The 8th Rand Grand Prix was a motor 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.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Jack Brabham Scuderia Scribante Brabham-Climax 1.18:11.2 1 2 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Brabham-Climax + 5.9 s 3 3 Paul Hawkins Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-Climax + 1:23.4 s 7 4 John Love John Love Motors Cooper-Climax 49 laps 2 5 Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-BRM 49 laps 8 6 Innes Ireland Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM 49 laps 5 7 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Climax 49 laps 9 8 Doug Serrurier Doug Serrurier LDS-Climax 47 laps 10 9 Clive Puzey Clive Puzey Motors Lotus-Climax 46 laps 11 10 Tony Jefferies John Love Motors Cooper-Climax 46 laps 15 11 Jack Holme Jack Holme LDS-Ford 42 laps 14 Ret Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax Oil pressure 4 Ret Brausch Niemann Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 13 Ret Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax Radiator 6 Ret Jackie Pretorius Scuderia Scribante Lotus-Climax Overheating 12 Ret David Prophet David Prophet (Racing) Lotus-Maserati Camshaft 16 DNS Dave Charlton Ecurie Tomahawk Lotus-Ford Engine in practice - DNS David Hume Team Valencia LDS-Climax - WD Mike Spence Scuderia Scribante Lotus-Climax -
Jackie Pretorius was also entered under his own name to drive an LDS-Alfa Romeo but did not race this car.
References Race results at the F2 Register