The 1963 South African Grand Prix started December 28th, 1963 at 01:00 on Prince George Circuit in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Jim Clark started from pole position with Jack Brabham next to him. Dan Gurney started from third place.
After 2 hour, 10 minutes and 36 seconds Jim Clark finished the race first. The podium was completed with Dan Gurney in second and Graham Hill in third place.
After the 1963 South African Grand Prix, Jim Clark is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 54 points. Clark is 25 points ahead of Graham Hill.
After 2 hour, 10 minutes and 36 seconds Jim Clark finished the race first. The podium was completed with Dan Gurney in second and Graham Hill in third place.
After the 1963 South African Grand Prix, Jim Clark is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 54 points. Clark is 25 points ahead of Graham Hill.
Circuit
Location
Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Date
December 28th, 1963 at 01:00
Round
10/10
Winner
Jim Clark
Winning time
2:10:36.9
Pole position
Jim Clark
Results
Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | #1 Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 2:10:36.9 | 1 | 85 | 9 |
2 1 | #9 Dan Gurney | Brabham | +1:06.8 | 3 | 85 | 6 |
3 3 | #5 Graham Hill | BRM | +1 Lap | 6 | 84 | 4 |
4 5 | #10 Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | +1 Lap | 9 | 84 | 3 |
5 | #4 Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 5 | 84 | 2 |
6 5 | #12 Jo Bonnier | Cooper-Climax | +2 Laps | 11 | 83 | 1 |
7 3 | #11 Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | +3 Laps | 10 | 82 | 0 |
8 | #2 Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | +4 Laps | 8 | 81 | 0 |
9 4 | #19 John Love | Cooper-Climax | +5 Laps | 13 | 80 | 0 |
10 10 | #14 Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | +6 Laps | 20 | 79 | 0 |
11 7 | #16 Doug Serrurier | LDS | +7 Laps | 18 | 78 | 0 |
12 7 | #23 Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper-Maserati | +8 Laps | 19 | 77 | 0 |
13 11 | #8 Jack Brabham | Brabham | Accident | 2 | 70 | 0 |
14 1 | #21 Brausch Niemann | Lotus-Ford | +19 Laps | 15 | 66 | 0 |
- | #18 Peter de Klerk | Alfa Romeo | DNF (Gearbox) | 16 | 53 | 0 |
- | #22 David Prophet | Brabham | DNF (Oil pressure) | 14 | 49 | 0 |
- | #3 John Surtees | Ferrari | DNF (Engine) | 4 | 43 | 0 |
- | #6 Richie Ginther | BRM | DNF (Halfshaft) | 7 | 43 | 0 |
- | #7 Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Engine) | 12 | 3 | 0 |
- | #20 Sam Tingle | LDS | DNF (Halfshaft) | 17 | 2 | 0 |
- | #15 Paddy Driver | Lotus-BRM | Accident | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | #17 Neville Lederle | Lotus-Climax | Withdrew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | Mike Hailwood | Lola | Withdrew | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Standings after race
Pos | Driver | Car | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 7 | 9 | 54 | |
2 | Graham Hill | BRM | 2 | 5 | 29 | -25 |
3 | Richie Ginther | BRM | 5 | 29 | -25 | |
4 | John Surtees | Ferrari | 1 | 3 | 22 | -32 |
5 | Dan Gurney | Brabham | 3 | 19 | -35 | |
6 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 3 | 17 | -37 | |
7 | Jack Brabham | Brabham | 1 | 14 | -40 | |
8 | Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 9 | -45 | |
9 | Innes Ireland | BRP | 6 | -48 | ||
10 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 6 | -48 | ||
11 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper-Climax | 6 | -48 | ||
12 | Gerhard Mitter | Porsche | 3 | -51 | ||
13 | Jim Hall | Lotus-BRM | 3 | -51 | ||
14 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 2 | -52 | ||
15 | Jo Siffert | Lotus-BRM | 1 | -53 | ||
16 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 1 | -53 | ||
17 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | 1 | -53 | ||
18 | Chris Amon | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
19 | Hap Sharp | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
20 | Peter Broeker | Stebro | 0 | -54 | ||
21 | Maurice Trintignant | BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
22 | Mike Hailwood | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
23 | Tony Settember | Scirocco | 0 | -54 | ||
24 | John Love | Cooper-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
25 | Bernard Collomb | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
26 | Phil Hill | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
27 | Masten Gregory | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
28 | Doug Serrurier | LDS | 0 | -54 | ||
29 | Moisés Solana | BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
30 | Bob Anderson | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
