1963 Lombank Trophy

  1963 Lombank Trophy

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	30 March 1963
Official name	IV Lombank Trophy
Location	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.361 km (2.71 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 218.07 km (135.5 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:44.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	1:38.2
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Third	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM

The 4th Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57.

The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth.

This was the first and only Formula One start for Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a Formula Three event at Dunboyne in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with Jack Pearce.^[1] Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	1:25:09.6	10
2	3	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 21.2 s	1
3	5	Innes Ireland	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	1:34.4 s	4
4	7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	1:36.4 s	3
5	2	Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	49 laps	2
6	6	Jim Hall	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	47 laps	5
7	12	Adam Wyllie	Jock Russell	Lotus-Climax	44 laps	6
Ret	16	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola-Climax	Gearbox	9
Ret	14	Philip Robinson	A. Robinson & Sons	Lotus-Climax	Ignition	7
Ret	8	Tim Parnell	Reg Parnell	Lotus-BRM	Engine	8
DNS	17	Jo Siffert	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	Practice accident	-
WD	4	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	No engine	-
WD	9	David Prophet	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	Car not ready	-
WD	10	Morris Nunn	Morris Nunn	Cooper-Climax		-
WD	11	Graham Eden	Graham Eden	Cooper-Climax		-
WD	15	Jack Pearce	Auto Racing Services	Lotus-Climax		-
WD	18	Ron Carter	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax		-

References

1. F2 Register - XXIII Leinster Trophy 1965

• Results at Silhouet.com
• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp 126-127.