The 1965 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania, Australia on 1 March 1965.Longford Programme, 30th Australian Grand Prix Meeting 1965 – Second Day It was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1965 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 66 It was the 30th Australian Grand Prix.
The race, which had 18 starters, was the seventh and final round of the 1965 Tasman Series and round two of the 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship. It was the last Australian Grand Prix to be held at the Longford Circuit. Bruce McLaren won the race, his second and last Australian Grand Prix victory. Australian driver Rocky Tresise was killed in a second lap accident in which photographer Robin D'Abrera also died.
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PosAustralian Grand Prix, Longford, 1 Mar 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 1 September 2017 No. Driver Entrants CarAll ten "Brabhams" are entered in the Programme as Repco Brabhams Laps Time / Remarks 1 10 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited Cooper T79 / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 10.9s 2 4 Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 14.2s 3 11 Phil Hill Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 15.8s 4 1 Graham Hill Scuderia Veloce Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 18.8s 5 8 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 32B / Climax FPF 26 1h 01m 19.3s 6 6 Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 26 1h 02m 25.0s 7 5 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 25 8 7 Frank Gardner Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 23 9 17 Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 23 10 21 Roly Levis Roly Levis Repco Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 22 Accident 11 9The image of the race start on page 304 of The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix shows McDonald to be driving No 9 rather than No 26 (as indicated at www.oldracingcars.com) John McDonald Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 22 12 15 Jack Hobden Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 21 13 18 Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin Mono Retrieved on 4 June 2012 Ford 1.5 19 Ret 3 Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 14 Suspension Ret 23 Bob Jane Autoland Pty Ltd Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5 4 Transmission Ret 20 Lyn Archer Lyn Archer Motors Elfin Junior / Ford 1.5 4 Engine Ret 2 Kerry Grant Scuderia Veloce Pty Ltd Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 3 Engine Ret 12 Rocky Tresise Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 1 Fatal Accident DNS 9 Bill Patterson Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF DNS 19 Geoff McLelland G.B. McLelland Repco Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 DNS 22 Barry Collerson Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment Repco Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 DNS 25 Les Howard Howard & Sons Racing Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 DNS 40 David Hallam D. J. Hallam Elfin Junior / Ford 1.1
Notes Pole position: Bruce McLaren – 2'20.3Bill Tuckey, Seven days in summer, Australian Motor Racing Annual Number Two, pages 10–17 (The grid was set from lap times recorded in a ten lap qualifying race on the Saturday) Fastest lap: Jack Brabham – 2'18.0 (117.4 mph) – New record
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