31 | Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | -54 | ||
32 | John Campbell-Jones | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
33 | Mike Spence | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
34 | Brausch Niemann | Lotus-Ford | 0 | -54 | ||
35 | Giancarlo Baghetti | ATS | 0 | -54 | ||
36 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 0 | -54 | ||
37 | Lucien Bianchi | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
38 | Mário de Araújo Cabral | Cooper-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
39 | Rodger Ward | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
40 | Pedro Rodríguez | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
41 | Ian Burgess | Scirocco | 0 | -54 | ||
42 | Peter de Klerk | Alfa Romeo | 0 | -54 | ||
43 | David Prophet | Brabham | 0 | -54 | ||
44 | Ian Raby | Gilby | 0 | -54 | ||
45 | Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
46 | Sam Tingle | LDS | 0 | -54 | ||
47 | Peter Arundell | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
48 | Paddy Driver | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
49 | Walt Hansgen | Team Lotus | 0 | -54 | ||
50 | Frank Dochnal | Cooper-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
51 | Neville Lederle | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
52 | Nasif Estéfano | De Tomaso | 0 | -54 | ||
53 | André Pilette | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
54 | Ernie de Vos | Stebro | 0 | -54 | ||
55 | Thomas Monarch | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
56 | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 0 | -54 | ||
57 | Ernesto Brambilla | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | -54 | ||
58 | Kurt Kuhnke | Lotus-Borgward | 0 | -54 | ||
59 | Roberto Lippi | De Tomaso-Ferrari | 0 | -54 | ||
60 | Günther Seiffert | Lotus-BRM | 0 | -54 | ||
61 | Carlo Abate | Porsche | 0 | -54 | ||
62 | Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | 0 | -54 |
Pos | Team | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lotus-Climax | 7 | 9 | 54 | |
2 | BRM | 2 | 10 | 36 | -18 |
3 | Brabham | 4 | 28 | -26 | |
4 | Ferrari | 1 | 3 | 26 | -28 |
5 | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 25 | -29 | |
6 | BRP | 6 | -48 | ||
7 | Porsche | 5 | -49 | ||
8 | Lotus-BRM | 4 | -50 | ||
9 | Lola | 0 | -54 | ||
10 | Stebro | 0 | -54 | ||
11 | Scirocco | 0 | -54 | ||
12 | ATS | 0 | -54 | ||
13 | LDS | 0 | -54 | ||
14 | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | -54 | ||
15 | Lotus-Ford | 0 | -54 | ||
16 | Alfa Romeo | 0 | -54 | ||
17 | Gilby | 0 | -54 | ||
18 | De Tomaso | 0 | -54 | ||
19 | Team Lotus | 0 | -54 | ||
20 | Lotus-Borgward | 0 | -54 | ||
21 | De Tomaso-Ferrari | 0 | -54 | ||
22 | Lotus-Maserati | 0 | -54 |
Other race results
Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Fastest lap | Pole position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | #2 Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Mark Blundell | Alain Prost | |
1992 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | |
1985 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Keke Rosberg | Alain Prost | Nigel Mansell | |
1984 | #8 Niki Lauda | Alain Prost | Derek Warwick | Nelson Piquet | |
1983 | #6 Riccardo Patrese | Andrea de Cesaris | Nelson Piquet | Patrick Tambay | |
1982 | #15 Alain Prost | Carlos Reutemann | René Arnoux | René Arnoux | |
1980 | #16 René Arnoux | Jacques Laffite | Didier Pironi | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | |
1979 | #12 Gilles Villeneuve | Jody Scheckter | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | |
1978 | #6 Ronnie Peterson | Patrick Depailler | John Watson | Niki Lauda | |
1977 | #11 Niki Lauda | Jody Scheckter | Patrick Depailler | James Hunt | |
1976 | #1 Niki Lauda | James Hunt | Jochen Mass | James Hunt | |
1975 | #3 Jody Scheckter | Carlos Reutemann | Patrick Depailler | Carlos Pace | |
1974 | #7 Carlos Reutemann | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Mike Hailwood | Niki Lauda | |
1973 | #3 Jackie Stewart | Peter Revson | Emerson Fittipaldi | Denny Hulme | |
1972 | #12 Denny Hulme | Emerson Fittipaldi | Peter Revson | Jackie Stewart | |
1971 | #6 Mario Andretti | Jackie Stewart | Clay Regazzoni | Jackie Stewart | |
1970 | #12 Jack Brabham | Denny Hulme | Jackie Stewart | Jackie Stewart | |
1969 | #7 Jackie Stewart | Graham Hill | Denny Hulme | Jack Brabham | |
1968 | #4 Jim Clark | Graham Hill | Jochen Rindt | Jim Clark | |
1967 | #4 Pedro Rodríguez | John Love | John Surtees | Jack Brabham | |
1965 | #5 Jim Clark | John Surtees | Graham Hill | Jim Clark | |
1962 | #3 Graham Hill | Bruce McLaren | Tony Maggs | Jim Clark |