1965_South_African_Grand_Prix

1965 South African Grand Prix

1965 South African Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on 1 January 1965. While originally scheduled to be the last race of the 1964 season, it was moved up by a week and thus became race 1 of 10 in the 1965 Formula One season.[1] This scheduling change meant that the cars which were fielded were 1964 season cars, as no one had had the time to develop their 1965 designs as of yet.[2] The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from pole position. John Surtees finished second for the Ferrari team and BRM driver Graham Hill came in third. This was the World Championship debut race of the future world champion Jackie Stewart.

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Race report

Jim Clark celebrated Hogmanay by dominating the race, leading from pole and winning by half a minute from Graham Hill and John Surtees who were never able to threaten.[3] He even had time to complete an extra lap after the chequered flag was waved a lap too early. Clark also made the first ever lap of the East London circuit at over 100 mph in practice.[3] Clark's teammate Mike Spence was in second place until he spun on oil on the sixtieth lap; he finished in fourth. Bruce McLaren and Championship débutant Jackie Stewart completed the points positions. Jack Brabham had been in competition for second place but his car broke down with ignition troubles four laps from the end.[3]

Classification

Qualifying

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Race

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Championship standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. [1]
    Hayhoe, David (18 June 2019), Formula 1: The Knowledge (2nd ed.), Veloce Publishing Ltd., p. 35, ISBN 9781787112377
  2. [2]
    Hutchinson, P.G.M. (1965), Logoz, Arthur (ed.), "Grand Prix Racing for the World Championship 1965", Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition), IX, Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade: 39
  3. [3]
    Hutchinson, Auto-Universum 1966, p. 40.
  4. [4]
    "1965 South African Grand Prix, Pre-Qualifying times". Autosport. 30 December 2016. Brian Raubenheimer is missing from this list, although he is shown as not arriving on most records. He has previously told me that he did briefly participate in the first practice session before the gear linkage broke in the gate in neutral. He believed he had recorded a 1:36.8, but was unable to repair his Lotus 20 and so took no further part.
  5. [5]
    "1965 South African Grand Prix". Formula One. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  6. [6]
    "South Africa 1965 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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