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British Grand Prix

1963 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 5 of 10Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 20 196382 laps

Podium

SURFerrari
2
CLALotus
1
HILBRM
3

Key facts

WinnerCLA2:14:09.600 from P1
PoleCLA1:34.400
Fastest lapSUR1:36.000 on lap 3
Finishers13 / 23classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1CLAJim ClarkLotus1–822:14:09.6009–
2SURJohn SurteesFerrari5▲382+25.800s61:36.000
3HILGraham HillBRM3–82+37.600s4–
4GINRichie GintherBRM9▲581+1 lap3–
5BANLorenzo BandiniBRM8▲381+1 lap2–
6HALJim HallLotus13▲780+2 laps1–
7AMOChris AmonLola14▲780+2 laps–
8HAIMike HailwoodLotus17▲978+4 laps–
9MAGTony MaggsCooper7▼278+4 laps–
10DEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche21▲1176+6 laps–
11GREMasten GregoryLotus22▲1175+7 laps–
12ANDBob AndersonLola16▲475+7 laps–
13CAMJohn Campbell-JonesLola23▲1074+8 laps–
DNFSIFJo SiffertLotus1566Gearbox–
DNFBONJo BonnierCooper1265Oil pressure–
DNFGURDan GurneyBrabham259Engine–
DNFRABIan RabyGilby1959Gearbox–
DNFBURIan BurgessScirocco2036Ignition–
DNFBRAJack BrabhamBrabham427Engine–
DNFIREInnes IrelandBRP1126Ignition–
DNFTAYTrevor TaylorLotus1023Fuel pump–
DNFSETTony SettemberScirocco1820Ignition–
DNFMCLBruce McLarenCooper66Engine–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1CLAJim ClarkLotus1:34.400
2GURDan GurneyBrabham1:34.600+0.200s
3HILGraham HillBRM1:34.800+0.400s
4BRAJack BrabhamBrabham1:35.000+0.600s
5SURJohn SurteesFerrari1:35.200+0.800s
6MCLBruce McLarenCooper1:35.400+1.000s
7MAGTony MaggsCooper1:36.000+1.600s
8BANLorenzo BandiniBRM1:36.000+1.600s
9GINRichie GintherBRM1:36.000+1.600s
10TAYTrevor TaylorLotus1:36.800+2.400s
11IREInnes IrelandBRP1:36.800+2.400s
12BONJo BonnierCooper1:36.800+2.400s
13HALJim HallLotus1:37.000+2.600s
14AMOChris AmonLola1:37.200+2.800s
15SIFJo SiffertLotus1:38.400+4.000s
16ANDBob AndersonLola1:39.000+4.600s
17HAIMike HailwoodLotus1:39.800+5.400s
18SETTony SettemberScirocco1:40.800+6.400s
19RABIan RabyGilby1:42.400+8.000s
20BURIan BurgessScirocco1:42.600+8.200s
21DEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche1:43.400+9.000s
22GREMasten GregoryLotus1:44.200+9.800s
23CAMJohn Campbell-JonesLola1:48.800+14.400s

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1963. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1960Jack BrabhamCooper
1958Peter CollinsFerrari
1956Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
1954José Froilán GonzálezFerrari
1953Alberto AscariFerrari
1952Alberto AscariFerrari
1951José Froilán GonzálezFerrari
1950Nino FarinaAlfa Romeo

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