1965 Rand Grand Prix

The 8th Rand Grand Prix was an auto race, run to Formula One-style rules, held on 4 December 1965 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Brabham BT11.

The Formula One rules for 1966 were to dispense with the old 1.5-litre engines in favour of 3-litre engines. The South African Drivers' Championship had already been run to these rules throughout 1965, so this race was the first in which some of the established drivers and teams from the World Championship competed under the new rules, while the local drivers already had experience with them.

Background[]

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 1965 Rand Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jack Brabham	Scuderia Scribante	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
2	Mike Spence	Scuderia Scribante	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	F
2	Jackie Pretorius	Scuderia Scribante	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	F
3	Jo Bonnier	RRC Walker Racing Team	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
4	Jo Siffert	RRC Walker Racing Team	Brabham	BT11	BRM	P56 V8 2.0	D
5	Innes Ireland	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus	25	BRM	P56 V8 2.0	D
6	Paul Hawkins	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus	25	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
7	Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus	20	Ford	LF L4 1.6	D
8	David Prophet	Privateer	Lotus	24	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
9	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
10	John Love	Privateer	Cooper	T79	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
11	Tony Jefferies	John Love	Cooper	T55	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
12	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
14	Sam Tingle	Privateer	LDS	Mk3	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
15	Jackie Pretorius	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
16	Doug Serrurier	Privateer	LDS	Mk3	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
17	Clive Puzey	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Jack Holme	Privateer	LDS	Mk2	Ford	LF L4 1.6	D
19	Brausch Niemann	Ted Lanfear	Lotus	22	Ford	LF L4 1.6	D
20	David Hume	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1965 Rand Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1:30.8	—
2	10	John Love	Cooper-Climax	1:30.9	+0.1
3	12	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Climax	1:32.9	+2.1
4	9	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	1:33.2	+2.4
5	5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	1:33.6	+2.8
6	3	Jo Bonnier	Lotus-Climax	1:34.2	+3.4
7	6	Paul Hawkins	Lotus-Climax	1:34.4	+3.6
8	4	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1:35.9	+5.1
9	14	Sam Tingle	LDS-Climax	1:36.6	+5.8
10	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Climax	1:38.0	+7.2
11	17	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	1:39.1	+8.3
12	2	Jackie Pretorius	Lotus-Climax	1:41.1	+10.3
13	19	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	1:41.7	+10.9
14	18	Jack Holme	LDS-Ford	1:42.1	+11.3
15	11	Tony Jefferies	Cooper-Climax	1:42.3	+11.5
16	8	David Prophet	Lotus-Maserati	1:48.8	+18.0
DNS	7	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford	Engine
WD	2	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	Driven by Pretorius
WD	15	Jackie Pretorius	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Drove another car
WD	20	David Hume	LDS-Climax	Withdrew

Grid[]

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Jack Brabham
	John Love	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Peter de Klerk
	Bob Anderson	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Innes Ireland
	Jo Bonnier	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Paul Hawkins
	Jo Siffert	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Sam Tingle
	Doug Serrurier	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Clive Puzey
	Jackie Pretorius	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Brausch Niemann
	Jack Holme	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Tony Jefferies
	David Prophet	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18
		______________

Race[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1965 Rand Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	50	1:18:11.2	1
2	12	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Climax	50	+5.9	3
3	6	Paul Hawkins	Lotus-Climax	50	+1:23.4	7
4	10	John Love	Cooper-Climax	49	+1 lap	2
5	4	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	49	+1 lap	8
6	5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	49	+1 lap	5
7	14	Sam Tingle	LDS-Climax	49	+1 lap	9
8	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Climax	47	+3 laps	10
9	17	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	46	+4 laps	11
10	11	Tony Jefferies	Cooper-Climax	46	+4 laps	15
11	18	Jack Holme	LDS-Ford	42	+8 laps	14
Ret	9	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	27	Oil pressure	4
Ret	19	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	20	Withdrew	13
Ret	3	Jo Bonnier	Lotus-Climax	17	Radiator	6
Ret	2	Jackie Pretorius	Lotus-Climax	6	Overheating	12
Ret	8	David Prophet	Lotus-Maserati	3	Camshaft	16
DNS	7	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford
WD	2	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax
WD	15	Jackie Pretorius	LDS-Alfa Romeo
WD	20	David Hume	LDS-Climax

Rand Grand Prix
Circuits	Kyalami
Races	1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965