Race details | |||
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14th Lady Wigram Trophy | |||
Date | 23rd January 1965 | ||
Location | Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
Course | Temporary racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.731 km (2.318 mi) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 164.14 km (101.99 mi) | ||
Weather | Friday: Light Rain / Overcast Saturday: Fine | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Cooper T79 | ||
Time | Determined by heats | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Cooper T79 | ||
Time | 1:25.9 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus 32B | ||
Second | Cooper T79 | ||
Third | Brabham BT7A |
The 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 23 January 1965. It was the fourteenth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Jim Clark driving the Lotus 32B in what was the fastest race in the history of the Lady Wigram Trophy.
Wigram Airfield Circuit was a temporary motor racing circuit at Wigram Aerodrome, Christchurch, New Zealand. The airfield is a former base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It is named after Sir Henry Wigram. The temporary circuit was 3 km with a 1.3 km (0.8mile) main straight. The first summer meetings held at Wigram Aerodrome in 1949 are considered the oldest motor races in New Zealand. The track hosted the 1964-1969 Tasman Series. For safety reasons, the last race at Wigram was held in the year 2000.
James Clark Jr. OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965.
Through light rain, the practice times on Friday morning were relatively slow, with Jim Clark setting the benchmark in the low 1:30's. However, in the qualifying trails later that day, conditions improved allowing for faster times. Clark posted the fastest lap of a 1:26.0, which was significantly faster than that of second-placed Jim Palmer who set a time of 1:28.6.
The qualifying process for the Trophy race was through two preliminary races, where the race times would determine the grid. In the first heat, Bruce McLaren took the win and subsequently pole position for the race with a race time of 16 minutes and 11.2 seconds. Clark won the second heat, with a time that put him in second place for the Trophy race.
Clark launched off the line, into what would be a demanding lead. On lap four, Rex Flowers retired from the race due to a burst oil pipe as well as a collapsed piston. It only took Clark six laps to begin lapping backmarkers and by this stage, his lead over McLaren was up to a comfortable five seconds. By lap 26, only four cars had not been lapped - Clark (the leader), McLaren, Gardner and Palmer. Phil Hill retired on that lap as a result of a broken half-shaft and by this stage, Abernethy was laps away from retiring himself due to persistent overheating issues with his Cooper. Two more drivers would fail to finish the race - Riley due to a broken universal and Lawrence after he ran out of fuel. Clark almost joined the casualty list after experiencing oil pressure problems laps away from the conclusion of the race. This meant that Clark had to lift and nurse the car home, allowing McLaren to claw back the gap. By this stage however, the gap was far too big. Clark took the win in dominant fashion, a much better result for Clark than his last Lady Wigram Trophy outing where he stalled the car after having spun off in the wet conditions. [1]
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Grid |
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1 | 1 | Lotus 32B-Climax | 44 | 1hr 04min 19.3sec | 3 | |
2 | 47 | Cooper T79-Climax | 44 | + 10.2 s | 1 | |
3 | 41 | Brabham BT7A-Climax | 44 | + 38.7 s | 8 | |
4 | 11 | Brabham BT11A-Climax | 44 | + 51.7 s | 2 | |
5 | 24 | Brabham BT4-Climax | 43 | + 1 Lap | 4 | |
6 | 12 | Brabham BT6-Ford | 42 | + 2 Laps | 14 | |
7 | 8 | Brabham BT6-Ford | 41 | + 3 Laps | 5 | |
8 | 9 | Brabham BT4-Climax | 40 | + 4 Laps | 7 | |
9 | 7 | Brabham BT6-Ford | 39 | + 5 Laps | 16 | |
10 | 49 | Cooper T65-Ford | 35 | + 9 Laps | 12 | |
Ret | 14 | Brabham BT6-Ford | 39 | Fuel | 10 | |
Ret | 17 | Lotus 18/21-Climax | 38 | Universal | 9 | |
Ret | 4 | Cooper T66-Climax | 30 | Overheating | 11 | |
Ret | 48 | Cooper T70-Climax | 26 | Half shaft | 13 | |
Ret | 35 | Cooper T53-Climax | 6 | Crown Wheel | 6 | |
Ret | 25 | Lola T4-Climax | 4 | Engine | 15 | |
Source: [2] | ||||||
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Preceded by 1964 Lady Wigram Trophy | Lady Wigram Trophy 1965 | Succeeded by 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy |