• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

GP Racing Stats

  • 2022 Season
  • Drivers
  • Constructors
  • Records
  • Seasons
  • Grands Prix
  • Circuits
Home / Seasons / 1965 F1 World Championship Season / 1965 Mexican Grand Prix

1965 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 October 1965
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther
  • Japan flag lazyload Honda
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax
CircuitMexico City, 65 laps
Round10 of 10
Race numbers

The 1965 Mexican Grand Prix was the

  • 141st World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Mexico City
More 1965 season
More Mexican Grands Prix
Next race1966 Monaco Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2USA flag lazyload Richie GintherHonda652hr 08m 32.100s9
2 USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax65+2.890s6
3+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceLotus-Climax65+1m 00.150s4
4+7Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)65+1m 54.420s3
5+4USA flag lazyload Ronnie BucknumHonda64+1 lap2
6+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)64+1 lap1
7+7Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezFerrari62+3 laps 
8-1Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari62+3 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM56DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Moises SolanaLotus-Climax55DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)43DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Climax39DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax38DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM35DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantLotus-BRM (privateer)29DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax25DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax8DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Ludovico ScarfiottiFerrari   
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:56.170

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
3USA flag lazyload Richie GintherHonda
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
7Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM
9Mexico flag lazyload Moises SolanaLotus-Climax
10USA flag lazyload Ronnie BucknumHonda
11Switzerland flag Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)
12Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
13  
14Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezFerrari
15New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
16Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Climax
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)
18USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantLotus-BRM (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1965 Mexican Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark54
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill40
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart33
4USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney25
5United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees17
6Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini13
7USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther11
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Spence10
9New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren10
10Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham9
11New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme5
12Switzerland flag Jo Siffert5
13Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt4
14Mexico flag lazyload Pedro Rodriguez2
=USA flag lazyload Ronnie Bucknum2
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Richard Attwood2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax54
2United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM45
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax27
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari26
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax14
6Japan flag lazyload Honda11
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BRM5
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-BRM2

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st and only for Richie Ginther (36th different winner, 13th American driver)
1st for Honda (15th different winner)
Podiums
17th for Dan Gurney (last podium until 1967; last for Brabham), 14th and last for Richie Ginther (only podium for Honda), 1st and only for Mike Spence (84th different podium finisher, 19th British driver)
37th for Lotus, 16th for Brabham, 1st for Honda (23rd different podium finisher)
Poles
24th for Jim Clark
29th for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th for Dan Gurney (last until 1967; last for Brabham)
5th for Brabham
Front row starts
34th for Jim Clark, 17th for Dan Gurney (last for Brabham)
Points finishes
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

GP Racing Stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

The information provided in this website is for general information purposes only.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate and up to date, GP Racing Stats does not accept any responsibility for and cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. The use of data on this website is at your own risk.

GP Racing Stats claims no rights to these data.

  • © 2022 GP Racing Stats
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact