1963 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| 1963 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 26 May 1963 | ||
| Official name | XXI Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 miles) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Time | 1:34.3 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 John Surtees | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:34.5 on lap 100 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | BRM | ||
| Second | BRM | ||
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1963. It was race 1 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57 after Jim Clark retired from the lead with a broken gearbox on lap 78.
Clark took pole position for the event ahead of Hill and John Surtees. The two BRM drivers, Hill and Richie Ginther, led the opening laps in first and second respectively. Clark overtook Ginther for second on lap 5, and Hill for the lead on lap 18. Surtees was also able to overtake Ginther and Hill into second by lap 56, before Hill re-overtook him. Surtees then fell back. Clark retired on lap 78 with a gearbox failure, allowing Hill to win the race, with Ginther and Bruce McLaren completing the podium. Surtees, suffering from his mechanical issue, finished fourth.[1]
Classification[edit]
Qualifying[edit]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Gap | Grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:35.3 | 1:34.3 | 1:35.2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 6 | Graham Hill
|
BRM | 1:37.0 | 1:35.7 | 1:35.0 | +0.7 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | John Surtees
|
Ferrari | 1:38.7 | 1:35.2 | 1:36.5 | +0.9 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 |  Richie Ginther
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BRM | 1:37.0 | 1:35.8 | 1:35.2 | +0.9 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Innes Ireland
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Lotus-BRM | 1:37.9 | 1:35.5 | 1:35.7 | +1.2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | Dan Gurney
|
Brabham-Climax | 1:38.9 | 1:36.1 | 1:35.8 | +1.5 | 6 |
| 7 | 20 |  Willy Mairesse
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Ferrari | 1:37.6 | 1:36.0 | 1:35.9 | +1.6 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 |  Bruce McLaren
|
Cooper-Climax | 1:43.8 | 1:38.3 | 1:36.0 | +1.7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Trevor Taylor
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Lotus-Climax | 1:39.1 | 1:37.2 | 1:38.6 | +2.9 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 |  Tony Maggs
|
Cooper-Climax | 1:38.4 | 1:37.9 | 1:39.1 | +3.6 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |  Jo Bonnier
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Cooper-Climax | 1:42.5 | 1:39.4 | 1:38.6 | +4.3 | 11 |
| 12 | 25 |  Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:41.7 | 1:40.9 | 1:39.4 | +5.1 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 | Jim Hall
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:41.0 | 1:41.7 | 1:43.6 | +6.7 | 13 |
| 14 | 17 |  Maurice Trintignant
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Lola-Climax | 1:43.0 | 1:41.3 | 1:48.9 | +7.0 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Chris Amon
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Lola-Climax | 1:43.8 | 1:41.4 | — | +7.1 | DNS 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Bernard Collomb
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Lotus-Climax | 1:46.8 | 1:43.3 | 1:44.9 | +9.0 | DNQ 2 |
| 17 | 3 |  Jack Brabham
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:44.7 | No time | No time | +10.4 | 15 |
| Source:[2][3] | ||||||||
^1 - Before the last qualifying session, Chris Amon was instructed to hand his car over to Maurice Trintignant, who had a guaranteed starting berth, but had suffered terminal issues with his own car.
^2 - Despite the withdrawal of Chris Amon, Bernard Collomb did not qualify for the 16th and final spot on the grid, as his fastest lap time was not close enough to a 1:40 benchmark set by the organizers.
- Drivers that had a guaranteed start as former winners of the World Championship or the Monaco Grand Prix.
Race[edit]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Graham Hill
|
BRM | 100 | 2:41:49.7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Richie Ginther
|
BRM | 100 | + 4.6 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Bruce McLaren
|
Cooper-Climax | 100 | + 12.8 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | John Surtees
|
Ferrari | 100 | + 14.1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Tony Maggs
|
Cooper-Climax | 98 | + 2 laps | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | Trevor Taylor
|
Lotus-Climax | 98 | + 2 laps | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | Jo Bonnier
|
Cooper-Climax | 94 | + 6 laps | 11 | |
| 8 | 9 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Climax | 78 | Gearbox | 1 | |
| 9 | 3 | Jack Brabham
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Lotus-Climax | 77 | Gearbox | 16 | |
| Ret | 14 | Innes Ireland
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Lotus-BRM | 40 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 20 | Willy Mairesse
|
Ferrari | 37 | Gearbox | 7 | |
| Ret | 17 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Lola-Climax | 34 | Clutch | 14 | |
| Ret | 4 | Dan Gurney
|
Brabham-Climax | 25 | Differential | 6 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jim Hall
|
Lotus-BRM | 20 | Gearbox | 13 | |
| Ret | 25 | Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-BRM | 3 | Engine | 12 | |
| DNS | 15 | Chris Amon
|
Lola-Climax | Trintignant raced car | (15) | ||
| DNQ | 24 | Bernard Collomb
|
Lotus-Climax | ||||
| WD | 1 | Phil Hill
|
ATS | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 2 |  Giancarlo Baghetti
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ATS | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 16 | John Campbell-Jones
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Lotus-BRM | Gearbox damaged | |||
| WD | 18 | Ian Burgess
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Scirocco-BRM | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 19 | Tony Settember
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Scirocco-BRM | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 22 |  Nasif Estéfano
|
De Tomaso | ||||
| WD | 23 | Lorenzo Bandini
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BRM | Car repossessed by BRM | |||
| WD | 24 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort
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Porsche | ||||
Source:[4]
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Championship standings after the race[edit]
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[edit]
- ^ "Monaco GP 1963". Grandprix.com. 26 May 1963. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Monaco 1963 - Championship". Statsf1. Retrieved 5 February 2019.