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Home / Seasons / 1965 F1 World Championship Season / 1965 United States Grand Prix

1965 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 October 1965
Winner
  • Graham Hill
  • BRM
Pole position
  • Graham Hill
  • BRM
Fastest lap
  • Graham Hill
  • BRM
CircuitWatkins Glen, 110 laps
Round9 of 10
Race numbers

The 1965 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 140th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Watkins Glen
More 1965 season
More United States Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Graham HillBRM1102hr 20m 36.100s9
2+6(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax110+12.500s6
3+4(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax110+57.500s4
4+1(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari109+1 lap3
5+10(MEX) Pedro RodriguezFerrari109+1 lap2
6+7(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax108+2 laps1
7-4(USA) Richie GintherHonda108+2 laps 
8+2(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)107+3 laps 
9+5(USA) Bob BondurantFerrari106+4 laps 
10+6(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)101+9 laps 
11 (CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)99+11 laps 
12+5(MEX) Moises SolanaLotus-Climax95+15 laps 
13-1(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda92+18 laps 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartBRM12DNF 
R (NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax11DNF 
R (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax11DNF 
R (GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)9DNF 
R (GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax9DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:11.250

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Graham HillBRM
2(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
3(USA) Richie GintherHonda
4(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
5(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
6(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM
7(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
8(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
9(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
10(SWE) Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
11(CHE) Jo SiffertBrabham-BRM (privateer)
12(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda
13(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Climax
14(USA) Bob BondurantFerrari
15(MEX) Pedro RodriguezFerrari
16(GBR) Richard AttwoodLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(MEX) Moises SolanaLotus-Climax
18(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-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 Gurney19
5(GBR) John Surtees17
6(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini13
7(NZL) Bruce McLaren10
8(AUS) Jack Brabham9
9(GBR) Mike Spence6
10(NZL) Denny Hulme5
11(AUT) Jochen Rindt4
12(MEX) Pedro Rodriguez2
13(CHE) Jo Siffert2
=(USA) Richie Ginther2
15(GBR) Richard Attwood1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax54
2BRM45
3Ferrari26
4Brabham-Climax24
5Cooper-Climax14
6Brabham-BRM2
=Honda2
8Lotus-BRM1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Bob Bondurant
Wins
10th for Graham Hill (5th driver to win ten races, 3rd British driver; last win until 1968; last for BRM)
12th for BRM
Podiums
23rd for Graham Hill
16th for Dan Gurney
14th for Jack Brabham
42nd for BRM
14th & 15th for Brabham
Poles
8th for Graham Hill (last until 1967; last for BRM)
9th for BRM (last until 1971)
Fastest laps
8th for Graham Hill (last until 1967; last for BRM)
11th for BRM (last until 1968)
Front row starts
33rd for Jim Clark
30th for Graham Hill (4th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 3rd British driver; last until 1967; last for BRM)
Pole & win
3rd for Graham Hill (last until 1968; last for BRM)
Win & fastest lap
5th and last for Graham Hill
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd and last for Graham Hill

See also

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

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