| «1965-01» | South Africa Grand Prix - XI International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa |
| 1965-01-01 | East London - Prince George Circuit - 85 laps × 3.92 km : 333.2 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Jim Clark | Lotus • Climax | 85 | 2:06:46.000 | 157.707 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | John Surtees | Ferrari | 85 | +29.000 | +29.000 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Graham Hill | BRM | 85 | +31.800 | +02.800 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Mike Spence | Lotus • Climax | 85 | +54.400 | +22.600 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | 9 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper • Climax | 84 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 4 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 83 | +2 laps | 1 | |
| 7 | 14 | 12 | Jo Siffert | Brabham • BRM | 83 | +2 laps | ||
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Jack Brabham | Brabham • Climax | 81 | +4 laps | ||
| 9 | 16 | 18 | Paul Hawkins | Brabham • Ford | 81 | +4 laps | ||
| 10 | 17 | 20 | Peter de Klerk | Alfa Special • Alfa Romeo | 79 | +6 laps | ||
| 11 | 13 | 15 | Tony Maggs | Lotus • BRM | 77 | +8 laps | ||
| 12 | 15 | 16 | Frank Gardner | Brabham • BRM | 75 | +10 laps | ||
| 13 | 20 | 25 | Sam Tingle | LDS • Alfa Romeo | 73 | +12 laps | ||
| 14 | 19 | 19 | David Prophet | Brabham • Ford | 71 | +14 laps | ||
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 66 | electrics | ||
| DNC | 12 | 14 | Bob Anderson | Brabham • Climax | 50 | |||
| 7 | 11 | Jo Bonnier | Brabham • Climax | 42 | clutch | |||
| 10 | 10 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper • Climax | 39 | electrics | |||
| 18 | 17 | John Love | Cooper • Climax | 20 | transmission | |||
| 9 | 8 | Dan Gurney | Brabham • Climax | 11 | ignition | |||
| DNQ | 28 | Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper • Ford | |||||
| DNQ | 23 | Neville Lederle | Lotus • Climax | |||||
| DNQ | 21 | Doug Serrurier | LDS • Climax | |||||
| DNQ | 27 | Brausch Niemann | Lotus • Ford | |||||
| DNQ | 22 | Ernie Pieterse | Lotus • Climax | |||||
| DNP | 24 | Clive Puzey | Lotus • Climax | |||||
| DNP | 29 | Jackie Pretorius | LDS • Alfa Romeo | |||||
| DNP | 32 | Dave Charlton | Lotus • Ford | |||||
| WDR | 26 | Ray Reed | Realpha • Alfa Romeo | not present | ||||
| WDR | 30 | Brian Raubenheimer | Lotus • Ford | not present | ||||
| WDR | 31 | Dave Clapham | Cooper • Maserati | not present | ||||
| WDR | 33 | Alex Blignaut | Cooper • Climax | not present | ||||
| WDR | 34 | Dick Attwood | BRM | not present |
Fastest lap - 01:27.600 - 161.096 km/h - Jim Clark (lap 80)