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South African Grand Prix 1965

Round 1 of 10  · 1 January 1965  · Prince George  · 85 laps

Fastest Lap Jim Clark 1:27.600 (lap 80)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 CLA Jim Clark FL GS Lotus 1 2:06:46.000 9
2 SUR John Surtees Ferrari 2 +29.000 6
3 HIL Graham Hill BRM 5 +31.800 4
4 SPE Mike Spence Lotus 4 +54.400 3
5 MCL Bruce McLaren Cooper 8 +1 lap 2
6 STE Jackie Stewart BRM 11 +2 laps 1
7 SIF Jo Siffert Brabham 14 +2 laps
8 BRA Jack Brabham Brabham 3 +4 laps
9 HAW Paul Hawkins Brabham 16 +4 laps
10 DEK Peter de Klerk Alfa Special 17 +6 laps
11 MAG Tony Maggs Lotus 13 +8 laps
12 GAR Frank Gardner Brabham 15 +10 laps
13 TIN Sam Tingle LDS 20 +12 laps
14 PRO David Prophet Brabham 19 +14 laps
15 BAN Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 6 Ignition
NC AND Bob Anderson Brabham 12 +35 laps
DNF BON Jo Bonnier Brabham 7 Clutch
DNF RIN Jochen Rindt Cooper 10 Electrical
DNF LOV John Love Cooper 18 Halfshaft
DNF GUR Dan Gurney Brabham 9 Ignition
DNQ BLO Trevor Blokdyk Cooper
DNQ LED Neville Lederle Lotus
DNQ SER Doug Serrurier LDS
DNQ NIE Brausch Niemann Lotus
DNQ PIE Ernie Pieterse Lotus
DNPQ PUZ Clive Puzey Lotus
DNPQ PRE Jackie Pretorius LDS
DNPQ CHA Dave Charlton Lotus

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 CLA Jim Clark Lotus 1:27.200
2 SUR John Surtees Ferrari 1:28.100
3 BRA Jack Brabham Brabham 1:28.300
4 SPE Mike Spence Lotus 1:28.300
5 HIL Graham Hill BRM 1:28.600
6 BAN Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:29.300
7 BON Jo Bonnier Brabham 1:29.300
8 MCL Bruce McLaren Cooper 1:29.400
9 GUR Dan Gurney Brabham 1:29.500
10 RIN Jochen Rindt Cooper 1:30.400
11 STE Jackie Stewart BRM 1:30.500
12 AND Bob Anderson Brabham 1:31.000
13 MAG Tony Maggs Lotus 1:31.300
14 SIF Jo Siffert Brabham 1:31.800
15 GAR Frank Gardner Brabham 1:32.300
16 HAW Paul Hawkins Brabham 1:33.100
17 DEK Peter de Klerk Alfa Special 1:33.300
18 LOV John Love Cooper 1:33.800
19 PRO David Prophet Brabham 1:33.900
20 TIN Sam Tingle LDS 1:34.600
21 BLO Trevor Blokdyk Cooper 1:35.200
22 LED Neville Lederle Lotus 1:35.200
23 SER Doug Serrurier LDS 1:35.700
24 NIE Brausch Niemann Lotus 1:36.200
25 PIE Ernie Pieterse Lotus 1:37.900