The 1965 French Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1965 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Charade circuit in France on Sunday, 27 June 1965. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1965 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 40 | 2:14:38.400 | 2:14:38.400 | - | - | 3:18.900 | 34 | 143.582 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 40 | +26.300 | 2:15:04.700 | +26.300 | +26.300 | 3:20.600 | 31 | 143.116 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 40 | +153.500 | 2:17:11.900 | +2:33.500 | +2:07.200 | 3:22.400 | 11 | 140.905 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 40 | +173.100 | 2:17:31.500 | +2:53.100 | +19.600 | 3:23.100 | 30 | 140.570 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 39 | +1 lap | 2:15:04.700 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 3:21.300 | 38 | 139.539 | 2 |
| 6 | 36 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Brabham BRM | 39 | +1 lap | 2:15:28.700 | 1 lap | +24.000 | 3:23.300 | 32 | 139.127 | 1 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 39 | +1 lap | 2:16:35.800 | 1 lap | +1:07.100 | 3:25.700 | 21 | 137.987 | |
| 8 | 4 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Dunlop | 36 | DNF | 2:04:14.900 | 4 laps | 3 laps | 3:22.100 | 34 | 140.032 | |
| 9 | 30 | Bob Anderson | Great Britain | Brabham Climax | 34 | DNF | 2:00:48.500 | 6 laps | 2 laps | 3:29.900 | 32 | 136.018 | ||
| DNF | 18 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | 23 | DNF | 1:21:31.700 | 3:27.600 | 6 | 136.344 | ||||
| DNF | 34 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Brabham Climax | 21 | DNF | 1:51:06.300 | 3:25.400 | 16 | 91.348 | ||||
| DNF | 24 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Lotus BRM | 20 | DNF | 1:13:07.700 | 3:27.500 | 3 | 132.178 | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | 18 | DNF | 1:05:49.400 | 3:33.400 | 13 | 132.162 | ||||
| DNF | 14 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 16 | DNF | 57:46.400 | 3:20.900 | 15 | 133.847 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Richie Ginther | United States | Honda | 9 | DNF | 38:02.500 | 3:27.600 | 2 | 114.340 | ||||
| DNF | 28 | Ronnie Bucknum | United States | Honda | 4 | DNF | 14:47.000 | 3:32.400 | 3 | 130.768 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Cooper Climax | 3 | DNF | 10:33.300 | 3:26.700 | 3 | 137.366 |