1963 Season

Races

Champion

Jim Clark

Constructor

Lotus-Climax

The 1963 Formula 1 World Championship featured 10 Grand Prix races across the season. Jim Clark of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 54 points and 7 race victories. Graham Hill finished as runner-up, 25 points behind. Lotus-Climax won the Constructors' Championship with 54 points. 3 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1963 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Richie Ginther.

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What races were in the 1963 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1963-05-26	Graham Hill(BRM)
2	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1963-06-09	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1963-06-23	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
4	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	1963-06-30	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
5	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1963-07-20	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1963-08-04	John Surtees(Ferrari)
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1963-09-08	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
8	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	1963-10-06	Graham Hill(BRM)
9	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1963-10-27	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
10	South African Grand Prix	Prince George Circuit	1963-12-28	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Hill	Ginther	McLaren	Clark	Gurney
R1Monaco Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Belgian Grand Prix	9	9	10	9	4
R3Dutch Grand Prix	9	11	10	18	10
R4French Grand Prix	9	11	10	27	12
R5British Grand Prix	13	14	—	36	12
R6German Grand Prix	13	18	—	42	12
R7Italian Grand Prix	13	24	14	51	—
R8United States Grand Prix	22	28	14	51	—
R9Mexican Grand Prix	25	29	14	54	—
R10South African Grand Prix	29	29	—	54	19

Who won the 1963 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Jim Clark	British	7	54
2	Graham Hill	British	2	29
3	Richie Ginther	American	0	29
4	John Surtees	British	1	22
5	Dan Gurney	American	0	19
6	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	0	17
7	Jack Brabham	Australian	0	14
8	Tony Maggs	South African	0	9
9	Innes Ireland	British	0	6
10	Lorenzo Bandini	Italian	0	6
11	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	0	6
12	Gerhard Mitter	German	0	3
13	Jim Hall	American	0	3
14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	0	2
15	Jo Siffert	Swiss	0	1
16	Trevor Taylor	British	0	1
17	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Italian	0	1
18	Chris Amon	New Zealander	0	0
19	Hap Sharp	American	0	0
20	Peter Broeker	Canadian	0	0
21	Maurice Trintignant	French	0	0
22	Mike Hailwood	British	0	0
23	Tony Settember	American	0	0
24	John Love	Rhodesian	0	0
25	Bernard Collomb	French	0	0
26	Phil Hill	American	0	0
27	Masten Gregory	American	0	0
28	Doug Serrurier	South African	0	0
29	Moisés Solana	Mexican	0	0
30	Bob Anderson	British	0	0
31	Trevor Blokdyk	South African	0	0
32	John Campbell-Jones	British	0	0
33	Mike Spence	British	0	0
34	Brausch Niemann	South African	0	0
35	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italian	0	0
36	Willy Mairesse	Belgian	0	0
37	Lucien Bianchi	Belgian	0	0
38	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Portuguese	0	0
39	Rodger Ward	American	0	0
40	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexican	0	0
41	Ian Burgess	British	0	0
42	Peter de Klerk	South African	0	0
43	David Prophet	British	0	0
44	Ian Raby	British	0	0
45	Ernie Pieterse	South African	0	0
46	Sam Tingle	Rhodesian	0	0
47	Peter Arundell	British	0	0
48	Paddy Driver	South African	0	0
49	Walt Hansgen	American	0	0
50	Frank Dochnal	American	0	0
51	Neville Lederle	South African	0	0
52	Nasif Estéfano	Argentine	0	0
53	André Pilette	Belgian	0	0
54	Ernie de Vos	Dutch	0	0
55	Thomas Monarch	American	0	0
56	Tim Parnell	British	0	0
57	Ernesto Brambilla	Italian	0	0
58	Kurt Kuhnke	German	0	0
59	Roberto Lippi	Italian	0	0
60	Günther Seiffert	German	0	0
61	Carlo Abate	Italian	0	0
62	Gaetano Starrabba	Italian	0	0

Who won the 1963 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Lotus-Climax	British	7	54
2	BRM	British	2	36
3	Brabham	British	0	28
4	Ferrari	Italian	1	26
5	Cooper-Climax	British	0	25
6	BRP	British	0	6
7	Porsche	German	0	5
8	Lotus-BRM	British	0	4
9	Lola	British	0	0
10	Stebro	Canadian	0	0
11	Scirocco	British	0	0
12	ATS	Italian	0	0
13	LDS	South African	0	0
14	Cooper-Maserati	British	0	0
15	Lotus-Ford	British	0	0
16	Alfa Romeo	Swiss	0	0
17	Gilby	British	0	0
18	De Tomaso	Italian	0	0
19	Team Lotus	British	0	0
20	Lotus-Borgward	British	0	0
21	De Tomaso-Ferrari	Italian	0	0
22	Lotus-Maserati	British	0	0