1965 24 Hours of Le Mans
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Reason
DNQ P 1.15 56 Abarth France Claude Ballot-Léna Franck Ruata Abarth 1000 SP Fiat 998cc S4 Did not qualify
DNA P +5.0 4 Iso Grifo Prototipi Bizzarrini Pierre Noblet Edgar Berney Iso Grifo A3C Chevrolet 5.4L V8 Did not arrive
DNA P +5.0 5 Iso Grifo Prototipi Bizzarrini Silvio Moser Mario Cabral Iso Grifo A3C Chevrolet 5.4L V8 Did not arrive
DNA GT 5.0 16 John Willment Automobiles Frank Gardner Alan Rees AC Cobra Daytona Coupé Ford 4.7L V8 Did not arrive
DNA P 2.0 34 Porsche System Engineering Porsche 904 /6 Porsche 1991cc F6 Did not arrive
DNA P 1.6 45 Société dEtudes & Construction Alain Bertaut André Guilhaudin CD 3 Alfa Romeo 1570cc S4 Did not arrive
DNP GT 4.0 57 ( reserve ) North American Racing Team Ferrari 275 GTB Ferrari 3.3L V12 Not required
DNP P 4.0 63 ( reserve ) Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 LM Ferrari 3.3L V12 Not required
DNP GT 2.0 66 ( reserve ) Scuderia Filipinetti Dieter Spoerry Jacques Calderari Porsche 904 /4 GTS Porsche 1968cc F4 Not required
DNP GT 1.6 69 ( reserve ) C. Laurent ( private entrant ) Claude Laurent Pierre Gelé Lotus Elan Lotus 1598cc S4 Not required
Official results -- Did Not Practise
The 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 33rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1965. It was also the twelfth round of the World Sportscar Championship. After the disappointing results of the previous year's race, Ford returned with an improved version of its GT. There were 11 Fords or Ford-engined cars in the field. To meet that challenge Ferrari had no fewer than 12 of their cars. Porsche dominated the medium-engined category with seven cars and Alpine-Renault likewise dominated the small-engine categories with six entries. Despite a strong start, in the end the Fords unreliability let them down again and it was an easy victory for Ferrari for the sixth successive year. After the failure of the works team, the winners were Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt in the North American Racing Team (NART) car - the first non-works team to win since Ecurie Ecosse in 1957. It was also the first international race victory for Goodyear tyres. Perhaps surprisingly given their domination of the race it would prove to be, to date, the last Ferrari victory at Le Mans.