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1963 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 15 laps
Round6 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 117th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) John SurteesFerrari152hr 13m 06.800s9
2-1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax15+1m 17.500s6
3+3(USA) Richie GintherBRM15+2m 44.900s4
4+11(DEU) Gerhard MitterPorsche (privateer)15+8m 11.500s3
5+11(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)14+1 lap2
6+6(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)14+1 lap1
7+1(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax14+1 lap 
8+10(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax14+1 lap 
9 (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)10DNF 
10+11(FRA) Bernard CollombLotus-Climax (privateer)10+5 laps 
R (NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)9DNF 
R (ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax7DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax6DNF 
R (PRT) Mario de Araujo CabralCooper-Climax (privateer)6DNF 
R (GBR) Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM5DNF 
R (USA) Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM5DNF 
R (NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax3DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)2DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM2DNF 
R (BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari1DNF 
R (GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)1DNF 
R (ITA) Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 8:45.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
3(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniBRM (privateer)
4(GBR) Graham HillBRM
5(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
6(USA) Richie GintherBRM
7(BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari
8(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
9(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
10(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
11(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-BRM (privateer)
12(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
13(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
14(NZL) Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)
15(DEU) Gerhard MitterPorsche (privateer)
16(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
18(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
19(GBR) Ian BurgessScirocco-BRM
20(PRT) Mario de Araujo CabralCooper-Climax (privateer)
21(FRA) Bernard CollombLotus-Climax (privateer)
22(USA) Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(BEL) Andre PiletteLotus-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)
(GBR) Tim ParnellLotus-Climax (privateer)
(DEU) Kurt KuhnkeLotus-Borgward (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark42
2(GBR) John Surtees22
3(USA) Richie Ginther18
4(GBR) Graham Hill13
5(USA) Dan Gurney12
6(NZL) Bruce McLaren10
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs8
8(GBR) Innes Ireland3
=(AUS) Jack Brabham3
=(DEU) Gerhard Mitter3
11(USA) Jim Hall3
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier3
13(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini2
14(GBR) Trevor Taylor1
=(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort1
=(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=(CHE) Jo Siffert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax43
2BRM22
3Ferrari22
4Cooper-Climax17
5Brabham-Climax13
6Porsche4
7Lotus-BRM4
8BRP-BRM3

Stats & milestones

Last start
Ian Burgess
Bernard Collomb
Willy Mairesse
Tony Settember
Milestone race start
50th for Jo Bonnier (7th driver to start 50 races, 1st Swedish driver)
100th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
1st for John Surtees (33rd different winner, 8th British driver)
36th for Ferrari
Podiums
11th for Jim Clark
8th for Richie Ginther
6th for John Surtees
131st for Ferrari
21st for Lotus
19th for BRM
Poles
11th for Jim Clark
16th for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th for John Surtees
38th for Ferrari
Front row starts
17th for Graham Hill
14th for Jim Clark
5th for John Surtees (first for Ferrari)
1st for Lorenzo Bandini (62nd different front row starter, 10th Italian driver; first Italian front row starter since 1958; only front row start for BRM)
Points finishes
2nd and last for Jim Hall
1st and only for Gerhard Mitter (124th different point scorer, 5th German driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for John Surtees (17th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 6th British driver)