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1963 Formula One season

Drivers' Champion: Jim Clark
International Cup Champion: Lotus-Climax

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Jim Clark won the first of his two Formula One World Championships, driving a Lotus-Climax.

The 1963 Formula One season was the 17th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 14th World Championship of Drivers, the 6th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship was contested over ten races between 26 May and 28 December 1963.

Jim Clark driving for Lotus won his first Drivers' Championship with three races to go. He won seven races in the championship, a number that would not be beaten until 1988, when Ayrton Senna won eight, and a win percentage that nearly beat Alberto Ascari's record from 1952. Lotus also won the Manufacturers' Championship for the first time.

Every pole position and race in the 1963 championship were won by British drivers, the first time that this was achieved by any single nation. (Italy is sometimes considered to have achieved this feat in 1952, but this only goes if the Indianapolis 500 is excluded from the statistic.)

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1963 FIA World Championship. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Driver	Rounds
Brabham Racing Organisation	Lotus-Climax	25	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Jack Brabham	1
	Brabham-Climax	BT7 BT3			2–10
				Dan Gurney	All
Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P57 P61	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Richie Ginther	All
				Graham Hill	All
Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	T66	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Bruce McLaren	All
				Tony Maggs	All
Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	25	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Jim Clark	All
				Trevor Taylor	1–6, 8–10
				Peter Arundell	4
				Mike Spence	7
				Pedro Rodríguez	8–9
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	T60 T66	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Jo Bonnier	All
British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Jim Hall	1–9
				Innes Ireland	1, 6
	BRP-BRM	Mk 1			2–5, 7
Reg Parnell Racing	Lola-Climax	Mk4A	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Chris Amon	1–7
				Maurice Trintignant	1
				Lucien Bianchi	2
				Mike Hailwood	7
				Masten Gregory	8–9
	Lotus-Climax	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Maurice Trintignant	4
				Mike Hailwood	5
	Lotus-BRM		BRM P56 1.5 V8	Masten Gregory	5
				Rodger Ward	8
				Hap Sharp	8–9
				Chris Amon	9
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	Willy Mairesse	1–2, 6
				John Surtees	All
				Ludovico Scarfiotti	3–4
				Lorenzo Bandini	7–10
Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Bernard Collomb	1, 6
Siffert Racing Team	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Jo Siffert	1–9
Scirocco Powell Racing Cars	Scirocco-BRM	SP	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Tony Settember	2, 4–7
				Ian Burgess	5–6
Automobili Turismo e Sport	ATS	100	ATS 100 1.5 V8	Phil Hill	2–3, 7–9
				Giancarlo Baghetti	2–3, 7–9
Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	Carel Godin de Beaufort	2–3, 5–10
				Gerhard Mitter	3, 6
Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Phil Hill	4
Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM	P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Lorenzo Bandini	4–6
				Maurice Trintignant	7
				Moisés Solana	9
	Cooper-Climax	T60	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Mário de Araújo Cabral	6–7
	Cooper-Maserati	T53	Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4	Ernesto Brambilla	7
Tim Parnell	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Masten Gregory	4, 7
	Lola-Climax	Mk4	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	John Campbell-Jones	5
	Lotus-Climax	18/21	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	André Pilette	6
				Tim Parnell	6
DW Racing Enterprises	Lola-Climax	Mk4	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Bob Anderson	5, 7
Ian Raby Racing	Gilby-BRM	62	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Ian Raby	5–7
Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward	18	Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4	Kurt Kuhnke	6
Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-Ferrari	F1	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	Roberto Lippi	7
André Pilette	Lotus-Climax	18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	André Pilette	7
Canadian Stebro Racing	Stebro-Ford	Mk IV	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Peter Broeker	8
Frank Dochnal	Cooper-Climax	T51	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Frank Dochnal	9
Lawson Organisation	Lotus-Climax	21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Ernie Pieterse	10
Selby Auto Spares	Lotus-BRM	24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Paddy Driver	10
Otelle Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	Doug Serrurier	10
	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo	Special		Peter de Klerk	10
John Love	Cooper-Climax	T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	John Love	10
Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	Sam Tingle	10
Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	22	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	Brausch Niemann	10
David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	BT6	Ford 109E 1.5 L4	David Prophet	10
Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	T51	Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4	Trevor Blokdyk	10

Team and driver changes

• Porsche withdrew their works team after 1962, choosing to focus on their road-going sports cars. Ex-driver Jo Bonnier signed with Rob Walker's private team, while Dan Gurney signed with the relatively new team of double World Champion Jack Brabham. This left only the private Porsche driven by Carel Godin de Beaufort.
• 1961 champion Phil Hill and his teammate Giancarlo Baghetti left Scuderia Ferrari after 1962 to go to ATS. The new team was formed by ex-Ferrari employees, including chief engineers Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini, after the "palace revolt" of 1961.
• John Surtees signed with Ferrari in 1963, leaving Reg Parnell to search for new drivers, which he found in veteran Maurice Trintignant and debutant Chris Amon.

