The 1st Race of Champions was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 13 March 1965 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over two heats of 40 laps of the circuit, and was won overall by Mike Spence in a Lotus 33.
The first heat was won by Jim Clark, with Dan Gurney second, and Spence in third place. However, both Clark and Gurney retired from the second heat, which Spence won from Jo Bonnier and Frank Gardner. Jackie Stewart finished seventh in the first heat and fourth in the second, to take second overall.
Results Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid Heat 1 / 2 1 Mike Spence Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 2.11:42.0 3 3rd / 1st 2 Jackie Stewart Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 59.4 s 6 7th / 4th 3 Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-Climax 79 laps 4 8th / 2nd 4 Frank Gardner John Willment Automobiles Brabham-BRM 79 laps 15 9th / 3rd 5 Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 79 laps 10 12th / 5th 6 Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-BRM 79 laps 12 11th / 6th 7 Jochen Rindt Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 78 laps 9 13th / 7th 8 John Taylor Gerard Racing Cooper-Climax 77 laps 17 14th / 8th 9 Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Brabham-BRM 75 laps 16 15th / 9th 10 Paul Hawkins DW Racing Enterprises Lotus-Climax 37 laps - DNS / 10th 11 John Rhodes Gerard Racing Cooper-Ford 31 laps - DNS / 11th Ret Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax Oil leak 5 4th / Ret Ret Richard Attwood Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM Water hose 11 10th / Ret Ret Rodney Bloor Sports Motors (Manchester) Brabham-Ford Steering - DNS / Ret Ret Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM Overheating 2 5th / Ret Ret Dan Gurney Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax Ignition 13 2nd / Ret Ret Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Accident 1 1st / Ret Ret Mike Hailwood Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM Accident (both heats) 14 Ret / Ret Ret John Surtees SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari Fuel injection 7 6th / Ret Ret Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax Accident (H1) / Throttle (H2) 8 Ret / Ret DSQ Ludovico Scarfiotti Scuderia Centro Sud BRM Push start 18 DSQ / - DSQ Jo Schlesser John Willment Automobiles Brabham-Ford Outside assistance 20 DSQ / - Ret Masten Gregory Scuderia Centro Sud BRM Driveshaft 19 Ret / - DNS Alan Rees John Willment Automobiles Brabham-Ford - - WD Lorenzo Bandini SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari - - WD Alan Rees Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham-Ford Car not ready - - Bloor, Hawkins and Rhodes were reserves for the first heat and did not take part. All three started the second heat after the disqualifications of Scarfiotti and Schlesser, and Gregory's mechanical problems prevented him from continuing.
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