The 1965 World Sportscar Championship season was the 13th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers and the 1965 International Trophy for GT Prototypes.Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222 The season ran from 28 February 1965 to 19 September 1965 and comprised 20 races.
The International Championship for GT Manufacturers was contested by Grand Touring Cars in three engine capacity divisions. The Over 2000cc division was won by Shelby ahead of Ferrari, while Porsche prevailed in the 2000cc division and Abarth-Simca took the 1300cc division. The International Trophy for GT Prototypes was won by Ferrari, ahead of Porsche and Ford.
Schedule
Although composed of 20 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date 1 Continental 2000 km of Daytona Daytona International Speedway Both 28 February 2 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Both 27 March 3 Gran Premio Shell Coppa Bologna Autodromo Dino Ferrari GT 11 April 4 Coppa Inter-Europa Autodromo Nazionale Monza GT 25 April 5 1000km Monza Both 6 RAC Senior Service Tourist Trophy Oulton Park Both 1 May 7 Targa Florio Circuito delle Madonie Both 9 May 8 500km of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Both 16 May 9 Intl. ADAC 1000 Kilometres Rennen Nürburgring Nürburgring Both 23 May 10 Mugello 500 km Mugello Circuit GT 6 June 11 Internationaler Alpen-Bergpreis Rossfeld road in Berchtesgaden Alps GT 13 June 12 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Both 19 June20 June 13 12 Hours of Reims Reims-Gueux Both 4 July 14 Corsa della Mendola Bolzano GT 4 July 15 Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland Schauinsland GT 8 August 16 Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa GT 15 August 17 Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz Villars GT 29 August 18 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring GT 5 September 19 Double 500 km Bridgehampton GT2.0 19 September 20 Both
Results
Race results
Date Round Circuit/Location Winning driver(s) Winning team Winning car 28/02 Rd. 1 Daytona Ken Miles Lloyd Ruby Shelby American Ford GTEntries for the fourth annual Daytona Continental, 1965 Daytona Speedweeks Program No 2, 15-28 February 1965, www.racingsportscars.com Retrieved 8 June 2015 27/03 Rd. 2 Sebring Jim Hall Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Chaparral-Chevrolet 2A 11/04 Rd. 3 Imola Herbert Demetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 25/04 Rd. 4 Monza Klaus Steinmetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 25/04 Rd. 5 Monza Mike Parkes Jean Guichet SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275 P2 01/05 Rd. 6 Oulton Park Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Brabham-Climax BT8 09/05 Rd. 7 Targa Florio Nino Vaccarella Lorenzo Bandini SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275 P2 16/05 Rd. 8 Spa-Francorchamps Willy Mairesse Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 LM 23/05 Rd. 9 Nürburgring John Surtees Ludovico Scarfiotti SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 P2 06/06 Rd. 10 Mugello Mario Casoni Antonio Nicodemi Montegrappa Ferrari 250 LM 13/06 Rd. 11 Rossfeld Gerhard Mitter Porsche System Porsche 908/4 Bergspyder 19-20/06 Rd. 12 Le Mans Jochen Rindt Masten Gregory Ed Hugus North American Racing Team Ferrari 250 LM 04/07 Rd. 13 Reims Pedro Rodríguez Jean Guichet North American Racing Team Ferrari 365 P2 04/07 Rd. 14 Bolzano Herbert Demetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 2000 GT 08/08 Rd. 15 Schauinsland Ludovico Scarfiotti SpA Ferrari SEFAC Dino 206 SP 15/08 Rd. 16 Enna-Pergusa Mario Casoni Mario Casoni Ferrari 250 LM 29/08 Rd. 17 Ollon-Villars Ludovico Scarfiotti Scuderia Sant Ambroeus Dino 206 SP 05/09 Rd. 18 Nürburgring Lucien Bianchi Mauro Bianchi Automobiles Alpine Alpine-Renault M65 19/09 Rd. 19 Bridgehampton Herb Wetanson Wetson’s Drive-Ins Porsche 904 GTS 19/09 Rd. 20 Bridgehampton Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Chaparral-Chevrolet 2A Source:
International Championship for GT Manufacturers
Position Manufacturer Points János L Wimpffen, Time And Two Seats, 1999, Page 611 Division 1 : 1300cc 1 Abarth-Simca 67.5 2 MG 41.5 3 Fiat-Abarth 26.7 4 Alfa Romeo 14.2 5 Alpine 9.7 6 Triumph 9.6 7 Lancia 4.0 Austin 4.0 9 Lotus 1.0 Marcos 1.0 Division 2 : 2000cc 1 Porsche 96.3 2 Alfa Romeo 45.2 3 MG 19.8 4 Triumph 8.0 5 Abarth-Simca 7.0 6 Lotus 5.8 7 Volvo 3.9 Division 3 : Over 2000cc 1 Shelby 90.0 2 Ferrari 71.3 3 Austin-Healey 8.1 4 Jaguar 7.2 5 Chevrolet 2.6 6 Sunbeam 1.6
International Trophy for GT Prototypes
Position Manufacturer Points 1 Ferrari 58.5 2 Porsche 30.4 3 Ford 19.6 4 Iso 3.9
References
External links 1965 World Sportscar Championship events 1965 World Sportscar Championship tables Images from the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 31 May 2009