The
1965 Monte Carlo Rally (16-01
– 25-01) was
won by Timo Mäkinen and Paul Easter in a BMC Mini Cooper S. It was
the second victory for BMC with a Mini, the 1964 rally was won by
Paddy Hopkirk and Henry Liddon in a Cooper S.
The weather
conditions during the event were acknowledged as the most difficult
ever. And instead of the final test on the Formula 1 circuit in
Monaco, the teams now had to go back to the mountains to cover 378
miles in a night drive from Saint Claude to Monte Carlo. Only 35 out
of the original 237 cars (275 subscribed, 237 started) reached the
checkered flag. Despite the bad conditions the Mäkinen – Easter
team were the only team in the entire field to complete the route
without a single penalty point.
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First place (No 52) Timo Mäkinen and Paul Easter in a BMC Mini Cooper S |
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Second place (No 150) Eugen Böhringer and Rolf Wütherich in a Porsche 904 GTS |
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Third place (No 49) Pat
Moss and Elisabeth Nyström in a Saab 96 Sport |
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Fourth place (No 107) Peter Harper
and Ian Hall in a Sunbeam Tiger |
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Fifth place (No 147) Herbert Linge and Peter Falk in a Porsche 911 S |
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Sixth place (No 136) Roger Clark and Jim Porter in a Rover 2000 |
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Seventh place (No 75) Bob Neyret and Jacques Terramorsi in a Citroën DS 21 |
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Eighth place (No 68) Bengt Söderström and Sven-Olof
Svedberg in a Ford Cortina Lotus |
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Ninth place (No 252) Henry Taylor and Brian Melia in a Ford Cortina
|
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Tenth place (No 58) Hans-Joachim Walter and Werner Lier in a BMW 1800 TI |
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Eleventh place (No 103) Andrew Cowan
and Robin Turvey in a Sunbeam Tiger |
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Twelfth place (No 83) Jean-Claude Ogier
and Johnny Servoz-Gavin in a Citroën DS 21 |
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Thirteenth place (No 47) Ove Andersson and Torsten Åhman in a Saab 96 Sport |
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Fourteenth place (No 118) Rob Slotemaker and Alan Taylor in a Triumph Spitfire |
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Fifteenth place (No 95) David Pollard and Barry Hughes in a Hillman Imp |
Rankings:
1. No 52 Mäkinen
Timo - Easter Paul: BMC Mini Cooper S
2. No 150 Böhringer
Eugen - Wütherich Rolf: Porsche 904 GTS
3. No 49
Moss-Carlsson Pat - Nyström Elisabeth: Saab 96 Sport
4. No 107 Harper
Peter - Hall Ian: Sunbeam Tiger
5. No 147 Linge
Herbert - Falk Peter: Porsche 911 S
6. No 136 Clark
Roger - Porter Jim: Rover 2000
7. No 75 Neyret Bob
- Terramorsi Jacques: Citroën DS 21
8. No 68 Söderström
Bengt - Svedberg Sven-Olof: Ford Cortina Lotus
9. No 252 Taylor
Henry - Melia Brian: Ford Cortina
10. No 58 Walter
Hans-Joachim - Lier Werner: BMW 1800 TI
11. No 103 Cowan
Andrew - Turvey Robin: Sunbeam Tiger
12. No 83 Ogier
Jean-Claude - Servoz-Gavin Johnny: Citroën DS 21
13. No 47 Andersson
Ove - Åhman Torsten: Saab 96 Sport
14. No 118
Slotemaker Rob - Taylor Alan: Triumph Spitfire
15. No 95 Pollard
David - Hughes Barry: Hillman Imp
16. No 73 Verrier
Guy - Pasquier Bernard: Citroën DS 21
17. No 29 Zasada
Sobieslaw - Osinski Kazimierz: Steyr Puch 650 TR
18. No 48 Lund Hans
- Wahlgren Björn: Saab 96 Sport
19. No 146 Selbach
Günther - Seelinger Werner: Ford Taunus 12M (P4)
20. No 40 Carlsson
Erik - Palm Gunnar: Saab 96 Sport
21. No 33 Hokholdt
Per - Haraldsen John: Saab 96 Sport
22. No 113 Smith
Rosemary - Lowrey-Mackenzie Margaret: Hillman Imp
23. No 79 Bianchi
Lucien - Demortier Jean: Citroën DS 21
24. No 141 Lampinen
Simo - Ahava Jyrki: Triumph Spitfire
25. No 82 Pointet
Lucette - Houillon Françoise: Citroën DS 21
