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25px South African flag after 1928  1963 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Prince George Circuit
Date 28 December 1963
Official name X South African Grand Prix
Location Prince George Circuit
East London, South Africa
Course Permanent racing facility
3.920 km (2.436 mi)
Distance 85 laps, 333.175 km (207.025 mi)
Weather Hot, dry and windy
Pole position
Driver 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:28.9
Fastest lap
Driver 25px USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax
Time 1:29.1 on lap 33
Podium
First 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Second 25px USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax
Third 25px UK Graham Hill BRM

The 1963 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on December 28, 1963.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 85 2:10:36.9 1 9
2 9 25px USA Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 85 + 1:06.8 3 6
3 5 25px UK Graham Hill BRM 84 + 1 lap 6 4
4 10 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 84 + 1 lap 9 3
5 4 25px Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 84 + 1 lap 5 2
6 12 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 83 + 2 laps 11 1
7 11 25px South African flag after 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 82 + 3 laps 10
8 2 25px UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 81 + 4 laps 8
9 19 25px Template:Country alias Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love Cooper-Climax 80 + 5 laps 13
10 14 25px Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 79 + 6 laps 20
11 16 25px South African flag after 1928 Doug Serrurier LDS-Alfa Romeo 78 + 7 laps 18
12 23 25px South African flag after 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Maserati 77 + 8 laps 19
13 8 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 70 Accident 2
14 21 25px South African flag after 1928 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 66 + 19 laps 15
Ret 18 25px South African flag after 1928 Peter de Klerk Alfa Romeo 53 Gearbox 16
Ret 22 25px UK David Prophet Brabham-Climax 49 Oil Pressure 14
Ret 3 25px UK John Surtees Ferrari 43 Engine 4
Ret 6 25px USA Richie Ginther BRM 43 Halfshaft 7
Ret 7 25px South African flag after 1928 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 3 Engine 12
Ret 20 25px Template:Country alias Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 2 Halfshaft 17
DNS 15 25px South African flag after 1928 Paddy Driver Lotus-BRM Practice accident 21
WD 17 25px South African flag after 1928 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax Driver injured
WD 25px UK Mike Hailwood Lola-Climax

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:28.9
  • Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney - 1:29.1
  • First F1 Grand Prix start for Sam Tingle

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px UK Jim Clark 54 (73)
1uparrow green.svg 1 2 25px UK Graham Hill 29
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px USA Richie Ginther 29 (34)
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 4 25px UK John Surtees 22
1uparrow green.svg 2 5 25px USA Dan Gurney 19
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px UK Lotus-Climax 54 (74)
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 2 25px UK BRM 36 (45)
1uparrow green.svg 1 3 25px UK Brabham-Climax 28 (30)
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px Italy Ferrari 26
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 5 25px UK Cooper-Climax 25 (26)
  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References[]

  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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1963 Mexican Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
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Next race:
1964 Monaco Grand Prix
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