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The Ford GT40 Roadster of Bob Bondurant and John Whitmore speeds through a Sicilian village during the 1965 Targa Florio (picture-above). The pretty roadster did not finish the race though, being eliminated in an accident. The Scuderia Ferrari deployed three of its new prototype-class 3.3L 275P2. Porsche responded with the 904 Bergspyder, an open, lightweight, […]

After impressing in F3 and in F2, Jackie Stewart signed with BRM alongside Graham Hill in 1965 (picture-above), a contract that netted him £4,000. On his World Championship F1 debut in South Africa, he finished sixth and scored one point. His first major victory came in the BRDC International Trophy in the late spring, and […]

Targa Florio 1965. The Scuderia San Stefano-entered Ferrari 250 LM #136 chassis 5891 driven by Antonio Nicodemi and Francesco Lessona passes through a Sicilian village. The Italians will finish the race in 14th position. For this 49th edition of the Targa Florio, the Scuderia Ferrari deployed three of their new prototype-class, 3.3L 275 P2. Porsche […]

The Ferrari 250 LM of Pierre Dumay and Gustave ‘Taf” Gosselin in its pits during the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans seems to have suffered quite a bit in its battle, witness its thorn body work. Nevertheless, this privately P. Dumay-entered yellow (the Belgian national colours) 250LM was reliable and well-driven and finished an […]

The two Hondas of Americans Ronnie Bucknum and Richie Ginther are pushed, in the opposite direction, towards the starting grid of the 1965 Belgian Grand Prix, held on a very day, the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Ginther qualified in an excellent fourth and will finish sixth, while Bucknum is further down the grid in eleventh, but will […]

Graham Hill is breaking hard in his superb BRM P261 at the La Source hairpin during the 1965 Belgian Grand Prix held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit (picture above). The BRM P261, is a Formula One car designed by Tony Rudd for the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, England. The P261 had a relatively long […]

In the middle of the 60’s, two feature movie about car racing were competing: “Grand Prix” directed by John Frankenheimer (produced by the MGM) and “Days of the Champion” (Warner Bros). This second film would never be completed, despite the  start of the shoot in 1965, one year before Grand Prix, by director John Sturges […]

Jim Clark (1936 – 1968) was an exceptional human being. He was a driving genius, a poet at the wheel of a race car, whose personal integrity and admirable human qualities endeared him to fans and rivals alike. Picture above: Jim Clark, Lotus 33, on his way to victory at the 1965 Dutch Grand Prix […]