1965 South African Grand Prix

1965 South African Grand Prix
1965 South African Grand Prix
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	Jim Clark;
Time	1:27.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark
Time	1:27.6 on lap 80
Podium
First	Jim Clark;
Second	John Surtees;
Third	Graham Hill;
	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

[1] Hayhoe, David (18 June 2019), Formula 1: The Knowledge (2nd ed.), Veloce Publishing Ltd., p. 35, ISBN 9781787112377

[AU6639-2] 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

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