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.[1] Perhaps surprisingly given their domination of the race it would prove to be, to date, the last Ferrari victory at Le Mans.[1]
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps
1 P
4.0 21 United States North American Racing Team United States Masten Gregory
Austria Jochen Rindt
(United States Ed Hugus[1][31][32]) Ferrari 250 LM Ferrari 3.3L V12 348
