1965 World Sportscar Championship

The 1965 World Sportscar Championship season was the 13th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers and the 1965 International Trophy for GT Prototypes.[1] The season ran from 28 February 1965 to 19 September 1965 and comprised 20 races.

1965 World Sportscar Championship
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A Shelby Cobra Daytona competing in the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers

The International Championship for GT Manufacturers was contested by Grand Touring Cars in three engine capacity divisions. The Over 2000cc division was won by Shelby ahead of Ferrari, while Porsche prevailed in the 2000cc division and Abarth-Simca took the 1300cc division. The International Trophy for GT Prototypes was won by Ferrari, ahead of Porsche and Ford.

Schedule

Although composed of 20 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Rnd Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date
1 Continental 2000 km of Daytona Daytona International Speedway Both 28 February
2 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Both 27 March
3 Gran Premio Shell Coppa Bologna Autodromo Dino Ferrari GT 11 April
4 Coppa Inter-Europa Autodromo Nazionale Monza GT 25 April
5 1000km Monza Both
6 RAC Senior Service Tourist Trophy Oulton Park Both 1 May
7 Targa Florio Palermo Both 9 May
8 500km of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Both 16 May
9 Intl. ADAC 1000 Kilometres Rennen Nürburgring Nürburgring Both 23 May
10 Mugello 500 km Mugello Circuit GT 6 June
11 Internationales Alpen-Bergpreiss Rossfeld GT 13 June
12 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Both 19 June
20 June
13 12 Hours of Reims Reims-Gueux Both 4 July
14 Corsa della Mendola Bolzano GT 4 July
15 Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland Schauinsland GT 8 August
16 Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa GT 15 August
17 Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz Villars GT 29 August
18 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring GT 5 September
19 Double 500 km Bridgehampton GT2.0 19 September
20 Both

Results

Race results
Date Round Circuit/Location Winning driver(s) Winning team Winning car
28/02 Rd. 1 Daytona Ken Miles
Lloyd Ruby		 Shelby American Ford GT [2]
27/03 Rd. 2 Sebring Jim Hall
Hap Sharp		 Chaparral Cars Chaparral-Chevrolet 2A
11/04 Rd. 3 Imola Herbert Demetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
25/04 Rd. 4 Monza Klaus Steinmetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
25/04 Rd. 5 Monza Mike Parkes
Jean Guichet		 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275 P2
01/05 Rd. 6 Oulton Park Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Brabham-Climax BT8
09/05 Rd. 7 Targa Florio Nino Vaccarella
Lorenzo Bandini		 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275 P2
16/05 Rd. 8 Spa-Francorchamps Willy Mairesse Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 LM
23/05 Rd. 9 Nürburgring John Surtees
Ludovico Scarfiotti		 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 P2
06/06 Rd. 10 Mugello Mario Casoni
Antonio Nicodemi		 Montegrappa Ferrari 250 LM
13/06 Rd. 11 Rossfeld Gerhard Mitter Porsche System Porsche 908/4 Bergspyder
19-20/06 Rd. 12 Le Mans Jochen Rindt
Masten Gregory
Ed Hugus		 North American Racing Team Ferrari 250 LM
04/07 Rd. 13 Reims Pedro Rodríguez
Jean Guichet		 North American Racing Team Ferrari 365 P2
04/07 Rd. 14 Bolzano Herbert Demetz Abarth Abarth-Simca 2000 GT
08/08 Rd. 15 Schauinsland Ludovico Scarfiotti SpA Ferrari SEFAC Dino 206 SP
15/08 Rd. 16 Enna-Pergusa Mario Casoni Mario Casoni Ferrari 250 LM
29/08 Rd. 17 Ollon-Villars Ludovico Scarfiotti Scuderia Sant Ambroeus Dino 206 SP
05/09 Rd. 18 Nürburgring Lucien Bianchi
Mauro Bianchi		 Automobiles Alpine Alpine-Renault M65
19/09 Rd. 19 Bridgehampton Herb Wetanson Wetson’s Drive-Ins Porsche 904 GTS
19/09 Rd. 20 Bridgehampton Hap Sharp Chaparral Cars Chaparral-Chevrolet 2A
Source:[3]

International Championship for GT Manufacturers
Position Manufacturer Points [4]
Division 1 : 1300cc
1 Abarth-Simca 67.5
2 MG 41.5
3 Fiat-Abarth 26.7
4 Alfa Romeo 14.2
5 Alpine 9.7
6 Triumph 9.6
7 Lancia 4.0
Austin 4.0
9 Lotus 1.0
Marcos 1.0
Division 2 : 2000cc
1 Porsche 96.3
2 Alfa Romeo 45.2
3 MG 19.8
4 Triumph 8.0
5 Abarth-Simca 7.0
6 Lotus 5.8
7 Volvo 3.9
Division 3 : Over 2000cc
1 Shelby 90.0
2 Ferrari 71.3
3 Austin-Healey 8.1
4 Jaguar 7.2
5 Chevrolet 2.6
6 Sunbeam 1.6

International Trophy for GT Prototypes
Position Manufacturer Points [4]
1 Ferrari 58.5
2 Porsche 30.4
3 Ford 19.6
4 Iso 3.9

References
  1. Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222
  2. Entries for the fourth annual Daytona Continental, 1965 Daytona Speedweeks Program No 2, 15-28 February 1965, www.racingsportscars.com Retrieved 8 June 2015
  3. "World Sportscar Championship (page 2) - Championships". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  4. János L Wimpffen, Time And Two Seats, 1999, Page 611
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