1963 Dutch Grand Prix

 1963 Dutch Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 10 races of the 1963 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	June 23, 1963
Place:	Zandvoort , the Netherlands
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	335.44 km in 80 laps of 4.193 km
Weather:	sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 31.6 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jim Clark (Round 56)	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 33.7 min
Podium
First:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Second:	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
Third:	John Surtees	Ferrari

Grand Slam winner Jim Clark

The 1963 Dutch Grand Prix took place on June 23, 1963 at Circuit Park Zandvoort near Zandvoort and was the third race of the 1963 World Cup .

Reports

background

There was a driver change for the factory teams. Ferrari replaced Willy Mairesse with Ludovico Scarfiotti , who made his debut in the automobile world championship. Scarfiotti mainly drove races in the sports car world championship and took part in individual Grand Prix for Ferrari in the following years. Scarfiotti's teammate was John Surtees . Mairesse paused three races and returned to Ferrari at the German Grand Prix . He was recovering from his injuries sustained in an accident in the 1963 Le Mans 24-hour race . Another debutant was Gerhard Mitter , who drove alongside Carel Godin de Beaufort for Ecurie Maarsbergen . Mitter also competed in individual Formula 1 races in the following years. Scirocco Powell was not registered for the Dutch Grand Prix, ATS drove the second race, but then paused for three races and did not return until the Italian Grand Prix .

After Lotus had achieved the first successes with a monocoque on the Lotus 25 , BRM also built such a car, the BRM P61 . This vehicle had half a monocoque and was entered for a Grand Prix for the first time, but not yet used. Both Graham Hill and Richie Ginther drove the old BRM P57 .

With Joakim Bonnier , Jack Brabham and Graham Hill, three former winners took part in the Grand Prix, with the constructors Ferrari had previously won four times, BRM twice and Cooper once. Bruce McLaren led the drivers' championship for the last time in his career. He was one point ahead of the tied Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Ginther. In the constructors' championship, BRM was two points ahead of Lotus and Cooper.

training

As in several races before, the training was a duel between Clark and Graham Hill, which Clark won for the second time in the season. He reached pole position with more than half a second ahead of the time of his competitor Graham Hill. For Clark this was the prelude to another series of first starting positions, in which he started the race four times in a row from first position. Graham Hill qualified in second, just ahead of McLaren and Brabham, while Surtees was fifth. With Lotus, BRM, Cooper, Brabham and Ferrari, five different designers took the first five places.

Ginther qualified sixth ahead of Innes Ireland's BRP and the private Cooper of Bonnier's Rob Walker Racing Team . The first ten were completed by Tony Maggs and Trevor Taylor . Chris Amon qualified the only Lola in the field in twelfth place, ATS took 13th and 15th place. The private Porsches of Ecurie Maarsbergen, which started from the rear, were no longer competitive .

run

Dan Gurney achieved the best race result for Brabham to date

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Documentation about the Dutch Grand Prix 1963

Clark won the start and took the lead. The positions immediately behind him also remained unchanged, with Graham Hill second ahead of McLaren and Brabham. While Clark began to continuously expand his lead over the competition in the first laps of the race, the order in the following positions was mainly determined by failures. Mitter retired on the second lap of the race with a damaged clutch, followed by the two works Cooper from McLaren and Maggs. At McLaren the reason for failure was a gearbox failure, at Maggs the engine overheated. In laps 15 and 17 the two ATS were eliminated one after the other, with Phil Hill a suspension damage was the cause, with Giancarlo Baghetti the ignition.

At the front, Clark's lead over the rest of the field widened as the pursuers were engaged in one-on-one battles. Brabham attacked Graham Hill on lap five and passed him, but failed to pull away. Surtees and Dan Gurney dueled for fourth place at the same time. After Graham Hill countered Brabham and regained second place, both were eliminated a few laps before the end of the race. Brabham had an accident as his accelerator pedal stuck. Graham Hill had to pit due to engine overheating, as a result of which Surtees improved to second ahead of Gurney to third. Graham Hill continued the race one more time, but when attempting to overtake Gurney the engine overheated again and Graham Hill was eliminated.

Clark dominated the entire Grand Prix and won overwhelmingly by lapping the entire field. In addition to the victory, the pole position and the fastest race lap, which was also a new course record, he also led every race lap. So he managed a Grand Slam . With the second victory in a row, Clark also took the lead in the drivers' world championship. In the following two years, Clark also won the race on Lotus. On lap 63, Gurney overtook Surtees, who made a mistake, and came in second. This was the best racing result for the designer Brabham so far. With Surtees' third place, Ferrari achieved a podium again after almost a year, the last time this was when Phil Hill was third in the Belgian Grand Prix in 1962 . Ireland crossed the finish line in fourth place. This race result brought the first points in the automobile world championship for the designer BRP. Ginther was fifth, so there were five different constructors in the points. Scarfiotti achieved a point in his debut race with sixth place. On the other places Joseph Siffert was classified ahead of Jim Hall , Carel Godin de Beaufort , Taylor and Bonnier.

