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1963 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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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 United Kingdom 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

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Qualifying times Gap Grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 9 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:35.3 1:34.3 1:35.2 1
2 6 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 1:37.0 1:35.7 1:35.0 +0.7 2
3 21 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 1:38.7 1:35.2 1:36.5 +0.9 3
4 5 United States Richie Ginther BRM 1:37.0 1:35.8 1:35.2 +0.9 4
5 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 1:37.9 1:35.5 1:35.7 +1.2 5
6 4 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:38.9 1:36.1 1:35.8 +1.5 6
7 20 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 1:37.6 1:36.0 1:35.9 +1.6 7
8 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:43.8 1:38.3 1:36.0 +1.7 8
9 10 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 1:39.1 1:37.2 1:38.6 +2.9 9
10 8 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 1:38.4 1:37.9 1:39.1 +3.6 10
11 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 1:42.5 1:39.4 1:38.6 +4.3 11
12 25 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 1:41.7 1:40.9 1:39.4 +5.1 12
13 12 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 1:41.0 1:41.7 1:43.6 +6.7 13
14 17 France Maurice Trintignant Lola-Climax 1:43.0 1:41.3 1:48.9 +7.0 14
15 15 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax 1:43.8 1:41.4 +7.1 DNS 1
16 24 France Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 1:46.8 1:43.3 1:44.9 +9.0 DNQ 2
17 3 Australia 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

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 100 2:41:49.7 2 9
2 5 United States Richie Ginther BRM 100 + 4.6 4 6
3 7 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 100 + 12.8 8 4
4 21 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 100 + 14.1 3 3
5 8 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 98 + 2 laps 10 2
6 10 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 98 + 2 laps 9 1
7 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 94 + 6 laps 11
8 9 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 78 Gearbox 1
9 3 Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 77 Gearbox 16
Ret 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 40 Accident 5
Ret 20 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 37 Gearbox 7
Ret 17 France Maurice Trintignant Lola-Climax 34 Clutch 14
Ret 4 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 25 Differential 6
Ret 12 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 20 Gearbox 13
Ret 25 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 3 Engine 12
DNS 15 New Zealand Chris Amon Lola-Climax Trintignant raced car (15)
DNQ 24 France Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax
WD 1 United States Phil Hill ATS Car not ready
WD 2 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS Car not ready
WD 16 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones Lotus-BRM Gearbox damaged
WD 18 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Scirocco-BRM Car not ready
WD 19 United States Tony Settember Scirocco-BRM Car not ready
WD 22 Argentina Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso
WD 23 Italy Lorenzo Bandini BRM Car repossessed by BRM
WD 24 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche
Source:[4]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for New Zealand driver Chris Amon.

Championship standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Monaco GP 1963". Grandprix.com. 26 May 1963. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Monaco 1963 - Championship". Statsf1. Retrieved 5 February 2019.


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