Tour de France for automobiles 1963

The 1963 Tour de France for automobiles was a stage race for automobiles from September 13 to 22 in France , Belgium and Germany . The event was the 21st round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

In 1963 the Tour Auto started in Strasbourg and led over 5850 km to Nice . The first stage - with special stages on the Spa-Francorchamps race track and at the Nürburgring - ended in Dinant, Belgium . The second part ended in Caen (special stages on the Reims and Rouen circuits ). From there it went through Bagnères de Bigorre to Lyon. After further special tests that were carried out on racetracks and hill climbs, the tour ended with a one-hour race on the Monaco circuit , where the Monaco Grand Prix is ​​held every year .

Of the 122 teams that started in Strasbourg, only 31 made it to the finish in Nice. After the favored Ferrari teams Bandini / Tavono and Schlesser / Leguézec had retired, victory in the GT class went to Jean Guichet and José Behra in a Ferrari 250 GTO . Series winner Bernard Consten won the touring car class . Smith / Mackenzie secured the women’s standings in the GT class on a Sunbeam Alpine . Soisbault / Texier won the touring car class, who were only beaten by Consten in the overall standings.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	GT + 2.0	165	Jean Guichet	Jean Guichet José Behra	Ferrari 250 GTO
2	GT + 2.0	167	Scuderia SSS Venezia	Lucien Bianchi Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO
3	T + 3.0	150	jaguar	Bernard Consten Jack Renel	Jaguar 3.8 Mk2
4th	GT + 2.0	171	Gérard Spinedi	Gérard Spinedi Aghdass Spinedi	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
5	GT 2.0	148		Fernand Masoero Jean Maurin	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
6th	T + 3.0	84		Annie Soisbault Louisette Texier	Jaguar 3.8 Mk2
7th	T 1.6	38	BMC	Paddy Hopkirk Henry Liddon	Morris Mini Cooper S.
8th	GT 2.0	137		Martial Delalande Roger Campuzan	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
9	T 1.6	54		Ian Lewis David Pollard	Sunbeam rapier
10	GT 2.0	151		Rosemary Smith Margaret MacKenzie	Sunbeam Alpine
11	GT 2.0	154		Patrick Vanson Roger Derolland	MGB
12	T 3.0	74		Rudi Golderer Karl vom Kothen	Fiat 2300S
13	GT 2.0	147		Gérard Sevaux “Mendola”	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
14th	GT 1.0	121		Jacques Cheinisse Claude Leblond	Alpine A110
15th	T 2.0	63		Henri Perrier Pierre Rozé	Volvo B18
16	GT 2.0	130		Max Krauth Jean Imperty	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS
17th	T + 3.0	91	ford	Henri Greder Maurice Foulgoc	Ford Galaxy
18th	T 1.6	26th		Hugues Hazard Claude Marbaque	Austin Mini Cooper
19th	T 1.0	22nd		Robert Wybo Jean-Francois Serpentier	Renault R8
20th	GT + 2.0	162		Roger Barbara Bernard Mordacq	Triumph TR4
21st	T850	14th		Pierre Lelong Jean-Pierre Rousseau	Panhard Dyna
22nd	T 2.0	57		Jean Mésange Yves Breteau	Peugeot 404
23	GT 1.0	102		Stanislas Motte Paul Duthilleul	NSU Sport Prinz
24	GT 2.0	146		“Dyno” Lucien Leleu	Porsche 356B Carrera
25th	GT 1.0	104		Fernand Ancelin Lucien Dejardin	NSU Sport Prinz
26th	GT 1.0	119		Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Pierre Salomé	Alpine A110
27	GT 1.0	112		Robert Yschard Raymond Hibon	Alpine A108
28	GT 1.0	103		Paul Flament Gilles Flament	NSU Sport Prinz
