1963 South African Grand Prix
Date | Saturday, 28 December 1963 |
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Fastest lap |
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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 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 85 | 2hr 10m 36.900s | 9 | |
2 | +1 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 85 | +1m 06.800s | 6 |
3 | +3 | ![]() | BRM | 84 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +5 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 84 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 84 | +1 lap | 2 | |
6 | +5 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 83 | +2 laps | 1 |
7 | +3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 82 | +3 laps | |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 81 | +4 laps | ||
9 | +4 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 80 | +5 laps | |
10 | +10 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) | 79 | +6 laps | |
11 | +7 | ![]() | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 78 | +7 laps | |
12 | +7 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 77 | +8 laps | |
13 | -11 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 70 | DNF | |
14 | +1 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford (privateer) | 66 | +19 laps | |
R | ![]() | Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 53 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Ford (privateer) | 49 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 43 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 43 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 2 | DNF | ||
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![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:28.900
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
2 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
3 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari |
6 | ![]() | BRM |
7 | ![]() | BRM |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
9 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
13 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
14 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Lotus-Ford (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
19 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1963 South African Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 54 |
2 | ![]() | 29 |
3 | ![]() | 29 |
4 | ![]() | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 17 |
7 | ![]() | 14 |
8 | ![]() | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 6 |
12 | ![]() | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 54 |
2 | ![]() | 36 |
3 | ![]() | 28 |
4 | ![]() | 26 |
5 | ![]() | 25 |
6 | ![]() | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 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