1965 season

Dropped scores
Title decided in round 7

‹ 1964 1966 ›

World ChampionJim Clark54 points · 6 wins
Leading constructorBRM45 points

Races10
Different winners4
Pole-sitters2
Not classified37%68 of 186 starts

Points: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six. Only the best 6 results counted towards the championship.

In this season not every result counted towards the championship: only a driver's best races went into the standings, the rest were dropped. The championship standings therefore sit below the sum of the points scored in races.

The title was decided in round 7: German Grand Prix on 1 Aug 1965.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round. Not every result counted in this season: the chart shows the official championship standings, not the sum of the race points.

Show every value as a table

Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Jim Clark	9	9	18	27	36	45	54	54	54	54
Graham Hill	4	13	15	17	23	26	30	34	40	40
Jackie Stewart	1	5	11	17	19	25	25	33	33	33
Dan Gurney	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	13	19	25
John Surtees	6	9	9	13	17	17	17	17	17	17
Lorenzo Bandini	0	6	6	6	6	6	7	10	13	13
Richie Ginther	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	11
Mike Spence	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	10
Bruce McLaren	2	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Jack Brabham	0	0	3	3	3	3	5	5	9	9
Denny Hulme	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Jo Siffert	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
Jochen Rindt	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4
Pedro Rodríguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ronnie Bucknum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Richard Attwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2

The constructors' championship, round by round

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

Show every value as a table

Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
BRM	4	13	19	25	31	37	39	42	45	45
Ferrari	6	12	12	16	20	20	21	24	26	26
Cooper	2	4	8	8	8	8	11	13	14	14
Honda	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	11
Brabham	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	5
Lotus	9	9	18	27	36	45	54	1	1	2

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jim Clark	Lotus	6	54
2	Graham Hill	BRM	2	40
3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1	33
4	Dan Gurney	Brabham		25
5	John Surtees	Ferrari		17
6	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari		13
7	Richie Ginther	Honda	1	11
8	Mike Spence	Lotus		10
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper		10
10	Jack Brabham	Brabham		9
11	Denny Hulme	Brabham		5
12	Jo Siffert	Brabham		5
13	Jochen Rindt	Cooper		4
14	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari		2
14	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda		2
16	Richard Attwood	Lotus		2

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
2	BRM	45
4	Ferrari	26
5	Cooper	14
6	Honda	11
7	Brabham	5
8	Lotus	2

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1965
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
CLA (Jim Clark)	1^P^F		1^F	1^P^F	1^P	1^F	1^P^F	10^P^F	Ret	Ret^P	54
HIL (Graham Hill)	3	1^P^F	5^P	5	2^F	4^P	2	2	1^P^F	Ret	40
STE (Jackie Stewart)	6	3	2	2	5	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	33
GUR (Dan Gurney)	Ret		10	Ret	6	3	3	3	2	2^F	25
SUR (John Surtees)	2	4	Ret	3	3	7	Ret	Ret			17
BAN (Lorenzo Bandini)	15	2	9	8	Ret	9	6	4	4	8	13
GIN (Richie Ginther)		Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6		14	7	1	11
SPE (Mike Spence)	4		7	7	4	8	Ret	11	Ret	3	10
MCL (Bruce McLaren)	5	5	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	10
BRA (Jack Brabham)	8	Ret	4		DNS		5		3	Ret	9
HUL (Denny Hulme)		8		4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret			5
SIF (Jo Siffert)	7	6	8	6	9	13	Ret	Ret	11	4	5
RIN (Jochen Rindt)	Ret	DNQ	11	Ret	14	Ret	4	8	6	Ret	4
ROD (Pedro Rodríguez)									5	7	2
BUC (Ronnie Bucknum)		Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret	13	5	2
ATT (Richard Attwood)		Ret	14		13	12	Ret	6	10	6	2

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	South Africa	Prince George	1 Jan 1965	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
2	Monaco	Monaco	30 May 1965	Graham Hill	Graham Hill
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	13 Jun 1965	Graham Hill	Jim Clark
4	France	Charade	27 Jun 1965	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
5	Great Britain	Silverstone	10 Jul 1965	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	18 Jul 1965	Graham Hill	Jim Clark
7	GermanyTitle decided	Nürburgring	1 Aug 1965	Jim Clark	Jim Clark
8	Italy	Monza	12 Sept 1965	Jim Clark	Jackie Stewart
9	United States	Watkins Glen	3 Oct 1965	Graham Hill	Graham Hill
10	Mexico	Hermanos Rodríguez	24 Oct 1965	Jim Clark	Richie Ginther

