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1963 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 86 laps
Round7 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 118th World Championship race
  • 14th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Monza
  • 1963 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1963 Constructors’ title decider
More 1963 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax862hr 24m 19.600s9
2+2(USA) Richie GintherBRM86+1m 35.000s6
3+5(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax85+1 lap4
4+6(GBR) Innes IrelandBRP-BRM84DNF3
5+2(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax84+2 laps2
6+7(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax84+2 laps1
7+4(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)84+2 laps 
8+8(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)84+2 laps 
9+10(FRA) Maurice TrintignantBRM (privateer)83+3 laps 
10+7(GBR) Mike HailwoodLola-Climax (privateer)82+4 laps 
11+3(USA) Phil HillATS79+7 laps 
12+6(GBR) Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)79+7 laps 
13-4(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax73DNF 
14-9(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax64DNF 
15+5(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS63+23 laps 
16-14(GBR) Graham HillBRM59DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)40DNF 
R (ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari37DNF 
R (USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)26DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesFerrari16DNF 
Did not start
  (NZL) Chris AmonLola-Climax (privateer)   

Notes

  • Innes Ireland ended lap 84 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • John Surtees ended lap 16 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:37.300

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
2(GBR) Graham HillBRM
3(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
4(USA) Richie GintherBRM
5(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
6(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
7(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
8(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9(GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-Climax
10(GBR) Innes IrelandBRP-BRM
11(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
12(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
13(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
14(USA) Phil HillATS
15(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
16(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(GBR) Mike HailwoodLola-Climax (privateer)
18(GBR) Bob AndersonLola-Climax (privateer)
19(FRA) Maurice TrintignantBRM (privateer)
20(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(PRT) Mario Araujo de CabralCooper-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Ian RabyGilby-BRM (privateer)
(USA) Tony SettemberScirocco-BRM
(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
(ITA) Ernesto BrambillaCooper-Maserati (privateer)
(BEL) Andre PiletteLotus-Climax (privateer)
(ITA) Roberto LippiDe Tomaso-Ferrari (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark51
2(USA) Richie Ginther24
3(GBR) John Surtees22
4(NZL) Bruce McLaren14
5(GBR) Graham Hill13
6(USA) Dan Gurney12
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
8(GBR) Innes Ireland6
9(AUS) Jack Brabham5
10(DEU) Gerhard Mitter3
11(SWE) Jo Bonnier3
 (USA) Jim Hall3
13(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini2
14(GBR) Trevor Taylor1
=(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort1
=(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=(CHE) Jo Siffert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax51
2BRM28
3Ferrari22
4Cooper-Climax21
5Brabham-Climax15
6BRP-BRM6
7Porsche4
8Lotus-BRM4

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Mike Spence
World Champion
1st title for Jim Clark (8th driver to win the World Championship, 3rd British champion)
1st title for Lotus (5th constructor world champion)
Wins
8th for Jim Clark
13th for Lotus
Podiums
17th for Bruce McLaren
12th for Jim Clark
9th for Richie Ginther
45th for Cooper
22nd for Lotus
20th for BRM (6th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
3rd for John Surtees (first for Ferrari)
39th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
10th for Jim Clark (4th driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd British driver)
14th for Lotus
Front row starts
18th for Graham Hill
6th for John Surtees
Win & fastest lap
7th for Jim Clark