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

Monaco  1963 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
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 mi)
Distance 100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 mi)
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

The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 26, 1963. It was the first round of the 1963 Formula One season. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57.

Classification

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:[1]

Notes

It wasn't until the 2015 Australian Grand Prix that so few cars started the season opener.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Graham Hill 9
2 United States Richie Ginther 6
3 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 4
4 United Kingdom John Surtees 3
5 South Africa Tony Maggs 2

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom BRM 9
2 United Kingdom Cooper-Climax 4
3 Italy Ferrari 3
4 United Kingdom Lotus-Climax 1

References

  1. "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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