Season 1965 · Round 7

German Grand Prix

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1965-08-01 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 15Lap · 342.150km
5 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:07:52.400
Team win 9pt P1 · P11 · P12 · P17
3 Graham Hill
BRM +15.900
8 Dan Gurney
Brabham-Climax +21.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
John Surtees L11 Jo Siffert L9 Mike Spence L8 Gerhard Mitter L8 Richard Attwood L8 Bruce McLaren L7 Denny Hulme L5 Chris Amon L3 Paul Hawkins L3 Jackie Stewart L2 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
15Lap 342.150km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P20 Dan Gurney 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L15 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Hill · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Gurney · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Gurney GUR 3 Gurney GUR Rindt · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Rindt RIN 4 Rindt RIN Brabham · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Brabham BRA 5 Brabham BRA Bandini · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Bandini BAN 6 Bandini BAN Bonnier · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Bonnier BON 7 Bonnier BON Gregory · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Gregory GRE 8 Gregory GRE Surtees · P4 → retired L11 Surtees · retired L11 4 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Siffert · P11 → retired L9 Siffert · retired L9 11 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Spence · P6 → retired L8 Spence · retired L8 6 Spence SPE R Spence SPE Mitter · P12 → retired L8 Mitter · retired L8 12 Mitter MIT R Mitter MIT Attwood · P17 → retired L8 Attwood · retired L8 17 Attwood ATT R Attwood ATT McLaren · P10 → retired L7 McLaren · retired L7 10 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Hulme · P13 → retired L5 Hulme · retired L5 13 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Amon · P16 → retired L3 Amon · retired L3 16 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Hawkins · P20 → retired L3 Hawkins · retired L3 20 Hawkins HAW R Hawkins HAW Stewart · P2 → retired L2 Stewart · retired L2 2 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Gardner · P18 → retired L0 Gardner · retired L0 18 Gardner GAR R Gardner GAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 15 2:07:52.400 9
2 3 Graham Hill BRM 3 15 +15.900 6
3 8 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 5 15 +21.400 4
4 10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 8 15 +3:29.600 3
5 7 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 14 15 +4:41.200 2
6 2 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 7 15 +5:08.600 1
7 15 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 9 15 +5:58.500
8 48 Masten Gregory BRM 19 14 +1 Lap
R 8 John Surtees Ferrari 4 11 Gearbox
R 16 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 11 9 Engine
R 6 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 6 8 Transmission
R 3 Gerhard Mitter Lotus-Climax 12 8 Water leak
R 21 Richard Attwood Lotus-BRM 17 8 Water leak
R 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 7 Gearbox
R 14 Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 13 5 Fuel leak
R 19 Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 16 3 Electrical
R 22 Paul Hawkins Lotus-Climax 20 3 Oil leak
R 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 2 2 Suspension
R 46 Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM 18 0 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Jim Clark
2
4 Jackie Stewart
3
3 Graham Hill
4
8 John Surtees
5
8 Dan Gurney
6
6 Mike Spence
7
2 Lorenzo Bandini
8
10 Jochen Rindt
9
15 Jo Bonnier
10
9 Bruce McLaren
11
16 Jo Siffert
12
3 Gerhard Mitter
13
14 Denny Hulme
14
7 Jack Brabham
16
19 Chris Amon
17
21 Richard Attwood
18
46 Frank Gardner
19
48 Masten Gregory
20
22 Paul Hawkins
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