1965 Tasman Series

The 1965 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula.^[1] The series, which began on 9 January and ended on 1 March after seven races,^[2] was the second Tasman Series.^[1] It was won by Jim Clark, driving Lotus 32B Coventry Climax.^[3]

1965 Tasman Series

Champion
Jim Clark

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Races

The Lotus 32B with which Jim Clark won the 1965 Tasman Series

The series was contested over seven races.^[2]

Round		Race name[3]	Circuit[3]	Date[3]	Winning driver[4]	Winning car[4]	Winning team[4]	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	9 January	Graham Hill	Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5]	Scuderia Veloce	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	16 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	23 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	30 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
Australia	5	Warwick Farm 100	Warwick Farm	14 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Sandown International Cup[6]	Sandown	21 February	Jack Brabham	Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5]	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	7	Australian Grand Prix	Longford	1 March	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T79 Coventry Climax	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[7]	Report

Points system

Points were awarded for the first six positions at each race as shown in the following table.^[2]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Each driver could retain points from the New Zealand Grand Prix, the two best performances in the other three New Zealand races, and from all Australian races.^[2]

Race positions for which points were earned but not retained are shown on the table below within brackets.

Series standings

Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter War San Lon Pts 1 Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Ret 1 1 (1) 1 2 5 35 (44) 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper T79 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[6] Ret (5) 2 2 Ret 4 1 24 (26) 3 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Ecurie Vitesse 2 1 2 21 4 Frank Gardner Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd[6] 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 15 = Phil Hill Cooper T70 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[6] DNS 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 3 15 = Jim Palmer Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax[5] Lesco Racing Team Jim Palmer Motor Racing[6] 3 3 3 (5) 6 5 7 15 (17) 7 Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Scuderia Veloce 1 5 Ret 4 14 8 Kerry Grant Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax[5] Lesco Racing Team Scuderia Veloce 9 12 5 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 = Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Scuderia Veloce Bib Stillwell 4 6 6 5 10 Frank Matich Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax[5] Total Team 3 Ret Ret 4 11 John Riley Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax J Riley[8] 4 9 Ret 9 3 = Rex Flowers Lola Mk 4A Coventry Climax R Flowers[8] 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 13 Roly Levis Repco Brabham BT6 Ford[5] Alec Mildren Racing[8] 13 6 6 (6) 7 7 9 2 (3) 14 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team 6 8 1 — Andy Buchanan Brabham BT6 Ford 7 7 7 Ret 0 — Bruce Abernethy Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Rothmans Driver Promotion Scheme Ret DNS Ret 7 0 — Bill Thomasen Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax 10 Ret 8 8 0 — Red Dawson Cooper T53 Coventry Climax 8 10 Ret 10 0 — Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT6 Ford Molyslip Racing Team 8 Ret 11 0 — Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors 12 8 0 — Wally Mitchell Lotus 20[6] Ford East Burwood Motors Pty Ltd[6] 8 0 — Ken Sager Brabham BT6 Ford J H Sager 9 Ret 0 — Rocky Tresise Cooper T62 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie 9 Ret 0 — Keith Rilstone Elfin Ford Keith Rilstone 9 0 — Peter Gillum Cooper T67 Ford 10 Ret 0 — Greg Cusack Brabham BT10 Ford[9] Greg Cusack 10 0 — Jack Hobden Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd[7] 10 0 — Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford 12 11 0 — Dene Hollier Lotus 20B Ford 11 13 0 — David Walker Brabham BT2 Ford Kurt Keller Motors 11 0 — Mel McEwin Elfin Formula Junior Ford Mel McEwin 11 0 — Bill Stone Cooper T52 Ford 14 0 — Lex Davison Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax[5] Ecurie Australie 15 Ret DNS 0 — Arnold Glass Cooper T55 Coventry Climax Capitol Motors Pty Ltd[6] Ret 0 — Barry Collerson Repco Brabham BT2 Ford[5] Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment[6] Ret 0 — Geoff McClelland Repco Brabham BT2 Ford[5] Geoff McClelland Ret 0 — John McDonald Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Ret Ret 0 — Lyn Archer Elfin Formula Junior Ford Lyn Archer Motors Ret 0 — Bob Jane Elfin Mono Mk 1 Ford Autoland Pty Ltd Ret 0 — Bryan Thomas Lotus 27 Ford DNS 0 Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter War San Lon Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)