THE MONACO GRAND PRIX LIBRARY BY ROY HULSBERGEN
30th May - 100 laps of 3.145 km - 314.5 km
Practice: Debut of the Japanese Honda team with two Honda V12 powered engines. People were convinced that Honda would achieve nothing in F1! Jackie Stewart is co-driver of Graham Hill in the B.R.M. and Bandini has a new Ferrari with a 12 cylinder boxer engine, while Surtees has the V8 engine. 17 entries for 16 starting positions. Stewart showed what he was made of by initially setting the fastest qualifying lap, so Hill and Brabham had great difficulty in kicking him back to second starting line. Before the GP there was an opening ceremony featuring Mercedes, Alfa, Maserati, Gordini, Ferrari, Bugatti and Lotus driven by Fangio, Lang, Farina, Chiron, Manzon and Moss. Special guest was Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
Starting Grid
|
3 G. Hill 1’32.5” |
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BRM P261 |
1 J. Brabham 1’32.8” |
|
Brabham BT11 |
4 J. Stewart 1’32.9” |
|
BRM P261 |
17 L. Bandini 1’33.0” |
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Ferrari flat 12 |
18 J. Surtees 1’33.2” |
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Ferrari V8 158 |
15 R. Attwood 1’33.9” |
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Lotus 25 BRM |
7 B. McLaren 1’34.3” |
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Cooper Climax 77 |
2 D. Hulme 1’34.8” |
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Brabham BT7 |
9 R. Anderson 1’35.5” |
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Brabham BT11 |
14 J. Siffert 1’36.0” |
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Brabham BRM BT11 |
11 F. Gardner 1’36.2” |
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Brabham BRM BT11 |
16 M. Hailwood 1’36.5” |
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Lotus 25 BRM |
12 J. Bonnier 1’36.7” |
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Brabham BT7 |
10 P. Hawkins 1’37.0” |
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Lotus 33 Climax |
19 R. Bucknum 1’37.0” |
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Honda RA 272 V12 |
20 R. Ginther 1’39.7” |
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Honda RA 272 V12 |
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Race Report
Both BRM’s pushed away leaving the others in their wake and kept on pulling steadily away. It promised to be a dull race.
But in Monaco nothing is certain. Hill had to skip the chicane for a slow tail ender Bob Anderson, and gets out of his car pushing it back into the track an dlosing at least 30 seconds. McLaren, Hulme, Siffert, Bonnier and Hawkins followed by Bucknum in the Honda.
Brabham takes the lead from Bandini, while Hill had decided to run his own race. Passing his team mate, while Brabham's engine gave up, put him right behind the two Ferraris. Half way Hill took Surtees' place and started the pressure on Bandini, who would not abandon his position for 12 laps to come.
Then finally Hill was back were he was before although it took him several lap records to get there.
In lap 82 his final lap record was set at 1’31.7”. Surtees gave it another try and passed Bandini, but the BRM of Hill was humming away. Surtees ran out of petrol in the last lap and pushed his car over the finish line leaving him 1 lap behind Stewart.
Hawkins in the Lotus took the chicane with such fervors that he ended up in the port, diverting the public’s attention from the unique way Hill won this GP again.
Interview Graham Hill
Race Result
1 Graham Hill (GB) |
2h37’39.6” 119.637 km/h race record |
|
2 L. Bandini (I) |
Ferrari Flat 1512 |
+1’04” |
3 J. Stewart (GB) |
BRM |
+ 1’41.9” |
4 J. Surtees (GB) |
Ferrari V8 |
+ 1 lap |
5 B. McLaren (NZ) |
Cooper Climax |
+ 2 laps |
6 J. Siffert (CH) |
Brabham BRM |
+ 2 laps |
7 J. Bonnier (S) |
Brabham Climax |
+ 3 laps |
8 D. Hulme (NZ) |
Brabham Climax |
+ 8 laps |
9 R. Anderson (GB) |
Brabham Climax |
+ 15 laps |
10 P.Hawkins (GB) |
Lotus 33 |
+ 21 laps |
Fastest lap: G. Hill, lap 82: 1’31.7” (123.647 km/h) lap record
Retired:
R. Ginther |
lap 1: |
drive shaft |
M. Hailwood |
lap 11: |
gearbox |
F. Gardner |
lap 29: |
engine mounting |
R. Bucknum |
lap 33: |
gearchange linkage |
J. Brabham |
lap 43: |
engine |
R. Attwood |
lap 44: |
accident |
P. Hawkins |
lap 80: |
accident |
J.Surtees |
lap 99 |
out of petrol |
World Driver Championship
1965 |
ZA |
MC |
BE |
FR |
GB |
NL |
DE |
IT |
US |
MX |
Total |
Jim Clark |
9 |
|
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
|
|
54 |
Graham Hill |
4 |
9 |
(2) |
(2) |
6 |
(3) |
6 |
6 |
9 |
|
40 |
Jackie Stewart |
(1) |
4 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
9 |
|
|
33 |
Dan Gurney |
|
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
25 |
John Surtees |
6 |
3 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
Lorenzo Bandini |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
13 |
Richie Ginther |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
9 |
11 |
World Constructor Championship
1965 |
ZA |
MC |
BE |
FR |
GB |
NL |
DE |
IT |
US |
MX |
total |
BRM |
5 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
9 |
|
81 |
Lotus |
12 |
|
9 |
9 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
|
|
4 |
64 |
Brabham |
|
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
39 |
Ferrari |
6 |
9 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
30 |
Cooper |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
14 |
Honda |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
11 |
13 |
Walker |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
5 |
NART |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
Parnell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
JWillment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |