1963 F1 World Championship Season

1962 F1 World Championship

1964 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Jim Clark (1st title, 8th different world champion, 3rd British champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Lotus (1st title, 5th different world champion)
Races:	10
Winning drivers:	Jim Clark (7) Graham Hill (2) John Surtees (1)
Winning constructors:	Lotus (7) BRM (2) Ferrari (1)
First-time winners (driver):	John Surtees
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1963 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	26 May	1963 Monaco Grand Prix
2	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	9 June	1963 Belgian Grand Prix
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	23 June	1963 Dutch Grand Prix
4	France	Reims	30 June	1963 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Silverstone	20 July	1963 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	Nurburgring	4 August	1963 German Grand Prix
7	Italy DT CT	Monza	8 September	1963 Italian Grand Prix
8	USA	Watkins Glen	6 October	1963 United States Grand Prix
9	Mexico	Mexico City	27 October	1963 Mexican Grand Prix
10	South Africa	East London	28 December	1963 South African Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Graham Hill	BRM	2	4.600s
2	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	8	4m 54.000s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1 lap
4	France	Reims	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1m 04.900s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	25.800s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	2	1m 17.500s
7	Italy	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	3	1m 35.000s
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	34.300s
9	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1m 41.100s
10	South Africa	East London	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1m 06.800s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	8 (DNF)	0.700s
2	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Graham Hill	BRM	DNF	0.900s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.600s
4	France	Reims	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.700s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.200s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2	0.900s
7	Italy	Monza	John Surtees	Ferrari	DNF	1.200s
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	1	0.100s
9	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1.700s
10	South Africa	East London	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.100s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	John Surtees	Ferrari
2	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
4	France	Reims	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
5	Britain	Silverstone	John Surtees	Ferrari
6	Germany	Nurburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari
7	Italy	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
9	Mexico	Mexico City	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
10	South Africa	East London	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax

1963 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Jim Clark	Lotus	54 (73)
2	Graham Hill	BRM	29	-25
3	Richie Ginther	BRM	29 (34)	-25
4	John Surtees	Ferrari	22	-32
5	Dan Gurney	Brabham	19	-35
6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	17	-37
7	Jack Brabham	Lotus Brabham	14	-40
8	Tony Maggs	Cooper	9	-45
9	Innes Ireland	Lotus BRP	6	-48
=	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM Ferrari	6	-48
=	Jo Bonnier	Cooper	6	-48
12	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche	3	-51
=	Jim Hall	Lotus	3	-51
14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2	-52
15	Trevor Taylor	Lotus	1	-53
=	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	1	-53
=	Jo Siffert	Lotus	1	-53

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Lotus-Climax	54 (74)
2	BRM	36 (45)	-18
3	Brabham-Climax	28 (30)	-26
4	Ferrari	26	-28
5	Cooper-Climax	25 (26)	-29
6	BRP-BRM	6	-48
7	Porsche	5	-49
8	Lotus-BRM	4	-50

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best placed car from each constructor per race was eligible to score points.
Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	MCO	BEL	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	MEX	ZAF	Avg.	Best
1	Jim Clark	1	8	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2.00	1
2	Graham Hill	2	1	2	2	3	4	2	1	3	6	2.60	1
3	John Surtees	3	10	5	4	5	2	1	3	2	4	3.90	1
4	Willy Mairesse	7	3				7					5.67	3
5	Dan Gurney	6	2	14	3	2	13	5	6	4	3	5.80	2
6	Richie Ginther	4	9	6	12	9	6	4	4	5	7	6.60	4
7	Jack Brabham	16	6	4	5	4	8	7	5	10	2	6.70	2
8	Bruce McLaren	8	5	3	6	6	5	8	11	6	9	6.70	3
9	Lorenzo Bandini				21	8	3	6	9	7	5	8.43	3
10	Innes Ireland	5	7	7	9	11	11	10				8.57	5
11	Mike Spence							9				9.00	9
12	Tony Maggs	10	4	9	8	7	10	13	10	13	10	9.40	4
13	Trevor Taylor	9	11	10	7	10	18		7	12	8	10.22	7
14	Jo Bonnier	11	13	8	11	12	12	11	12	8	11	10.90	8
15	Moises Solana									11		11.00	11
16	Ludovico Scarfiotti			11	13							12.00	11
17	Ernie Pieterse										12	12.00	12
18	Jo Siffert	12	14	17	10	15	9	16	14	9		12.89	9
19	John Love										13	13.00	13
20	David Prophet										14	14.00	14
21	Masten Gregory				19	22		12	8	14		15.00	8
22	Phil Hill		17	13	14			14	15	17		15.00	13
23	Brausch Niemann										15	15.00	15
24	Chris Amon	15	15	12	17	14	14	15		19		15.13	12
25	Jim Hall	13	12	18	18	13	16	17	16	15		15.33	12
26	Gerhard Mitter			16			15					15.50	15
27	Lucien Bianchi		16									16.00	16
28	Peter Arundell				16							16.00	16
29	Peter de Klerk										16	16.00	16
30	Maurice Trintignant	14			15			20				16.33	14
31	Pedro Rodriguez								13	20		16.50	13
32	Hap Sharp								18	16		17.00	16
33	Rodger Ward								17			17.00	17
34	Sam Tingle										17	17.00	17
35	Bob Anderson					16		19				17.50	16
36	Mike Hailwood					17		18				17.50	17
37	Doug Serrurier										18	18.00	18
38	Bernard Collomb	17					21					19.00	17
39	Trevor Blokdyk										19	19.00	19
40	Giancarlo Baghetti		20	15				21	20	21		19.40	15
41	Ian Burgess					20	19					19.50	19
42	Carel Godin de Beaufort		18	19		21	17	25	19	18	20	19.62	17
43	Tony Settember		19		20	18	22	24				20.60	18
44	Mario Araujo de Cabral						20	22				21.00	20
45	Peter Broeker								21			21.00	21
46	Paddy Driver										21	21.00	21
47	Ian Raby					19	24	23				22.00	19
48	John Campbell-Jones					23						23.00	23
49	Andre Pilette						23	27				25.00	23
50	Tim Parnell						25					25.00	25
51	Kurt Kuhnke						26					26.00	26
52	Ernesto Brambilla							26				26.00	26
53	Roberto Lippi							28				28.00	28

Race Results Overview

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

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1963 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1963 F1 World Championship Season Statistics