1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1963

Willy Mairesse in the Ferrari 250P on his victory drive in the Hatzenbach section

The wreck of Mike Parkes’s Ferrari 250P stands after his accident at the exit of the Aremberg curve

The wreck of the Parkes Ferrari on the right side of the road; You can clearly see braking and grinding marks on the floor

Porsche 718 GTR, canceled due to a shift error by Phil Hill

Jaguar E-Type Lightweight from Peter Lindner and Peter Nöcker at the exit of the south bend

René Bonnet Djet by Gérard Laureau and Jean Vinatier in the Hatzenbach section

Ferrari 250TRI from Scuderia Serenissima; Carlo-Maria Abate and Jean Guichet achieved third place in the overall standings with their car

Heinz Schreiber and Hubert Hahne's martini at the exit of the Aremberg curve

The ninth 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also Int. ADAC 1000 km race, Nürburgring , took place on May 19, 1963 and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The 1000 km race in 1963 was the ninth long-distance race to be held over this distance on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . The first event took place in 1953 and ended with a win for Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 375MM . Since there was no 1000 km race in 1954 and 1955, the 1963 race was the ninth. In 1963, the sports car world championship had grown into a racing series with 22 races. However, the series was divided into four class ratings and not all classes were eligible to start in all races. In addition to mountain races , this year there was even a rally for the World Championship with the Wiesbaden rally .

The 1000 km race was the seventh race of the season, which began on February 17 with the Daytona 3-hour race . Two major sports car races, in which points were awarded for all class ratings, had already been driven up to the Nürburgring. When 12-hour race at Sebring won John Surtees and Ludovico Scarfiotti on a plant - Ferrari 250P . The Targa Florio won Joakim Bonnier and Carlo-Maria Abate . It was the third success for Porsche in the Sicilian road race after 1959 and 1960 .

The organizer received 93 reports for the race at the Nürburgring. After several training runs, 67 vehicles took part in the race. The Ferrari works team, which came to Germany with three Ferrari 250Ps, was the main favorite for overall victory. Nino Vaccarella destroyed one of the three works cars in a training accident, so that only two cars could qualify for the race. The mid-engined 12-cylinder racing cars were driven by Willy Mairesse and John Surtees as well as Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti. The other Ferraris at the start had only registered private teams. The entry list included the Ferrari 250 GTOs from Pierre Noblet and David Piper . The only serious opponent of Ferrari to victory in the overall standings was the works team of Porsche since both Aston Martin and the Maserati teams had waived participation to focus entirely on the 24-hour race at Le Mans to focus . Porsche had won the Targa Florio a few weeks earlier with the 718 WRS Spyder and, despite a performance deficit of more than 120 hp compared to the Ferraris, expected good chances at the Nürburgring as well. Race director Fritz Huschke von Hanstein hired the American Phil Hill as a guest driver, who formed a team with Joakim Bonnier . Hill, who won the Formula 1 drivers' championship with Ferrari in 1961 , was divorced from Scuderia at the end of 1962 and gladly accepted Porsche's request to drive the 718 Coupé (718 GTR). Herbert Linge and Edgar Barth sat in the second Porsche 718, a Spyder .

Alpine owner Jean Rédélé brought the new Alpine M63 to the track from France . Lloyd Casner and José Rosinski drove the car. Alpine was hoping for the first successful use of the type. René Bonnet also came from France with the René Bonnet Djets , which started in the class for prototypes up to 1.3 liters displacement.

The race

Confusion at the Le Mans start

At the Le Mans start there was some confusion from the starter. Some drivers misinterpreted its signal routing and ran to the car, although the start was not yet approved. Others, on the other hand, stopped in the middle of the road because they thought of a false start. Despite the confusion that caused some of the back starters to move up a long way at the beginning of the race, the race management decided not to abort and let the race continue.

Race decision due to accidents

To the surprise of the many spectators, almost 250,000 along the route are said to have seen the race, none of the favorites from the first lap came back to the start and finish as the leader, but the German Peter Lindner in his Jaguar E-Type Lightweight . Lindner had fought for the lead in a breakneck driving style, but had to surrender it to the two Ferrari 250Ps on the second lap - John Surtees and Ludovico Scarfiotti drove the starting turns. Lindner, and later his team mate Peter Nöcker , were able to stay in the top field for a long time before decreasing oil pressure forced the duo to give up.

