Tasman Cup 1965

Both champion Bruce Mclaren and his main rival Jack Brabham returned for 1965 but Team Lotus also joined in with a Lotus 32B for Jim Clark and the Scotsman ran away with the title, winning four of the seven races plus the non-championship race at Lakeside. McLaren in his new Cooper T79 and Brabham in a new Brabham BT11A each won one race, as did Graham Hill, guest-driving the Scuderia Veloce BT11A.

Of the locals, Australian expat Frank Gardner in Alec Mildren's BT11A and Jim Palmer in his private Brabham BT7A shared fourth in the championship with McLaren's teammate Phil Hill. Frank Matich still had his BT7A and still suffered unreliability, his only finish being third place at Warwick Farm. Brabhams filled seven of the top ten places in the championship table.

The races

09 Jan 1965 > New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe

16 Jan 1965 > Levin International

23 Jan 1965 > Lady Wigram Trophy

30 Jan 1965 > Teretonga International at Teretonga Park

14 Feb 1965 > Warwick Farm "100"

21 Feb 1965 > Sandown Park Cup

01 Mar 1965 > Australian Grand Prix at Longford

07 Mar 1965 > Lakeside "99"

Tasman Cup events shown in bold

1965 Tasman Cup table

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All cars are 2.5-litre Tasman formula cars unless otherwise noted.