1963 South African Grand Prix

  1963 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	28 December 1963
Official name	X South African Grand Prix
Location	Prince George Circuit East London, South Africa
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.920 km (2.436 mi)
Distance	85 laps, 333.175 km (207.025 mi)
Weather	Hot, dry and windy
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:28.9
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
Time	1:29.1 on lap 33
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax
Third	Graham Hill	BRM

The 1963 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on 28 December 1963. It was the tenth and final race of the 1963 Formula One season. The 85-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from pole position. Dan Gurney finished second for the Brabham team and BRM driver Graham Hill came in third.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	85	2:10:36.9	1	9
2	9	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	85	+ 1:06.8	3	6
3	5	Graham Hill	BRM	84	+ 1 lap	6	4
4	10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	84	+ 1 lap	9	3
5	4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	84	+ 1 lap	5	2
6	12	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	83	+ 2 laps	11	1
7	11	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	82	+ 3 laps	10
8	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	81	+ 4 laps	8
9	19	John Love	Cooper-Climax	80	+ 5 laps	13
10	14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	79	+ 6 laps	20
11	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	78	+ 7 laps	18
12	23	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati	77	+ 8 laps	19
13	8	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	70	Spun off	2
14	21	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	66	+ 19 laps	15
Ret	18	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	53	Gearbox	16
Ret	22	David Prophet	Brabham-Climax	49	Oil Pressure	14
Ret	3	John Surtees	Ferrari	43	Engine	4
Ret	6	Richie Ginther	BRM	43	Halfshaft	7
Ret	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	3	Engine	12
Ret	20	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	2	Halfshaft	17
DNS	15	Paddy Driver	Lotus-BRM		Practice accident	21
WD	17	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax		Driver injured
WD		Mike Hailwood	Lola-Climax
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Notes

• First F1 Grand Prix start for Sam Tingle

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jim Clark 54 (73) 1 2 Graham Hill 29 1 3 Richie Ginther 29 (34) 4 John Surtees 22 2 5 Dan Gurney 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Lotus-Climax 54 (74) 2 BRM 36 (45) 1 3 Brabham-Climax 28 (30) 1 4 Ferrari 26 5 Cooper-Climax 25 (26)

• 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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