On lap 15, the race seemed decided to the disadvantage of Ferrari. Mike Parkes, who had taken over the car with the starting number 111 from Scarfiotti, risked too much in the Aremberg curve when lapping a slower participant, got his left rear side part against the wall of an underpass and threw it back onto the track, so that the one closely following Willy Mairesse could no longer evade and damaged the front end of his 250P. Parkes' car was so badly damaged that he could not continue the race. Mairesse was able to start his car again and drive to the pits, but lost more than six minutes on Hill and Bonnier's Porsche. Because of this, and because Mairesse subsequently had to take care of the ailing car and drove far slower than necessary, the Porsche's victory seemed almost certain. But on lap 20 Phil Hill slipped off the track in the same place as Parkes five laps earlier after a shift error and retired, whereby Willy Mairesse and John Surtees still won the race. The real surprise, however, was the second overall place for Jean Guichet and Pierre Noblet in their Ferrari 250 GTO, who were superior in their class. Third place went to Carlo-Maria Abate and Umberto Maglioli in the front-engined Ferrari 250TRI of the Scuderia Serenissima . John Surtees made the ring double that year. A few weeks after his success at the 1000 km race he won on a Ferrari 156 at the Grand Prix of Germany F1.

The best Porsche at the finish was the works 356 B 2000 GS with Le Mans body by Hans-Joachim Walter and Ben Pon in fourth place overall. The duo became a team of four by the end of the race, as Herbert Linge and Edgar Barth supported the two team-mates with their driving skills after their failure. Alpine achieved a decent placement in eleventh place overall when the M63 was used for the first time.

