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Home / Seasons / 1963 F1 World Championship Season / 1963 United States Grand Prix

1963 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 October 1963
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
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
More 1963 season
More United States Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM1102hr 19m 22.100s9
2+2USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM110+34.300s6
3-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax109+1 lap4
4+1Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax108+2 laps3
5+4Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari106+4 laps2
6+13Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)99+11 laps1
7+14Canada flag lazyload Peter BroekerStebro-Ford88+22 laps 
8+4Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)85+25 laps 
9-6United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari82DNF 
10+6USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)76DNF 
11 New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax74DNF 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)56DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Rodger WardLotus-BRM (privateer)44DNF 
R South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax44DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax42DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax24DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)14DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)6DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Phil HillATS4DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload 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
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
3United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesFerrari
4USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM
5Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
6USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
8USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLola-Climax (privateer)
9Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
10South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
11New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
12Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Climax (privateer)
13Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax
14Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
15USA flag lazyload Phil HillATS
16USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-BRM (privateer)
17USA flag lazyload Rodger WardLotus-BRM (privateer)
18USA flag lazyload Hap SharpLotus-BRM (privateer)
19Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
20Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiATS
21Canada flag lazyload Peter BroekerStebro-Ford

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1963 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark51
2USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther28
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill22
4United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees22
5New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren14
6USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney12
7South Africa flag lazyload Tony Maggs9
8Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham8
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland6
10Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini4
11Germany flag lazyload Gerhard Mitter3
12USA flag lazyload Jim Hall3
=Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier3
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-Climax51
2United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM35
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari24
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax21
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Climax18
6United Kingdom flag lazyload BRP-BRM6
7Germany flag lazyload Porsche5
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-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)

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Watkins Glen circuit
  • 1963 World Championship season

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