Sebring 12 hour race in 1963
The twelfth 12-hour race of Sebring , also 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring , took place on March 23, 1963 at the Sebring International Raceway and was the third round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
The endurance race in Sebring was the third championship run in 1963 . The season started in February with the 3-hour race in Daytona , won by Pedro Rodríguez in a Ferrari 250 GTO of the North American Racing Team . At the following 3-hour race at Sebring won Hans Herrmann on a plant - Fiat Abarth 1000 .
The Ferrari teams, including the works team from Maranello and the North American Racing from Luigi Chinetti, were clear favorites for overall victory . The hopes of American viewers rested on Carroll Shelby's car . But the powerful Cobras were not stable enough. The top driver there was Phil Hill , who left Ferrari at the end of 1962.
Although the Cobras were able to lead the race at the beginning, after 12 hours there was a total triumph for the Ferraris. The two factory 250Ps won ahead of the NART- 330TRI and three GTOs. The best non-Ferrari was the Jaguar E-Type Lightweight by Ed Leslie and Frank Morrill .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | P 3.0 | 30th |
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Ferrari 250P | 209 | ||
2 | P 3.0 | 31 |
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Ferrari 250P | 208 | ||
3 | P + 3.0 | 18th |
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Ferrari 330 TRI / LM | 207 | ||
4th | GT 3.0 | 24 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 203 | ||
5 | GT 3.0 | 26th |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 196 | ||
6th | GT 3.0 | 25th |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 196 | ||
7th | GT 4.0 | 23 |
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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight | 195 | ||
8th | GT 4.0 | 20th |
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Jaguar E-Type Lightweight | 194 | ||
9 | GT 2.0 | 44 |
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Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL | 193 | ||
10 | GT 2.0 | 43 |
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Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL | 193 | ||
11 | GT + 4.0 | 12 |
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Shelby Cobra | 192 | ||
12 | P 3.0 | 33 |
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Austin-Healey 3000 | 187 | ||
13 | GT 3.0 | 28 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 186 | ||
14th | GT 3.0 | 29 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 186 | ||
15th | GT 1.6 | 58 |
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Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL | 185 | ||
16 | GT + 4.0 | 3 |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 182 | ||
17th | GT + 4.0 | 6th |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 181 | ||
18th | GT 3.0 | 32 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 179 | ||
19th | GT 4.0 | 21st |
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Jaguar E-Type | 177 | ||
20th | GT 1.6 | 46 |
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Porsche 356B Carrera GT | 176 | ||
21st | GT 1.3 | 61 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 173 | ||
22nd | GT 2.5 | 36 |
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Triumph TR4 | 172 | ||
23 | GT 2.0 | 49 |
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Volvo P1800 | 170 | ||
24 | GT 2.5 | 38 |
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Triumph TR4 | 168 | ||
25th | P 3.0 | 34 |
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Austin-Healey 3000 | 166 | ||
26th | P 3.0 | 40 |
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Triumph TRS | 165 | ||
27 | GT 2.5 | 42 |
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Morgan Plus 4 | 164 | ||
28 | GT + 4.0 | 15th |
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Shelby Cobra | 163 | ||
29 | GT 1.3 | 59 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 163 | ||
30th | GT 1.6 | 54 |
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Sunbeam Alpine | 162 | ||
31 | GT 1.3 | 63 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 160 | ||
32 | GT 2.5 | 37 |
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Triumph TR4 | 158 | ||
33 | GT 1.6 | 55 |
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Sunbeam Alpine | 155 | ||
34 | GT 2.5 | 39 |
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Triumph TR4 | 154 | ||
35 | GT 1.3 | 67T |
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Lotus Elite | 151 | ||
36 | GT 1.3 | 66 |
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Lotus Elite | 149 | ||
37 | GT 1.6 | 57 |
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Osca 1600GT | 139 | ||
38 | GT + 4.0 | 11 |
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Shelby Cobra | 117 | ||
39 | GT + 4.0 | 7th |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 46 | ||
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40 | GT + 4.0 | 2 |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 167 | ||
41 | P 3.0 | 69 |
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Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite | 161 | ||
42 | P 3.0 | 27 |
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Ferrari Dino 268SP | 160 | ||
43 | GT + 4.0 | 4th |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 120 | ||
44 | GT 4.0 | 22nd |
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Jaguar E-Type | 112 | ||
45 | GT 2.0 | 50 |
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Sabra Sports | 90 | ||
46 | GT + 4.0 | 5 |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 84 | ||
47 | GT 1.3 | 60 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 83 | ||
48 | P + 3.0 | 13 |
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Ferrari 330LMB | 72 | ||
49 | P 3.0 | 68 |
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Austin Mini Cooper | 71 | ||
50 | GT 2.0 | 45 |
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Porsche 356B | 67 | ||
51 | GT 1.3 | 64 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 62 | ||
52 | GT + 4.0 | 16 |
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Shelby Cobra | 56 | ||
53 | P + 3.0 | 10 |
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Chaparral 1 | 56 | ||
54 | GT + 4.0 | 14th |
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Shelby Cobra | 52 | ||
55 | GT 2.5 | 41 |
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Morgan Plus 4 | 45 | ||
56 | GT 2.0 | 47 |
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MGB | 45 | ||
57 | GT 1.3 | 62 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 41 | ||
58 | GT 1.6 | 56 |
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Osca 1600GT | 41 | ||
59 | P 3.0 | 71 |
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René Bonnet Djet | 35 | ||
60 | GT 2.0 | 48 |
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MGB | 32 | ||
61 | GT + 4.0 | 17th |
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Shelby Cobra | 22nd | ||
62 | P + 3.0 | 9 |
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Chaparral 1 | 15th | ||
63 | GT + 4.0 | 1 |
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Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray | 14th | ||
64 | GT 2.0 | 51 |
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TVR Grantura | 7th | ||
65 | GT 2.0 | 53 |
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TVR Grantura | 7th | ||
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54 | GT 2.0 | 52 |
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TVR Grantura | 1 | ||
55 | P 3.0 | T |
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Austin-Healey 3000 | 2 | ||
56 | GT 1.3 | 67 |
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Lotus Elite | 3 |
1 reserve 2 training car 3 accident during training
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 |
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57 | P + 3.0 |
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Ford Falcon Challenger | ||
58 | P | Maserati | |||
59 | P | Maserati | |||
60 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Eleven | |
61 | P + 3.0 |
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Aston Martin DP215 | |
62 | P 3.0 |
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Lotus 23 | |
63 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | ||
64 | GT 1.3 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |||
65 | GT 1.3 | Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |||
66 | P + 3.0 | 8th |
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Pontiac Tempest |
67 | GT 2.5 | 35 |
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Lancia Flaminia Zagato |
68 | GT 2.5 | 35 |
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Lancia Flaminia Zagato |
69 | GT 1.3 | 65 |
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Lotus Elite |
70 | P 3.0 | 70 |
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ASA RB600 |
71 | GT 2.0 | 74 |
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Porsche 356B Carrera |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 71
- Started: 65
- Rated: 39
- Race classes: 9
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: cloudy and cold
- Route length: 8.369 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 12:01: 15,600 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 209
- Total distance of the winning team: 1749.035 km
- Winner's average: 145.498 km / h
- Pole position: unknown
- Fastest race lap: John Sutrtees - Ferrari 250P (# 30) - 3: 11.400 = 157.404 km / h
- Racing series: 3rd round of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
- 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
Individual evidence
Previous race, the 3-hour race at Sebring, 1963 |
Sports car world championship |
Succession race Targa Florio 1963 |