1965 Sunday Mirror Trophy

The 1st Sunday Mirror Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 April 1965 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25.

1965 Sunday Mirror Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1965 Formula One season
Race details
Date 19 April 1965
Official name I Sunday Mirror Trophy
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.862 km (2.4 miles)
Distance 42 laps, 162.2 km (100.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:19.8
Fastest lap
Drivers United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM
Fastest lap United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:20.4
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second BRM
Third Brabham-Climax

Results edit

Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1   Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 57:33.8 3
2   Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 24.2 s 2
3   Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax + 50.8 s 6
4   Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 41 laps 7
5   Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-Climax 41 laps 10
6   Richard Attwood Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM 41 laps 12
7   John Taylor Gerard Racing Cooper-Climax 40 laps 14
8   John Rhodes Gerard Racing Cooper-Ford 39 laps 17
9   Dan Gurney Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax Oil pressure 8
10   Jackie Stewart Owen Racing Organisation BRM Camshaft 1
11   John Cardwell Robert Ashcroft Racing Brabham-Ford Out of fuel 16
12   Rodney Bloor Sports Motors (Manchester) Brabham-Ford 37 laps 15
DSQ   Jochen Rindt Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Missed chicane 13
Ret   Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-BRM Accident 11
DSQ   Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax Missed chicane 5
Ret   Paul Hawkins DW Racing Enterprises Lotus-Climax Scavenge pump 18
DNS   Mike Spence Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Fuel injection on grid (4)
DNS   Frank Gardner John Willment Automobiles Brabham-BRM Engine (9)
WD   Mike Hailwood Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM Car damaged -

References edit

  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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