The 1965 South African Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 1965 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Prince George Circuit in East London, South Africa on Sunday, 1 January 1965. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1965 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 85 | 2:06:46.000 | 2:06:46.000 | - | - | 1:27.600 | 80 | 157.700 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 85 | +29.000 | 2:07:15.000 | +29.000 | +29.000 | 157.100 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 85 | +31.800 | 2:07:17.800 | +31.800 | +2.800 | 157.000 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 85 | +54.400 | 2:07:40.400 | +54.400 | +22.600 | 156.600 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | 84 | +1 lap | 2:07:13.900 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 155.300 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Jackie Stewart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 83 | +2 laps | 2:07:15.600 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 153.400 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 12 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Brabham BRM | 83 | +2 laps | 2:07:37.600 | 2 laps | +22.000 | 152.900 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 81 | +4 laps | 2:07:26.800 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 149.500 | |||
| 9 | 18 | Paul Hawkins | Australia | Brabham Ford | 81 | +4 laps | 2:07:36.300 | 4 laps | +9.500 | 149.300 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | Peter de Klerk | South Africa | Alfa Romeo | 79 | +6 laps | 2:07:32.100 | 6 laps | 2 laps | 145.700 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Lotus BRM | 77 | +8 laps | 2:07:11.200 | 8 laps | 2 laps | 142.400 | ||||
| 12 | 16 | Frank Gardner | Australia | Brabham BRM | 75 | +10 laps | 2:07:53.000 | 10 laps | 2 laps | 137.900 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | Sam Tingle | Zimbabwe | LDS Alfa Romeo | 73 | +12 laps | 2:07:22.500 | 12 laps | 2 laps | 134.800 | ||||
| 14 | 19 | David Prophet | Great Britain | Brabham Ford | 71 | +14 laps | 2:07:16.300 | 14 laps | 2 laps | 131.200 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Dunlop | 66 | DNF | 19 laps | 5 laps | |||||
| NC | 14 | Bob Anderson | Great Britain | Brabham Climax | 50 | +35 laps | 2:07:35.900 | 92.200 | ||||||
| DNF | 11 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Brabham Climax | 42 | DNF | ||||||||
| DNF | 10 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Cooper Climax | 39 | DNF | ||||||||
| DNF | 17 | John Love | Zimbabwe | Cooper Climax | 20 | DNF | ||||||||
| DNF | 8 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham Climax | Goodyear | 11 | DNF |