29	GT 2.0	144		Christiane Petit Eliane Mondolini	Porsche 356B
30th	GT 1.0	114		Jean-George's branch Robert Jullien	Fiat-Abarth 850
31	GT 1.0	109		Claude Laurent Jacques Marché	DKW F11
Failed
32	T + 3.0	90	ford	Gawaine Baillie Peter Jopp	Ford Galaxy
33	GT 1.0	115		Roger Riviere "animal pon"	Simca 900SA
34	GT 2.0	149		Jean-Pierre Gaban Andre Gaban	Porsche 356B Carrera
35	GT 2.0	156		Robert Buchet Bernard de Saint-Auban	Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera
36	GT + 2.0	177		Georges Cardi Victor Klukaszenwski	Jaguar E-Type
37	T 1.0	15th		Alfred Krause Dominique Thiry	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
38	T 1.0	24	BMC	Rauno Aaltonen John Tony Ambrose	Morris Mini Cooper
39	T 1.0	25th		Georges Naneix Charles Gigon	Morris Mini Cooper
40	T 1.0	25th	BMC	Timo Mäkinen Logan Morrison	Morris Mini Cooper
41	T 1.0	32		Guy Verrier Bernard Boyer	Alpine A108
42	T 1.0	34		Gerald Langlois Regine Langlois	Alpine A108
43	T 3.0	72		Roger Delageneste Pierre Blanchet	Fiat 2300S
44	GT 1.0	106		Jean Laroche Pierre Labet	Fiat-Abarth 700 Bialbero
45	GT 2.0	131		Laurent Roux "Tissam"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
46	GT 2.0	133		Armand Schäfer Georges Casaro	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
47	GT 2.0	139		Pierre Layere Ido Richetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
48	GT 2.0	141		Louis Chardin Bernard Pasquier	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI
49	GT 2.0	143		Pierre Dion Rene Dion	Porsche 356B Carrera
50	GT 2.0	150		Jacques Nail Pierre Morin	Sunbeam Alpine
51	GT 2.0	155	BMC	Andrew Hedges John Sprinzel	MBG
52	T 850	1		Georges Harris Jacky Ickx	BMW 700S
53	T 850	4th		Jacques Lacoste Lucien Campion	DKW F11
54	T 850	6th		Jean-Marie Sachet Claude Levasseur	Alpine A108
55	T 1.0	28		Terry Hunter Denise McCluggage	Morris Mini Cooper
56	T 1.6	39	BMC	Pauline Mayman Elizabeth Jones	Morris Mini Cooper S.
57	T 1.6	40		Alain Rouquette Jean-Claude Gramain	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
58	T 1.6	53		Peter Harper Peter Procter	Sunbeam rapier
59	T 2.0	56		“Tristan” Jean Py	Peugeot 404
60	T 2.0	67		Marc Idrac Andree Idrac	Citroën ID
61	T 2.0	68		Philippe Heuze Nicole Heuze	Citroën DS19
62	T 3.0	73		André Simon Maurice Dupeyron	Fiat 2300S
63	T 3.0	79		Jean Rolland Gabriel Augias	Alfa Romeo 2600
64	T + 3.0	81		Claude Bobrowski Jean Charon	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
65	GT 1.0	107		Jacques Lanners Claude Marchais	Fiat-Abarth 700
66	GT 1.0	118		Jacques Féret Francois Hoffmann	Alpine A108
67	GT 2.0	124		Teddy Pilette Mario Poltronieri	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
68	GT 2.0	125		Mauro Bianchi Pascal Ickx	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
69	GT 2.0	135		Camille Demoulin Pierre Melul	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
70	GT 2.0	138		Marcel Martin “Saint-Simon”	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
71	GT 2.0	145		Friedel Herborn Rolf Wütherich	Porsche 356B Carrera
72	GT 2.0	160		“Mardro” Guy Savoye	AC Ace
73	GT + 2.0	163		Heini Walter Charly Müller	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
74	GT + 2.0	172	Guido Fossati	Guido Fossati Ariberto Francolini	Ferrari 250 GTO
75	GT + 2.0	175	Scuderia SSS Venezia	Lorenzo Bandini Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO
