1963 Dutch Grand Prix

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1963 Dutch Grand Prix
Zandvoort original layout
Zandvoort original layout
Race details
Date June 23, 1963
Official name XI Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.193 km (2.605 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 335.440 km (208.433 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:31.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:33.7 on lap 56
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Brabham-Climax
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
Dutch newsreel on the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1963 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on June 23, 1963. It was race 3 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark – by a margin of more than a full lap – after he started from pole position. Dan Gurney finished second for the Brabham team and Ferrari driver John Surtees came in third.

Jim Clark won the race driving a Lotus 25

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Qualifying times Gap
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax No time 1:33.0 1:31.6
2 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 1:33.3 1:32.2 1:32.5 +0.6
3 20 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:34.1 1:33.3 1:32.3 +0.7
4 16 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 1:35.1 1:33.0 1:32.4 +0.8
5 2 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 1:33.7 1:33.6 1:33.0 +1.4
6 14 United States Richie Ginther BRM 1:37.2 1:34.5 1:33.3 +1.7
7 30 United Kingdom Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 1:33.6 1:39.0 (1:33.4) +1.7
8 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 1:35.3 1:34.7 1:34.1 +2.5
9 22 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 1:35.8 1:35.0 1:34.3 +2.7
10 8 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax No time 1:40.4 1:35.2 +3.6
11 4 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:37.3 No time 1:35.6 +4.0
12 10 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax 1:37.3 1:38.4 1:35.9 +4.3
13 24 United States Phil Hill ATS 1:40.1 1:38.0 1:36.0 +4.4
14 18 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax No time 1:36.2 No time +4.6
15 26 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 1:49.7 1:37.8 1:41.0 +6.2
16 34 Germany Gerhard Mitter Porsche No time 1:41.4 1:38.8 +7.2
17 36 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM No time 1:39.0 1:39.7 +7.4
18 42 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM No time No time 1:39.0 +7.4
19 32 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche No time 1:40.2 1:39.3 +7.7
Source:[1]
Notes
  • – Ireland posted a faster time (1:33.3) in a Lotus-BRM car, but he surrendered the car during the final qualifying session to Jim Hall, whose entry had not been accepted initially by the organizers.

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 80 2:08:13.7 1 9
2 18 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 79 + 1 lap 14 6
3 2 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 79 + 1 lap 5 4
4 30 United Kingdom Innes Ireland BRP-BRM 79 + 1 lap 7 3
5 14 United States Richie Ginther BRM 79 + 1 lap 6 2
6 4 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 78 + 2 laps 11 1
7 36 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 77 + 3 laps 17
8 42 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 77 + 3 laps 18
9 32 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 75 + 5 laps 19
10 8 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 66 + 14 laps 10
11 28 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 56 + 24 laps 8
Ret 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 69 Overheating 2
Ret 16 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 68 Accident 4
Ret 10 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax 29 Water pump 12
Ret 26 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 17 Ignition 15
Ret 24 United States Phil Hill ATS 15 Suspension 13
Ret 22 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 14 Overheating 9
Ret 20 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 7 Gearbox 3
Ret 34 Germany Gerhard Mitter Porsche 2 Clutch 16
WD 38 United States Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM
WD 40 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Scirocco-BRM
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1963 Dutch GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "1963 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Netherlands 1963 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.


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