The 1965 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 24, 1965. It was race 10 of 10 in both the 1965 World Championship of Drivers and the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Richie Ginther, who took his first and only victory, first for the Honda team and, excluding the Indianapolis 500, first win for the non-European team, after leading for the entire race. The Brabham-Climax of Dan Gurney finished the race second and the Lotus-Climax of Mike Spence completed the podium.

Race report

The Mexican Grand Prix provided a host of new records - the last race of the 1500cc era was the only one of the season not to be won by a British-powered car and also the only race not to be won by a British driver. Honda's testing proved to be of benefit as Jim Clark and Graham Hill dropped out with engine problems and Jackie Stewart retired with clutch problems to leave Dan Gurney as the only challenger to Richie Ginther. Lorenzo Bandini and Pedro Rodríguez collided at the hairpin, leaving Ginther to stroll home for Honda's first, and his only, Grand Prix win. Goodyear also bowed out of Formula One in winning form. Gurney and Mike Spence took the other podium places, with Jo Siffert, Ronnie Bucknum and Richard Attwood completing the points scorers.

Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:56.17—2 8 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:56.24 +0.073 11 Richie Ginther Honda 1:56.48 +0.314 7 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:56.78 +0.615 3 Graham Hill BRM 1:57.06 +0.896 6 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 1:57.22 +1.057 2 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:57.31 +1.148 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 1:57.53 +1.369 18 Moisés Solana Lotus-Climax 1:57.55 +1.3810 12 Ronnie Bucknum Honda 1:57.88 +1.7111 16 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 1:57.94 +1.7712 15 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 1:58.22 +2.0513 24 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:58.93 +2.7614 14 Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1:59.06 +2.8915 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:59.15 +2.9816 10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 1:59.30 +3.1317 21 Richard Attwood Lotus-BRM 2:00.61 +4.4418 22 Bob Bondurant Lotus-BRM 2:00.80 +4.6319 22 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 2:02.36 +6.19 Source:

Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Richie Ginther Honda 65 2:08:32.10 3 9 2 8 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 65 +2.89 secs 2 6 3 6 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 65 +1:00.15 6 4 4 16 Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 65 +1:54.42 11 3 5 12 Ronnie Bucknum Honda 64 +1 Lap 10 2 6 21 Richard Attwood Lotus-BRM 64 +1 Lap 16 1 7 14 Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 62 +3 Laps 13 8 2 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 62 +3 Laps 7 3 Graham Hill BRM 56 Engine 5 18 Moisés Solana Lotus-Climax 55 Ignition 9 15 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 43 Suspension 12 10 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax 39 Ignition 15 7 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 38 Oil Leak 4 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 35 Clutch 8 22 Bob Bondurant Lotus-BRM 29 Suspension 17 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 25 Gearbox 14 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8 Engine 1 22 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM Car given to Bondurant 24 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari Car given to Rodríguez

Notes

This marked Richie Ginther's first and only Grand Prix win. It was the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win and podium for Honda, for a Honda-powered car, and for a Japanese/Asian manufacturer and engine supplier. This was the first race victory for the tyre supplier Goodyear in Formula One.

Final Championship standings Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Jim Clark 54 2 Graham Hill 40 (47) 3 Jackie Stewart 33 (34) 4 Dan Gurney 25 5 John Surtees 17Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Climax 54 (58) 2 BRM 45 (61) 1 3 Brabham-Climax 27 (31) 1 4 Ferrari 26 (27) 5 Cooper-Climax 14Source:

Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only best 6 results counted toward the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points, numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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