1963 Syracuse Grand Prix

NC Italy Syracuse XII Gran Premio di Siracusa Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily Map-siracusa old.png 25 April 1963 Temporary road circuit 3.487 5.612 56 195.27 314.26 Jo Siffert Switzerland Lotus-BRM 1:59.0 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 2:00.4 Switzerland Jo Siffert Switzerland Lotus-BRM Carel Godin de Beaufort Netherlands Porsche Carlo Abate Italy Cooper-Maserati The 12th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 25 April 1963 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and was won easily by Swiss driver Jo Siffert in a Lotus 24. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Switzerland Jo Siffert Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-BRM 2.06:25.4 1 2 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche + 1:20.6 s 4 3 Italy Carlo Abate Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati + 1 Lap 5 4 UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax + 4 Laps 2 5 Sweden Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax + 7 Laps 3 6 Italy Gaetano Starrabba Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati + 7 Laps 10 Ret Germany Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM Gearbox casing 9 Ret France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax Front wishbone 7 Ret Italy Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati Oil pipe 6 Ret Switzerland André Wicky André Wicky Cooper-Climax Engine 8 WD USA Phil Hill Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-BRM Car not ready - WD UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax - WD UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax - WD UK John Surtees SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari Car not ready - WD Argentina Nasif Estéfano Scuderia Tomaso De Tomaso Car not ready - References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at www.silhouet.com Syracuse Grand Prix 1963 1963 Imola Grand Prix 1963 Aintree 200 1961 Syracuse Grand Prix 1964 Syracuse Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Category:Syracuse Grand Prix