None of the Abarths finished. All three Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero failed. One vehicle from the four Bonnets made it into the final ranking. Roland Charriére and Robert Bouharde achieved 22nd place overall, which also meant third place in the prototype class up to 1.3-liter displacement. This class was won by the British team Elite. The Lotus factory team was registered under this name . Dangers became the Lotus Elite with the number seven originally by John Wagstaff and Gil Baird. After the elite with starting number six, which David Hobbs and Trevor Taylor drove, retired, a team of four made it into the final standings because Hobbs and Taylor had taken over the car from Wagstaff and Baird. The team came in ninth place overall.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	110	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Willy Mairesse John Surtees	Ferrari 250P	44
2	GT 3.0	46	Pierre Noblet	Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet	Ferrari 250 GTO	44
3	P 3.0	112	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 250TRI	43
4th	GT 2.0	31	Porsche System Engineering	Hans-Joachim Walter Ben Pon Herbert Linge Edgar Barth	Porsche 356 B 2000 GS	43
5	GT 3.0	59	Ecurie Francorchamps	Léon Dernier Gérard Langlois van Ophem	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	41
6th	GT 3.0	47	David Piper	David Piper Ed Cantrell	Ferrari 250 GTO	41
7th	GT 3.0	56	Günther Lohsträter	Günther Lohsträter Helmut Felder	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	41
8th	P 3.0	113	Chris Kerrison	Chris Kerrison Mike Salmon	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	41
9	GT 1.3	7th	Team elite	John Wagstaff Gil Baird Trevor Taylor David Hobbs	Lotus Elite	40
10	GT 1.6	26th	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Paul-Ernst Straehle Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth	40
11	P 1.3	92	Automobiles Alpine	José Rosinski Lloyd Casner	Alpine M63	40
12	GT 2.0	28	Scuderia Filipinetti	Hans Kühnis Heinz Schiller	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth	40
13	GT 1.3	17th	Richard Jacobs	Andrew Hedges Christopher Martyn	MG Midget	40
14th	GT 1.6	21st	Lufthansa	Robert Chicken Robert Schwarz	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS	40
15th	GT 1.3	16	Richard Jacobs	Alan Foster Keith Greene	MG Midget	39
16	GT + 3.0	69	Christophorus	Ulrich Therstappen Joseph Ruthardt	Jaguar E-Type	39
17th	P 1.3	94	Christabel Carlisle	Clive Baker Christabel Carlisle	Austin-Healey Sprite	39
18th	GT + 3.0	73	Max Werner	Max Werner Norman Olsen	Jaguar E-Type	39
19th	GT 2.0	32	Hesse	Ludwig Walter Ulrich Rose	Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera	38
20th	GT 1.6	22nd	Karl Moor	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Günther Wellensiek	Porsche 356 B 2000 GS Carrera	38
21st	GT 2.0	37	Willi Martini	Josef Maassen Friedheim Theissen	Volvo PV544	38
22nd	P 1.3	88	René Bonnet	Roland Charrière Robert Bouharde	René Bonnet Djet	37
23	GT 1.3	9	Louis Morand	Armand Schäfer André Knörr	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	37
24	P 1.6	106	Jolly Club	Alessandro Arcioni Carlo Zuccoli	Alfa Romeo Giulia Super	37
25th	P 850	78	Willi Martini	Heinrich Hülbüsch Georg Bialas	Martini	36
26th	GT 2.5	42	Chris Lawrence	Rob Slotemaker Hugh Braithwaite	Morgan Plus 4S	36
27	GT 2.0	36	Karl vom Kothen	Karl vom Kothen Karl-Friedrich Kronenberg	Volvo P1800	36
28	GT 2.5	44	Chris Lawrence	Philip Arnold Robin Carnegie	Morgan Plus 4S	36
29	P 850	77	Willi Martini	Heinz Schreiber Hubert Hahne	Martini	35
30th	GT 3.0	48	Kalman from Csazy	Kalman by Csazy Karl Foitek	Ferrari 250 GTO	34
31	GT + 3.0	72	Maurice Caillet	Maurice Caillet Pierre de Siebenthal	Jaguar E-Type	34
32	GT + 3.0	66	Peter Lumsden	Peter Lumsden Peter Sargent	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	33
33	GT 2.5	41	Anatholy Arutunoff	Tom Davis Bill Pryor	Lancia Flaminia Zagato	33
34	GT 1.3	12	Rudolf Moser	Rudolf Moser Hans-Helmuth Hespen	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	32
35	GT 2.0	34	Guy Savoye	Guy Savoye Mardro	AC Ace	30th
36	P 1.3	87	René Bonnet	Jean Vinatier Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	28
37	GT 1.6	23	Harry Merkel	Harry Merkel Sepp Liebl	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera	28
Failed
38	GT + 3.0	67	Peter Lindner	Peter Lindner Peter Nöcker	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	25th
39	P 2.0	100	Porsche System Engineering	Joakim Bonnier Phil Hill	Porsche 718 GTR	21st
40	GT 3.0	54	Scuderia Filipinetti	Heini Walter Herbert Müller	Ferrari 250 GTO	9
41	P 2.0	101	Porsche System Engineering	Herbert Linge Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 WRS	5
42	GT 1.3	1	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi Eberhard Mahle	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
43	GT 1.3	2	Abarth	Gianni Balzarini Lorenzo Bandini	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
44	GT 1.3	3	Abarth	Hans Herrmann Lucien Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
45	GT 1.3	6th	Team elite	David Hobbs Trevor Taylor	Lotus Elite
46	GT 1.3	10	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan Gordon Jones	Lotus Elite
47	GT 1.3	14th	Horst Estler	Horst Estler Fritz Jüttner	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
48	GT 1.3	15th	Hans-Dieter Dechent	Hans-Dieter Dechent Rigo Steffen	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
49	P 1.3	18th	Automobiles Alpine	René Richard Henri Grandsire	Alpine A108
50	GT 1.6	24	Richard Stoop	Richard Stoop Robin Benson	Porsche 356 B 1600 GS Carrera
51	GT 2.0	29	Ben Pon	Eberhard Rank Rolf Wütherich	Porsche 356 B 2000 GS
52	GT 2.0	30th	Porsche System Engineering	Joseph Greger Günter Klass	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth
53	GT 2.0	33	Emile-Claude Clemens	Emile-Claude Clemens Marcel van Bierbeek	Chevron B23
54	GT 2.0	35	Volvo Germany	Jochen Neerpasch Herbert Schultze	Volvo PV444
55	GT 2.5	43	Chris Lawrence	Adrian Dence Billy Blydenstein Leonard Bridge	Morgan Plus 44SS
56	GT 3.0	64	Scuderia Centro Sud	Tommy Hitchcock Zourab Tchkotoua	Ferrari 250 GTO
57	GT + 3.0	68	Peter Lindner	Werner Fleck Klaus Vehling	Jaguar E-Type
58	P 850	79	Walter Schneider	Walter Schneider Anton Fischhaber	Martini
59	P 850	80	Peter Ruby	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel Peter Ruby	Ginetta G6
60	P 1.3	85	René Bonnet	Philippe Dubourg Jean-Pierre Manzon	René Bonnet Djet
61	P 1.3	86	René Bonnet	Fernand Carpentier Pierre Monneret	René Bonnet Djet
62	P 1.3	89	René Bonnet	Bruno Basini Jean-Pierre Beltoise	René Bonnet Djet
63	P 1.3	91	Abarth	Tommy Spychiger Teddy Pilette	Abarth 1300S
64	P 1.3	97	Chris Lawrence	Chris donor Chris Lawrence	Deep Sanderson 301
65	GT 1.6	107	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Andrea Vianini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
66	P 3.0	111	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Mike Parkes Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 250P
67	P + 3.0	115	Lola Cars	Anthony Maggs Bob Olthoff	Lola Mk6 GT
Not started
68	GT 3.0	58	Ecurie Francorchamps	Jean Blaton Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250 GTO	1
69	P 850	81	Abarth	Ernst Prinoth Herbert Demetz	Fiat-Abarth 700S	2
70	P 1.3	85	Radbourne Racing	John Anstead Peter Clarke	Austin Mini Cooper	3
71	P 1.3	98	ASA	Giorgio Bassi Carlo Facetti	ASA Mile	4th
72	P 1.3	99	ASA	Gianni Lado Bruno Deserti	ASA Mile	5
73	P 2.0	102	Abarth	Hans Herrmann Lucien Bianchi	Abarth 2000	6th
74	P 2.0	108	Stirling Moss	Innes Ireland John Whitmore	Lotus Elan Costin	7th
75	P 3.0	118	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 250P	8th

