For the 1965 F1 season BRM kept the P261 and the team's main driver was Graham Hill for the sixth year, with the Owen Racing Organization. After the victorious year in F.3 with the Cooper T72 of the Tyrrell team, Jackie Stewart also joined the team. Hill and Stewart had a great season, taking second and third places respectively in the final standings behind Jim Clark (Lotus). In the constructors' championship, BRM finished second, behind Lotus.