The 1963 Formula One season featured the fourteenth 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 May 26, 1963, and ended on December 28 after ten races.

[edit] 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. 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.

[edit] Season review

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

[edit] 1963 Constructors Championship final standings

Points were awarded on an 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.

Place	Constructor	Points[3]
1	Lotus-Climax	54 (74)
2	BRM	36 (45)
3	Brabham-Climax	28 (30)
4	Ferrari	26
5	Cooper-Climax	25 (26)
6	BRP-BRM	6
7	Porsche	5
8	Lotus-BRM	4
9	Stebro-Ford	0
10	Scirocco-BRM	0
11	Alfa Romeo	0
12	Lotus-Borgward	0
13	Lola-Climax	0
14	LDS-Alfa Romeo	0
15	Gilby-BRM	0
16	De Tomaso-Ferrari	0
17	Cooper-Maserati	0
18	ATS	0
19	Lotus-Ford	0

[edit] 1963 Drivers Championship final standings

Points were awarded on an 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 18 Chris Amon DNS Ret Ret 7 7 Ret DNS Ret 0 19 Hap Sharp Ret 7 0 20 Peter Broeker 7 0 21 Maurice Trintignant Ret 8 9 0 22 Mike Hailwood 8 10 0 23 Tony Settember 8 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 0 24 John Love 9 0 25 Bernard Collomb DNQ 10 0 26 Phil Hill Ret Ret NC 11 Ret Ret 0 27 Masten Gregory Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 28 Moisés Solana 11 0 29 Doug Serrurier 11 0 30 Bob Anderson 12 12 0 31 Trevor Blokdyk 12 0 32 John Campbell-Jones 13 0 33 Mike Spence 13 0 34 Brausch Niemann 14 0 35 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 DNQ 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) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] 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 Grand Prix de Pau	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 August	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
14	Rand Grand Prix	Kyalami	14 December	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report

[edit] Notes