1965 South African Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	85	2hr 06m 46.000s	9
2		John Surtees	Ferrari	85	+29.000s	6
3	+2	Graham Hill	BRM	85	+31.800s	4
4		Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	85	+54.400s	3
5	+3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	84	+1 lap	2
6	+5	Jackie Stewart	BRM	83	+2 laps	1
7	+7	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (privateer)	83	+2 laps
8	-5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	81	+4 laps
9	+7	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Ford (privateer)	81	+4 laps
10	+7	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer)	79	+6 laps
11	+2	Tony Maggs	Lotus-BRM (privateer)	77	+8 laps
12	+3	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (privateer)	75	+10 laps
13	+7	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)	73	+12 laps
14	+5	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (privateer)	71	+14 laps
15	-9	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	66	DNF
NC		Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (privateer)	50	+35 laps
R		Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (privateer)	42	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	39	DNF
R		John Love	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	20	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	11	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:27.200

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
2	John Surtees	Ferrari
3	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
4	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax
5	Graham Hill	BRM
6	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
7	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (privateer)
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
9	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
10	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax
11	Jackie Stewart	BRM
12	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (privateer)
13	Tony Maggs	Lotus-BRM (privateer)
14	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (privateer)
15	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (privateer)
16	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Ford (privateer)
17	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
18	John Love	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
19	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (privateer)
20	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)

Non qualifiers

Driver	Constructor	Reason
Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Ford (privateer)	Did not qualify
Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	Did not qualify
Doug Serrurier	LDS-Climax (privateer)	Did not qualify
Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford (privateer)	Did not qualify
Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	Did not qualify
Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford (privateer)	Did not pre-qualify
Jackie Pretorius	LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)	Did not pre-qualify
Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	Did not pre-qualify

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1965 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jim Clark	9
2	John Surtees	6
3	Graham Hill	4
4	Mike Spence	3
5	Bruce McLaren	2
6	Jackie Stewart	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	9
2	Ferrari	6
3	BRM	4
4	Cooper-Climax	2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Paul Hawkins, Jackie Stewart

Last start

Tony Maggs, David Prophet

Alfa Special

Wins

14th for Jim Clark

19th for Lotus

Podiums

19th for Jim Clark, 18th for Graham Hill, 13th for John Surtees

142nd for Ferrari, 32nd for BRM, 31st for Lotus

Poles

19th for Jim Clark

24th for Lotus

Fastest laps

17th for Jim Clark

21st for Lotus

Front row starts

26th for Jim Clark, 23rd for Jack Brabham, 13th for John Surtees

Points finishes

25th for Jim Clark, 1st for Jackie Stewart (132nd different point scorer, 28th British driver)

Pole & win

9th for Jim Clark

Win & fastest lap

11th for Jim Clark

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

7th for Jim Clark

See also

• South African Grand Prix
• East London circuit
• 1965 World Championship season