1963 South African Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Saturday, 28 December 1963
Winner:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Pole position:	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap:	Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax
Circuit:	East London, 85 laps
Round:	10 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	85	2hr 10m 36.900s	9
2	+1	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	85	+1m 06.800s	6
3	+3	Graham Hill	BRM	84	+1 lap	4
4	+5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	84	+1 lap	3
5		Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	84	+1 lap	2
6	+5	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax (P)	83	+2 laps	1
7	+3	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	82	+3 laps
8		Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	81	+4 laps
9	+4	John Love	Cooper-Climax (P)	80	+5 laps
10	+10	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche (P)	79	+6 laps
11	+7	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo (P)	78	+7 laps
12	+7	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati (P)	77	+8 laps
13	-11	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	70	DNF
14	+1	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford (P)	66	+19 laps
R		Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (P)	53	DNF
R		David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (P)	49	DNF
R		Richie Ginther	BRM	43	DNF
R		John Surtees	Ferrari	43	DNF
R		Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax (P)	3	DNF
R		Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo (P)	2	DNF
Did not start
		Paddy Driver	Lotus-BRM (P)

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:28.900
2	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
3	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
4	John Surtees	Ferrari
5	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
6	Graham Hill	BRM
7	Richie Ginther	BRM
8	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
10	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax
11	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax (P)
12	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax (P)
13	John Love	Cooper-Climax (P)
14	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford (P)
15	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford (P)
16	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (P)
17	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo (P)
18	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo (P)
19	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati (P)
20	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1963

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jim Clark	54
2	Graham Hill	29
3	Richie Ginther	29
4	John Surtees	22
5	Dan Gurney	19
6	Bruce McLaren	17
7	Jack Brabham	14
8	Tony Maggs	9
9	Innes Ireland	6
10	Lorenzo Bandini	6
11	Jo Bonnier	6
12	Gerhard Mitter	3
13	Jim Hall	3
14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	2
15	Trevor Taylor	1
=	Ludovico Scarfiotti	1
=	Jo Siffert	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	54
2	BRM	36
3	Brabham-Climax	28
4	Ferrari	26
5	Cooper-Climax	25
6	BRP-BRM	6
7	Porsche	5
8	Lotus-BRM	4

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Trevor Blokdyk (only start), Peter de Klerk, Brausch Niemann (only start), David Prophet, Sam Tingle

Constructor: Alfa Special

Last start

Driver: Ernie Pieterse, Doug Serrurier

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Graham Hill

Wins

Driver: 10th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 15th for Lotus

Podiums

Driver: 15th for Jim Clark, 12th for Graham Hill, 10th for Dan Gurney

Constructor: 25th for Lotus, 24th for BRM, 4th for Brabham

Poles

Driver: 13th for Jim Clark

Constructor: 18th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st for Dan Gurney (34th different fastest lap setter, 11th American driver)

Constructor: 1st for Brabham (15th different fastest lap setter)

Front row starts

Driver: 20th for Jack Brabham, 17th for Jim Clark, 8th for Dan Gurney

Pole & win

Driver: 7th for Jim Clark

See also

• South African Grand Prix
• East London Circuit
• 1963 World Championship season