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German Grand Prix

Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1963

Round 6 of 10Nürburgring, NürburgAug 4 196315 laps

Podium

CLALotus
2
SURFerrari
1
GINBRM
3

Key facts

WinnerSUR2:13:06.800 from P2
PoleCLA8:45.800
Fastest lapSUR8:47.000 on lap 9
Finishers10 / 22classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1SURJohn SurteesFerrari2▲1152:13:06.80098:47.000
2CLAJim ClarkLotus1▼115+77.500s6–
3GINRichie GintherBRM6▲315+164.900s4–
4MITGerhard MitterPorsche15▲1115+491.500s3–
5HALJim HallLotus16▲1114+1 lap2–
6BONJo BonnierCooper12▲614+1 lap1–
7BRAJack BrabhamBrabham8▲114+1 lap–
8TAYTrevor TaylorLotus18▲1014+1 lap–
9SIFJo SiffertLotus9–10+5 laps–
10COLBernard CollombLotus21▲1110+5 laps–
DNFDEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche179Wheel–
DNFMAGTony MaggsCooper107Engine–
DNFGURDan GurneyBrabham136Gearbox–
DNFDEAMário de Araújo CabralCooper206Gearbox–
DNFBURIan BurgessScirocco195Steering–
DNFSETTony SettemberScirocco225Accident–
DNFMCLBruce McLarenCooper53Accident–
DNFAMOChris AmonLola142Accident–
DNFHILGraham HillBRM42Gearbox–
DNFMAIWilly MairesseFerrari71Accident–
DNFIREInnes IrelandLotus111Accident–
DNFBANLorenzo BandiniBRM30Accident–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1CLAJim ClarkLotus8:45.800
2SURJohn SurteesFerrari8:46.700+0.900s
3BANLorenzo BandiniBRM8:54.300+8.500s
4HILGraham HillBRM8:57.200+11.400s
5MCLBruce McLarenCooper8:57.300+11.500s
6GINRichie GintherBRM9:02.800+17.000s
7MAIWilly MairesseFerrari9:03.500+17.700s
8BRAJack BrabhamBrabham9:04.200+18.400s
9SIFJo SiffertLotus9:11.100+25.300s
10MAGTony MaggsCooper9:11.600+25.800s
11IREInnes IrelandLotus9:14.600+28.800s
12BONJo BonnierCooper9:16.000+30.200s
13GURDan GurneyBrabham9:17.200+31.400s
14AMOChris AmonLola9:20.100+34.300s
15MITGerhard MitterPorsche9:20.900+35.100s
16HALJim HallLotus9:22.700+36.900s
17DEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche9:25.100+39.300s
18TAYTrevor TaylorLotus9:33.800+48.000s
19BURIan BurgessScirocco9:52.200+66.400s
20DEAMário de Araújo CabralCooper9:53.100+67.300s
21COLBernard CollombLotus10:01.000+75.200s
22SETTony SettemberScirocco10:02.000+76.200s
23ANDBob AndersonLotus10:20.000+94.200s
24RABIan RabyGilby10:44.700+118.900s
25TIMTIMLotus11:07.200+141.400s
26KURKURLotus11:23.500+157.700s

Nürburgring

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

Previous winners here

1962Graham HillBRM
1961Stirling MossLotus
1958Tony BrooksVanwall
1957Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
1956Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
1954Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
1953Nino FarinaFerrari
1952Alberto AscariFerrari
1951Alberto AscariFerrari

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