1963 Formula One season

1963 FIA Formula One World Championship
Drivers' Champion: Jim Clark International Cup Champion: Lotus-Climax
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The 1963 Formula One season was the 14th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 14th FIA World Championship of Drivers,^[1] the sixth International Cup for F1 Manufacturers ^[2] and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship commenced on 26 May 1963, and ended on 28 December after ten races.

Season summary

Jim Clark won his first championship with seven wins to two by Graham Hill and one by John Surtees in a revised Ferrari. This record number of wins in a season was not equalled until Alain Prost won seven races in 1984 driving a McLaren MP4/2, and it was not beaten until 1988 when Ayrton Senna won eight races in the McLaren MP4/4 (ironically his team mate Prost again won seven races in 1988). However, unlike 1963 which only consisted of ten races, both the 1984 and 1988 seasons consisted of 16 races giving Clark a better winning ratio (70%) than either Prost (43.75%) or Senna (50%).

The ATS venture, founded by ex-Ferrari workers, a complete disaster which ruined Phil Hill's Grand Prix career, was unrelated to the late 1970s German operation which was marginally more successful.

Season review

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

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1963 FIA World Championship.

Briton Jim Clark (pictured in 1966) won his 1st driver's championship, driving for Lotus

Dutch Newsreel on the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Brabham Racing Organisation	Lotus-Climax	25	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Jack Brabham	1
	Brabham-Climax	BT7 BT3				2–10
					Dan Gurney	All
Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P57 P61	BRM P56 1.5 V8 BRM P60 1.5 V8	D	Richie Ginther	All
					Graham Hill	All
Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	T66	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Bruce McLaren	All
					Tony Maggs	All
Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	25	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Jim Clark	All
					Trevor Taylor	1–6, 8–10
					Peter Arundell	4
					Mike Spence	7
					Pedro Rodríguez	8–9
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	T60	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Jo Bonnier	All
British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Jim Hall	1–9
					Innes Ireland	1, 6
	BRP-BRM	Mk 1				2–5, 7
Reg Parnell Racing R.H.H. Parnell	Lola-Climax	Mk4A	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Chris Amon	1–7
					Maurice Trintignant	1
					Lucien Bianchi	2
					Mike Hailwood	7
					Masten Gregory	8–9
	Lotus-Climax	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8		Maurice Trintignant	4
					Mike Hailwood	5
	Lotus-BRM		BRM P56 1.5 V8		Masten Gregory	5
					Rodger Ward	8
					Hap Sharp	8–9
					Chris Amon	9
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	D	Willy Mairesse	1–2, 6
					John Surtees	All
					Ludovico Scarfiotti	3–4
					Lorenzo Bandini	7–10
Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Bernard Collomb	1, 6
Siffert Racing Team	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Jo Siffert	1–9
Scirocco Powell Racing Cars	Scirocco-BRM	SP	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Tony Settember	2, 4–7
					Ian Burgess	5–6
Automobili Turismo e Sport	ATS	100	ATS 100 1.5 V8	D	Phil Hill	2–3, 7–9
					Giancarlo Baghetti	2–3, 7–9
Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche 547/6 1.5 F4	D	Carel Godin de Beaufort	2–3, 5–10
					Gerhard Mitter	3, 6
Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Phil Hill	4
Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM	P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Lorenzo Bandini	4–6
					Maurice Trintignant	7
					Moisés Solana	9
	Cooper-Climax	T60	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8		Mário de Araújo Cabral	6–7
	Cooper-Maserati	T53	Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4		Ernesto Brambilla	7
Tim Parnell	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Masten Gregory	4, 7
	Lola-Climax	Mk4	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8		John Campbell-Jones	5
	Lotus-Climax	18/21	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8		André Pilette	6
					Tim Parnell	6
DW Racing Enterprises	Lola-Climax	Mk4	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	D	Bob Anderson	5, 7
Ian Raby Racing	Gilby-BRM	62	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Ian Raby	5–7
Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward	18	Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4	D	Kurt Kuhnke	6
Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-Ferrari	F1	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	D	Roberto Lippi	7
André Pilette	Lotus-Climax	18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	André Pilette	7
Canadian Stebro Racing	Stebro-Ford	Mk IV	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	D	Peter Broeker	8
Frank Dochnal	Cooper-Climax	T51	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Frank Dochnal	9
Lawson Organisation	Lotus-Climax	21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Ernie Pieterse	10
Selby Auto Spares	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D	Paddy Driver	10
Otello Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	D	Doug Serrurier	10
	Alfa Romeo	Special			Peter de Klerk	10
John Love	Cooper-Climax	T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	John Love	10
Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	D	Sam Tingle	10
Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	22	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	D	Brausch Niemann	10
David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	BT6	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	D	David Prophet	10
Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	T51	Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4	D	Trevor Blokdyk	10

1963 Drivers' Championship final standings

Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round, with only the best six round results retained.

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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD)

• Italics indicate fastest lap
• Bold indicates pole position

‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.^[4]

1963 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers – final standings

Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round with only the best six round results retained. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round was eligible to score points.

Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	Pts.[3]
1	Lotus-Climax	(6)	1	1	1	1	(2)	1	(3)	1	(1)	54 (74)
2	BRM	1	(4)	(5)	3‡	3	3	2	1	3	(3)	36 (45)
3	Brabham-Climax	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	7	(5)	4	2	2	28 (30)
4	Ferrari	4	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	Ret	5	Ret	5	26
5	Cooper-Climax	3	2	11	2	9	(6)	3	8	5	4	25 (26)
6	BRP-BRM		Ret	4	9	Ret		4	WD	WD		6
7	Porsche		6	9		10	4	DNQ	6	10	10	5
8	Lotus-BRM	Ret	Ret	7	6	6	5	8	10	7	DNS	4
—	Lola-Climax	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret		0
—	Stebro-Ford								7			0
—	Scirocco-BRM	WD	8	WD	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ				0
—	ATS	WD	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	WD	11	Ret	Ret		0
—	LDS-Alfa Romeo										11	0
—	Cooper-Maserati							DNQ			12	0
—	Lotus-Ford										14	0
—	Gilby-BRM					Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
—	Alfa Romeo										Ret	0
—	Lotus-Borgward						DNQ					0
—	De Tomaso-Ferrari							DNQ				0
Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	Pts.

• Bold results counted to championship totals.

‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.^[4]

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races were also held in 1963, which did not count towards the World Championship.

#	Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	IV Lombank Trophy	Snetterton	30 March	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	XXIII Pau Grand Prix	Pau	15 April	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	XI Glover Trophy	Goodwood	15 April	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	Report
4	IV Gran Premio Citta di Imola	Imola	21 April	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
5	XIV Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	25 April	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	Report
6	XIX BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	27 April	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
7	XVI BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	11 May	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
8	XV Gran Premio di Roma	Vallelunga	19 May	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	Report
9	III Solituderennen	Solitudering	28 July	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
10	XII Kanonloppet	Karlskoga	11 August	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
11	III Mediterranean Grand Prix	Enna Pergusa	18 August	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
12	I Austrian Grand Prix	Zeltweg	1 September	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
13	X International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	21 September	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
14	Rand Grand Prix	Kyalami	14 December	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report

Notes and references

1. FIA Yearbook, 1974 page 119
2. FIA Yearbook, 1974 page 121
3. Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
4. "1963 FIA World Championship". Formula One Administration Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.