76	T 850	5		Paul Hazera Alain Grand	Saab 96
77	T 850	9		Michel Billiard Guy Camps	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
78	T 850	10		Fernand Schliger Francis Ulmann	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
79	T 1.0	17th		Emile Holvoet "Office"	DKW F12
80	T 1.0	18th		Bernard Le Pelletier Philippe Gardinier	DKW F12
81	T 1.0	21st		Max Scialom Charles Ravan	Renault R8
82	T 1.6	35		Jacques Jauson Patrick Antonin	Morris Mini Cooper S.
83	T 1.6	41		Franco Patria Giorgio Pianta	Lancia Flavia
84	T 1.6	49		Lionel Raudet Georges Gallon	Alfa Romeo Giulia
85	T 1.6	50		Therese Mahieuw Ginette Derolland	Alfa Romeo Giulia
86	T 1.6	60		Gunnar Andersson Gunnar Haggbom	Volvo PV544
87	T 2.0	65		Maurice van der Bruwaene André Buge	Volvo PV544
88	T 2.0	70		Claudine Bouchet Lucette Pointet	Citroën DS19
89	T 3.0	75		José Rosinski Henri Grandsire	Alfa Romeo 2600
90	T 3.0	76		Jean-Claude Vidilles Jean Thépenier	Alfa Romeo 2600
91	T 3.0	78		André Chollet Jean Blanchet	Alfa Romeo 2600
92	T + 3.0	83		Claude Barbier Jean-François Piot	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
93	T + 3.0	83		Robert Dutoit Henri Marang	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
94	GT 1.0	116		Roberto Fusina Paul Condrillier	Fiat-Abarth 1000
95	GT 1.0	117		Claude Arbez Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Fiat-Abarth 1000
96	GT 2.0	126		Francois Pasquier Bernard Pasquier	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
97	GT 2.0	132		Christian Roche Jacques Coste	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Z Conrero
98	GT 2.0	152		Michel Weber Ulrich Rose	Porsche 356B Carrera
99	GT 2.0	153		Robert Jegge Branko Stoikovitch	MGA
100	GT + 2.0	170	North American Racing Team	Jo Schlesser Claude Le Guezec	Ferrari 250 GTO LMB
101	T 1.0	16		Pierre Gelé Franck Lamarque	DKW F12
102	T 1.0	30th		Pierre Tollemer Alexandre Tollemer	Austin Mini Cooper
103	T 1.6	37		Yves Deprez Julien Vernaeve	Morris Mini Cooper
104	T 1.6	42		Andre Bouly Jacques Folletete	Lancia Flavia
105	T 1.6	45		Jean Vinatier Gérard Laureau	Ford Cortina Lotus
106	T 1.6	48		Maurice Martin Remy Faure	Alfa Romeo Giulia
107	T 1.6	55		Samuel Nordell Hugh Braithwaite	Vauxhall Victor
108	T 3.0	77		Guy Clarou “de Saint Henri”	Alfa Romeo 2600
109	T + 3.0	85		Claude Dubois Philippe de Montaigu	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
110	T + 3.0	89		Herbert Müller André Knörr	Chevrolet Impala
111	T + 3.0	92	ford	Bo Ljungfeldt Fergus Sager	Ford Galaxy
112	GT 1.0	105		Roland Lefevre Christian Cuttica	NSU Prince
113	GT 1.0	108		Pierre Orsini Frank Ruata	Fiat-Abarth 700
114	GT 1.0	110		Nicolas Koob Peter Ruby	DKW Junior
115	GT 1.0	111		Jacky Cool Bernard Collas	DKW Junior
116	GT 1.0	113		“Missile” Esther Venturelli	René Bonnet RB5
117	GT 1.0	120		Jean-Francois Gerbault Philippe Gerbault	Alpine A108
118	GT 1.0	122		Alain Finkelstein Jean-Pierre Barailler	Alpine A110
119	GT 2.0	134		Georges Lambrechts Andre Monbaerts	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
120	GT 2.0	159		Edmond Meert Wim de Jonghe	Porsche 356B Carrera GT
121	GT + 2.0	166		Edgar Berney Jean Gretener	Ferrari 250 GTO
122	GT + 2.0	174	Chris Kerrison	Chris Kerrison Peter Raphael	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo

