The 1963 automobile world championship was the 14th season of the automobile world championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 world championship . Over ten races from May 26, 1963 to December 28, 1963, the Drivers' World Championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held within this framework .
After two years with Formula 2 engines in the automobile world championship, the resistance to the existing regulations increased. International long-distance races or the American circuit scene started with significantly more power and higher top speeds than the “premier class”. Correspondingly, at the end of 1963, separate Formula 1 regulations were adopted for the 1966 Formula 1 season , this time with 3-liter naturally aspirated engines or 1.5 liters with supercharging. For the first time, the turbocharger was approved as a supercharger in addition to the compressor , but this was only used at Renault in the 1977 Formula 1 season .
The world championship runs
GP Monaco / GP Europe - Monte Carlo (May 26, 1963)
On the starting lap of the race there was a collision between Lorenzo Bandini and Innes Ireland . One lap later, the Belgian Willy Mairesse lost control of his vehicle at the scene of the accident and took off on the top of the jump. The spinning Ferrari met a paramedic at the edge of the track who was killed in the process. Mairesse was seriously injured and did not start in Formula 1 or for Ferrari.
For each race the highest number of points of all drivers of a designer was counted. The best six (out of ten) individual results were added up and the constructors' rating was derived from this.
Jim Clark
Richie Ginther
Bruce McLaren
Jack Brabham
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Tony Maggs
Lorenzo Bandini
Joakim Bonnier
Gerhard Mitter
Carel Godin de Beaufort
Jo Siffert
