Season 1965 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1965 Season R2 →
1965-01-01 · Prince George Circuit · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 85Lap · 333.175km
5 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:06
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
8 John Surtees
Ferrari +29.000
3 Graham Hill
BRM +31.800
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
5
Bob Anderson L50 Jo Bonnier L42 Jochen Rindt L39 John Love L20 Dan Gurney L11
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Circuit Info
Prince George Circuit Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
85Lap 333.175km 3 races held (1962–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Jim Clark 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 3 · → Jim Clark -1
P3 Jack Brabham 2 · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Jim Clark 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P6 John Love 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P12 John Surtees 8 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L85 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Surtees · P2 → P2 2 Surtees SUR 2 Surtees SUR Hill · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL Spence · P4 → P4 4 Spence SPE 4 Spence SPE McLaren · P8 → P5 · +3 8 McLaren MCL 5 McLaren MCL Stewart · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Stewart STE 6 Stewart STE Siffert · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Siffert SIF 7 Siffert SIF Brabham · P3 → P8 · -5 3 Brabham BRA 8 Brabham BRA Hawkins · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Hawkins HAW 9 Hawkins HAW de Klerk · P17 → P10 · +7 17 de Klerk DE 10 de Klerk DE Maggs · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Maggs MAG 11 Maggs MAG Gardner · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Gardner GAR 12 Gardner GAR Tingle · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Tingle TIN 13 Tingle TIN Prophet · P19 → P14 · +5 19 Prophet PRO 14 Prophet PRO Bandini · P6 → P15 · -9 6 Bandini BAN 15 Bandini BAN Anderson · P12 → retired L50 Anderson · retired L50 12 Anderson AND R Anderson AND Bonnier · P7 → retired L42 Bonnier · retired L42 7 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Rindt · P10 → retired L39 Rindt · retired L39 10 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN Love · P18 → retired L20 Love · retired L20 18 Love LOV R Love LOV Gurney · P9 → retired L11 Gurney · retired L11 9 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Reed · pit lane → P29 · +3 — Reed REE 29 Reed REE Clapham · pit lane → P30 · +3 — Clapham CLA 30 Clapham CLA Blignaut · pit lane → P31 · +3 — Blignaut BLI 31 Blignaut BLI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 85 2:06 9
2 8 John Surtees Ferrari 2 85 +29.000 6
3 3 Graham Hill BRM 5 85 +31.800 4
4 6 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 4 85 +54.400 3
5 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 84 +1 Lap 2
6 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 11 83 +2 Laps 1
7 16 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 14 83 +2 Laps
8 7 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 3 81 +4 Laps
9 22 Paul Hawkins Brabham-Ford 16 81 +4 Laps
10 20 Peter de Klerk Alfa Romeo 17 79 +6 Laps
11 15 Tony Maggs Lotus-BRM 13 77 +8 Laps
12 46 Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM 15 75 +10 Laps
13 25 Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 20 73 +12 Laps
14 19 David Prophet Brabham-Ford 19 71 +14 Laps
15 2 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 6 66 Ignition
R 36 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 12 50 Not classified
R 15 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 7 42 Clutch
R 10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 10 39 Electrical
R 17 John Love Cooper-Climax 18 20 Halfshaft
R 8 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 9 11 Ignition
W 26 Ray Reed RE 0 0 Withdrew
W 31 David Clapham Cooper-Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
W 33 Alex Blignaut Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Jim Clark
2
8 John Surtees
3
7 Jack Brabham
4
6 Mike Spence
5
3 Graham Hill
6
2 Lorenzo Bandini
7
15 Jo Bonnier
8
9 Bruce McLaren
9
8 Dan Gurney
10
10 Jochen Rindt
11
4 Jackie Stewart
12
36 Bob Anderson
13
15 Tony Maggs
14
16 Jo Siffert
15
46 Frank Gardner
16
22 Paul Hawkins
17
20 Peter de Klerk
18
17 John Love
19
19 David Prophet
20
25 Sam Tingle
PIT
26 Ray Reed pit lane start
PIT
31 David Clapham pit lane start
PIT
33 Alex Blignaut pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15