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 | May 26, 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 May 26, 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.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:34.3 | 1 | |
| 2 | 6 | Graham Hill
|
BRM | 1:35.0 | +0.7 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | John Surtees
|
Ferrari | 1:35.2 | +0.9 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 |  Richie Ginther
|
BRM | 1:35.2 | +0.9 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Innes Ireland
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:35.5 | +1.2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | Dan Gurney
|
Brabham-Climax | 1:35.8 | +1.5 | 6 |
| 7 | 20 |  Willy Mairesse
|
Ferrari | 1:35.9 | +1.6 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 |  Bruce McLaren
|
Cooper-Climax | 1:36.0 | +1.7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Trevor Taylor
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:37.2 | +2.9 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 |  Tony Maggs
|
Cooper-Climax | 1:37.9 | +3.6 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Cooper-Climax | 1:38.6 | +4.3 | 11 |
| 12 | 25 |  Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:39.4 | +5.1 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 | Jim Hall
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:41.0 | +6.7 | 13 |
| 14 | 17 |  Maurice Trintignant
|
Lola-Climax | 1:41.3 | +7.0 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Chris Amon
|
Lola-Climax | 1:41.4 | +7.1 | DNS 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Bernard Collomb
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:43.3 | +9.0 | DNQ 2 |
| 17 | 3 |  Jack Brabham
|
Lotus-Climax | 1:44.7 | +10.4 | 15 |
| Source:[1][2] | ||||||
^1 - Chris Amon did not start after handing his car over to Maurice Trintignant
^2 - Bernard Collomb did not qualify as the grid was limited to 16 places but Jack Brabham was automatically qualified
Race
| 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
|
Lotus-Climax | 77 | Gearbox | 16 | |
| Ret | 14 | Innes Ireland
|
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
|
ATS | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 16 | John Campbell-Jones
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Lotus-BRM | Gearbox damaged | |||
| WD | 18 | Ian Burgess
|
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:[3]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ F1, STATS. "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ F1, STATS. "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Monaco 1963 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.