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1963 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 65 laps
Round9 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 120th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Mexico City
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax652hr 09m 52.100s9
2+8(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax65+1m 41.100s6
3+2(USA) Richie GintherBRM65+1m 54.700s4
4-1(GBR) Graham HillBRM64+1 lap3
5+3(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)62+3 laps2
6-2(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax62+3 laps1
7+9(USA) Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)61+4 laps 
8+7(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)60+4 laps 
9 (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)59+6 laps 
10+8(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)58+7 laps 
11 (MEX) Moises SolanaBRM (privateer)57DNF 
R (USA) Phil HillATS40DNF 
R (ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari36DNF 
R (NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax30DNF 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax26DNF 
R (USA) Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)23DNF 
R (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax19DNF 
DQ (GBR) John SurteesFerrari19DSQ 
R (ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS12DNF 
R (NZL) Chris AmonLotus-BRM (privateer)9DNF 
R (ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax7DNF 

Notes

  • John Surtees was disqualified for receiving a push start after a pit stop.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:58.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
3(GBR) Graham HillBRM
4(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
5(USA) Richie GintherBRM
6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
7(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
8(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
9(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
10(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
11(MEX) Moises SolanaBRM (privateer)
12(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
13(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
14(USA) Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)
15(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
16(USA) Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(USA) Phil HillATS
18(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
19(NZL) Chris AmonLotus-BRM (privateer)
20(MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax
21(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark54
2(USA) Richie Ginther29
3(GBR) Graham Hill25
4(GBR) John Surtees22
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren14
6(AUS) Jack Brabham14
7(USA) Dan Gurney13
8(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
9(GBR) Innes Ireland6
10(SWE) Jo Bonnier5
11(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
12(DEU) Gerhard Mitter3
13(USA) Jim Hall3
14(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2
15(GBR) Trevor Taylor1
=(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=(CHE) Jo Siffert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax54
2BRM36
3Ferrari24
4Brabham-Climax24
5Cooper-Climax23
6BRP-BRM6
7Porsche5
8Lotus-BRM4

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Moises Solana
Last start
Jim Hall
ATS
Wins
9th for Jim Clark
14th for Lotus
Podiums
14th for Jim Clark
11th for Jack Brabham (first podium since 1960; first for Brabham)
11th for Richie Ginther
24th for Lotus
23rd for BRM
3rd for Brabham
Poles
12th for Jim Clark
17th for Lotus
Fastest laps
12th for Jim Clark
16th for Lotus
Front row starts
16th for Jim Clark
7th for John Surtees
Pole & win
6th for Jim Clark
Win & fastest lap
8th for Jim Clark
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
5th for Jim Clark