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Home / Seasons / 1963 F1 World Championship Season / 1963 South African Grand Prix

1963 South African Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 28 December 1963
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax
CircuitEast London, 85 laps
Round10 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
More 1963 season
More South African Grands Prix
Next race1964 Monaco Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax852hr 10m 36.900s9
2+1USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax85+1m 06.800s6
3+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM84+1 lap4
4+5New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax84+1 lap3
5 Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari84+1 lap2
6+5Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)83+2 laps1
7+3South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax82+3 laps 
8 United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax81+4 laps 
9+4Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveCooper-Climax (privateer)80+5 laps 
10+10Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)79+6 laps 
11+7South Africa flag lazyload Doug SerrurierLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)78+7 laps 
12+7South Africa flag lazyload Trevor BlokdykCooper-Maserati (privateer)77+8 laps 
13-11Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax70DNF 
14+1South Africa flag lazyload Brausch NiemannLotus-Ford (privateer)66+19 laps 
R South Africa flag lazyload Peter de KlerkAlfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer)53DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David ProphetBrabham-Ford (privateer)49DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM43DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari43DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Ernie PieterseLotus-Climax (privateer)3DNF 
R Rhodesia flag lazyload Sam TingleLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  South Africa flag lazyload Paddy DriverLotus-BRM (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:28.900

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
4United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari
5Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
7USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
9New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
10South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
11Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
12South Africa flag lazyload Ernie PieterseLotus-Climax (privateer)
13Rhodesia flag lazyload John LoveCooper-Climax (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David ProphetBrabham-Ford (privateer)
15South Africa flag lazyload Brausch NiemannLotus-Ford (privateer)
16South Africa flag lazyload Peter de KlerkAlfa Special-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
17Rhodesia flag lazyload Sam TingleLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
18South Africa flag lazyload Doug SerrurierLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
19South Africa flag lazyload Trevor BlokdykCooper-Maserati (privateer)
20Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1963 South African Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark54
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill29
3USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther29
4United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees22
5USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney19
6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren17
7Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham14
8South Africa flag lazyload Tony Maggs9
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland6
10Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini6
11Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier6
12Germany flag lazyload Gerhard Mitter3
13USA flag lazyload Jim Hall3
14Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort2
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor1
=Italy flag lazyload Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=Switzerland flag Jo Siffert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax54
2United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM36
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax28
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari26
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax25
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRP-BRM6
7Germany flag lazyload Porsche5
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-BRM4

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

See also

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

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