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Alfa Special	Otelle Nucci	Special	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Peter de Klerk
BRM	Owen Racing Organisation	P261	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart
BRM	Scuderia Centro Sud	P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Giorgio Bassi, Lucien Bianchi, Masten Gregory, Roberto Bussinello, Willy Mairesse
Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	BT11, BT7	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Goodyear	Dan Gurney, Denny Hulme, Giancarlo Baghetti, Jack Brabham
Brabham	DW Racing Enterprises	BT11	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bob Anderson
Brabham	David Prophet	BT10	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	David Prophet
Brabham	Ian Raby Racing	BT3	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Chris Amon, Ian Raby
Brabham	John Willment Automobiles	BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Frank Gardner
Brabham	John Willment Automobiles	BT10	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Paul Hawkins
Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jo Siffert
Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	BT7	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Jo Bonnier
Cooper	Bob Gerard Racing	T60	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	John Rhodes
Cooper	Bob Gerard Racing	T71/73	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Alan Rollinson
Cooper	Cooper Car Company	T73, T77	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bruce McLaren, Jochen Rindt
Cooper	John Love	T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Dunlop	John Love
Cooper	Trevor Blokdyk	T59	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Trevor Blokdyk
Ferrari	North American Racing Team	1512, 158	Ferrari 205B 1.5 V8, Ferrari 207 1.5 F12	Dunlop	Bob Bondurant, Pedro Rodríguez
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1512, 158	Ferrari 205B 1.5 V8, Ferrari 207 1.5 F12	Dunlop	John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Nino Vaccarella
Honda	Honda R&D Company	RA272	Honda RA272E 1.5 V12	Goodyear	Richie Ginther, Ronnie Bucknum
LDS	Jackie Pretorius	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Jackie Pretorius
LDS	Otelle Nucci	Mk 2	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Doug Serrurier
LDS	Sam Tingle	Mk 2	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Sam Tingle
Lotus	Brian Gubby	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Brian Gubby
Lotus	Clive Puzey Motors	18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Clive Puzey
Lotus	DW Racing Enterprises	33	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Paul Hawkins
Lotus	Ecurie Tomahawk	20	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Dave Charlton
Lotus	Lawson Organisation	21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Ernest Pieterse
Lotus	Reg Parnell Racing	25, 33	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Bob Bondurant, Chris Amon, Innes Ireland, Mike Hailwood, Richard Attwood, Tony Maggs
Lotus	Scuderia Scribante	21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Neville Lederle
Lotus	Team Lotus	25, 33	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Dunlop	Gerhard Mitter, Giacomo Russo, Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Moisés Solana
Lotus	Ted Lanfear	22	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Dunlop	Brausch Niemann

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950, with or without the dropped-scores rule of the time.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	54	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	48	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	32	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25	25	P4
5	John Surtees	17	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	12	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	10	10	P8
8	Bruce McLaren	10	10	P9
9	Jack Brabham	9	9	P10
10	Richie Ginther	8	11	P7
11	Denny Hulme	5	5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	3	5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	53	−1	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	41	−7	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	32		33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25		25	P4
5	John Surtees	17		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	12		13	P6
7	Mike Spence	10		10	P8
8	Bruce McLaren	10		10	P9
9	Jack Brabham	9		9	P10
10	Richie Ginther	8		11	P7
11	Denny Hulme	5		5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	3		5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	48	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	45	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	33	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25	25	P4
5	John Surtees	17	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13	13	P6
7	Richie Ginther	10	11	P7
8	Mike Spence	10	10	P8
9	Bruce McLaren	10	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	9	9	P10
11	Denny Hulme	5	5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	5	5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	48		54	P1
2	Graham Hill	38	−7	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	32	−1	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25		25	P4
5	John Surtees	17		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13		13	P6
7	Richie Ginther	10		11	P7
8	Mike Spence	10		10	P8
9	Bruce McLaren	10		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	9		9	P10
11	Denny Hulme	5		5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	5		5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

The system in force at the time, but every result counts – nothing dropped.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	54	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	47	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	34	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25	25	P4
5	John Surtees	17	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13	13	P6
7	Richie Ginther	11	11	P7
8	Mike Spence	10	10	P8
9	Bruce McLaren	10	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	9	9	P10
11	Denny Hulme	5	5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	5	5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	60	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	49	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	35	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25	25	P4
5	John Surtees	17	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13	13	P6
7	Richie Ginther	12	11	P7
8	Mike Spence	10	10	P8
9	Bruce McLaren	10	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	9	9	P10
11	Denny Hulme	5	5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	5	5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	60		54	P1
2	Graham Hill	42	−7	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	34	−1	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	25		25	P4
5	John Surtees	17		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	13		13	P6
7	Richie Ginther	12		11	P7
8	Mike Spence	10		10	P8
9	Bruce McLaren	10		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	9		9	P10
11	Denny Hulme	5		5	P11
12	Jo Siffert	5		5	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Graham Hill instead of Jim Clark.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Graham Hill	63	40	P2
2	Jim Clark	60	54	P1
3	Jackie Stewart	47	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	37	25	P4
5	John Surtees	27	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	23	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	21	10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	18	11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	18	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	16	9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	14	5	P12
12	Denny Hulme	10	5	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	60		54	P1
2	Graham Hill	50	−13	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	44	−3	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	37		25	P4
5	John Surtees	27		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	23		13	P6
7	Mike Spence	21		10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	18		11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	18		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	16		9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	14		5	P12
12	Denny Hulme	10		5	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	151	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	151	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	112	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	90	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	62	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55	10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47	11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41	9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40	5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28	–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	150	−1	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	119	−32	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	104	−8	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	89	−1	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	58	−4	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55		10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47		11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41		9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40		5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28		–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	157	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	154	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	112	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	91	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	62	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55	10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47	11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41	9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40	5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28	–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	155	−2	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	122	−32	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	104	−8	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	90	−1	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	58	−4	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55		10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47		11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41		9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40		5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28		–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	151	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	151	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	112	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	90	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66	17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	62	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55	10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47	11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46	10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41	9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40	5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28	–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Jim Clark	150	−1	54	P1
2	Graham Hill	119	−32	40	P2
3	Jackie Stewart	104	−8	33	P3
4	Dan Gurney	89	−1	25	P4
5	John Surtees	66		17	P5
6	Lorenzo Bandini	58	−4	13	P6
7	Mike Spence	55		10	P8
8	Richie Ginther	47		11	P7
9	Bruce McLaren	46		10	P9
10	Jack Brabham	41		9	P10
11	Jo Siffert	40		5	P12
12	Jo Bonnier	28		–	–

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.