1963 South African Grand Prix
| Date | Saturday, 28 December 1963 |
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| Circuit | East London, 85 laps |
| Round | 10 of 10 |
| Race numbers | The 1963 South African Grand Prix was the
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| Next race | 1964 Monaco Grand Prix |
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 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 (privateer) | 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 (privateer) | 80 | +5 laps | |
| 10 | +10 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) | 79 | +6 laps | |
| 11 | +7 | Doug Serrurier | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 78 | +7 laps | |
| 12 | +7 | Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 77 | +8 laps | |
| 13 | -11 |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax | 70 | DNF | |
| 14 | +1 | Brausch Niemann | Lotus-Ford (privateer) | 66 | +19 laps | |
| R | Peter de Klerk | Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 53 | DNF | ||
| R | David Prophet | Brabham-Ford (privateer) | 49 | DNF | ||
| R | Richie Ginther | BRM | 43 | DNF | ||
| R | John Surtees | Ferrari | 43 | DNF | ||
| R | Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R | Sam Tingle | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 2 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Paddy Driver | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:28.900
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
| 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 (privateer) |
| 12 | Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 13 | John Love | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 14 | David Prophet | Brabham-Ford (privateer) |
| 15 | Brausch Niemann | Lotus-Ford (privateer) |
| 16 | Peter de Klerk | Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
| 17 | Sam Tingle | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
| 18 | Doug Serrurier | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
| 19 | Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
| 20 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1963 South African Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- 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