1963 Belgian Grand Prix
| 1963 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 9 June 1963 | ||
| Official name | XXIII Grote Prijs van Belgie | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 14.100 km (8.761 miles) | ||
| Distance | 32 laps, 451.200 km (280.363 miles) | ||
| Weather | Wet and overcast | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | BRM | ||
| Time | 3:54.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | |
| Time | 3:58.1 on lap 16 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Second | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Third | Brabham-Climax | ||
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 of the cars in front of him, including early leader Graham Hill. About 17 laps into the race, with the rain coming down harder than ever, Clark had not only lapped the entire field except for Bruce McLaren, but he was almost five minutes ahead of McLaren and his Cooper. This would be the first of 7 victories for Clark and Team Lotus that year.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Climax | 32 | 2:27:47.6 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 |  Bruce McLaren
|
Cooper-Climax | 32 | + 4:54.0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 |  Dan Gurney
|
Brabham-Climax | 31 | + 1 lap | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Richie Ginther
|
BRM | 31 | + 1 lap | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Cooper-Climax | 30 | + 2 laps | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 29 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort
|
Porsche | 30 | + 2 laps | 18 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 |  Tony Maggs
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Cooper-Climax | 27 | Accident | 4 | |
| 8 | 24 | Tony Settember
|
Scirocco-BRM | 25 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 9 | John Surtees
|
Ferrari | 19 | Injection | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Graham Hill
|
BRM | 17 | Gearbox | 1 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Lucien Bianchi
|
Lola-Climax | 17 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jim Hall
|
Lotus-BRM | 16 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Jo Siffert
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Lotus-BRM | 16 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Phil Hill
|
ATS | 13 | Gearbox | 17 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jack Brabham
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Brabham-Climax | 12 | Injection | 6 | |
| Ret | 21 | Chris Amon
|
Lola-Climax | 10 | Oil Leak | 15 | |
| Ret | 4 | Innes Ireland
|
BRP-BRM | 9 | Gearbox | 7 | |
| Ret | 10 | Willy Mairesse
|
Ferrari | 7 | Injection | 3 | |
| Ret | 27 |  Giancarlo Baghetti
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ATS | 7 | Gearbox | 20 | |
| Ret | 2 | Trevor Taylor
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Lotus-Climax | 5 | Physical | 11 | |
| WD | 3 | Peter Arundell
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Lotus-Climax | No car | |||
| WD | 11 | Ludovico Scarfiotti
|
Ferrari | No car | |||
| WD | 19 | Lorenzo Bandini
|
BRM | Car retained by BRM | |||
| WD | 25 | Ian Burgess
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Scirocco-BRM | Car not ready | |||
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Notes
- First podium: Brabham
- Chris Amon was 19 years old when he started in this race.
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1963 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Belgium 1963 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.