1963 Formula One season

The 1963 Formula One season crowned as champion Jim Clark.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 26	Monaco	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	June 9	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	June 23	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	June 30	Reims-Gueux	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 20	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 6	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
9	Mexican Grand Prix	October 27	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
10	South African Grand Prix	December 28	Prince George	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report

1963 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA Pts. 1 Jim Clark 8 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 54 (73) 2 Graham Hill 1 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 16 1 4 3 29 3 Richie Ginther 2 4 5 Ret 4 3 2 2 3 Ret 29 (34) 4 John Surtees 4 Ret 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 9 DSQ Ret 22 5 Dan Gurney Ret 3 2 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 6 2 19 6 Bruce McLaren 3 2 Ret 12 Ret Ret 3 11 Ret 4 17 7 Jack Brabham 9 Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 5 4 2 13 14 8 Tony Maggs 5 7 Ret 2 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 9 9 Innes Ireland Ret Ret 4 9 Ret Ret 4 6 10 Lorenzo Bandini 10 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 6 11 Jo Bonnier 7 5 11 NC Ret 6 7 8 5 6 6 12 Gerhard Mitter Ret 4 3 13 Jim Hall Ret Ret 8 11 6 5 8 10 8 3 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort 6 9 10 Ret DNQ 6 10 10 2 15 Jo Siffert Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 1 16 Trevor Taylor 6 Ret 10 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 1 17 Ludovico Scarfiotti 6 DNS 1 18 Chris Amon DNS Ret Ret 7 7 Ret DNS Ret 0 19 Hap Sharp Ret 7 0 20 Peter Broeker 7 0 21 Maurice Trintignant Ret 8 9 0 22 Mike Hailwood 8 10 0 23 Tony Settember 8 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 0 24 John Love 9 0 25 Bernard Collomb DNQ 10 0 26 Phil Hill Ret Ret NC 11 Ret Ret 0 27 Masten Gregory Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 28 Moises Solana 11 0 29 Doug Serrurier 11 0 30 Bob Anderson 12 12 0 31 Trevor Blokdyk 12 0 32 John Campbell-Jones 13 0 33 Mike Spence 13 0 34 Brausch Niemann 14 0 35 Giancarlo Baghetti Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 0 — Willy Mairesse Ret Ret Ret 0 — Ian Burgess Ret Ret 0 — Pedro Rodriguez Ret Ret 0 — Ian Raby Ret DNQ DNQ 0 — Lucien Bianchi Ret 0 — Mário de Araújo Cabral Ret DNS 0 — Rodger Ward Ret 0 — Peter de Klerk Ret 0 — Sam Tingle Ret 0 — Ernie Pieterse Ret 0 — David Prophet Ret 0 — Andre Pilette DNQ DNQ 0 — Tim Parnell DNQ 0 — Kurt Kuhnke DNQ 0 — Roberto Lippi DNQ 0 — Ernesto Brambilla DNQ 0 — Frank Dochnal DNQ 0 Pos. Driver MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)