1963 United States Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 6 October 1963 |
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Winner |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Watkins Glen, 110 laps |
Round | 8 of 10 |
Race numbers | The 1963 United States Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | BRM | 110 | 2hr 19m 22.100s | 9 | |
2 | +2 | ![]() | BRM | 110 | +34.300s | 6 |
3 | -1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 109 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 108 | +2 laps | 3 |
5 | +4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 106 | +4 laps | 2 |
6 | +13 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) | 99 | +11 laps | 1 |
7 | +14 | ![]() | Stebro-Ford | 88 | +22 laps | |
8 | +4 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 85 | +25 laps | |
9 | -6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 82 | DNF | |
10 | +6 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 76 | DNF | |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 74 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 56 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 44 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 44 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 42 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 36 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 24 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 6 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | ATS | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | ATS | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- John Surtees ended lap 82 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:13.400
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | BRM |
2 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari |
4 | ![]() | BRM |
5 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
6 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
7 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
8 | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
9 | ![]() | Ferrari |
10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
12 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
13 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
14 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | ATS |
16 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
19 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | ATS |
21 | ![]() | Stebro-Ford |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1963 United States Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 51 |
2 | ![]() | 28 |
3 | ![]() | 22 |
4 | ![]() | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 14 |
6 | ![]() | 12 |
7 | ![]() | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 51 |
2 | ![]() | 35 |
3 | ![]() | 24 |
4 | ![]() | 21 |
5 | ![]() | 18 |
6 | ![]() | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 4 |
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)