500 km race on the Nürburgring 1963

Fiat-Abarth 850TC

The fourth 500 km race on the Nürburgring , also the IV. International ADAC 500 km race, Nürburgring , was held on September 1, 1963 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the 18th race of the sports car world championship and the eighth race of the German circuit championship this year.

The race

For the second time after 1962 , the 500 km race on the Nordschleife was also part of the world championship in 1963 . As in the previous year, there were two races at the Nürburgring. The extended in May 1000 km race ended with the victory of Willy Mairesse and John Surtees at the plant - Ferrari 250P . The winning average was 133.433 km / h.

In contrast to the 1000 km race, where the large sports cars were also registered, the 500 km race was called the event for the small cars. The winning car was one of Teddy Pilette and Hans Herrmann driven plant - Fiat Abarth 850 . Hans Herrmann achieved an average speed of 131.500 km / h on his fastest race lap. The winning average was 123.500 km / h and thus only 10 km / h below the average for the 1000 km race.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 850	82	Abarth	Teddy Pilette Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 850	22nd
2	P 1.0	86	Squadra Tartaruga	Fritz Baumann	Lotus 23	22nd
3	GT 1.0	104	Abarth	Anzio Zucchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000	22nd
4th	P 850	77	Willi Martini	Heinrich Hülbüsch Kurt Louis	Martini	21st
5	GT 1.0	94	John Grenville Sutton	John Sutton	Marcos GT	21st
6th	T 1.0	62	Abarth	Giampiero Biscaldi Lucien Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	21st
7th	T 850	50	Boo Johansson	Boo Johansson Ingemar Johansson	Saab 96	21st
8th	T 850	33	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Mario Saruggia Giani Morini Prada	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
9	T 850	34	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Paolo Renier Carlo Zuccoli	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
10	T 700	22nd	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber	BMW 700S	21st
11	T 850	40	Erich Bitter	Erich Bitter Hans-Peter Koepchen	Fiat-Abarth 850 TC	21st
12	T 1.0	64	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Angela Fontana Attilio Zuppini	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	21st
13	GT 1.0	96	John Milne	John Milne William Shepherd	MG Midget	20th
14th	T 1.0	59	Günter Schreiber	Günter Schreiber Kurt Pfnier	DKW F12	20th
15th	GT 1.0	95	John Milne	John Williamson William Shepherd	Austin-Healey Sprite	20th
16	T 700	95	Dieter Bohnhorst	Dieter Bohnhorst Kurt Ahrens	BMW 700S	20th
17th	P 1.0	88	Philippe Dubourg	Philippe Dubourg	René Bonnet Djet	20th
18th	T 850	37	Rhein-Ruhr Racing	Manfred Hartung	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	20th
19th	T 700	26th	Josef Kremer	Josef Kremer	BMW 700S	20th
20th	T 850	44	Günter Schreiber	Paul Polzin Dieter Fröhlich	DKW Junior	20th
21st	T 1.0	69	Karl Herd	Karl Herd Otto Lux	Glass S1004	20th
22nd	T 1.0	57	Waldemar Warmbold	Waldemar Warmbold	DKW F12	20th
23	T 850	46	Walter Treser	Gerd Raschig	DKW Junior	20th
24	T 600	1	Rhein-Ruhr Racing	Gerhard Wiedemann Heinz Gilges	NSU Prince	19th
25th	T 700	11	Willi Martini	Peter Otto Fred Oehm	BMW 700S	19th
26th	T 700	6th	Hannes Haering	Hannes Haering	Steyr-Puch 500D	19th
27	T 700	20th	Hellmuth Gerhards	Hellmuth Gerhards Wolfgang Seppmann	BMW 700S	19th
28	T 600	4th	Werner Müller	Werner Müller	NSU Prince	19th
29	T 850	51	Franz-Josef Oebel	Franz-Josef Oebel	Renault Dauphine	19th
30th	T 1.0	67	Raymond Schweich	Bob Think Raymond Schweich	Morris Mini Cooper	19th
31	T 600	7th	Hesse	Karl-Heinz Panowitz Hans Braun	NSU Prince	19th
32	T 700	25th	Willi Martini	Ulrich Deussen	BMW 700S	18th
33	T 700	14th	Feigl	Klaus Bongard	BMW 700S	18th
34	T 600	5	Josef Weber	Josef Weber Achim Zerbe	NSU Prince	18th
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35	T 850	43	Peter Ruby	Peter Ruby	DKW Junior	19th
36	T 650	2	Roland Heck	Roland Heck	NSU Prince
37	T 700	12	Heinz Liedl	Heinz Liedl	BMW 700S
38	T 700	12	Feigl	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	BMW 700S
39	T 700	15th	Feigl	Jürgen Lenk Helmut Sachse	BMW 700S
40	T 700	16	Horst Eiteneuer	Horst Eiteneuer	BMW 700S
41	T 700	16	Jürgen Zink	Jürgen Zink	BMW 700S
42	T 850	30th	Abarth	Ferdinando Frescobaldi	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
43	T 850	31	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
44	T 850	32	Abarth	Leonardo Cirincione	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
45	T 850	35	Luigi Ogna	Luigi Ogna Angelino Lepri	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
46	T 850	36	Ugo de Giorgio	Ugo de Giorgio	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
47	T 850	38	Tartaruga	Peter Scherrer	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
48	T 850	45	Hannelore Werner	Hannelore Werner Manfred Roesner	DKW Junior
49	T 850	47	Ecurie Francorchamps	Emile Holvoet Julien Vernaeve	DKW Junior
50	T 850	49	Friedrich Noenen	Friedrich Noenen Karl-Heinz Reiter	DKW Junior
51	T 850	52	John Aley	Sheridan Thynne Jonathan Williams	Morris Mini Cooper
52	T 850	53	Johann Abbot	Michael Endress	DKW Junior
53	T 1.0	61	Abarth	Peter Nöcker	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
54	T 1.0	65	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Walter Schneider Fulvio Sestilli	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
55	T 1.0	70	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Glass S1004
56	T 1.0	71	Gustav Bontemps	Gustav Bontemps	DKW F12
57	T 1.0	72	Peter Marx	Peter Marx Kurt Härtner	Auto Union 1000
58	P 850	76	Heinrich Austria	Heinrich Austria Richard Höhfeld	Hoechreich
59	P 850	78	Willi Martini	Edmund Count Gastone Zanarotti	Martini
60	P 850	79	Willi Martini	Hellmuth Gerhards Uwe Bahnsen	Martini
61	P 850	81	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi Ulrich Therstappen	Fiat-Abarth 850
62	P 1.0	90	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
63	GT 1.0	93	Mike Garton	Mike Garton	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
64	GT 1.0	97	Hubert Patthey	Jacques Calderari Robert Calderari	Fiat-Abarth 1000
65	GT 1.0	99	Marcos	Tommy Weber	Marcos Fastback
66	GT 1.0	99	Marcos	Peter Jackson Tim Lalonde	Marcos Fastback
67	GT 1.0	105	Abarth	Gerhard Koch	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
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68	T 1.0	58	Lufthansa	Reinhart Hoensbroech	DKW F12	1
69	T 1.0	59	Günter Schreiber	Günter Schreiber	Auto Union 1000	2
70	T 1.0	66	Scuderia Filipinetti	André Knörr	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	3
71	P 1.0	84	Christopher Lawrence	Martyn Ryan	Deep Sanderdon 301	4th
72	P 1.0	85	René Bonnet	Claude Bobrowski	René Bonnet Djet	5
73	P 2.0	T	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Abarth 2000	6th
74	GT 1.3	00T	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	7th