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
123	T 850			Patrice Sanson Henry Cherruy	Panhard Dyna
124	T 850			Praux Philippe Praud	Renault Dauphine
125	GT + 2.0			David Piper	Ferrari 250 GTO
126	GT + 2.0			Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO
127	T 850			Michel Gauvain Fernard Leroy	Ferrari 250 GTO
128	GT 2.0			Bernard de Saint-Auban Rene Peyrott	Porsche 356B Carrera GT
129	GT 2.0			Heinz Schiller Claude Sage	Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera
130	GT 2.0			Peter Ruby Nicolas Koob	Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera
131	T 1.0			Roger Meunier Pierre Maublanc	Austin Mini Cooper
132	GT 2.0			Romano Ramonio Leo Cella	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
133	GT 2.0			Mochanian Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 356B
134	GT 2.0			Buzzi Conso	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
135	T 1.0			Michel Legourd Christina Boulay	Alpine A108
136	T 1.6			Vittel	Alfa Romeo Giulia
137	T 1.6			Georges Hacquin	Alfa Romeo Giulia
138	T 2.0			Jean-Marc Massoneri Max Roughol	Volvo PV544
139	T + 3.0			François Bichat Robert Bouharde	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
140	T 2.0			Peter May	Volvo PV544
141	GT 2.0			Ido Richetti Eric Dannoud	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
142	T 850	2		Eugen Schäfer Werner Dinkel	BMW 700S
143	T 850	3		Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg	BMW 700S
144	T 850	8th		Roger Blain René Peyron	Renault Dauphine
145	T 1.0	19th		Pierre Torgue Leon Peyresaubes	DKW F12
146	T 1.0	20th		“Lorac” Claude Cauquil	Renault Caravelle
147	T 1.0	23		Roger Cazes Laurent Idrac	Austin Mini Cooper
148	T 1.0	31		Jean-Marie Pierson Jean-Pierre Cornet	Austin Mini Cooper
149	T 1.0	36		Jean-Louis Marnat “Ventu”	Austin Mini-Cooper S.
150	T 1.0	43		Jean-Jacques Thuner Pierre Tramzal	Lancia Flavia
151	T 1.6	44		Pat Gautot Jacques Somers	Vauxhall Victor
152	T 2.0	58		Jean-Marie Pradines Hubert-Lucien Pradines	Peugeot 404
153	T 2.0	59		Jacques Patte	Volvo PV544
154	T 2.0	61		Mac Daghorn Henry Burke	Volvo PV544
155	T 2.0	62		Robert Pelletey Michel Gauvain	Volvo PV544
156	T 2.0	71		Andre Ode Albert Gavet	Citroën DS19
157	T 3.0	80		Georges Alexandrovitch Joffre Lobry	Alfa Romeo 2600
158	T + 3.0	87		Guy Dausse Claude Songy	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2
159	GT 1.0	101		Karl-Heinz Panowitz Hans-Peter Nyffeler	NSU Prince
160	GT 1.0	123		Henri Hourtoulle Jeanne Hourtoulle	Alpine A108
161	GT 2.0	128		Guy Flayac Lucien Barthe	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
162	GT 2.0	129		Gianni Bulgari Maurizio Grana	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
163	GT 2.0	142		Pierre Papazian Gerard Bosc	Porsche 356B Super 90
164	GT + 2.0	164	Ecurie Francorchamps	Gérard Langlois van Ophem Georges Berger	Ferrari 250 GTO
165	GT + 2.0	173		Gérard Langlois van Ophem Georges Berger	Ferrari 250 GTO
166	GT + 2.0	176		André Simon Maurice Dupeyron	Ferrari 250 GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT + 2.0	Jean Guichet	José Behra	Ferrari 250 GTO	Overall victory
GT 2.0	Fernand Masoero	Jean Maurin	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	Rank 5
GT 1.0	Jacques Cheinisse	Claude Leblond	Alpine A110	Rank 14
T + 3.0	Bernard Consten	Jack Renel	Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2	Rank 3
T 3.0	Rudi Golderer	Karl vom Kothen	Fiat 2300S	Rank 12
T 2.0	Henri Perrier	Pierre Rozé	Volvo B18	Rank 15
T 1.6	Paddy Hopkirk	Henri Liddon	Morris Mini Cooper S.	Rank 7
T 1.0	Robert Wybo	Jean-Francois Serpentier	Renault R8	Rank 19
T 850	Pierre Lelong	Jean-Pierre Rousseau	Panhard Dyna	Rank 21

Racing data

• Registered: 166
• Started: 122
• Rated: 31
• Race classes: 8
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain in the south
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: unknown
• Overall laps of the winning team: none
• Total distance of the winning team: 5850,000 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: Round 21 of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 3-hour race of Monza 1963

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 500 km Bridgehampton race in 1963