Back 1965 Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix Afrikaans جائزة جنوب إفريقيا الكبرى 1965 Arabic 1965 Голяма награда на ЮАР Bulgarian Gran Premi de Sud-àfrica del 1965 Catalan Grand Prix Jihoafrické republiky 1965 Czech Großer Preis von Südafrika 1965 German Anexo:Gran Premio de Sudáfrica de 1965 Spanish جایزه بزرگ آفریقای جنوبی ۱۹۶۵ Persian Etelä-Afrikan Grand Prix 1965 Finnish Grand Prix automobile d'Afrique du Sud 1965 French
| 1965 South African Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 1 January 1965 | ||
| Official name | 11th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa | ||
| Location |
Prince George Circuit East London, South Africa | ||
| Course | Temporary road circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.920 km (2.436 miles) | ||
| Distance | 85 laps, 333.175 km (207.025 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Time | 1:27.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | |
| Time | 1:27.6 on lap 80 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | BRM | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on 1 January 1965. While originally scheduled to be the last race of the 1964 season, it was moved up by a week and thus became race 1 of 10 in the 1965 Formula One season.[1] This scheduling change meant that the cars which were fielded were 1964 season cars, as no one had had the time to develop their 1965 designs as of yet.[2] The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from pole position. John Surtees finished second for the Ferrari team and BRM driver Graham Hill came in third. This was the World Championship debut race of the future world champion Jackie Stewart.
- ^ Hayhoe, David (18 June 2019), Formula 1: The Knowledge (2nd ed.), Veloce Publishing Ltd., p. 35, ISBN 9781787112377
- ^ Hutchinson, P.G.M. (1965), Logoz, Arthur (ed.), "Grand Prix Racing for the World Championship 1965", Auto-Universum 1966 (English Edition), IX, Zürich, Switzerland: Verlag International Automobile Parade: 39