1963 South African Grand Prix

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 numbers	The 1963 South African Grand Prix was the: 121st World Championship race 2nd World Championship South African Grand Prix 2nd World Championship race at East London
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Race result

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

Pole time: 1:28.900

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Trevor Blokdyk (only start); Peter de Klerk; Brausch Niemann (only start); David Prophet; Sam Tingle; Alfa Special
Last start: Ernie Pieterse; Doug Serrurier
Milestone race start: 50th for Graham Hill (8th driver to start 50 races, 2nd British driver)
Wins: 10th for Jim Clark (4th driver to win ten races, 2nd British driver); 15th for Lotus
Podiums: 15th for Jim Clark; 12th for Graham Hill; 10th for Dan Gurney (15th driver to score ten podiums, 3rd American driver); 25th for Lotus; 24th for BRM; 4th for Brabham
Poles: 13th for Jim Clark; 18th for Lotus
Fastest laps: 1st for Dan Gurney (34th different fastest lap setter, 11th American driver); 1st for Brabham (15th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts: 20th for Jack Brabham (5th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Australian driver; first since 1961); 17th for Jim Clark; 8th for Dan Gurney
Pole & win: 7th for Jim Clark