1963 British Grand Prix

 1963 British Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 10 races of the 1963 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XVI RAC British Grand Prix
Date:	July 20, 1963
Place:	Silverstone , UK
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	386.302 km in 82 laps of 4.711 km
Weather:	warm, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 34.4 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	John Surtees (Round 3)	Ferrari
Time:	1: 36.0 min
Podium
First:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Second:	John Surtees	Ferrari
Third:	Graham Hill	BRM

The 1963 British Grand Prix took place on July 20, 1963 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone and was the fifth race of the 1963 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The Great Britain Grand Prix took place at the Aintree Circuit in previous years and returned to the Silverstone Circuit after 1960 . From that year the venue changed annually with Brands Hatch , this change was completed until 1987 , before Silverstone became the permanent venue for the Grand Prix.

Due to the injury breaks of Willy Mairesse and Ludovico Scarfiotti , Ferrari only had one driver available and for this reason, as in the 1962 British Grand Prix, only registered one car for the race. BRM decided not to use the new BRM P61 ; both Graham Hill and Richie Ginther drove the older BRM P57 . ATS paused for another race, Scirocco-Powell drove with two drivers for the first time. In addition to Tony Settember , Ian Burgess drove the second vehicle and contested his first race of the season.

In the teams with private vehicles, Mike Hailwood made his debut in the automobile world championship. Before that he rode like John Surtees in the motorcycle world championship and was a multiple world champion. Hailwood was registered for Reg Parnell Racing alongside Chris Amon and Masten Gregory and drove a Lotus 24 . Ian Raby also contested his first race in the automobile world championship, he drove a Gilby 62 . This was the final race for a Gilby Engineering car . Bob Anderson also made his debut , driving a Lola Mk4 for DW Racing Enterprises .

With Jim Clark and Jack Brabham , two former winners took part in the race, Ferrari has already been successful seven times and Cooper twice with the designers . In the drivers' championship, Clark was well ahead of the competition after winning three of the first four races of the season. In the constructors' championship, Lotus led by a large margin over Cooper and BRM

training

For the third time in a row and for the fourth time in the season, Clark achieved pole position . In contrast to the previous races, this time he only had a narrow lead over the runner-up, Dan Gurney on Brabham . His teammate and team principal Brabham qualified for fourth place behind Graham Hill. Surtees followed in front of the two factory co-operatives of Bruce McLaren and Tony Maggs . The best driver with a customer vehicle was Lorenzo Bandini , who drove a BRM P57 for Scuderia Centro Sud and qualified him for eighth place. Ginther and Trevor Taylor completed the first ten.

The designers Scirocco, Gilby and Lola Cars and Porsche took positions in the back field and were not competitive.

run

At the start, Clark lost four positions and dropped to fifth. Brabham took the lead from his team-mate Gurney, which for the first time since the Monaco Grand Prix had led a driver other than Clark four races before a Grand Prix. McLaren and Graham Hill were third and fourth after the start. However, Clark was again the fastest driver in the field and within just four laps he overtook all of his competitors in front of him and took the lead. He then continuously expanded his lead.

McLaren retired on lap six with engine failure, so Graham Hill moved up to fourth place. Gurney overtook Brabham in a duel for second place, shortly afterwards Brabham also retired with engine failure. The two Scirocco and Ireland on BRP were also canceled in the early stages of the race. All three cars were caused by an ignition problem. Clark profited from the failures of the competition and increased his lead to more than a minute when Gurney had an engine failure on his Brabham and retired. Graham Hill and John Surtees previously dueled for third place and overtook each other several times. Graham Hill went out as the winner of this duel and as a new runner-up he came closer to Clark. Six laps before the end of the race, he was only 36 seconds behind the leader.

In the rear field, Raby, Jo Bonnier and Jo Siffert retired in the last third of the race with technical defects. Graham Hill ran out of gas on the last lap of the race and coasted, but still reached the finish line in third place. This enabled Surtees to overtake him and finish the Grand Prix in second place. He also drove the fastest race lap, his second of the season. Clark won the fourth race in a row and further extended his lead in the drivers' standings. It was his second of four consecutive victories at the British Grand Prix. One lap behind, Ginther crossed the finish line in fourth place, while Bandini finished fifth in the points. Hall scored the first point of his career for position six. Chris Amon again just missed the points, placing seventh ahead of Hailwood, Maggs and Beaufort.

