1965 United States Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 3 October 1965
Winner:	Graham Hill BRM
Pole position:	Graham Hill BRM
Fastest lap:	Graham Hill BRM
Circuit:	Watkins Glen, 110 laps
Round:	9 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Graham Hill	BRM	110	2hr 20m 36.100s	9
2	+6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	110	+12.500s	6
3	+4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	110	+57.500s	4
4	+1	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	109	+1 lap	3
5	+10	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	109	+1 lap	2
6	+7	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	108	+2 laps	1
7	-4	Richie Ginther	Honda	108	+2 laps
8	+2	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	107	+3 laps
9	+5	Bob Bondurant	Ferrari	106	+4 laps
10	+6	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	101	+9 laps
11		Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	99	+11 laps
12	+5	Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	95	+15 laps
13	-1	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	92	+18 laps
R		Jackie Stewart	BRM	12	DNF
R		Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	11	DNF
R		Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	11	DNF
R		Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)	9	DNF
R		Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	9	DNF

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Graham Hill	BRM	1:11.250
2	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:11.350
3	Richie Ginther	Honda	1:11.400
4	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:11.500
5	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:11.730
6	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:11.760
7	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:12.200
8	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:12.250
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:12.450
10	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	1:12.450
11	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	1:12.500
12	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	1:12.700
13	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	1:12.900
14	Bob Bondurant	Ferrari	1:12.900
15	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	1:13.000
16	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	1:13.700
17	Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	1:13.700
18	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)	1:15.000

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Graham Hill	BRM	1:11.250
2	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:11.350	0.100
3	Richie Ginther	Honda	1:11.400	0.150
4	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:11.500	0.250
5	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:11.730	0.480
6	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:11.760	0.510
7	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:12.200	0.950
8	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:12.250	1.000
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:12.450	1.200
10	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	1:12.450	1.200
11	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM (P)	1:12.500	1.250
12	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	1:12.700	1.450
13	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	1:12.900	1.650
14	Bob Bondurant	Ferrari	1:12.900	1.650
15	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari	1:13.000	1.750
16	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM (P)	1:13.700	2.450
17	Moises Solana	Lotus-Climax	1:13.700	2.450
18	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM (P)	1:15.000	3.750

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	19
5	John Surtees	17
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13
7	Bruce McLaren	10
8	Jack Brabham	9
9	Mike Spence	6
10	Denny Hulme	5
11	Jochen Rindt	4
12	Pedro Rodriguez	2
13	Jo Siffert	2
=	Richie Ginther	2
15	Richard Attwood	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	54
2	BRM	45
3	Ferrari	26
4	Brabham-Climax	24
5	Cooper-Climax	14
6	Brabham-BRM	2
=	Honda	2
8	Lotus-BRM	1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Bob Bondurant

Wins

Driver: 10th for Graham Hill

Constructor: 12th for BRM

Podiums

Driver: 23rd for Graham Hill, 16th for Dan Gurney, 14th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 42nd for BRM, 14th & 15th for Brabham

Poles

Driver: 8th for Graham Hill

Constructor: 9th for BRM

Fastest laps

Driver: 8th for Graham Hill

Constructor: 11th for BRM

Front row starts

Driver: 33rd for Jim Clark, 30th for Graham Hill

Pole & win

Driver: 3rd for Graham Hill

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 5th and last for Graham Hill

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 2nd and last for Graham Hill

See also

• United States Grand Prix
• Watkins Glen Circuit
• 1965 World Championship season