1965 Mexican Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 24 October 1965
Winner:	Richie Ginther Honda
Pole position:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap:	Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax
Circuit:	Mexico City, 65 laps
Round:	10 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Richie Ginther	Honda	65	2hr 08m 32.100s	9
2		Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	65	+2.890s	6
3	+3	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	65	+1m 00.150s	4
4	+7	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	65	+1m 54.420s	3
5	+4	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	64	+1 lap	2
6	+11	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	64	+1 lap	1
7	+7	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	62	+3 laps
8	-1	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	62	+3 laps
R		Graham Hill	BRM	56	DNF
R		Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	55	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	43	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	39	DNF
R		Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	38	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	BRM	35	DNF
R		Bob Bondurant	Lotus-BRM (P)	29	DNF
R		Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	25	DNF
R		Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	8	DNF
Did not start
		Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari
		Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:56.170
2	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:56.240
3	Richie Ginther	Honda	1:56.480
4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:56.780
5	Graham Hill	BRM	1:57.060
6	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:57.220
7	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:57.310
8	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:57.530
9	Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	1:57.550
10	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	1:57.880
11	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	1:57.940
12	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	1:58.220
13
14	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	1:59.060
15	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:59.150
16	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	1:59.300
17	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	2:00.610
18	Bob Bondurant	Lotus-BRM (P)	2:00.800

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:56.170
2	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:56.240	0.070
3	Richie Ginther	Honda	1:56.480	0.310
4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:56.780	0.610
5	Graham Hill	BRM	1:57.060	0.890
6	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:57.220	1.050
7	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:57.310	1.140
8	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:57.530	1.360
9	Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	1:57.550	1.380
10	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	1:57.880	1.710
11	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	1:57.940	1.770
12	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	1:58.220	2.050
13	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	1:58.930	2.760
14	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	1:59.060	2.890
15	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:59.150	2.980
16	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	1:59.300	3.130
17	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	2:00.610	4.440
18	Bob Bondurant	Lotus-BRM (P)	2:00.800	4.630
19	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)	2:02.360	6.190

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	40
3	Jackie Stewart	33
4	Dan Gurney	25
5	John Surtees	17
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13
7	Richie Ginther	11
8	Mike Spence	10
9	Bruce McLaren	10
10	Jack Brabham	9
11	Denny Hulme	5
12	Jo Siffert	5
13	Jochen Rindt	4
14	Pedro Rodriguez	2
=	Ronnie Bucknum	2
16	Richard Attwood	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	54
2	BRM	45
3	Brabham-Climax	27
4	Ferrari	26
5	Cooper-Climax	14
6	Honda	11
7	Brabham-BRM	5
8	Lotus-BRM	2

Statistics & Milestones

Wins

Driver: 1st and only for Richie Ginther (36th different winner, 13th American driver)

Constructor: 1st for Honda (15th different winner)

Podiums

Driver: 17th for Dan Gurney, 14th and last for Richie Ginther, 1st and only for Mike Spence (84th different podium finisher, 19th British driver)

Constructor: 37th for Lotus, 16th for Brabham, 1st for Honda (23rd different podium finisher)

Poles

Driver: 24th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 29th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 4th for Dan Gurney

Constructor: 5th for Brabham

Front row starts

Driver: 34th for Jim Clark, 17th for Dan Gurney

Points finishes

Driver: 25th for Dan Gurney, 1st and only for Ronnie Bucknum (136th different point scorer, 43rd American driver)

See also

• Mexican Grand Prix
• Mexico City Circuit
• 1965 World Championship season