1963 Formula One season

The 1963 Formula One season crowned as champion Jim Clark.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	23x15px Monaco Grand Prix	May 26	Monaco	23x15px Graham Hill	23x15px BRM	Report
2	23x15px Belgian Grand Prix	June 9	Spa-Francorchamps	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
3	23x15px Dutch Grand Prix	June 23	Zandvoort	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
4	23x15px French Grand Prix	June 30	Reims-Gueux	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
5	23x15px British Grand Prix	July 20	Silverstone	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
6	23x15px German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	23x15px John Surtees	23x15px Ferrari	Report
7	23x15px Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
8	23x15px United States Grand Prix	October 6	Watkins Glen	23x15px Graham Hill	23x15px BRM	Report
9	23x15px Mexican Grand Prix	October 27	Hermanos Rodriguez	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report
10	23x15px South African Grand Prix	December 28	Prince George	23x15px Jim Clark	23x15px Lotus-Climax	Report

1963 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	MON 23x15px	BEL 23x15px	NED 23x15px	FRA 23x15px	GBR 23x15px	GER 23x15px	ITA 23x15px	USA 23x15px	MEX 23x15px	RSA 23x15px	Pts.^[1]
1	23x15px Jim Clark	8	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	54 (73)
2	23x15px Graham Hill	1	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	16	1	4	3	29
3	23x15px Richie Ginther	2	4	5	Ret	4	3	2	2	3	Ret	29 (34)
4	23x15px John Surtees	4	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	Ret	9	DSQ	Ret	22
5	23x15px Dan Gurney	Ret	3	2	5	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	6	2	19
6	23x15px Bruce McLaren	3	2	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	3	11	Ret	4	17
7	23x15px Jack Brabham	9	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7	5	4	2	13	14
8	23x15px Tony Maggs	5	7	Ret	2	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	7	9
9	23x15px Innes Ireland	Ret	Ret	4	9	Ret	Ret	4				6
10	23x15px Lorenzo Bandini				10	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	6
11	23x15px Jo Bonnier	7	5	11	NC	Ret	6	7	8	5	6	6
12	23x15px Gerhard Mitter			Ret			4					3
13	23x15px Jim Hall	Ret	Ret	8	11	6	5	8	10	8		3
14	23x15px Carel Godin de Beaufort		6	9		10	Ret	DNQ	6	10	10	2
15	23x15px Jo Siffert	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	9		1
16	23x15px Trevor Taylor	6	Ret	10	13	Ret	8		Ret	Ret	8	1
17	23x15px Ludovico Scarfiotti			6	DNS							1
18	23x15px Chris Amon	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	DNS		Ret		0
19	23x15px Hap Sharp								Ret	7		0
20	23x15px Peter Broeker								7			0
21	23x15px Maurice Trintignant	Ret			8			9				0
22	23x15px Mike Hailwood					8		10				0
23	23x15px Tony Settember		8		Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ				0
24	23x15px John Love										9	0
25	23x15px Bernard Collomb	DNQ					10					0
26	23x15px Phil Hill		Ret	Ret	NC			11	Ret	Ret		0
27	23x15px Masten Gregory				Ret	11		Ret	Ret	Ret		0
28	23x15px Moises Solana									11		0
29	23x15px Doug Serrurier										11	0
30	23x15px Bob Anderson					12		12				0
31	23x15px Trevor Blokdyk										12	0
32	23x15px John Campbell-Jones					13						0
33	23x15px Mike Spence							13				0
34	23x15px Brausch Niemann										14	0
35	23x15px Giancarlo Baghetti		Ret	Ret				15	Ret	Ret		0
—	23x15px Willy Mairesse	Ret	Ret				Ret					0
—	23x15px Ian Burgess					Ret	Ret					0
—	23x15px Pedro Rodriguez								Ret	Ret		0
—	23x15px Ian Raby					Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
—	23x15px Lucien Bianchi		Ret									0
—	23x15px Mário de Araújo Cabral						Ret	DNS				0
—	23x15px Rodger Ward								Ret			0
—	23x15px Peter de Klerk										Ret	0
—	23x15px Sam Tingle										Ret	0
—	23x15px Ernie Pieterse										Ret	0
—	23x15px David Prophet										Ret	0
—	23x15px Andre Pilette						DNQ	DNQ				0
—	23x15px Tim Parnell						DNQ					0
—	23x15px Kurt Kuhnke						DNQ					0
—	23x15px Roberto Lippi							DNQ				0
—	23x15px Ernesto Brambilla							DNQ				0
—	23x15px Frank Dochnal									DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	MON 23x15px	BEL 23x15px	NED 23x15px	FRA 23x15px	GBR 23x15px	GER 23x15px	ITA 23x15px	USA 23x15px	MEX 23x15px	RSA 23x15px	Pts.^[1]

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

1963 Formula One Season Media

G. Hill at 1963 Dutch Grand Prix (2).jpg

Graham Hill placed second in the championship driving for BRM
1963 Dutch Grand Prix.ogv

Dutch newsreel on the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix.
Jim Clark 1965.jpg

Jim Clark (pictured in 1965) won his first championship, driving a Lotus-Climax
Clark and G. Hill at 1963 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg

Lotus-Climax won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Lotus 25
Training voor Grand Prix te Zandvoort begonnen Graham Hill (12 BRM) in de Huge, Bestanddeelnr 915-2840.jpg

BRM placed second

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[points-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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