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1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 17th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 21 March, with United States Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on October, 24.

Season summary

Mike Hailwood easily claimed his fourth successive 500 class crown for MV Agusta, although he was beginning to show his disenchantment with the autocratic Count Agusta by accepting a 250 class ride from Honda. Newcomer Giacomo Agostini riding for MV Agusta would battle Honda's reigning champion Jim Redman for the 350 title. The outcome wouldn't be decided until the final race of the year in Japan, when Agostini's MV Agusta suffered a mechanical failure, handing the championship to Redman.

The Yamaha duo of Phil Read and Michelle Duff finished first and second in the 250 class, as Honda's Redman battled early season injuries. Hugh Anderson won six races to claim his second 125 championship for Suzuki while Honda's Ralph Bryans took the 50cc crown ahead of his Honda teammate Luigi Taveri.

1965 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
21 March	USA United States Grand Prix	Daytona Speedway	FRG Ernst Degner	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read		GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
25 April	FRG West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring Sudschleife	NIR Ralph Bryans	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read	ITA Giacomo Agostini	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
9 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	NZL Hugh Anderson	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read			DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
15 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts	NIR Ralph Bryans	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Phil Read			CHE Camathias / Ducret	Report
14 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
26 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	NIR Ralph Bryans	CAN Michelle Duff	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
4 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	FRG Ernst Degner		RHO Jim Redman		GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
18 July	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		GBR Frank Perris	RHO Jim Redman	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
25 July	CSK Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Masaryk Circuit		GBR Frank Perris	GBR Phil Read	RHO Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
7 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		FRG Ernst Degner	GBR Phil Read	CSK Frantisek Stastny	NIR Dick Creith		Report
22 August	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Imatra Circuit		NZL Hugh Anderson	CAN Michelle Duff	ITA Giacomo Agostini	ITA Giacomo Agostini		Report
5 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza		NZL Hugh Anderson	ITA Tarquinio Provini	ITA Giacomo Agostini	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
24 October	JPN Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	CHE Luigi Taveri	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood			Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 50cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of four races were counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Bike	USA
USA	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	TCH
TCH	ULS
NIR	FIN
FIN	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	=	=	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	=	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	=	34	=	36	37	=	=	40	41	42	43	44	=	=	47	48	=	=	=	=	53	54	55	56	57	=	=	60	61	=	63	=	=	=	=	68	=	=	71	72	=	74	=	76	77	=	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	USA
USA	GER
DEU	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	CZE
CZE	ULS
Ulster	FIN
FIN	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	48 (64)
ITA Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta		2	Ret	2	2	2	2		1	2	38 (44)
ZAF Paddy Driver	Matchless	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	3	4	2	2		26
GBR Fred Stevens	Matchless					5	5	5	5	3	4	15
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton		Ret	9	5	9	4	3				9
NIR Dick Creith	Norton								1			8
AUS Jack Findlay	Matchless		4	10	11	12	11	9	4	5	8	8
GBR Joe Dunphy	Norton			2			Ret		Ret			6
USA Buddy Parriott	Norton	2										6
CZE Frantisek Stastny	Jawa							6		8	3	5
GBR Chris Conn	Norton			Ret	7	7			3			4
GBR Derek Minter	Norton			Ret	Ret	3						4
CAN Roger Beaumont	Norton	3										4
CAN Michelle Duff	Matchless			3								4
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton		3									4
