1963 Mexican Grand Prix

  1963 Mexican Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	October 27, 1963
Official name	II Gran Premio de Mexico
Location	Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.000 km (3.107 mi)
Distance	65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 mi)
Weather	Overcast, Dry.
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:58.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:58.1
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
Third	Richie Ginther	BRM

The 1963 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City on October 27, 1963.

Jim Clark dominated the race from pole position, a time that was 1.7 seconds faster than anybody else. Mexico was considered one of his most successful venues. His fastest lap of the race eclipsed his pole time by 0.7 seconds, and he came close to lapping the entire field. He would eventually score a total of five pole positions, four fastest laps and three victories at the venue in his Formula One career. This was also his sixth win, his sixth fastest lap and his sixth pole position of the nine races completed in 1963.

This was also the only World Championship Grand Prix where a car raced with the number 13 until Pastor Maldonado selected the number as his permanent race number in 2014.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	65	2:09:52.1	1	9
2	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	65	+ 1:41.1	10	6
3	2	Richie Ginther	BRM	65	+ 1:54.7	5	4
4	1	Graham Hill	BRM	64	+ 1 lap	3	3
5	11	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	62	+ 3 laps	8	2
6	6	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	62	+ 3 laps	4	1
7	22	Hap Sharp	Lotus-BRM	61	+ 4 laps	16
8	16	Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	61	+ 4 laps	15
9	14	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	59	+ 6 laps	9
10	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	58	+ 7 laps	18
11	13	Moisés Solana	BRM	57	Engine	11
Ret	25	Phil Hill	ATS	46	Suspension	17
Ret	24	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	36	Ignition	7
Ret	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	30	Engine	6
Ret	10	Pedro Rodríguez	Lotus-Climax	26	Suspension	20
Ret	17	Masten Gregory	Lola-Climax	23	Suspension	14
DSQ	23	John Surtees	Ferrari	19	Disqualified	2
Ret	9	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	19	Engine	12
Ret	26	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS	12	Engine	21
Ret	18	Chris Amon	Lotus-BRM	9	Gearbox	19
Ret	4	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	7	Engine	13
DNQ	20	Frank Dochnal	Cooper-Climax		Practice accident
WD	7	Walt Hansgen	Lotus
WD	15	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM		Driver injured
WD	19	Thomas Monarch	Lotus-Climax
Source:[2]

• Surtees was disqualified for a push-start.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jim Clark 54 (64) 2 Richie Ginther 29 (34) 3 Graham Hill 25 4 John Surtees 22 5 Bruce McLaren 14

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Climax 54 (65) 2 BRM 36 (41) 3 Ferrari 24 1 4 Brabham-Climax 24 1 5 Cooper-Climax 23

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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