1963 Aintree 200

NC UK Aintree 200 VIII Aintree 200 Aintree Circuit, Merseyside 27 April 1963 Circuit Aintree.svg Permanent racing facility 3 4.828 50 150 241.4 Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax 1:53.8 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:51.8 UK Graham Hill UK BRM Innes Ireland UK Lotus-BRM Trevor TaylorUK Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax The 8th Aintree 200 was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 27 April 1963 at Aintree Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57. Characteristics This race saw one of the last instances of car changing in Formula One, as it was already illegal in World Championship races. Jim Clark's Lotus 25 was left on the starting line with a flat battery and joined the race a lap down, but after 16 laps, he swapped cars with his team-mate Trevor Taylor who was in fifth place at the time. Clark moved up to finish third, while Taylor was left in seventh place. Clark set the fastest lap of the race in Taylor's car. Jack Brabham qualified in second place but failed to start after suffering a broken piston in practice. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 1:35.20.8 4 2 UK Innes Ireland British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM + 15.0 s 3 3 UK Trevor TaylorUK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 28.6 s 6 4 USA Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 31.8 s 5 5 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 1:12.4 s 7 6 New Zealand Chris Amon Reg Parnell (Racing) Lola-Climax 48 laps 10 7 UK Jim ClarkUK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 47 laps 1 8 UK Jimmy Blumer Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-Climax 47 laps 14 9 UK John Taylor Gerard Racing Cooper-Ford 42 laps 11 Ret UK Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM Engine 9 Ret UK John Campbell-Jones Tim Parnell Lotus-BRM Oil leak 13 DSQ UK Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax Push-start 17 Ret UK Jock Russell Jock Russell Lotus-Climax Rear suspension 15 Ret South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Brakes / Ignition 18 Ret UK Philip Robinson A. Robinson & Sons Lotus-Climax Engine 12 Ret USA Jim Hall British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM Throttle linkage 8 DNS Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax Piston (2) DNS Belgium André Pilette André Pilette Lotus-Climax Withdrew after practice (16) WD UK Morris Nunn Morris Nunn Cooper-Climax Car not ready - Wolfgang Seidel entered two cars under the Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel banner, but these were withdrawn before the event. References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Aintree 200 1963 1963 Syracuse Grand Prix 1963 BRDC International Trophy 1962 Aintree 200 1964 Aintree 200 Aintree 200 Aintree 200 Aintree 200