ZAF Ian Burne	Norton		Ret	4	Ret	8	6	10		Ret	10	4
GBR John Cooper	RD Norton			Ret	4	Ret			Ret			3
FIN Jouko Ryhänen	Matchless						Ret			4		3
CAN Kenneth King	Norton	4										3
AUT Edy Lenz	Norton		5	Ret	Ret		9	Ret			7	2
Wales Selwyn Griffiths	Matchless			5					9			2
USA Ed LaBelle	Norton	5										2
ITA Giuseppe Mandolini	Moto Guzzi										5	2
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Matchless		Ret	8	Ret	6				Ret	6	2
GBR Lewis Young	Matchless		7		14	Ret	8	Ret		6		1
GBR Dan Shorey	Norton		Ret	18	6	10	10	7	10		12	1
NIR Billy McCosh	Matchless			6					8			1
GBR Billie Nelson	Norton		6	12	Ret							1
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton				Ret				6			1
CAN David Lloyd	Norton	6										1
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton			Ret			Ret	Ret		7		0
CZE Gustav Havel	Jawa							Ret	7	Ret		0
AUS Malcolm Stanton	Norton			Ret			7		Ret			0
GBR Alan Dugalde	Norton			7								0
USA Fred Simone	BMW	7										0
AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Norton				9			8			9	0
DEU Karl Hoppe	Matchless				8							0
USA Al Johnson	BMW	8										0
DEU Hans-Jürgen Melcher	Norton		8									0
GBR Roy Robinson	Norton						14	11		9		0
DEU Hans-Otto Butenuth	BMW		9	16								0
USA Ray Dey	Norton	9										0
GBR Syd Mizen	Matchless			Ret	10	Ret						0
USA Wester Cooley	Norton	10										0
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Matchless									10		0
DEU Hans Schmidt	BMW		10									0
GBR Griff Jenkins	Lancefield Norton			Ret					Ret		11	0
GBR Dave Croxford	Matchless			11								0
USA Carl Eshoo	Triumph	11										0
DEU Manfred Gäckle	Norton		11									0
FIN Pentti Lehtelä	Norton									11		0
NIR Ian McGregor	Norton								11			0
GBR Derek Lee	Matchless		Ret	15			16	12		13		0
FRA Philippe Canoui	Norton / Matchless						15			12	Ret	0
SWE Bo Granath	Matchless			Ret		Ret	12			Ret		0
GBR Stuart Graham	Matchless			Ret	12	Ret						0
DEU Bernhard Bockelmann	Norton		12									0
USA Bruce Carter	BSA	12										0
GBR Ron Wilson	Norton								12			0
CHE Ernst Weiss	Norton		14				Ret	13				0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton			Ret	13							0
RHO Gordon Keith	Norton			13					Ret			0
SWE Billy Andersson	AJS						13					0
ITA Giuseppe Dardanello	Norton										13	0
USA Stan Friduss	Norton	13										0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton								13			0
DEU Siegfried Springenberg	Horex		13									0
NIR Davy Crawford	Norton								14			0
POL Jan Hennek	Norton							14				0
GBR Tony Wilmott	Norton			14								0
GBR Maurice Hawtorne	Norton		Ret				Ret	15				0
HUN György Kurucz	Norton						15	Ret				0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton			Ret					15			0
DEU Hans Föhr	Matchless		15									0
GBR John Mawby	Norton				15							0
AUS Jack Saunders	Matchless			31					16			0
NIR John Brown	Norton								17			0
GBR Carl Ward	Norton			17								0
GBR John Simmonds	Norton			19								0
NZL Robert Haldane	Matchless			20					Ret			0
GBR Ron Chandler	Matchless			21								0
AUS Peter Richards	Norton			22								0
GBR Brian Proctor	Norton			23								0
AUS Tom Gill	Matchless			24								0
USA Marvin Wright	Norton			25								0
GBR Bob Ritchie	Norton			26					Ret			0
GBR John Rudge	Triton			27								0
GBR Colin Cross	Norton			28								0
ZAF Abbey de Kock	Norton		Ret	29			Ret	Ret				0
GBR Bill Hawthorne	BSA-Norton			30								0
GBR John Denty	Norton			Ret			Ret		Ret			0
IRL John Somers	Norton				Ret		Ret			Ret		0
DEU Hartmut Allner	BMW		Ret					Ret				0
SWE Bo Brolin	Matchless						Ret			Ret		0
SWE Agne Carlsson	Matchless						Ret			Ret		0
NZL Graham Dickson	Norton		Ret				Ret					0
GBR Bill Ivy	Matchless			Ret	Ret							0
Estonian SSR Endel Kiisa	Vostok		Ret					Ret				0
AUS Ron Robinson	Norton						Ret	Ret				0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless / DKW			Ret							Ret	0
GBR Dennis Ainsworth	Norton				Ret							0
GBR Derek Blackmore	Norton			Ret								0
USAStan Brassey	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Rex Butcher	Norton			Ret								0
DEU Heiner Butz	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Louis Carr	Norton			Ret								0
ITA Antonio de Simone	Norton										Ret	0
NIR Arnold Dobbs	Matchless								Ret			0
GBR Vincent Duckett	Matchless			Ret								0
ZAF Bobby Duncan	Triumph			Ret								0
USA Dean Dyess	Ducati	Ret										0
DEU Klaus Enders	Norton		Ret									0
DEU Karl-Heinz Ewing	Norton		Ret									0
ITA Franco Farne	Ducati	Ret										0
ZAF Ray Flack	Norton			Ret								0
CAN Fred Gailey	Norton	Ret										0
ZAF Andreas Georgeades	Matchless			Ret								0
USA Peter Gould	Ducati	Ret										0
GBR Jack Gow	Norton			Ret								0
