1965 South African Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Friday, 1 January 1965
Winner:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Pole position:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Circuit:	East London, 85 laps
Round:	1 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

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 (P)	83	+2 laps
8	-5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	81	+4 laps
9	+7	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Ford (P)	81	+4 laps
10	+7	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (P)	79	+6 laps
11	+2	Tony Maggs	Lotus-BRM (P)	77	+8 laps
12	+3	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (P)	75	+10 laps
13	+7	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	73	+12 laps
14	+5	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (P)	71	+14 laps
15	-9	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	66	DNF
NC		Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (P)	50	+35 laps
R		Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	42	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	39	DNF
R		John Love	Cooper-Climax (P)	20	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	11	DNF

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:27.200
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 (P)
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
9	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
10	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax
11	Jackie Stewart	BRM
12	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (P)
13	Tony Maggs	Lotus-BRM (P)
14	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)
15	Frank Gardner	Brabham-BRM (P)
16	Paul Hawkins	Brabham-Ford (P)
17	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (P)
18	John Love	Cooper-Climax (P)
19	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (P)
20	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo

Non qualifiers

• (P): privateer entry

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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

Driver: Paul Hawkins, Jackie Stewart

Last start

Driver: Tony Maggs, David Prophet

Constructor: Alfa Special

Wins

Driver: 14th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 19th for Lotus

Podiums

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

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

Poles

Driver: 19th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 24th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 17th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 21st for Lotus

Front row starts

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

Points finishes

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

Pole & win

Driver: 9th for Jim Clark

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 11th for Jim Clark

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 7th for Jim Clark

See also

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