driver)
11th for BRM
Race 1-2
5th and last for BRM
Podiums
22nd for Graham Hill
15th for Dan Gurney
5th for Jackie Stewart
40th & 41st for BRM (3rd constructor to score 40 podiums)
13th for Brabham
Poles
23rd for Jim Clark
28th for Lotus
Fastest laps
22nd for Jim Clark (last until 1967)
26th for Lotus
Front row starts
32nd for Jim Clark
15th for John Surtees
5th for Jackie Stewart
Points finishes
1st for Richard Attwood (135th different point scorer, 29th British driver)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1965 World Championship season

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