1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix

NC Italy Mediterranean II Gran Premio del Mediterraneo Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily 18 August 1963 Permanent racing facility 2.985 4.803 60 179.062 288.172 John Surtees UK Ferrari 1:16.1 John Surtees Ferrari 1:15.9 UK John Surtees UK Ferrari Peter Arundell UK Lotus-Climax Lorenzo Bandini Italy BRM The 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 August 1963 at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily. The second running of the Mediterranean Grand Prix, the race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 156. British driver Trevor Taylor suffered an accident during the race, in which he was thrown out of his Lotus 25 with fairly minor injuries, before the car broke up and caught fire."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 UK John Surtees SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 1.18:00.8 1 2 UK Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 17.4 s 6 3 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud BRM + 17.7 s 2 4 Sweden Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax 58 laps 8 5 Switzerland Jo Siffert Siffert Racing Team Lotus-BRM 57 laps 5 6 UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax 57 laps 4 7 Portugal Mário Cabral Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Climax 57 laps 7 8 Italy Carlo Abate Count Volpi Porsche 54 laps 10 9 Switzerland André Wicky Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-BRM 53 laps 11 10 France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 52 laps 15 11 France Jo Schlesser Jo Schlesser Brabham-Ford 51 laps 14 12 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 47 laps 9 Ret UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Accident 3 Ret Italy Carmelo Genovese Carmelo Genovese Lotus-Ford Carburettor 16 Ret Italy Giacomo Russo Giacomo Russo Lotus-Ford Engine 13 DNS Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche Stub-axle in practice (12) DNQ Italy Roberto Lippi Scuderia Setecolli De Tomaso-Ferrari - DNQ Italy Gaetano Starrabba Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati - References Mediterranean Grand Prix 1963 1963 Kanonloppet 1963 Austrian Grand Prix 1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix 1964 Mediterranean Grand Prix Mediterranean Grand Prix Category:Mediterranean Grand Prix Category:1963 in Italian motorsport