The 1965 German Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1965 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 1 August 1965. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1965 Drivers’ Championship and Clark won the title for the second and last time.
1965 German Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 15 | 2:07:52.400 | 2:07:52.400 | - | - | 8:24.100 | 10 | 160.541 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 15 | +15.900 | 2:08:08.300 | +15.900 | +15.900 | 8:27.400 | 2 | 160.209 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 15 | +21.400 | 2:08:13.800 | +21.400 | +5.500 | 8:26.300 | 15 | 160.095 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Cooper Climax | 15 | +209.600 | 2:11:22.000 | +3:29.600 | +3:08.200 | 8:41.300 | 8 | 156.272 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 15 | +281.200 | 2:12:33.600 | +4:41.200 | +1:11.600 | 8:39.000 | 3 | 154.865 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Dunlop | 15 | +308.600 | 2:13:01.000 | +5:08.600 | +27.400 | 8:41.400 | 15 | 154.334 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Brabham Climax | 15 | +358.500 | 2:13:50.900 | +5:58.500 | +49.900 | 8:42.800 | 2 | 153.375 | ||
| 8 | 24 | Masten Gregory | United States | BRM | 14 | +1 lap | 2:09:50.000 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 9:10.600 | 10 | 147.576 | ||
| DNF | 7 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 11 | DNF | 1:58:51.000 | 8:27.100 | 8 | 126.668 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Brabham BRM | 9 | DNF | 1:18:38.300 | 8:36.600 | 8 | 156.633 | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 8 | DNF | 1:10:12.300 | 8:40.900 | 3 | 155.954 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Gerhard Mitter | Germany | Lotus Climax | 8 | DNF | 1:11:14.800 | 8:43.600 | 6 | 153.674 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | 7 | DNF | 1:02:24.100 | 8:38.400 | 2 | 153.524 | ||||
| DNF | 20 | Richard Attwood | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | 7 | DNF | 1:15:09.200 | 9:06.800 | 6 | 127.475 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 5 | DNF | 44:20.600 | 8:42.100 | 3 | 154.318 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Paul Hawkins | Australia | Lotus Climax | 3 | DNF | 28:59.900 | 9:33.500 | 2 | 141.587 | ||||
| DNF | 19 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Lotus BRM | 3 | DNF | 58:22.000 | 8:55.900 | 2 | 70.344 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 2 | DNF | 17:30.600 | 8:39.900 | 1 | 156.322 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Frank Gardner | Australia | Brabham BRM | DNF | |||||||||
| DNS | 18 | Bob Anderson | Great Britain | DNS |