1965 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1965 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date30 May 1965
Official nameXXIII Grand Prix de Monaco
LocationCircuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo
CourseTemporary street circuit
Course length3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 miles)
Pole position
DriverBRM
Time1:32.5
Fastest lap
DriverUnited Kingdom Graham HillBRM
Time1:31.7 on lap 82
Podium
FirstBRM
SecondFerrari
ThirdBRM
Lap leaders

The 1965 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 30 May 1965. It was race 2 of 10 in both the 1965 World Championship of Drivers and the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers, albeit held almost five months after the first race of the season. The 100-lap race was won by BRM driver Graham Hill from pole position. Lorenzo Bandini finished second for the Ferrari team and Hill's teammate Jackie Stewart came in third.

Jim Clark, Dan Gurney and Mike Spence did not participate in this race, since Team Lotus chose to race in the 1965 Indy 500, held the following day and won by Clark.[1] As of 2023, this is the second and last time a driver has crashed into the harbour, with Paul Hawkins falling in on lap 79, after the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix accident of Alberto Ascari.

Race report edit

Hill and Stewart, both in BRMs, led the race from the start. Both spun, Hill after the car in front of him sprayed the track with parts, and Bandini took over the lead. Brabham, using the new, 32-valve Coventry Climax FWMV Mark 7 engine, overtook Bandini until the new engine blew up on the 43rd lap. Ferrari was now in first and second, with Bandini using the flat-twelve design (Ferrari 1512) while Surtees had opted for the V8-engined Ferrari 158. Hill, however, had stayed in the race and was steadily closing in. During the chase, the lap record was beaten several times.[1] On lap 65, Hill had gotten past both Ferraris and went on to build up a sizable lead, eventually winning by over a minute. Surtees ran out of petrol on the last lap, allowing Stewart to pip him for third place, with McLaren and Siffert rounding out the points-paying positions. After debuting with Brabham at the previous race, Honda also made use of Goodyear rather than Dunlop tires in this race.[1]

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
13 Graham HillBRM1:32.5
21 Jack BrabhamBrabhamClimax1:32.8+0.3
34 Jackie StewartBRM1:32.9+0.4
417 Lorenzo BandiniFerrari1:33.0+0.5
518 John SurteesFerrari1:33.2+0.7
615 Richard AttwoodLotusBRM1:33.9+1.4
77 Bruce McLarenCooperClimax1:34.3+1.8
82 Denny HulmeBrabhamClimax1:34.5+2.0
99 Bob AndersonBrabhamClimax1:35.5+3.0
1014 Jo SiffertBrabhamBRM1:36.0+3.5
1111 Frank GardnerBrabhamBRM1:36.0+3.5
1216 Mike HailwoodLotusBRM1:36.5+4.0
1312 Jo BonnierBrabhamClimax1:36.5+4.0
1410 Paul HawkinsLotusClimax1:37.0+4.5
1519 Ronnie BucknumHonda1:37.0+4.5
1620 Richie GintherHonda1:37.5+5.0
178 Jochen RindtCooperClimax1:39.7+7.2
Source:[2]

Race edit

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Graham HillBRMD1002:37:39.619
217 Lorenzo BandiniFerrariD100+1:04.046
34 Jackie StewartBRMD100+1:41.934
418 John SurteesFerrariD99Out of Fuel53
57 Bruce McLarenCooper-ClimaxD98+2 Laps72
614 Jo SiffertBrabham-BRMD98+2 Laps101
712 Jo BonnierBrabham-ClimaxD97+3 Laps13
82 Denny HulmeBrabham-ClimaxG92+8 Laps8
99 Bob AndersonBrabham-ClimaxD85+15 Laps9
1010 Paul HawkinsLotus-ClimaxD79Accident14
Ret1 Jack BrabhamBrabham-ClimaxG43Engine2
Ret15 Richard AttwoodLotus-BRMD43Wheel6
Ret19 Ronnie BucknumHondaG33Gearbox15
Ret11 Frank GardnerBrabham-BRMD29Engine11
Ret16 Mike HailwoodLotus-BRMD12Gearbox12
Ret20 Richie GintherHondaG0Halfshaft16
DNQ8 Jochen RindtCooper-ClimaxD
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race edit

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit


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