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

1963 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 20 July 1963
Winner
  • Jim Clark
  • Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • Jim Clark
  • Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • John Surtees
  • 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
More British Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax822hr 14m 09.600s9
2+3(GBR) John SurteesFerrari82+25.800s6
3 (GBR) Graham HillBRM82+37.600s4
4+5(USA) Richie GintherBRM81+1 lap3
5+3(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)81+1 lap2
6+7(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)80+2 laps1
7+7(NZL) Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)80+2 laps 
8+9(GBR) Mike HailwoodLotus-Climax (privateer)78+4 laps 
9-2(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax78+4 laps 
10+11(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)76+6 laps 
11+11(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)75+7 laps 
12+4(GBR) Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)75+7 laps 
13+10(GBR) John Campbell-JonesLola-Climax (privateer)74+8 laps 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)66DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)65DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax59DNF 
R (GBR) Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)59DNF 
R (GBR) Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM36DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax27DNF 
DQ (GBR) Innes IrelandBRP-BRM26DSQ 
DQ (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax23DSQ 
R (USA) Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM20DNF 
R (NZL) 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
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
3(GBR) Graham HillBRM
4(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
5(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
7(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
8(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)
9(USA) Richie GintherBRM
10(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
11(GBR) Innes IrelandBRP-BRM
12(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
13(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
14(NZL) Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)
15(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
16(GBR) Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)
17(GBR) Mike HailwoodLotus-Climax (privateer)
18(USA) Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM
19(GBR) Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)
20(GBR) Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM
21(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
22(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
23(GBR) John Campbell-JonesLola-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark36
2(USA) Richie Ginther14
3(GBR) Graham Hill13
4(GBR) John Surtees13
5(USA) Dan Gurney12
6(NZL) Bruce McLaren10
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs8
8(GBR) Innes Ireland3
=(AUS) Jack Brabham3
10(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
=(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini2
12(GBR) Trevor Taylor1
=(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort1
=(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=(CHE) Jo Siffert1
=(USA) Jim Hall1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax37
2BRM18
3Cooper-Climax16
4Brabham-Climax13
5Ferrari13
6BRP-BRM3
7Lotus-BRM2
8Porsche1

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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