Season 1965 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1965-06-27 · Charade Circuit · France · French Grand Prix · 40Lap · 322.200km
5 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:41:38.400
Team win 9pt P1 · P7
4 Jackie Stewart
BRM +26.300
8 John Surtees
Ferrari +2:33.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Bruce McLaren L23 Jo Bonnier L21 Chris Amon L20 Innes Ireland L18 Dan Gurney L16 Richie Ginther L9 Ronnie Bucknum L4 Jochen Rindt L3
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Charade Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, France
40Lap 322.200km 4 races held (1965–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Bruce McLaren 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L40 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Stewart · P2 → P2 2 Stewart STE 2 Stewart STE Surtees · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Surtees SUR 3 Surtees SUR Hulme · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Hulme HUL 4 Hulme HUL Hill · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Hill HIL 5 Hill HIL Siffert · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Siffert SIF 6 Siffert SIF Spence · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Spence SPE 7 Spence SPE Bandini · P3 → P8 · -5 3 Bandini BAN 8 Bandini BAN Anderson · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Anderson AND 9 Anderson AND McLaren · P9 → retired L23 McLaren · retired L23 9 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Bonnier · P11 → retired L21 Bonnier · retired L21 11 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Amon · P8 → retired L20 Amon · retired L20 8 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Ireland · P17 → retired L18 Ireland · retired L18 17 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Gurney · P5 → retired L16 Gurney · retired L16 5 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Ginther · P7 → retired L9 Ginther · retired L9 7 Ginther GIN R Ginther GIN Bucknum · P16 → retired L4 Bucknum · retired L4 16 Bucknum BUC R Bucknum BUC Rindt · P12 → retired L3 Rindt · retired L3 12 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 40 2:41:38.400 9
2 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 2 40 +26.300 6
3 8 John Surtees Ferrari 4 40 +2:33.500 4
4 14 Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 6 40 +2:53.100 3
5 3 Graham Hill BRM 13 39 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 14 39 +1 Lap 1
7 6 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 10 39 +1 Lap
8 2 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 3 36 Accident
9 36 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 15 34 Fuel system
R 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 9 23 Suspension
R 15 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 11 21 Alternator
R 19 Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 8 20 Fuel system
R 22 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 17 18 Gearbox
R 8 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 5 16 Engine
R 11 Richie Ginther Honda 7 9 Ignition
R 12 Ronnie Bucknum Honda 16 4 Ignition
R 10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 12 3 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Jim Clark
2
4 Jackie Stewart
3
2 Lorenzo Bandini
4
8 John Surtees
5
8 Dan Gurney
6
14 Denny Hulme
7
11 Richie Ginther
8
19 Chris Amon
9
9 Bruce McLaren
10
6 Mike Spence
11
15 Jo Bonnier
12
10 Jochen Rindt
13
3 Graham Hill
14
16 Jo Siffert
15
36 Bob Anderson
16
12 Ronnie Bucknum
17
22 Innes Ireland
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.
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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