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1965 Race of Champions

1965 Syracuse GP
1967 Race of Champions

I Daily Mail Race of Champions

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List • Penalties
Heat 1		Qualification • Starting Grid • Classification
Heat 2		Starting Grid • Classification
Aggregate		Classification • Fastest Laps

Details

Date

Saturday 13 March 1965

Event

Race of Champions

Circuit

Brands Hatch

Event Format

Two heats each of 40 laps; timings aggregated

Championship

Non-championship

Race number

#2 of 6 in 1965
#368 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

4264.8 m

Race Distance

4264.8 × 80 + 22 = 341.206 km

Grid Format

3-2-3-2

Pole Position

Right

First Corner

Unknown

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Jo Schlesser (Driver),
John Rhodes (Driver),
Rodney Bloor (Driver),
Brabham BT14 (Car Model),

Cooper T77 (Car Model),
Lola T55 (Car Model),
Race of Champions (Event)

Milestones

Car 5 – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Number)
Car 6 – 1st Win (Car Number)
Climax – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Climax – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Jim Clark – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
Great Britain

Lotus – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Lotus – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Mike Spence – 1st Win (Driver)

	Winner	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 6	Car 5
Entrant	-	-
Driver	Mike Spence	Jim Clark
Car	Lotus 33	Lotus 33
Engine	Climax	Climax
Time	2:11'42.0	1'35.4
Speed	155.447 km/h	160.936 km/h