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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
75	T 600	3	Hans Bohm	Hans Menzel Hans Bohm	NSU Prince
76	T 700	18th	Jean Laroche	Jean Laroche Pierre Labet	BMW 700S
77	T 700	21st	Isar Racing	Manfred Behnke	BMW 700S
78	T 700	23	Jürgen Graehser	Jürgen Graehser	BMW 700S
79	T 700	24	Hubert Hahne	Hubert Hahne Jochen Neerpasch	BMW 700S
80	T 850	39	Honore Wagner		Fiat-Abarth 850TC
81	T 850	48	Josef Menneken	Josef Menneken	DKW Junior
82	T 1.0	60	Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
83	T 1.0	63	Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
84	T 1.0	68	Dieter Mohr	Dieter Mohr	Morris Mini Cooper
85	P 850	80	Willi Martini	Kurt Louis	Martini
86	P 1.0	87	Lotus Continental	Fred Kehrmann Andre Welcker	lotus
87	P 1.0	89	Octagon	Nick Grace	Ginetta G4
88	P 1.0	91	Abarth	Tommy Spychiger	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
89	GT 1.0	101	Francesco Ghezzi	Francesco Ghezzi	Fiat-Abarth 1000
90	GT 1.0	102	Domenico Romanello	Domenico Romanello	Fiat-Abarth 1000
91	GT 1.0	103	Hesse	Ludwig Walter	Fiat-Abarth 1000

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 1.0	Fritz Baumann		Lotus 23	2
P 850	Teddy Pilette	Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 850	Overall victory
GT 1.0	Anzio Zucchi		Fiat-Abarth 1000	Rank 3
T 1.0	Giampiero Biscaldi	Lucien Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	Rank 6
T 850	Boo Johansson	Ingemar Johansson	Saab 96	Rank 7
T 700	Anton Fischhaber		BMW 700S	Rank 10
T 600	Gerhard Wiedemann	Heinz Gilges	NSU Prince	Rank 24

Racing data

• Registered: 91
• Started: 67
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 7
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: dry
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 03: 38,400 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 22
• Total distance of the winning team: 501.820 km
• Winner's average: 123.500 km / h
• Pole position: Hans Herrmann - Fiat-Abarth 1000S (# 90) - 10: 04.800 = 135.774 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Hans Herrmann - Fiat-Abarth 850 (# 82) - 10: 23.500 = 131.500 km / h
• Racing series: 18th round of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 8th round of the German Circuit Championship in 1963

Web links

• Race results

Previous race, Ollon-Villars hill climb, 1963

Sports car world championship

Succession race Coppa Inter-Europa, Race 1