1963 Monaco Grand Prix

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.

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 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 John Surtees Ferrari
Time 1:34.5 on lap 100
Podium
First
BRM
Second
BRM
Third
Cooper-Climax

Classification

Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 9 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:34.3 1
2 6 Graham Hill BRM 1:35.0 +0.7 2
3 21 John Surtees Ferrari 1:35.2 +0.9 3
4 5 Richie Ginther BRM 1:35.2 +0.9 4
5 14 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 1:35.5 +1.2 5
6 4 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 1:35.8 +1.5 6
7 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 1:35.9 +1.6 7
8 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:36.0 +1.7 8
9 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 1:37.2 +2.9 9
10 8 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 1:37.9 +3.6 10
11 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 1:38.6 +4.3 11
12 25 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 1:39.4 +5.1 12
13 12 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 1:41.0 +6.7 13
14 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola-Climax 1:41.3 +7.0 14
15 15 Chris Amon Lola-Climax 1:41.4 +7.1 DNS 1
16 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 1:43.3 +9.0 DNQ 2
17 3 Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 1:44.7 +10.4 15
Source:[1][2]

^1 - Chris Amon did not start after handing his car over to Maurice Trintignant

^2 - Bernard Collomb did not qualify as the grid was limited to 16 places but Jack Brabham was automatically qualified

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

References
  1. F1, STATS. "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. F1, STATS. "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. "Monaco 1963 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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