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Home / Seasons / 1963 F1 World Championship Season / 1963 Belgian Grand Prix

1963 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 9 June 1963
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 32 laps
Round2 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 113th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
More 1963 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax322hr 27m 47.600s9
2+3New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax32+4m 54.000s6
3-1USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax31+1 lap4
4+5USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM31+1 lap3
5+8Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)30+2 laps2
6+12Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)30+2 laps1
7-3South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax27DNF 
8+11USA flag lazyload Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM25DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari19DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM17DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLola-Climax (privateer)17DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)16DNF 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)16DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Phil HillATS13DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax12DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRP-BRM9DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiATS7DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Willy MairesseFerrari7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax5DNF 

Notes

  • Tony Maggs ended lap 27 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 3:54.100

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
2USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
3Belgium flag lazyload Willy MairesseFerrari
4South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
5New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
6Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRP-BRM
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
9USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM
10United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
12USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
13Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
14Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
15New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)
16Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLola-Climax (privateer)
17USA flag lazyload Phil HillATS
18Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
19USA flag lazyload Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM
20Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiATS

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1963 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren10
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill9
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark9
4USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther9
5USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney4
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees3
7South Africa flag lazyload Tony Maggs2
=Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier2
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor1
=Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM12
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax10
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax10
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax4
5Italy flag lazyload Ferrari3
6Germany flag lazyload Porsche1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Chris Amon
ATS, BRP, Scirocco
Wins
4th for Jim Clark
9th for Lotus
Podiums
16th for Bruce McLaren, 8th for Dan Gurney (first for Brabham), 7th for Jim Clark
43rd for Cooper, 17th for Lotus, 1st for Brabham (22nd different podium finisher)
Poles
2nd for Graham Hill
3rd for BRM
Fastest laps
7th for Jim Clark
11th for Lotus
Front row starts
13th for Graham Hill, 5th for Dan Gurney (first for Brabham), 2nd and last for Willy Mairesse (first since 1960; last Belgian front row starter until 1968)
Points finishes
25th for Bruce McLaren
Win & fastest lap
4th for Jim Clark

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1963 World Championship season

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