1965 Italian Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 12 September 1965
Winner:	Jackie Stewart BRM
Pole position:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Circuit:	Monza, 76 laps
Round:	8 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Jackie Stewart	BRM	76	2hr 04m 52.800s	9
2	+2	Graham Hill	BRM	76	+3.300s	6
3	+6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	76	+16.500s	4
4	+1	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	76	+1m 15.900s	3
5	+6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	+1 lap	2
6	+7	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	75	+1 lap	1
7	+7	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	74	+2 laps
8	-1	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	74	+2 laps
9	+9	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)	74	+2 laps
10	-9	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	63	DNF
11	-3	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	62	DNF
12	+3	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari	58	DNF
13	+8	Roberto Bussinello	BRM (P)	58	DNF
14	+3	Richie Ginther	Honda	56	DNF
R		Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax	46	DNF
R		Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (P)	45	DNF
R		Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	43	DNF
R		Geki	Lotus-Climax	37	DNF
R		John Surtees	Ferrari	34	DNF
R		Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	27	DNF
R		Masten Gregory	BRM (P)	22	DNF
R		Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham-Climax	12	DNF
R		Giorgio Bassi	BRM (P)	8	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:35.900
2	John Surtees	Ferrari
3	Jackie Stewart	BRM
4	Graham Hill	BRM
5	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
6	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda
7	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax
8	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax
9	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
10	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)
11	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
12	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax
13	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)
14	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)
15	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari
16	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (P)
17	Richie Ginther	Honda
18	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)
19	Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham-Climax
20	Geki	Lotus-Climax
21	Roberto Bussinello	BRM (P)
22	Giorgio Bassi	BRM (P)
23	Masten Gregory	BRM (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1965

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jim Clark	54
2	Graham Hill	34
3	Jackie Stewart	33
4	John Surtees	17
5	Dan Gurney	13
6	Lorenzo Bandini	10
7	Bruce McLaren	10
8	Mike Spence	6
9	Denny Hulme	5
=	Jack Brabham	5
11	Jochen Rindt	3
12	Jo Siffert	2
=	Richie Ginther	2
14	Richard Attwood	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	54
2	BRM	42
3	Ferrari	24
4	Brabham-Climax	19
5	Cooper-Climax	13
6	Brabham-BRM	2
=	Honda	2
8	Lotus-BRM	1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Giorgio Bassi (only start), Geki

Last start

Driver: Roberto Bussinello, Frank Gardner, Masten Gregory, Nino Vaccarella

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Jim Clark

Wins

Driver: 1st for Jackie Stewart (35th different winner, 9th British driver)

Constructor: 11th for BRM

Race 1-2

Constructor: 5th and last for BRM

Podiums

Driver: 22nd for Graham Hill, 15th for Dan Gurney, 5th for Jackie Stewart

Constructor: 40th & 41st for BRM, 13th for Brabham

Poles

Driver: 23rd for Jim Clark

Constructor: 28th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 22nd for Jim Clark

Constructor: 26th for Lotus

Front row starts

Driver: 32nd for Jim Clark, 15th for John Surtees, 5th for Jackie Stewart

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for Richard Attwood (135th different point scorer, 29th British driver)

See also

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