1963 South African Grand Prix
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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 | (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) |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:28.900
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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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) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (GBR) Jim Clark | 54 |
2 | (GBR) Graham Hill | 29 |
3 | (USA) Richie Ginther | 29 |
4 | (GBR) John Surtees | 22 |
5 | (USA) Dan Gurney | 19 |
6 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | 17 |
7 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | 14 |
8 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs | 9 |
9 | (GBR) Innes Ireland | 6 |
10 | (ITA) Lorenzo Bandini | 6 |
11 | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | 6 |
12 | (DEU) Gerhard Mitter | 3 |
13 | (USA) Jim Hall | 3 |
14 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | 2 |
15 | (GBR) Trevor Taylor | 1 |
= | (ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti | 1 |
= | (CHE) Jo Siffert | 1 |
Stats & 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