1963 Belgian Grand Prix

Second round of the 1963 Formula One World Championship March 2021 F1 Belgium Belgian Spa 1950.jpg 9 June 1963 XXIII Grand Prix de Belgique Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsSpa, Belgium Permanent racing facility 8.761 14.100 32 280.363 451.200 Wet and overcast Graham Hill BRM 3:54.1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 3:58.1 16 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax UK Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax NZ Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax USA BEL The 1963 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held at Spa-Francorchamps on 9 June 1963. It was race 2 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jim Clark won the race in extremely wet and rainy conditions. After starting eighth on the grid, Clark passed all the cars in front of him, including early leader Graham Hill. At the end of the race, Clark had not only lapped the entire field except for Bruce McLaren, but the margin to the second-placed Cooper driver was almost five minutes. The Scot's performance was made even more impressive by the fact that gearbox issues meant that he had to hold his gear lever in place, thus driving one-handed, whenever fifth gear was selected on this high-speed circuit. Given the rainy conditions, Clark eventually chose not to engage fifth gear at all, leaving him with only four gears.https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1s-best-drives-2-clark-obliterates-opposition-at-hated-spa.3f8BxBOD6cDUaMTbTNuP2P.html Jim Clark's 1963 victory at Spa in the Belgian Grand Prix www.formula1.com 24 April 2020 This would be the first of seven victories for Clark and Team Lotus that year. Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGapQ1Q21 7 UK Graham Hill BRM4:01.6 3:54.1—2 18 USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax4:28.8 3:55.0 +0.93 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari3:56.2 3:55.3 +1.24 15 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax3:57.1 3:56.0 +1.95 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax3:58.3 3:56.2 +2.16 17 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax3:56.6 4:00.7 +2.57 4 UK Innes Ireland BRP-BRM4:05.3 3:56.9 +2.88 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax4:06.7 3:57.1 +3.09 8 USA Richie Ginther BRM4:04.5 3:57.6 +3.510 9 UK John Surtees Ferrari3:57.9 3:57.9 +3.811 2 UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax4:02.7 3:58.1 +4.012 5 USA Jim Hall Lotus-BRM4:05.4 4:00.1 +6.013 12 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax4:01.4 4:00.1 +6.014 28 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM4:03.9 4:02.3 +8.215 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax4:17.2 4:04.9 +10.816 22 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Lola-Climax4:08.5 4:06.5 +12.417 26 USA Phil Hill ATS4:26.1 4:06.7 +12.618 29 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche4:14.6 6:55.2 +20.519 24 USA Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM4:31.7 4:25.2 +31.120 27 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS8:34.8 4:33.6 +39.5 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1963&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1963 Belgian GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 12 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 32 2:27:47.6 8 9 2 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 32 + 4:54.0 5 6 3 18 USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 31 + 1 lap 2 4 4 8 USA Richie Ginther BRM 31 + 1 lap 9 3 5 12 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 30 + 2 laps 13 2 6 29 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 30 + 2 laps 18 1 7 15 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 27 Accident 4 8 24 USA Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM 25 Accident 19 Ret Retired 9 UK John Surtees Ferrari 19 Injection 10 Ret Retired 7 UK Graham Hill BRM 17 Gearbox 1 Ret Retired 22 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Lola-Climax 17 Accident 16 Ret Retired 5 USA Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 16 Accident 12 Ret Retired 28 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 16 Accident 14 Ret Retired 26 USA Phil Hill ATS 13 Gearbox 17 Ret Retired 17 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 12 Injection 6 Ret Retired 21 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax 10 Oil Leak 15 Ret Retired 4 UK Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 9 Gearbox 7 Ret Retired 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 7 Injection 3 Ret Retired 27 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 7 Gearbox 20 Ret Retired 2 UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 5 Physical 11 WD Withdrawn 3 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax No car WD Withdrawn 11 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari No car WD Withdrawn 19 Italy Lorenzo Bandini BRM Car retained by BRM WD Withdrawn 25 UK Ian Burgess Scirocco-BRM Car not ready Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1963/612/ 1963 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131006043714/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1963/612/ 6 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British constructors Scirocco and BRP and for Italian constructor ATS. It was also the first podium finish for the Brabham team. This marked the 50th race for a Coventry Climax-powered car. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 2 1 NZL Bruce McLaren 10 10px 6 2 UK Jim Clark 9 10px 2 3 UK Graham Hill 9 10px 2 4 USA Richie Ginther 9 10px 5 5 USA Dan Gurney 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1963/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1963 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK BRM 12 10px 2 2 UK Lotus-Climax 10 10px 1 3 UK Cooper-Climax 10 10px 1 4 UK Brabham-Climax 4 10px 2 5 ITA Ferrari 3Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1963 1963 Monaco Grand Prix 1963 Dutch Grand Prix 1962 Belgian Grand Prix 1964 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:June 1963 sports events in Europe