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

1965 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 October 1965
Winner
  • Richie Ginther
  • Honda
Pole position
  • Jim Clark
  • Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Dan Gurney
  • 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

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:56.170

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
3(USA) Richie GintherHonda
4(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
5(GBR) Graham HillBRM
6(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
7(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
8(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM
9(MEX) Moises SolanaLotus-Climax
10(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda
11(CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)
12(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
13  
14(MEX) Pedro RodriguezFerrari
15(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
16(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax
17(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)
18(USA) Bob BondurantLotus-BRM (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark54
2(GBR) Graham Hill40
3(GBR) Jackie Stewart33
4(USA) Dan Gurney25
5(GBR) John Surtees17
6(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini13
7(USA) Richie Ginther11
8(GBR) Mike Spence10
9(NZL) Bruce McLaren10
10(AUS) Jack Brabham9
11(NZL) Denny Hulme5
12(CHE) Jo Siffert5
13(AUT) Jochen Rindt4
14(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez2
=(USA) Ronnie Bucknum2
16(GBR) Richard Attwood2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax54
2BRM45
3Brabham-Climax27
4Ferrari26
5Cooper-Climax14
6Honda11
7Brabham-BRM5
8Lotus-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

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