The 1965 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the

Longford Circuit The Longford Circuit was a temporary motor racing course laid out on public roads at Longford, south-west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia. It was located on the northern edges of the town and its lap passed under a railway line viaduct ...

in Tasmania,

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on 1 March 1965.Longford Programme, 30th Australian Grand Prix Meeting 1965 – Second Day It was open to Racing Cars complying with the

Australian National Formula The Australian National Formula (often abbreviated to ANF) was an Australian motor racing category which was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1964 and remained current until the end of 1969. It had replaced Formula Libre ...

or the

Australian 1½ Litre Formula The Australian 1½ Litre Formula was a motor racing category which was current in Australia from 1964 to 1968. The formula specified racing cars with four-cylinder unsupercharged engines using commercially available fuel and limited to 1500cc capaci ...

.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1965 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 66 It was the 30th

Australian Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venu ...

. The race, which had 18 starters, was the seventh and final round of the

1965 Tasman Series The 1965 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula.1965 Australian Drivers' Championship The 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to racing cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1965 ...

. It was the last Australian Grand Prix to be held at the Longford Circuit. Bruce McLaren won the race, his second and last Australian Grand Prix victory. Australian driver Rocky Tresise was killed in a second lap accident in which photographer Robin D'Abrera also died.

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Pole position In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the rac ...

: Bruce McLaren – 2'20.3Bill Tuckey, Seven days in summer, Australian Motor Racing Annual Number Two, pages 10–17 (The grid was set from lap times recorded in a ten lap qualifying race on the Saturday) * Fastest lap: Jack Brabham – 2'18.0 (117.4 mph) – New record

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