Trophée d'Auvergne 1963

The 1963 Trophée d'Auvergne took place on July 7, 1963 at the Circuit de Charade . The race was the 13th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

As in 1962 , the Trophée d'Auvergne was also part of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship. The race was driven on the Circuit de Charade, an 8.055 km long race track near Clermont-Ferrand . The race was won by Lorenzo Bandini on one of Carlo Maria Abate reported Ferrari 250TRI / 61 . Abate, who had won the event the year before, had to be content with third place behind Tony Hegbourne .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S / P 3.0	58	Carlo-Maria Abate	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 250TRI / 61	46
2	S / P 1.6	6th	Normand team	Tony Hegbourne	Lotus 23B	46
3	GT 3.0	3	Carlo-Maria Abate	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO	45
4th	S / P 2.0	2	Ecurie Biennoise	Hermann Muller	Porsche 718 RS 61	45
5	S / P 2.0	8th	Normad team	Mike Beckwith	Lotus 23B	44
6th	GT 2.0	31	Porsche System Engineering	Edgar Barth	Porsche 356B 2000 GS GT	44
7th	S / P 2.0	10	Régis Fraissinet	Régis Fraissinet	Porsche 718 RS 60	43
8th	S / P + 3.0	54	Maserati France	Lucien Bianchi	Maserati Tipo 151/2	43
9	GT 3.0	5	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250 GTO	43
10	S / P 1.0	18th	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000	43
11	S / P 3.0	56	Lloyd Casner	Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 61	43
12	GT 2.0	33	Porsche System Engineering	Herbert Linge	Porsche 356B 2000 GS GT	43
13	S / P 1.0	78	José Rosinski	José Rosinski	Alpine M63	43
14th	S / P 1.3	20th	Chris Kerrison	Chris Kerrison	Lola MK1	42
15th	S / P 1.0	76	Henri Grandsire	Henri Grandsire	Alpine M63	42
16	GT 1.3	27	Abarth	Giampiero Biscaldi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	41
17th	GT 1.3	25th	Gianni Balzarini	Gianni Balzarini	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	41
18th	GT + 3.0	1	Jean Kerguen	Jean Kerguen	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	41
19th	GT 2.0	15th	Robert Buchet	Robert Buchet	Porsche 356B 2000 GS Carrera	40
20th	S / P 1.3	16	Ecurie Biennoise	Sidney Charpilloz	Elva Mk.VII	40
21st	S / P 1.3	14th	Ecurie Biennoise	Jörg Wyssbrod	Elva Mk.VII	39
22nd	GT 1.3	21st	Adrian Chambers	Adrian Chambers	Lotus Elite	39
23	GT 3.0	9	Ecurie Biennoise	Daniel Siebenmann	Ferrari 250 GT	37
24	GT 2.0	17th	Richard O'Steen	Richard O'Steen	Elva Courier	37
25th	S / P 1.0	70	René Bonnet	Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	36
26th	S / P 1.0	72	René Bonnet	Claude Bobrowski	René Bonnet Djet	36
27	GT 1.3	23	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	35
Failed
28	S / P 1.6	66	Scuderia Filipinetti	Armand Schäfer	Alfa Romeo Giulia Zagato	30th
29	S / P 1.6	12	Ian Walker	Paul Hawkins	Lotus 23	19th
30th	GT 2.0	35	Jean de Mortemart	Jean de Mortemart	Porsche 356B Carrera 2	7th
31	S / P 1.0	82	Roland Charrière	Roland Charrière	René Bonnet Djet	3

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
32	S / P 1.6	4th	Ecurie Biennoise	Robert Huber	Lotus 23B
33	GT 3.0	7th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Herbert Mueller	Ferrari 250 GTO
34	GT 2.0	11	Scuderia Filipinetti	Heinz Schiller	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL
35	GT 2.0	19th	Roland Lutz	Roland Lutz	Elva Courier
36	GT 1.6	21st	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL
37	S / P + 3.0	52		Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari
38	S / P 3.0	60		Jean Guichet	Ferrari
39	S / P 1.3	68	Gordon Jones	Gordon Jones	Marcos GT
40	S / P 1.0	74	René Bonnet	Jean Vinatier	René Bonnet Djet
41	S / P 1.0	80	Jean Rolland	Bruno Basini	René Bonnet Djet
42	S / P 1.0	84	Chris Lawrence	Chris Lawrence	Deep Sanderson 301

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S / P + 3.0	Lucien Bianchi	Maserati Tipo 151/2	Rank 8
S / P 3.0	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 250 TRI / 61	Overall victory
S / P 2.0	Hermann Muller	Porsche 718 RS 61	Rank 4
S / P 1.6	Tony Hegbourne	Lotus 23B	Rank 3
S / P 1.3	Chris Kerrison	Lola Mk1	Rank 14
S / P 1.0	Mauro Bianchi	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Rank 10
GT + 3.0	Jean Kerguen	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	Rank 18
GT 3.0	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO	Rank 3
GT 2.0	Edgar Barth	Porsche 356B 2000 GS GT	Rank 6
GT 1.3	Giampiero Biscaldi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 16

Racing data

• Registered: 42
• Started: 31
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 10
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: light rain
• Route length: 8.055 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 46
• Total distance of the winning team: 364.465 km
• Winner's average: 121.488 km / h
• Pole position: Tony Hegbourne - Lotus 23B (# 6) - 3: 39.700 = 126.243 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tony Hegbourne - Lotus 23B (# 6) - 3: 50.100 = 126.023 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Lorenzo Bandini - Ferrari 250TRI / 61 (# 58) - 3: 50.100 = 126.023 km / h
• Racing series: Round 13 of the 1963 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Predecessor race Rallye Wiesbaden 1963

Sports car world championship

Follow-up race hill climb Freiburg 1963