1965 World Sportscar Championship season

A Shelby Cobra Daytona competing in the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers

The 1965 World Sportscar Championship season was the 13th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1965 International Championship of GT Manufacturers and the 1965 International Trophy for GT Prototypes.^[1] The season ran from February 28, 1965 to September 19, 1965 and comprised 20 races.

The Championship was contested by Grand Touring Cars in three engine capacity classes. The big GT class was won by Shelby ahead of Ferrari, while Porsche prevailed in the 2 litre class and Abarth-Simca took the small class. The International Trophy, for prototype GT cars, was won by Ferrari, ahead of Porsche and Ford.

Schedule

Although composed of 20 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Competitors	Date
1	Continental 2000 km of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	Both	February 28
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	Both	March 27
3	Gran Premio Shell Coppa Bologna	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	GT	April 11
4	Coppa Inter-Europa	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	GT	April 25
5	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Both	April 25
6	RAC Senior Service Tourist Trophy	Oulton Park	Both	May 1
7	Targa Florio	Palermo	Both	May 9
8	500km of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Both	May 16
9	Intl. ADAC 1000 Kilometres Rennen Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Both	May 23
10	Mugello 500 km	Mugello Circuit	GT	June 6
11	Alpen Bergpreis Rossfield	Rossfield	GT	June 13
12	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	June 19 June 20
13	12 Hours of Reims	Reims-Gueux	Both	July 4
14	Corsa della Mendola	Bolzano	GT	July 4
15	Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland	Schauinsland	GT	August 8
16	Coppa Citta di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	GT	August 15
17	Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz	Villars	GT	August 29
18	500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	GT	September 5
19	Double 500 km	Bridgehampton	GT2.0	September 19
20	Double 500 km	Bridgehampton	Both	September 19

Results

International Championship for GT Manufacturers

International Trophy for GT Prototypes

References

1. ^ Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222
2. ^ ^{a b} János L Wimpffen, Time And Two Seats, 1999, Page 611

External links

• 1965 World Sportscar Championship events
• 1965 World Sportscar Championship tables
• Images from the 1965 International Championship for GT Manufacturers Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 31 May 2009

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