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1963 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitWatkins Glen, 110 laps
Round8 of 10
Race numbers

The 1963 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 119th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Watkins Glen
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Graham HillBRM1102hr 19m 22.100s9
2+2(USA) Richie GintherBRM110+34.300s6
3-1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax109+1 lap4
4+1(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax108+2 laps3
5+4(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari106+4 laps2
6+13(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)99+11 laps1
7+14(CAN) Peter BroekerStebro-Ford88+22 laps 
8+4(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)85+25 laps 
9-6(GBR) John SurteesFerrari82DNF 
10+6(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)76DNF 
11 (NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax74DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)56DNF 
R (USA) Rodger WardLotus-BRM (privateer)44DNF 
R (ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax44DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax42DNF 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax36DNF 
R (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax24DNF 
R (USA) Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)14DNF 
R (USA) Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)6DNF 
R (USA) Phil HillATS4DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS0DNF 

Notes

  • John Surtees ended lap 82 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:13.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Graham HillBRM
2(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
3(GBR) John SurteesFerrari
4(USA) Richie GintherBRM
5(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
6(USA) Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
7(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
8(USA) Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)
9(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
10(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
11(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
12(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
13(MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax
14(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
15(USA) Phil HillATS
16(USA) Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
17(USA) Rodger WardLotus-BRM (privateer)
18(USA) Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)
19(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
20(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiATS
21(CAN) Peter BroekerStebro-Ford

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jim Clark51
2(USA) Richie Ginther28
3(GBR) Graham Hill22
4(GBR) John Surtees22
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren14
6(USA) Dan Gurney12
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
8(AUS) Jack Brabham8
9(GBR) Innes Ireland6
10(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
11(DEU) Gerhard Mitter3
12(USA) Jim Hall3
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier3
14(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2
15(GBR) Trevor Taylor1
=(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti1
=(CHE) Jo Siffert1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax51
2BRM35
3Ferrari24
4Cooper-Climax21
5Brabham-Climax18
6BRP-BRM6
7Porsche5
8Lotus-BRM4

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Peter Broeker (only start and last Canadian driver to start a race until 1967)
Pedro Rodriguez
Stebro (only start)
Last start
Rodger Ward
Milestone race start
5th for Lotus (5th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
6th for Graham Hill
7th for BRM
Race 1-2
3rd for BRM
Podiums
13th for Jim Clark
11th for Graham Hill
10th for Richie Ginther (14th driver to score ten podiums, 2nd American driver)
23rd for Lotus
21st & 22nd for BRM
Poles
3rd for Graham Hill
4th for BRM
Fastest laps
11th for Jim Clark
15th for Lotus
Front row starts
19th for Graham Hill
15th for Jim Clark
Points finishes
4th and last for Carel Godin de Beaufort
Pole & win
1st for Graham Hill (14th different driver to win from pole, 5th British driver; last until 1965)