1965 Italian Grand Prix

1965 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 12 September 1965
Official name XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.750 km (3.573 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 437.000 km (271.539 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:35.9
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:36.4 on lap 46
Podium
First BRM
Second BRM
Third Brabham-Climax
Lap leaders
The race was Jackie Stewart's first win in Formula One.

The 1965 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 12 September 1965. It was race 8 of 10 in both the 1965 World Championship of Drivers and the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Jackie Stewart who took his first Grand Prix victory, whilst driving for the BRM team. His teammate - Graham Hill - finished second after a closely contested race between both the pair and pole-sitter and Jim Clark, who driving for the Lotus-Climax team, had secured the 1965 Drivers' Championship at the previous race. His fuel-pump failure with a handful of laps to go, and also the preceding retirement of Ferrari driver John Surtees, ensured that Dan Gurney of the Brabham-Climax team picked up the final position on the podium.