| Type: | NC |
| Country: | UK |
| Grand Prix: | Race of Champions |
| Details Ref: | [1] |
| Official Name: | I Daily Mail Race of Champions |
| Location: | Brands Hatch |
| Date: | 13 March |
| Year: | 1965 |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 2.65 |
| Course Km: | 4.265 |
| Distance Laps: | 2 x 40 |
| Distance Mi: | 212 |
| Distance Km: | 341.181 |
| Pole Driver: | Jim Clark |
| Pole Country: | UK |
| Pole Team: | Lotus-Climax |
| Pole Time: | 1:34.9 |
| Fast Driver: | Jim Clark |
| Fast Team: | Lotus-Climax |
| Fast Time: | 1:35.4 |
| Fast Country: | UK |
| First Driver: | Mike Spence |
| First Country: | UK |
| First Team: | Lotus-Climax |
| Second Driver: | Jackie Stewart |
| Second Country: | UK |
| Second Team: | BRM |
| Third Driver: | Jo Bonnier |
| Third Country: | Sweden |
| Third Team: | Brabham-Climax |
The 1st Race of Champions was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 13 March 1965 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over two heats of 40 laps of the circuit, and was won overall by Mike Spence in a Lotus 33.[2]
The first heat was won by Jim Clark, with Dan Gurney second, and Spence in third place. However, both Clark and Gurney retired from the second heat, which Spence won from Jo Bonnier and Frank Gardner. Jackie Stewart finished seventh in the first heat and fourth in the second, to take second overall.[2]
