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1965 South African Grand Prix

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Formula One race number 1 of 10
Friday, January 1, 1965 at East London Circuit, East London, South Africa
85 laps on a 3.920 kilometer road course (333.200 kilometers)

Time of race: 2:06:46.0
Average speed: 157.695 kph
Pole time: 87.2 seconds

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 29.0 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1965 Formula One results / 1965 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	5	Jimmy Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 33 / Climax 1.5 V8	85	2:06:46.0	85	9
2	2	1	John Surtees	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 158 / Ferrari 1.5 V8	85	+29.0	0	6
3	5	3	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261 / BRM 1.5 V8	85	+31.8	0	4
4	4	6	Mike Spence	Team Lotus	Lotus 33 / Climax 1.5 V8	85	+54.4	0	3
5	8	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T73 / Climax 1.5 V8	84	+1 lap	0	2
6	11	4	Jackie Stewart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261 / BRM 1.5 V8	83	+2 laps	0	1
7	14	12	Jo Siffert	Rob Walker Racing Team	Brabham BT11 / BRM 1.5 V8	83	+2 laps	0	0
8	3	7	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham BT11 / Climax 1.5 V8	81	+4 laps	0	0
9	16	18	Paul Hawkins	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham BT10 / Ford 4 1.5 L4	81	+4 laps	0	0
10	17	20	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Romeo Special / Alfa Romeo 1.5 L4	79	+6 laps	0	0
11	13	15	Tony Maggs	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus 25 / BRM 1.5 V8	77	+8 laps	0	0
12	15	16	Frank Gardner	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham BT11 / BRM 1.5 V8	75	+10 laps	0	0
13	20	25	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk1 / Alfa Romeo 1.5 L4	73	+12 laps	0	0
14	19	19	David Prophet	David Prophet	Brabham BT10 / Ford 4 1.5 L4	71	+14 laps	0	0
ret	6	2	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 1512 / Ferrari 1.5 B12	66	ignition	0	0
16	12	14	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham BT11 / Climax 1.5 V8	50	+35 laps	0	0
ret	7	11	Jo Bonnier	Rob Walker Racing Team	Brabham BT7 / Climax 1.5 V8	42	clutch	0	0
ret	10	10	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T73 / Climax 1.5 V8	39	electrical	0	0
ret	18	17	John Love	John Love	Cooper T55 / Climax 1.5 L4	20	halfshaft	0	0
ret	9	8	Dan Gurney	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham BT11 / Climax 1.5 V8	11	ignition	0	0

Fastest Lap: 161.096 kph by Jimmy Clark

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
21	Trevor Blokdyk	28	Trevor Blokdyk
22	Neville Lederle	23	Scuderia Scribante
23	Doug Serrurier	21	Otelle Nucci
24	Brausch Niemann	27	Ted Lanfear
25	Ernie Pieterse	22	Lawson Organisation
26	Clive Puzey	24	Clive Puzey Motors
27	Jackie Pretorius	29	Jackie Pretorius
28	Dave Charlton	32	Ecurie Tomahawk

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jimmy Clark	1	85	85