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.
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 |