South African Grand Prix

Date
Fri 1st January 1965 (UTC)
Fri 1st January 1965 (Local)

Timestamp
1965-01-01T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1965

Round
1

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Location
Prince George Circuit

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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. 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. 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.

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Result Description

1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:27.2
2 John Surtees Ferrari 1:28.1
3 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:28.3
4 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:28.3
5 Graham Hill BRM 1:28.6
6 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:29.3
7 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 1:29.3
8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:29.4
9 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:29.5
10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 1:30.4

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