SWE Sven-Olov Gunnarson	Norton						Ret					0
DEU Albert Häring	Norton		Ret									0
CAN Oliver Howe	Norton		Ret									0
GBR John Hudson	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Alan Hunter	Norton			Ret								0
CAN Dave Jackson	Matchless	Ret										0
DEU Lothar John	Norton		Ret									0
AUS David Johnson	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Derek Jones	BSA			Ret								0
USA Wilber Lawson	Triumph	Ret										0
CAN Ivor Lloyd	Norton	Ret										0
USA Gerald MacDonald	Paton	Ret										0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Norton										Ret	0
CAN Stuart Morin	Matchless	Ret										0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton			Ret								0
NLD Bert Oosterhuis	Norton		Ret									0
ITA Gianni Perrone	Bianchi										Ret	0
GBR John Pinckney	Norton		Ret									0
GBR Laurence Povey	Norton			Ret								0
NIR Robert Reid	Norton								Ret			0
NZL Bryan Scobie	Norton						Ret					0
DEU Horst Seidl	Norton		Ret									0
SUN Nikolai Sevostyanov	Vostok							Ret				0
ZAF John Smith	Norton					Ret						0
ZAF Hans Sommerhalder	Matchless			Ret								0
NIR Brian Taggart	Norton								Ret			0
DEU Rolf Thiemig	Norton		Ret									0
ITA Franco Trabalzini	Gilera										Ret	0
GBR William Walton	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Monty Ward	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Dave Williams	MW Norton			Ret								0
USA Anthony Woodman	Matchless		Ret									0
GBR Derek Woodman	Matchless			Ret								0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Norton										Ret	0
DEU Manfred Zeller	Matchless		Ret									0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	RHO Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	38	4
2	ITA Giacomo Agostini	Italy	MV Agusta	32	3
3	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	20	1
4	RHO Bruce Beale	Rhodesia	Honda	15	0
5	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	14	1
6	GBR Derek Woodman	United Kingdom	MZ	14	0
7	CSK Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	12	0
8	ITA Renzo Pasolini	Italy	Aermacchi	9	0
9	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	6	0
=	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	6	0
11	CSK Frantisek Bocek	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	6	0
12	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	6	0
13	SUN Nicolaï Sevostianov	USSR	Vostok	4	0
=	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Benelli	4	0
=	JPN Isamu Kasuya	Japan	Honda	4	0
16	GBR Chris Conn	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	SWE Agne Carlsson	Sweden	AJS	3	0
=	JPN Isao Yamashita	Japan	Honda	3	0
19	GBR Griff Jenkins	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	GBR John Cooper	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
21	SUN Endel Kiisa	USSR	CKEB	2	0
=	GBR Lewis Young	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
23	GBR Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
24	ZAF Paddy Driver	South Africa	AJS	1	0
=	AUS Eric Hinton	Australia	Norton	1	0
=	GBR Bill Smith	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	56	7
2	CAN Michelle Duff	Canada	Yamaha	42	1
3	RHO Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	34	3
4	DDR Heinz Rosner	East Germany	MZ	18	0
5	GBR Derek Woodman	United Kingdom	MZ	15	0
6	RHO Bruce Beale	Rhodesia	Honda	14	0
7	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Benelli	11	1
8	ESP Ramón Torras	Spain	Bultaco	10	0
9	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Suzuki	9	0
10	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	Honda	8	1
11	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	8	0
12	JPN Isamu Kasuya	Japan	Honda	6	0
13	GBR Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	Honda	6	0
14	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	Japan	Suzuki	6	0
15	ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Italy	Aermacchi	5	0
16	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Morini	4	0
=	AUS Barry Smith	Australia	Bultaco	4	0
=	ITA Remo Venturi	Italy	Benelli	4	0
=	GBR Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	Yamaha	4	0
20	NZL Ginger Molloy	New Zealand	Bultaco	4	0
21	FRA Jean-Claude Guénard	France	Bultaco	3	0
=	JPN Gosuke Yamashita	Japan	Honda	3	0
23	FRG Günter Beer	West Germany	Honda	3	0
24	ESP José Busquets	Spain	Montesa	2	0
=	AUS Kevin Cass	Australia	Cotton	2	0
=	GBR Rex Avery	United Kingdom	Bultaco	2	0
=	JPN Hiroshi Hasegawa	Japan	Yamaha	2	0
28	USA John Buckner	United States	Yamaha	1	0
=	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	1	0
=	ITA Alberto Pagani	Italy	Aermacchi	1	0
=	FRA Alain Barbaroux	France	Aermacchi	5	0
=	GBR Dave Williams	United Kingdom	FB-Mondial	1	0
=	GBR Bob Coulter	United Kingdom	Bultaco	1	0

125cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Suzuki	56	7
2	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Suzuki	44	2
3	GBR Derek Woodman	United Kingdom	MZ	28	0
4	FRG Ernst Degner	West Germany	Suzuki	23	1
5	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	14	0
6	CAN Michelle Duff	Canada	Yamaha	12	1
7	DDR Klaus Enderlein	East Germany	MZ	11	0
8	GBR Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	Honda	11	0
9	DDR Joachim Leitert	East Germany	MZ	10	0
10	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	8	1
11	JPN Yoshimi Katayama	Japan	Suzuki	6	0
=	DDR Dieter Krumpholz	East Germany	MZ	6	0
13	GBR Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	Yamaha	6	0
14	RHO Bruce Beale	Rhodesia	Honda	6	0
15	ESP Ramón Torras	Spain	Bultaco	4	0
=	DDR Heinz Rosner	East Germany	MZ	4	0
17	DDR Roland Rentzsch	East Germany	MZ	4	0
18	USA Rick Schell	United States	Honda	3	0
=	ITA Bruno Spaggiari	Italy	Ducati	3	0
20	ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Italy	Honda	3	0
21	USA Jeff Tate	United States	Honda	2	0
=	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	West Germany	MZ-Kreidler	2	0
=	JPN Yasuhara Yuzawa	Japan	Honda	2	0
24	USA Bob Gehring	United States	Bultaco	1	0
=	FRG Walter Scheimann	West Germany	Honda	1	0
=	CHE Arthur Fegbli	Switzerland	Honda	1	0
=	DDR Jürgen Lenk	East Germany	MZ	1	0
=	CSK Frantisek Bocek	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0
=	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Bultaco	1	0
=	NZL Ginger Molloy	New Zealand	Bultaco	1	0
=	JPN Hironori Matsushima	Japan	Yamaha	1	0

50cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	Honda	36	3
2	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	32	2
3	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Suzuki	32	1
4	Germany Ernst Degner	West Germany	Suzuki	26	2
5	JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Japan	Suzuki	16	0
6	JPN Michio Ichino	Japan	Suzuki	6	0
7	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
8	ESP José Busquets	Spain	Derbi	4	0
9	FRA Jacques Roca	France	Derbi	4	0
10	JPN Haruo Koshino	Japan	Suzuki	3	0
=	GBR Charlie Mates	United Kingdom	Honda	3	0
12	ESP Angel Nieto	Spain	Derbi	2	0
=	GBR Ian Plumridge	United Kingdom	Derbi	2	0
14	NLD Cees van Dongen	Netherlands	Kreidler	2	0
15	URY Gastón Biscia	Uruguay	Suzuki	1	0
=	AUS Barry Smith	Australia	Derbi	1	0
=	GBR Leslie Griffiths	United Kingdom	Honda	1	0
=	JPN Akira Itoh	Japan	Honda	1	0

References

Notes

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
"500cc World Standing 1965". motogp.com.

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