1965 Mexican Grand Prix

  1965 Mexican Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 10 in the 1965 Formula One season
Date	October 24, 1965
Official name	IV Gran Premio de Mexico
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.000 km (3.107 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:56.17
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
Time	1:55.84 on lap 57
Podium
First	Richie Ginther	Honda
Second	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
Third	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax

The 1965 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mexico City on October 24, 1965. The race, which was the tenth and final round of the 1965 Formula One season, was won by Richie Ginther who took his first victory and the first for the Honda team. after leading for the entire race. The Brabham-Climax of Dan Gurney finished the race second and the Lotus-Climax of Mike Spence completed the podium.

Race report

The Mexican Grand Prix provided a host of new records - the last race of the 1500cc era was the only one of the season not to be won by a British-powered car and also the only race not to be won by a British driver. Honda's testing proved to be of benefit as Jim Clark and Graham Hill dropped out with engine problems and Jackie Stewart retired with clutch problems to leave Dan Gurney as the only challenger to Richie Ginther. Lorenzo Bandini and Pedro Rodríguez collided at the hairpin, leaving Ginther to stroll home for his only, and Honda's first Grand Prix win. Goodyear also bowed out of Formula One in winning form. Gurney and Mike Spence took the other podium places, with Jo Siffert, Ronnie Bucknum and Richard Attwood completing the points scorers.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Richie Ginther	Honda	65	2:08:32.10	3	9
2	8	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	65	+2.89 secs	2	6
3	6	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	65	+1:00.15	6	4
4	16	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	65	+1:54.42	11	3
5	12	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	64	+1 Lap	10	2
6	21	Richard Attwood	Lotus-BRM	64	+1 Lap	17	1
7	14	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	62	+3 Laps	14
8	2	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	62	+3 Laps	7
Ret	3	Graham Hill	BRM	56	Engine	5
Ret	18	Moisés Solana	Lotus-Climax	55	Ignition	9
Ret	15	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	43	Suspension	12
Ret	10	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Climax	39	Ignition	15
Ret	7	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	38	Oil Leak	4
Ret	4	Jackie Stewart	BRM	35	Clutch	8
Ret	22	Bob Bondurant	Lotus-BRM	29	Suspension	17
Ret	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	25	Gearbox	14
Ret	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	8	Engine	1
DNS	22	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM		Car given to Bondurant
DNS	24	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari		Car given to Rodríguez

Notes

• Lap Leaders: Richie Ginther 65 laps (1-65).
• Career Firsts: Richie Ginther (win); Ronnie Bucknum (points); Mike Spence (podium). This is the only time each of these three drivers would achieve these feats.
• First win for Honda and Goodyear in Formula One.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jim Clark 54 2 Graham Hill 40 (47) 3 Jackie Stewart 33 (34) 4 Dan Gurney 25 5 John Surtees 17

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Climax 54 (58) 2 BRM 45 (61) 1 3 Brabham-Climax 27 (31) 1 4 Ferrari 26 (27) 5 Cooper-Climax 14

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-15.