3 Hours of Monza 1963, 3rd race

Aston Martin DP214

The 14th Coppa Inter-Europa , the 3-hour race in Monza for GT vehicles over 2-liter displacement , also XIV. Coppa Inter-Europa, 3 Hours, Monza , was held on September 8, 1963 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and it was the 20th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The race for GT vehicles over 2-liter displacement was already the third race over this distance in Monza, which was a championship race of the sports car world championship in 1963 . In June Romano Perdomi won a GT race in a Fiat-Abarth 1000 . On the same day, the Coppa Inter-Europa for GT vehicles up to 2-liter displacement took place, which Tommy Spychiger won in an Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero .

The high-displacement sports car event ended with the triumph of Roy Salvadori in the Aston Martin DP214 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT + 3.0	46	David Brown Aston Martin Lagonda	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DP214	101
2	GT 3.0	42	Maranello Concessionaires	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 250 GTO	101
3	GT + 3.0	45	David Brown Aston Martin Lagonda	Lucien Bianchi	Aston Martin DP214	98
4th	GT 3.0	44	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250 GTO	98
5	GT 3.0	38	Nando Pagliarini	Nando Pagliarini	Ferrari 250 GTO	94
6th	GT 3.0	37	Scuderia San Marco	Egidio Nicolosi	Ferrari 250 GTO	94
7th	GT 3.0	41	Ulf Norinder	Ulf Norinder	Ferrari 250 GTO	92
8th	GT 3.0	39	Gianni Roghi	Gianni Roghi	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	82
9	GT + 3.0	49	Ed Zeller	Ed Zeller	Jaguar E-Type	82
10	GT 2.5	34		Leo Cella	Lancia Flaminia Zagato	81
11	GT 2.5	33		Neil Dangerfield	Triumph TR4	78
12	GT + 3.0	48	Maurice Caillet	Maurice Caillet	Jaguar E-Type	77
13	GT 2.5	36		Giorgio Pianta	Lancia Flaminia Zagato	75
14th	GT 2.5	30th		Giovanni Rota	Lancia Flaminia Sport	75
Not classified
15th	GT 2.5	31		Carroll Smith	Morgan Plus 4	45
Failed
16	GT 2.5	32	Lawrence Tune Engineering	Chris Lawrence	Morgan Plus 4	14th
17th	GT 3.0	15th		Vincenzo Zanini	Ferrari 250 GTO	4th
Not started
18th	GT 2.5	35		Gilberto Bagnasacco	Lancia Flaminia Sport	1

¹ not started

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
19th	GT 3.0	40		Gianni Bulgari	Ferrari 250 GTO
20th	GT 3.0	43		Tommy Hitchcock	Ferrari 250 GTO

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT + 3.0	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DP214	Overall victory
GT 3.0	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 2
GT 2.5	Leo Cella	Lancia Flaminia Zagato	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 20
• Started: 17
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.750 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 00: 00,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 101
• Total distance of the winning team: 580.437 km
• Winner's average: 193.479 km / h
• Pole position: Mike Parkes - Ferrari 250 GTO (# 42) - 1.49.400
• Fastest race lap: Roy Salvadori - Aston Martin DP214 (# 46) - 1: 43,500 = 200,000 km / h
• Racing series: 20th round of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race Coppa-Inter-Europa, 1st race

Sports car world championship

Follow-up race Tour de France for automobiles 1963