1963 Lombank Trophy

NC UK Lombank Trophy IV Lombank Trophy Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 30 March 1963 Snetterton 1963 annotated.svg Permanent racing facility 2.71 4.361 50 135.5 218.07 Wet Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax 1:44.4 Graham Hill BRM 1:38.2 UK Graham Hill UK BRM Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax Innes Ireland UK Lotus-BRM The 4th Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57. The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth. This was the first and only Formula One start for Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a Formula Three event at Dunboyne in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with Jack Pearce.F2 Register - XXIII Leinster Trophy 1965 Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 1 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 1:25:09.6 10 2 3 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 21.2 s 1 3 5 UK Innes Ireland British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM 1:34.4 s 4 4 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 1:36.4 s 3 5 2 USA Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM 49 laps 2 6 6 USA Jim Hall British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM 47 laps 5 7 12 UK Adam Wyllie Jock Russell Lotus-Climax 44 laps 6 Ret 16 UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax Gearbox 9 Ret 14 UK Philip Robinson A. Robinson & Sons Lotus-Climax Ignition 7 Ret 8 UK Tim Parnell Reg Parnell Lotus-BRM Engine 8 DNS 17 Switzerland Jo Siffert Scuderia Filipinetti Lotus-BRM Practice accident - WD 4 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax No engine - WD 9 UK David Prophet David Prophet Brabham-Ford Car not ready - WD 10 UK Morris Nunn Morris Nunn Cooper-Climax - WD 11 UK Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax - WD 15 UK Jack Pearce Auto Racing Services Lotus-Climax - WD 18 UK Ron Carter Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax - References Results at Silhouet.com "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp 126-127. Lombank Trophy 1963 1962 Natal Grand Prix 1963 Glover Trophy 1962 Lombank Trophy — Lombank Trophy Category:Lombank Trophy Lombank