26. No 56 Hopkirk
Paddy - Liddon Henry: BMC Mini Cooper S
27. No 72 Morley
Donald - Morley Earle: BMC Mini Cooper S
28. No 205 Thuner
Jean-Jacques - Gretener John: Triumph Spitfire
29. No 133 Joss
Raymond - Fitzpatrick John: Austin 1800
30. No 66 Ingier
Arne - Jacobsen Finn: Saab 96 Sport
31. No 138
Courtenay Edward - Wisdom Tommy: Austin 1800
32. No 53 Vilkas
Onni - Paroma Olli: Mercedes-Benz 220 SE
33.No 22 Nielsen
Jens - Henriksen Henning: Volvo P 544
34. No 16 La Trobe
John - Bailey David: BMC Mini Cooper S
35. No 196 Marang
Henri 'Ido' - Coltelloni Paul: Citroën DS 21
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Sixteenth place (No 73) Guy Verrier and Bernard Pasquier in a Citroën DS 21 |
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Seventeenth place (No 29)
Sobieslaw Zasada and Kazimierz Osinski in a Steyr Puch 650 TR |
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Eighteenth place ( No 48) Hans Lund and Björn Wahlgren in a Saab 96 Sport |
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Nineteenth place (No 146) Günther Selbach and Werner Seelinger in a Ford Taunus 12M (P4) |
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Twentieth place (No 40) Erik Carlsson and Gunnar Palm in a Saab 96 Sport |
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Twenty-first place (No 33) Per Hokholdt and John Haraldsen in a Saab 96 Sport |
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22th place (No 113) Rosemary Smith and Margaret Lowrey-Mackenzie in a Hillman Imp
|
1. Porsche (2/4,
50%)
2. Triumph (3/7,
42,9%)
3. Citroën (6/15,
40%)
4. Saab (6/16,
37,5%)
5. Rootes
(Hillman/Sunbeam) (4/12, 33,3%)
6. Rover (1/4, 25%)
7. Mercedes-Benz
(1/5, 20%)
8. Steyr-Puch (1/7,
14,3%)
9. BMC
(Austin/Morris/Austin Healey/MG) (6/43, 14%)
10. BMW (1/10, 10%)
11. Volvo (1/13,
7,7%)
12. Ford (3/40,
7,5%)
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26th place (No 56) Paddy Hopkirk
and Henry Liddon in a BMC Mini Cooper S |
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27th place (No 72) Donald Morley
and Earle Morley in a BMC Mini Cooper S |
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28th place (No 205) Jean-Jacques Thuner and John Gretener in a Triumph Spitfire |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDf1Hfwu_eM1tbZ5O5oYSSZa0hwKV8gDwZW-OUtE3tKVO1pIkFEpOXKkFVGh_Mwa_jQMqbSGlrOXtYlBwkykRj9p34ahF4sdwDNljK0GHmNRuiLFsSDRSo1dFdgBGWIkf80EzGD0q_QY/s400/1965_sports_monte_carlo_29.jpg) |
29th place (No 133) Raymond Joss and John Fitzpatrick in a Austin 1800 |
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30th place (No 66) Arne Ingier and Finn Jacobsen in a Saab 96 Sport |
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31th place (No 138)
Edward Courtenay and Tommy Wisdom in a Austin 1800 |
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32th place (No 53) Onni Vilkas
and Olli Paroma in a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-HXrd4aLawmqJPkvlh9mzIG-3p9Fcd7w7VYw_JwhEIJJmQeIg4OF4CC2WdtNiGyKBG3cLY6f6n2XKLu7YpH8IZvQ3cZB8OLQZWPKN4lNuax9CjTJRckl8B41HOiXkp5Xc5wRe-bW8MY/s400/1965_sports_monte_carlo_33.jpg) |
33th place (No 22) Jebns Nielsen and Henning
Henriksen in a Volvo P 544 |
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34th place (No 16) John La Trobe and David Bailey in a BMC Mini Cooper S |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pTn0VM4XT3Eh3PAYMzjPM-wXy6gmpoF3LH9FRYnGxO75PcLPnOZsQvQsmB7H1bR41UCbVBhyXtAXCSxH8necFcb1AfRUGW32qpJ2Q606CMOMjquLs3x0OT3PcIxtJ4RZ2AHK8CeTvcU/s400/1965_sports_monte_carlo_35.jpg) |
35th place (No 196) Henri Marang and Paul Coltelloni in a Citroën DS 21 |
Car Manufacturers
with no arrivals:
Glas (0/7),
Chevrolet (0/1), Opel (0/2), DKW (0/3), Simca (0/2),
Volkswagen (0/8), Daf (0/1), Renault (0/20), Alfa Romeo
(0/12), Moskvitch (0/2), Volga (0/3), NSU (0/8),
Allard (0/1), Reliant (0/1), Lotus (0/1), Fiat (0/5),
Jaguar (0/2), Vauxhall (0/1), Lancia (0/10), Neckar (0/1), Abarth (0/1), Alpine (0/1), Seat (0/1), René Bonnet
(0/1), Peugeot (0/1), Datsun (0/1)
1965 Monte Carlo Rally