1965 Tasman Series

1965 Tasman Series
Champion Jim Clark
Previous:	1964	Next:	1966

The 1965 Tasman Series was the second Tasman Series season. It began on 9 January 1965 and ended on 1 March after seven races.

Results and standings

Races

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	9 January	Graham Hill	Brabham BT11A	Scuderia Veloce	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	16 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B	Team Lotus	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	23 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B	Team Lotus	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	30 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B	Team Lotus	Report
Australia	5	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	14 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Sandown International	Sandown	21 February	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT11A	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	7	Australian Grand Prix	Longford	1 March	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T79	Bruce McLaren Racing	Report

Standings

One score could be dropped from the New Zealand races, however the dropped race could not be the New Zealand Grand Prix. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER WAR SAN LON Pts 1 Jim Clark Ret 1 1 (1) 1 2 5 35 (44) 2 Bruce McLaren Ret (5) 2 2 Ret 4 1 24 (26) 3 Jack Brabham 2 1 2 21 4 Frank Gardner 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 15 5 Phil Hill DNS 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 3 15 6 Jim Palmer 3 3 3 (5) 6 5 7 15 (17) 7 Graham Hill 1 5 Ret 4 14 8 Kerry Grant 9 12 5 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 9 Bib Stillwell 4 6 6 5 10 Frank Matich 3 Ret Ret 4 11 John Riley 4 9 Ret 9 3 12 Rex Flowers 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 13 Roly Levis 13 6 6 (6) 7 7 9 2 (3) 14 Leo Geoghegan 6 8 1 15 Andy Buchanan 7 7 7 Ret 0 16 Bruce Abernethy Ret DNS Ret 7 0 17 Bill Thomasen 10 Ret 8 8 0 18 Red Dawson 8 10 Ret 10 0 19 Graeme Lawrence 8 Ret 11 0 20 Glyn Scott 12 8 0 21 Wally Mitchell 8 0 22 Ken Sager 9 Ret 0 = Rocky Tresise 9 Ret 0 = Keith Rilstone 9 0 25 Peter Gillum 10 Ret 0 = Greg Cusack 10 0 = Jack Hobden 10 0 28 Ken Smith 12 11 0 29 Dene Hollier 11 13 0 30 David Walker 11 0 = Mel McEwin 11 0 32 Bill Stone 14 0 — Lex Davison Ret Ret DNS 0 — Arnold Glass Ret 0 — Barry Collerson Ret 0 — Geoff McClelland Ret 0 — John McDonald Ret Ret 0 — Lyn Archer Ret 0 — Bob Jane Ret 0 — Bryan Thomas DNS 0 Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER WAR SAN LON Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

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