1963 Belgian Grand Prix

  1963 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	June 9, 1963
Official name	XXIII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	14.100 km (8.761 mi)
Distance	32 laps, 451.200 km (280.363 mi)
Weather	Wet and overcast
Pole position
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	3:54.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	3:58.1 on lap 16
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Third	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax

The 1963 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 9, 1963. It was the second race of the 1963 Formula One season. Jim Clark won the race in extremely wet and rainy conditions. After starting eighth on the grid Clark passed all of the cars in front of him, including early leader Graham Hill. About 17 laps into the race, with the rain coming down harder than ever, Clark had not only lapped the entire field except for Bruce McLaren, but he was almost five minutes ahead of McLaren and his Cooper. This would be the first of 7 victories for Clark and Team Lotus that year.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	32	2:27:47.6	8	9
2	14	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	32	+ 4:54.0	5	6
3	18	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	31	+ 1 lap	2	4
4	8	Richie Ginther	BRM	31	+ 1 lap	9	3
5	12	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	30	+ 2 laps	13	2
6	29	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	30	+ 2 laps	18	1
7	15	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	27	Accident	4
8	24	Tony Settember	Scirocco-BRM	25	Accident	19
Ret	9	John Surtees	Ferrari	19	Injection	10
Ret	7	Graham Hill	BRM	17	Gearbox	1
Ret	22	Lucien Bianchi	Lola-Climax	17	Accident	16
Ret	5	Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	16	Accident	12
Ret	28	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	16	Accident	14
Ret	26	Phil Hill	ATS	13	Gearbox	17
Ret	17	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	12	Injection	6
Ret	21	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	10	Oil Leak	15
Ret	4	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	9	Gearbox	7
Ret	10	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	7	Injection	3
Ret	27	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS	7	Gearbox	20
Ret	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	5	Physical	11
WD	3	Peter Arundell	Lotus-Climax		No car
WD	11	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari		No car
WD	19	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM		Car retained by BRM
WD	25	Ian Burgess	Scirocco-BRM		Car not ready
Source:[1]

Notes

• First podium: Brabham
• Chris Amon was 19 years old when he started in this race.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Bruce McLaren 10 6 2 Jim Clark 9 2 3 Graham Hill 9 2 4 Richie Ginther 9 5 5 Dan Gurney 4

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BRM 12 2 2 Lotus-Climax 10 1 3 Cooper-Climax 10 1 4 Brabham-Climax 4 2 5 Ferrari 3

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

References

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