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
76	GT 1.3	4th	Scuderia Centro Sud	Giorgio Acutis Giancarlo Castellina	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
77	GT 1.3	5	Team elite	Trevor Taylor Clive Hunt	Lotus Elite
78	GT 1.3	8th	Hanns Graf	Hanns Graf	Lotus Elite
79	GT 1.3	11	Adrien de Ghellinck	Adrien de Ghellinck Frederic de Jamblinne	Lotus Elite
80	GT 2.0	27	Helmut Zick	Helmut Zick	Porsche 356B 2000 GS
81	GT 3.0	49	Leman	Gerard Spinedi	Ferrari 250 GT
82	GT 3.0	52	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Ferrari 250 GTO
83	GT 3.0	53	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Gianni Bulgari Maurizio Grana	Ferrari 250 GTO
84	GT 3.0	55	Helmut Zick	Hans-Georg Plaut Maurizio Grana	Ferrari 250 GTO
85	GT 3.0	57	Erich Bitter	Erich Bitter Bernd Degener	Ferrari 250 GTO
86	P 850	76	René Bonnet	Gérard Laureau Jean-Pierre Beltoise	René Bonnet Djet
87	P 850	82	Jean Laroche	Jean Laroche Pierre Labet	BMW 700 special
88	P 1.3	90	Ralph Buschhaus de Laforest	Ralph Buschhaus de Laforest	GSM Delta
89	P 1.3	93	Tartaruga	Ray Brown Peter Scherrer Rico Steinemann	Austin-Healey Sprite
90	P 1.3	96	Peter Ochs	Peter Ochs	MCA Jetstar
91	P 2.0	103	Scuderia Filipinetti	Heini Walter	Porsche 718RS
92	P 2.0	104	Scuderia Filipinetti	Armand Schäfer Herbert Müller	Alfa Romeo
93	P 2.0	105	Lotus Sweden	Josephson Bjorn Atterberg is different	lotus

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Prototypes over 3000 cm³	no participant in the finish
Prototypes up to 3000 cm³	John Surtees	Willy Mairesse			Ferrari 250P	Overall victory
Prototypes up to 2000 cm³	no participant in the finish
Prototypes up to 1300 cm³	José Rosinski	Lloyd Casner			Alpine M63	Rank 11
Prototypes up to 850 cm³	Heinrich Hülbüsch	Georg Bialas			Martini	Rank 25
GT over 3000 cm³	Ulrich Therstappen	Joseph Ruthardt			Jaguar E-Type	Rank 16
GT up to 3000 cm³	Pierre Noblet	Jean Guichet			Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 2
GT up to 2500 cm³	Rob Slotemaker	Hugh Braithwaite			Morgan Plus 4SS	Rank 26
GT up to 2000 cm³	Hans-Joachim Walter	Ben Pon	Herbert Linge	Edgar Barth	Porsche 356B 2000 GS	Rank 4
GT up to 1600 cm³	Gerhard Koch	Paul-Ernst Straehle			Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth	Rank 10
GT up to 1300 cm³	John Wagstaff	Gil Baird	Trevor Taylor	David Hobbs	Lotus Elite	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 93
• Started: 67
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 11
• Spectators: 250,000
• Race day weather: cold, light rain in between
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 7:32: 18,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.640 km
• Winner's average: 133.433 km / h
• Pole position: Willy Mairesse - Ferrari 250P (# 110) - 9: 13,100
• Fastest race lap: John Surtees - Ferrari 250P (# 110) - 9: 16,000 = 147.691 km / h
• Racing series: Round 7 of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1963  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results at WSPR Racing ( Memento from December 19, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina won the first 1000 km race in 1953 ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ Surtees and Scarfiotti win in Sebring ( Memento from December 19, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ↑ Bonnier and Abate win the Targa Florio ( Memento from December 19, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ Behrndt, Födisch, Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. 2008, pp. 47 and 208.
5. ^ Richard von Frankenberg in: auto, motor und sport. Issue 1, 1963, ISSN  0005-0806 , pp. 42-43.

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