The 1965 Australian Grand Prix was a race held at the Longford Circuit

Longford Circuit

The Longford Circuit was a temporary motor racing course laid out on public roads at Longford, south-west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia...

 on 1 March 1965. The race had 19 starters.

It was the 30th Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...

, doubled as the seventh and final round of the 1965 Tasman Series

1965 Tasman Series

The 1965 Tasman Series was the second Tasman Series season. It began on 9 January 1965 and ended on 1 March after seven races.-Races:- Standings :...

 and round two of the 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship

Australian Drivers' Championship

The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship which has been contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Since 2005 this category has been Formula...

. Bruce McLaren

Bruce McLaren

Bruce Leslie McLaren , born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor....

 won his second and last AGP. It was the last AGP held at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

. Australian driver Rocky Tresise was killed in a first lap accident which also killed photographer Robin D'Abrera.

Classification

Results as follows:

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time
1	10	Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Bruce Leslie McLaren , born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor....	Bruce McLaren Racing	Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...  T79 / Climax FPF	26	1h 01m 10.9s
2	4	Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name....	Ecurie Vitesse	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	26	1h 01m 14.3s
3	11	Phil Hill Phil Hill Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...	Bruce McLaren Racing	Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...  T70/79 / Climax FPF	26	1h 01m 15.8s
4	1	Graham Hill Graham Hill Norman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He is the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport — the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship.Graham Hill and his son Damon are the only father and son pair both to...	Scuderia Veloce	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	26	1h 01m 18.8s
5	8	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Team Lotus Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...	Lotus 32B Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...  / Climax FPF	26	1h 01m 19.3s
6	6	Bib Stillwell	B.S. Stillwell	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	26	1h 02m 25.1s
7	5	Jim Palmer	George Palmer	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	25
8	7	Frank Gardner Frank Gardner (driver) Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...	Alec Mildren Racing	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	23
9	17	Glynn Scott	Glynn Scott Motors	Lotus 27 Lotus 27 Lotus 27 was a Formula Junior version of the Lotus 25 Formula One car for the 1963 Formula Junior season. All aluminum monocoque with steel bulkheads...  / Ford 1.5	23
10	21	Roly Levis	Roly Levis	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5	22	Accident
11	26	John McDonald	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...  T53 / Climax FPF	22
12	15	Jack Hobden	Louise Hobden	Cooper T51 Cooper T51 The Cooper T51 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1959 Formula One season. The T51 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Jack Brabham drove the car to become the first driver to win the championship with a rear-engined...  / Climax FPF	21
13	18	Mel McEwin	Mel McEwin	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	19
Ret	3	Frank Matich Frank Matich Frank Matich, born 1935, was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 70s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers...	Team Total	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	14	Suspension
Ret	23	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...	Bob Jane Autoland	Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5	4	Gearbox
Ret	20	Lyn Archer	Lyn Archer Motors	Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5	4	Engine
Ret	2	Kerry Grant	Scuderia Veloce	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF	3	Stopped
Ret	12	Rocky Tresise	Ecurie Australie	Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...  T62 / Climax FPF	1	Fatal Accident
DNS	9	Bill Patterson	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper T51 Cooper T51 The Cooper T51 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1959 Formula One season. The T51 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Jack Brabham drove the car to become the first driver to win the championship with a rear-engined...  / Climax FPF
DNS	19	Geoff McLelland	Geoff McLelland	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5
DNS	22	Barry Collerson	Hunter & Delbridge	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5
DNS	25	Les Howard	Howard & Sons	Lotus 27 Lotus 27 Lotus 27 was a Formula Junior version of the Lotus 25 Formula One car for the 1963 Formula Junior season. All aluminum monocoque with steel bulkheads...  / Ford 1.5
DNS	40	David Hallam	David Hallam	Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.1