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

1963 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 20 July 1963
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSilverstone, 82 laps
Round5 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 British Grand Prix was the

  • 116th World Championship race
  • 14th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Silverstone (first since 1960)
More 1963 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax822hr 14m 09.600s9
2+3United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari82+25.800s6
3 United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM82+37.600s4
4+5USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM81+1 lap3
5+3Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)81+1 lap2
6+7USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)80+2 laps1
7+7New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)80+2 laps 
8+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodLotus-Climax (privateer)78+4 laps 
9-2South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax78+4 laps 
10+11Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)76+6 laps 
11+11USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)75+7 laps 
12+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)75+7 laps 
13+10United Kingdom flag lazyload John Campbell-JonesLola-Climax (privateer)74+8 laps 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)66DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)65DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax59DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)59DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM36DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax27DNF 
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRP-BRM26DSQ 
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax23DSQ 
R USA flag lazyload Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM20DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax6DNF 

Notes

  • Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor were both disqualified for receiving illegal push starts in the pit lane.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.400

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
5United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari
6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
7South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
8Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)
9USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRP-BRM
12Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
13USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
14New Zealand flag lazyload Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)
15Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HailwoodLotus-Climax (privateer)
18USA flag lazyload Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM
21Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
22USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload John Campbell-JonesLola-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark36
2USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther14
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees13
5USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney12
6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren10
7South Africa flag lazyload Tony Maggs8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland3
=Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham3
10Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier2
=Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini2
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor1
=Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort1
=Italy flag lazyload Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=Switzerland flag Jo Siffert1
=USA flag lazyload Jim Hall1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax37
2United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM18
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax16
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax13
5Italy flag lazyload Ferrari13
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRP-BRM3
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-BRM2
8Germany flag lazyload Porsche1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Bob Anderson, Mike Hailwood, Ian Raby
Last start
John Campbell-Jones
Gilby
Milestone race start
50th for Jack Brabham (6th driver to start 50 races, 1st Australian driver)
Wins
7th for Jim Clark
12th for Lotus
Podiums
10th for Jim Clark & Graham Hill (12th & 13th drivers to score ten podiums, 4th & 5th British drivers), 5th for John Surtees
130th for Ferrari, 20th for Lotus (5th constructor to score 20 podiums), 18th for BRM
Poles
10th for Jim Clark (4th driver to take ten pole positions, 2nd British driver)
15th for Lotus
Fastest laps
3rd for John Surtees
37th for Ferrari
Front row starts
19th for Jack Brabham (first for Brabham), 16th for Graham Hill, 13th for Jim Clark, 7th for Dan Gurney
Points finishes
1st for Jim Hall (123rd different point scorer, 41st American driver)
Pole & win
5th for Jim Clark

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1963 World Championship season

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