In the drivers' championship, Clark was seven points ahead of Ginther and eight points ahead of McLaren and Gurney. Lotus took first place in the constructors' championship and, after the Grand Prix, was five points ahead of BRM and nine points ahead of Cooper and Brabham.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	02	John Surtees	Ferrari 156/63	Ferrari 1.5 V6	D.
	04th	Ludovico Scarfiotti
Team Lotus	06th	Jim Clark	Lotus 25	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	08th	Trevor Taylor
Reg Parnell Racing	10	Chris Amon	Lola MK4A	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
			Lotus 24
Owen Racing Organization	12	Graham Hill	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
			BRM P61
	14th	Richie Ginther	BRM P57
Brabham Racing Organization	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	18th	Dan Gurney
Cooper Car Company	20th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T66	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	22nd	Tony Maggs
Automobili Turismo e Sport	24	Phil Hill	ATS 100	ATS 1.5 V8	D.
	26th	Giancarlo Baghetti
Rob Walker Racing Team	28	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper T60	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
			Cooper T66
British Racing Partnership	30th	Innes Ireland	BRP Mk1	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
			Lotus 24
	42	Jim Hall	Lotus 24
Ecurie Maarsbergen	32	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5 B4	D.
	34	Gerhard Mitter
Siffert Racing Team	36	Joseph Siffert	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	D.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chris Amon drove the Lola with the number 10 in practice sessions and in the race.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Graham Hill drove the BRM P57 with the number 12 in practice sessions and in the race.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Joakim Bonnier drove the Cooper T66 with the number 28 in the practice sessions and the Cooper T60 with the same number in the race.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Innes Ireland drove the BRP with the number 4 in practice sessions and in the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 31.6	164.79 km / h	01
02	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 32.2	163.72 km / h	02
03	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1: 32.3	163.54 km / h	03
04th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1: 32.4	163.36 km / h	04th
05	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 33.0	162.31 km / h	05
06th	Richie Ginther	BRM	1: 33.3	161.79 km / h	06th
07th	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	1: 33.3	161.79 km / h	07th
08th	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	1: 34.1	160.41 km / h	08th
09	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1: 34.3	160.07 km / h	09
10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	1: 35.2	158.56 km / h	10
11	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	1: 35.6	157.90 km / h	11
12	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	1: 35.9	157.40 km / h	12
13	Phil Hill	ATS	1: 36.0	157.24 km / h	13
14th	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1: 36.2	156.91 km / h	14th
15th	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS	1: 37.8	154.34 km / h	15th
16	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche	1: 38.8	152.78 km / h	16
17th	Joseph Siffert	Lotus BRM	1: 39.0	152.47 km / h	17th
18th	Jim Hall	Lotus BRM	1: 39.0	152.47 km / h	18th
19th	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1: 39.3	152.01 km / h	19th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	80		2: 08: 13.7	01	1: 33.7
02	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	79		+ 1 lap	14th
03	John Surtees	Ferrari	79		+ 1 lap	05
04th	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	79		+ 1 lap	07th
05	Richie Ginther	BRM	79		+ 1 lap	06th
06th	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Scuderia Ferrari	78		+ 2 rounds	11
07th	Joseph Siffert	Lotus BRM	77		+ 3 rounds	17th
08th	Jim Hall	Lotus BRM	77		+ 3 rounds	18th
09	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	75		+ 5 rounds	19th
10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	66		+ 14 rounds	10
11	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	56		+ 24 rounds	08th
-	Graham Hill	BRM	69		DNF	02		Overheating
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	68		DNF	04th		accident
-	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	29		DNF	12		water pump
-	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS	17th		DNF	15th		ignition
-	Phil Hill	ATS	15th		DNF	13		suspension
-	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	14th		DNF	09		Overheating
-	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	07th		DNF	03		transmission
-	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche	02		DNF	16		coupling

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the six best results from ten races counted. In the constructors' championship, only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jim Clark Lotus Climax 18th 02  Richie Ginther BRM 11 03  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 04th  Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 10 05  Graham Hill BRM 9 06th  John Surtees Ferrari 7th

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 3 08th  Joakim Bonnier Cooper-Climax 2 09  Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 2 10  Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 1 11  Trevor Taylor Lotus Climax 1 12  Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	Points
01	lotus	19th
02	BRM	14th
03	cooper	10
04th	Brabham	10
05	Ferrari	7th
06th	BRP	3
07th	Porsche	1

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: Dutch GP, 1963 at grandprix.com
• Clark dominates at Zandvoort at espnf1.com