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1965 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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1965 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date 30 May 1965
Official name XXIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 miles)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:32.5
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM
Time 1:31.7 on lap 82
Podium
First BRM
Second Ferrari
Third BRM
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 of Team Lotus did not participate in the Grand Prix. The team instead chose to race in the 1965 Indy 500, held the following day, which Clark won.[1][2] New Zealand driver and future World Champion Denny Hulme made his Formula One World Championship debut at this Grand Prix, finishing eighth.[3]

As of 2024, this race marked the second and most recent time a driver has crashed into the harbour when Paul Hawkins fell in on lap 79. Alberto Ascari first crashed there during his accident at the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix.[4][5]

Background

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After debuting with Brabham at the previous race, Honda also made use of Goodyear rather than Dunlop tires in this race.[6]

Race report

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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. 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.[4]

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 1:32.5
2 1 Australia Jack Brabham BrabhamClimax 1:32.8 +0.3
3 4 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 1:32.9 +0.4
4 17 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:33.0 +0.5
5 18 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 1:33.2 +0.7
6 15 United Kingdom Richard Attwood LotusBRM 1:33.9 +1.4
7 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren CooperClimax 1:34.3 +1.8
8 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme BrabhamClimax 1:34.5 +2.0
9 9 United Kingdom Bob Anderson BrabhamClimax 1:35.5 +3.0
10 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert BrabhamBRM 1:36.0 +3.5
11 11 Australia Frank Gardner BrabhamBRM 1:36.0 +3.5
12 16 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood LotusBRM 1:36.5 +4.0
13 12 Sweden Jo Bonnier BrabhamClimax 1:36.5 +4.0
14 10 Australia Paul Hawkins LotusClimax 1:37.0 +4.5
15 19 United States Ronnie Bucknum Honda 1:37.0 +4.5
16 20 United States Richie Ginther Honda 1:37.5 +5.0
17 8 Austria Jochen Rindt CooperClimax 1:39.7 +7.2
Source:[7][8]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM D 100 2:37:39.6 1 9
2 17 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari D 100 +1:04.0 4 6
3 4 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM D 100 +1:41.9 3 4
4 18 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari D 99 Out of Fuel 5 3
5 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax D 98 +2 Laps 7 2
6 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM D 98 +2 Laps 10 1
7 12 Sweden Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax D 97 +3 Laps 13
8 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax G 92 +8 Laps 8
9 9 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax D 85 +15 Laps 9
10 10 Australia Paul Hawkins Lotus-Climax D 79 Accident 14
Ret 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax G 43 Engine 2
Ret 15 United Kingdom Richard Attwood Lotus-BRM D 43 Wheel 6
Ret 19 United States Ronnie Bucknum Honda G 33 Gearbox 15
Ret 11 Australia Frank Gardner Brabham-BRM D 29 Engine 11
Ret 16 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lotus-BRM D 12 Gearbox 12
Ret 20 United States Richie Ginther Honda G 0 Halfshaft 16
DNQ 8 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax D
Source:[9]

Championship standings after the race

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

References

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  1. ^ Malsher-Lopez, David (7 April 2023). "How Jim Clark's stats still hold up, 55 years on". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ Hughes, Mark (April 1998). "The incredible rise and fall of Team Lotus". Motor Sport. Motor Sport Magazine Ltd. pp. 40–51. ISSN 0027-2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024. Clark and Lotus were the dominant partnership throughout the remainder of the 15-litre formula. In 1965 they won every race they finished, missing a race to pop over the pond and take a win in the Indy 500…
  3. ^ Tate, Andrew (28 May 2016). "Jackie Stewart recalls Paul Hawkins' Monaco Grand Prix dip". Motorsport. The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b Higham, Peter (25 May 2018). "On this day in motor sport – May 25-31". Motor Sport. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  5. ^ "On This Week #21: Alberto Ascari". The Racing Spot. Pirelli. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024. Australian driver Paul Hawkins crashed his Lotus Climax on lap 79 of the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix, managing to escape his car before it sank to the bottom and earning the himself nickname of the 'swimming kangaroo'.
  6. ^ Jenkinson, Denis (7 July 2014). "1965 Monaco Grand Prix race report: Hill fights back". Motor Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. ^ "1965 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying". Motorsport.com. 26 September 2019.
  8. ^ "1965 MONACO GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID". Formula 1. Formula One Group. Retrieved 5 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "1965 MONACO GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT". Formula 1. Formula One Group. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Monaco 1965 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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