In the drivers' standings, Clark was 22 points ahead of Ginther, who improved by one place in this standings. Graham Hill and John Surtees were 23 points behind Clark, finishing third and fourth. Lotus’s lead increased to 19 points in the constructors’ championship, BRM was the new runner-up and Cooper fell back to third. All drivers and teams still had theoretical chances for the respective titles.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Owen Racing Organization	01	Graham Hill	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	02	Richie Ginther
Scuderia Centro Sud	03	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Team Lotus	04th	Jim Clark	Lotus 25	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	05	Trevor Taylor
Cooper Car Company	06th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T66	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	07th	Tony Maggs
Brabham Racing Organization	08th	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	09	Dan Gurney
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	10	John Surtees	Ferrari 156/63	Ferrari 1.5 V6	D.
British Racing Partnership	11	Innes Ireland	BRP Mk1	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
			Lotus 24
	12	Jim Hall	Lotus 24
Rob Walker Racing Team	14th	Jo Bonnier	Cooper T66	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
Scirocco Powell	15th	Tony Settember	Scirocco 01	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	16	Ian Burgess	Scirocco 02
Reg Parnell Racing	19th	Chris Amon	Lola Mk4A	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	20th	Mike Hailwood	Lotus 24
	21st	Masts Gregory	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8
DW Racing Enterprises	22nd	Bob Anderson	Lola Mk4	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
Ecurie Maarsbergen	23	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5 B4	D.
Tim Parnell	24	John Campbell-Jones	Lola Mk4	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
Siffert Racing Team	25th	Jo Siffert	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Ian Raby Racing	25th	Ian Raby	Gilby 62	BRM 1.5 V8	D.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Innes Ireland drove the BRP with the number 11 in the practice sessions and in the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 34.4	179.66 km / h	01
02	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1: 34.6	179.28 km / h	02
03	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 34.8	178.90 km / h	03
04th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	1: 35.0	178.52 km / h	04th
05	John Surtees	Ferrari	1: 35.2	178.15 km / h	05
06th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1: 35.4	177.77 km / h	06th
07th	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1: 36.0	176.66 km / h	07th
08th	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM	1: 36.0	176.66 km / h	08th
09	Richie Ginther	BRM	1: 36.0	176.66 km / h	09
10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	1: 36.8	175.20 km / h	10
11	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	1: 36.8	175.20 km / h	11
12	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	1: 36.8	175.20 km / h	12
13	Jim Hall	Lotus BRM	1: 37.0	174.84 km / h	13
14th	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	1: 37.2	174.48 km / h	14th
15th	Jo Siffert	Lotus BRM	1: 38.4	172.35 km / h	15th
16	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	1: 39.0	171.31 km / h	16
17th	Mike Hailwood	Lotus Climax	1: 39.8	169.94 km / h	17th
18th	Tony Settember	Scirocco BRM	1: 40.8	168.25 km / h	18th
19th	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	1: 42.4	165.62 km / h	19th
20th	Ian Burgess	Scirocco BRM	1: 42.6	165.30 km / h	20th
21st	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1: 43.4	164.02 km / h	21st
22nd	Masts Gregory	Lotus BRM	1: 44.2	162.76 km / h	22nd
23	John Campbell-Jones	Lola-Climax	1: 48.8	155.88 km / h	23

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	82	0	2: 14: 09.6	01
02	John Surtees	Ferrari	82	0	+ 25.8	05	1: 36.0
03	Graham Hill	BRM	82	0	+ 37.6	03
04th	Richie Ginther	BRM	81	0	+ 1 lap	09
05	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM	81	0	+ 1 lap	08th
06th	Jim Hall	Lotus BRM	80	0	+ 2 rounds	13
07th	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	80	0	+ 2 rounds	14th
08th	Mike Hailwood	Lotus Climax	78	0	+ 4 rounds	17th
09	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	78	0	+ 4 rounds	07th
10	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	76	0	+ 6 rounds	21st
11	Masts Gregory	Lotus BRM	75	0	+ 7 rounds	22nd
12	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	75	0	+ 7 rounds	16
13	John Campbell-Jones	Lola-Climax	74	0	+ 8 rounds	23
-	Jo Siffert	Lotus BRM	66	0	DNF	15th		transmission
-	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	65	0	DNF	12		oil pressure
-	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	59	0	DNF	02		Engine failure
-	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	59	0	DNF	19th		transmission
-	Ian Burgess	Scirocco BRM	36	0	DNF	20th		ignition
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	27	0	DNF	04th		Engine failure
-	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	26th	0	DNF	11		ignition
-	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	23	0	DNF	10		fuel pump
-	Tony Settember	Scirocco BRM	20th	0	DNF	18th		ignition
-	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	06th	0	DNF	06th		Engine failure

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 36 02  Richie Ginther BRM 14th 03  Graham Hill BRM 13 04th  John Surtees Ferrari 13 05  Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 12 06th  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 07th  Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 8th 08th  Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 3

Item driver constructor Points 09  Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 3 10  Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 2 11  Lorenzo Bandini BRM 2 12  Jo Siffert Lotus BRM 1 13  Jim Hall Lotus BRM 1 14th  Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 1 15th  Trevor Taylor Lotus Climax 1 16  Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 37 02  BRM 18th 03  cooper 16 04th  Brabham 13 05  Ferrari 13 06th  BRP 3 07th  Porsche 1

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1963 at grandprix.com
• Four in a row for supreme Clark at espnf1.com