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1963 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| 1963 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 | BRM | 1:37.0 | 1:35.8 | 1:35.2 | +0.9 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Innes Ireland | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Lola-Climax | 1:43.0 | 1:41.3 | 1:48.9 | +7.0 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Chris Amon | Lola-Climax | 1:43.8 | 1:41.4 | — | +7.1 | DNS 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Bernard Collomb | 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:[1][2] | ||||||||
^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 sufffered 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 | 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 | Lotus-BRM | Gearbox damaged | |||
| WD | 18 | Ian Burgess | Scirocco-BRM | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 19 | Tony Settember | Scirocco-BRM | Car not ready | |||
| WD | 22 | Nasif Estéfano | De Tomaso | ||||
| WD | 23 | Lorenzo Bandini | BRM | Car repossessed by BRM | |||
| WD | 24 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | ||||
Source:[3] | |||||||
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
- ^ 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) - ^ . 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.