1965 East London Formula 1 Grand Prix
01 January 1965
East London Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | FL | Team | Time | Grid | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Clark | FL | Lotus | 2:06:46.000 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | John Surtees | Ferrari | -00:29.000 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | ▲ 2 | Graham Hill | BRM | -00:31.800 | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mike Spence | Lotus | -00:50.400 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | ▲ 3 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper | -1 lap | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | ▲ 5 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | -2 laps | 11 | 1 | |
| 7 | ▲ 7 | Jo Siffert | Brabham | -2 laps | 14 | ||
| 8 | ▼ 5 | Jack Brabham | Brabham | -4 laps | 3 | ||
| 9 | ▲ 7 | Paul Hawkins | Brabham | -4 laps | 16 | ||
| 10 | ▲ 7 | Piet de Klerk | Alfa Romeo | -6 laps | 17 | ||
| 11 | ▲ 2 | Tony Maggs | Lotus | -8 laps | 13 | ||
| 12 | ▲ 3 | Frank Gardner | Brabham | -10 laps | 15 | ||
| 13 | ▲ 7 | Sam Tingle | LDS | -13 laps | 20 | ||
| 14 | ▲ 5 | David Prophet | Brabham | -14 laps | 19 | ||
| 15 | ▼ 9 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 66 laps | 6 | ||
| 16 | ▼ 4 | Bob Anderson | Brabham | 50 laps | 12 | ||
| 17 | ▼ 10 | Jo Bonnier | Brabham | 41 laps | 7 | ||
| 18 | ▼ 8 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper | 38 laps | 10 | ||
| 19 | ▼ 1 | John Love | Cooper | 19 laps | 18 | ||
| 20 | ▼ 11 | Dan Gurney | Brabham | 10 laps | 9 | ||
| 21 | ▼ 21 | Trevor Blokdyk | Trevor Blokdyk | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 22 | ▼ 22 | Neville Lederle | Scuderia Scribante | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 23 | ▼ 23 | Doug Serrurier | Otelle Nucci | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 24 | ▼ 24 | Brausch Niemann | Ted Lanfear | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 25 | ▼ 25 | Ernie Pietrese | Lawson Organisation | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 26 | ▼ 26 | Dave Charlton | Lotus | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 27 | ▼ 27 | Jackie Pretorius | LDS | DNQ | 0 | ||
| 28 | ▼ 28 | Clive Puzey | Lotus | DNQ | 0 |
Fastest lap Jim Clark : 1:27.600
First and last
| Type | Driver |
|---|---|
| race | Clive Puzey |
First
| Type | Driver | #Future |
|---|---|---|
| race | Dave Charlton | 13 |
| race | Jackie Pretorius | 3 |
| race | Jackie Stewart | 99 |
| race | Paul Hawkins | 2 |
Last
| Type | Driver | #Past |
|---|---|---|
| race | Brausch Niemann | 1 |
| race | David Prophet | 1 |
| race | Doug Serrurier | 2 |
| race | Ernie Pietrese | 2 |
| race | Neville Lederle | 1 |
| race | Tony Maggs | 26 |
| race | Trevor Blokdyk | 1 |
Aniversary
| Type | Driver | #Aniversary | #Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| race | Jack Brabham | 70 | 59 |
| pole | Jim Clark | 20 | 14 |