1963 Rome Grand Prix

NC Italy Rome XV Gran Premio di Roma ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Vallelunga Autodromo Vallelunga Vecchio.svg 19 May 1963 Permanent racing facility 2.002 3.222 2 x 40 159.04 255.96 Carel Godin de Beaufort Netherlands Porsche 1:29.4 Bob Anderson Lola-Climax 1:29.0 UK Bob Anderson UK Lola-Climax Carel Godin de Beaufort Netherlands Porsche Ian Raby UK Gilby-BRM The 15th Rome Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 May 1963 at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit, near Rome in Italy. The race was run over two heats of 40 laps of the circuit, both of which were won by British driver Bob Anderson in a Lola Mk4. Both heats finished with the same three cars coming home in the first three places, and each time they were the only three cars to complete the distance. The grid included some Italian drivers who were relatively unknown outside their home country, and who never took part in any World Championship Grands Prix. The only one of these to threaten the leaders in this race was Franco Bernabei in his De Tomaso, but his engine blew up while he was leading the first heat and he was unable to take part in the second. Swiss driver Jo Siffert was to have taken part in this race, having decided against competing in a sports car race in Germany on the same day. The team he was to have driven for, Ecurie Filipinetti, lobbied the Swiss Automobile Club and they refused Siffert a visa to race in Rome."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.141. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid Heat 1 / 2 1 UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax 2:02:32.2 2 1st / 1st 2 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche + 32.7 s 1 2nd / 2nd 3 UK Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM + 1:05.4 s 5 3rd / 3rd 4 Italy Roberto Lippi Scuderia Settecolli De Tomaso-Maserati 78 laps 13 4th / 5th 5 Italy Gaetano Starrabba Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati 76 laps 10 5th / 6th 6 France Clement Barrau Clement Barrau Lotus-Climax 73 laps 17 7th / 7th 7 Italy Rovero Campello Rovero Campello De Tomaso-O.S.C.A. 71 laps 11 6th / 10th 8 Italy Gastone Zanarotti Gastone Zanarotti De Tomaso-Maserati 68 laps 19 9th / 8th 9 UK Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 68 laps (Engine) 6 Ret / 4th 10 Germany Günther Seiffert Rhine-Ruhr Racing Team Lotus-BRM 67 laps 18 8th / 11th 11 UK John Campbell-Jones Tim Parnell Lotus-BRM 56 laps 7 12th / 9th Ret Italy Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 36 laps (Oil pipe / Gearbox) 4 Ret / Ret Ret Argentina Juan Manuel Bordeu Count Volpi Porsche 32 laps (Clutch) 8 10th / DNS Ret Italy Franco Bernabei Alejandro de Tomaso De Tomaso-Ford 27 laps (Engine) 3 Ret / DNS Ret Italy "Condor" "Condor" De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 26 laps (Gearbox) 15 11th / Ret Ret France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 20 laps 12 13th / DNS Ret Switzerland André Wicky André Wicky Cooper-Climax 7 laps (Oil pressure) 14 Ret / DNS Ret Italy Carlo Peroglio Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 3 laps (Oil pipe) 16 Ret / DNS Ret Argentina Nasif Estéfano Alejandro de Tomaso De Tomaso 1 lap (Clutch) 9 Ret / DNS DNQ Germany Kurt Kuhnke Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward - - DNQ Germany Ernst Maring Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward - - DNP Switzerland Jo Siffert Siffert Racing Team Lotus-BRM Refused visa to race - - WD Belgium André Pilette André Pilette Lotus-Climax - - WD UK Philip Robinson A. Robinson & Sons Lotus-Climax - - Fastest lap: (Heat 1) Bob Anderson 1:30.9 Fastest lap: (Heat 2) Bob Anderson 1:29.0 References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. Rome Grand Prix 1963 1963 BRDC International Trophy 1963 Solitude Grand Prix 1954 Rome Grand Prix — Rome Grand Prix Category:Rome Grand Prix Rome Grand Prix