1963 Australian Grand Prix

March 2024 May 2020 CUST Race 1 of 6 in 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia Warwick Farm Raceway.png Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 February 1963 Permanent racing facility 2.25 3.621 45 101.25 162.945 Hot and sunny Bruce McLaren NZL Cooper-Climax 1'38.8 John Surtees Jack Brabham Lola-Climax Repco Brabham-Climax 1'40.2 GBR Jack Brabham AUS Repco Brabham-Climax John Surtees GBR Lola-Climax Bruce McLaren NZL Cooper-Climax thumb|Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT4, similar to the example pictured above The 1963 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 1963. Open to Formula Libre cars,Motor Sport, March 1963, page 150The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix states that a 3-litre engine limit applied, however this is not supported by the AGP entry list in the Official Programme which includes a BRM Buick with a capacity of 3900cc it was the opening heat of the 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race, which was the twenty eighth Australian Grand Prix, had 16 starters. The race featured a strong representation of international competitors, with entries from Ecurie Vitesse for Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren for himself, R.R.C. Walker Racing Team for Graham Hill and from the Bowmaker Racing Team for John Surtees, Tony Maggs and Jim Palmer. Jack Brabham won the race, his second Australian Grand Prix victory, after a battle with John Surtees. It was the first AGP victory by a driver in a self-developed car since Doug Whiteford won in his "Black Bess" Ford V8 Special in 1950. Stirling Moss, who was recovering from a near-fatal crash at the Goodwood Circuit, was the special guest at the Grand Prix. Moss, who had driven a Maserati 250F to victory in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, also provided guest commentary for Australian television station the ABC alongside Doug Woodward, Bill Reynolds and pit reporter Norman May. Classification Results as follows.White Des Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 286–292 1963 Pos No.Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Australian International Grand Prix, Sunday, February 10, 1963 Driver Entrant Car Laps1963 Gold Star Round 1 Australian Grand Prix, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org Time / Reason 1 4 AUS Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7LEach "Brabham" was entered as a "Repco Brabham" in the Official Programme 45 1h 16m 34.1s 2 2 GBR John Surtees Bowmaker Racing Team Lola Mk.4 / Climax FPF 2.7L 45 1h 16m 42.1s 3 10 NZL Bruce McLaren B. McLaren Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 2.7L 45 1h 17m 284.1s 4 5 AUS David McKay Scuderia Veloce Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7L 45 1h 18m 01.1s 5 6 AUS Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7L 44 6 1 GBR Graham Hill R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Ferguson P99 / Climax FPF 2.5L 44 7 16 NZL Tony Shelly Independent Motors Lotus 18/21 / Climax FPF 2.5L 44 8 18 AUS Frank Matich Total Team Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5L 43 9 17 AUS Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 20B / Ford 1.5L 42 10 19 AUS Bob Holden Killara Motor Garage Lynx / Peugeot 1.5L 42 11 8 AUS Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2.7L 36 Ret 3 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Bowmaker Racing Team Lola Mk.4 / Climax FPF 2.7L 31 Exhaustion Ret 15 AUS John Youl J. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 2.5L 25 Black Flagged Ret 14 NZL Chris Amon Scuderia Veloce Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2.5L 24 Fuel Pump Ret 12 NZL Jim Palmer Bowmaker Racing Team Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 2.7L 9 Broken steering armJack wins in the old home town, Australian Motor Sports, March 1963, pages 26 to 28 & 38 Ret 11 AUS Frank Gardner Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.9LAustralian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, 10 Feb 1963, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 21 January 2018 0 Broken Axle Notes Pole position: Bruce McLaren - 1'38.8 Fastest lap: John Surtees and Jack Brabham - 1'40.2 (80.84 m.p.h.) (130.074 k.p.h.) Winner's average speed: 79.57 m.p.h. (128.05 k.p.h) References Australian Grand Prix 1962 Australian Grand Prix 1963 1964 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Warwick Farm Australian Grand Prix