Mid-season changes

• Ferrari hired Belgian Willy Mairesse and Italian Ludovico Scarfiotti to share the role of teammate to John Surtees. Mairesse suffered a heavy crash in the German Grand Prix and broke his arm. 1962 Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini was brought in to finish the season.
• Lotus driver Trevor Taylor crashed out of the (non-championship) 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix at Enna-Pergusa. He was thrown out of his car, which then caught fire. He escaped with fairly minor injuries but missed the Italian Grand Prix. Mike Spence substituted for him.

Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
2	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	9 June
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	23 June
4	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux, Gueux	30 June
5	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	20 July
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	4 August
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	8 September
8	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International, New York	6 October
9	Mexican Grand Prix	Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City	27 October
10	South African Grand Prix	Prince George Circuit, East London	28 December

Calendar changes

• The Dutch Grand Prix was organised a month later than in 1962, moving it back to be the third race in the championship.
• The French Grand Prix was moved back to Reims-Gueux. It would alternate to host the GP with Rouen-Les-Essarts until 1964.
• The British Grand Prix was moved from Aintree to Silverstone. Aintree had alternated with Silverstone since 1955, but 1962 was the last time that they hosted F1.
• The Mexican Grand Prix was added to the calendar and was held at the Magdalena Mixhuca circuit in Mexico City.

Championship report

Rounds 1 to 3

The Monaco Grand Prix received the honorary title of European Grand Prix and, more importantly, functioned as the 1963 season opener. With little driver changes in the front-running teams and constructors withholding to introduce new designs to the narrow streets of Monte Carlo, the battle between the 1962 championship protagonists was expected to restart. Only five drivers were guaranteed a starting place: the previous World Champions or winners of the Monaco Grand Prix. The rest had to fight in qualifying over the remaining eleven spaces. 1962's runner-up Jim Clark managed this with ease in his Lotus-Climax. He posted the fastest practice time and started the race on pole position. Reigning champion Graham Hill started second in his BRM, while John Surtees (Ferrari) and Richie Ginther (BRM). Hill and Ginther took the lead at the start, but the first nine cars kept going nose-to-tail. Clark managed to get past Hill on lap 7, but then went wide at the Station hairpin and going down to third once again. He tried again and the lead changes hands multiple times, before Clark went ahead definitively and increased his lead to 17 seconds at three-quarters race-distance. Then suddenly, his gearbox jammed and his wheels locked. Hill was gifted the win, ahead of teammate Ginther and Bruce McLaren in the Cooper.

The Belgian Grand Prix was run at Spa-Francorchamps, one of the fastest circuits of the year, with the 1.5 litre cars running full throttle for some three minutes per lap. Clark was still suffering from gearbox issues, so Hill took pole position, ahead of Dan Gurney (Brabham) and local hero Willy Mairesse (Ferrari). Clark started eighth, but somehow, managed to take the lead before the first corner was reached. Hill followed him and the pair had a 15 second lead after the first lap. The race was run in very wet conditions and Clark had the upper-hand, stretching out a lead of his own to almost 30 seconds at half-distance. Then when Hill's gearbox broke, his win looked sealed, expect the heaviest storm of the day flooded the track. Five drivers crashed and it was discussed to stop the race, but Clark cautiously completed the laps, ahead of McLaren and Gurney.

Jim Clark on his way to win the Dutch Grand Prix

Moving north some 300 km (190 mi), Circuit Zandvoort hosted the Dutch Grand Prix. Clark started on pole, ahead of Hill and McLaren. The three arrived side-by-side at Tarzan corner, but the positions were unchanged. Brabham had started fourth but got up to second while his teammate Gurney drew everyone's attention with a heroic recovery drive after a bad start. Hill got back up to second, but his BRM was overheating. Gurney had climbed to fourth, but a strut underneath the car had come loose and a pit stop brought him back down the order. Hill's engine had enough on lap 58 and he was forced to pit, letting Surtees into second and Gurney up to third. The latter had been working wonders again, but Clark, meanwhile, was a lap ahead of everyone else. He won the race to make it a "grand slam", ahead of Gurney and Surtees, a late spin by the Ferrari driver gave Gurney a deserved place as 'best-of-the-rest'.

In the Drivers' Championship, Jim Clark (Lotus) was leading with 18 points, ahead of Richie Ginther (BRM with 11 and Bruce McLaren (Cooper) and Dan Gurney (Brabham), both with 10. Lotus was leading the Manufacturers' Championship with 19 points, ahead of BRM with 14 and Cooper and Brabham with 10.

Rounds 4 to 7

Championship leader Jim Clark scored another pole position at the French Grand Prix, ahead of Graham Hill and Dan Gurney. At the start, Hill stalled his engine, along with Masten Gregory and the unrelated Phil Hill, but they were allowed to be push-started without further consequence, which was a diversion from the normal rules by the French race director. Behind Clark, a group of Brabhams and BRMs were fighting over second place. A couple of laps later, a series of retirements had changed the picture, and Clark's engine was not reaching full rpm either. Jack Brabham was catching the leading Lotus, but when the rain fell, Clark was again the fastest man on track and took the chequered flag to complete another "grand slam" and a hattrick of wins. When an electrical wire had come loose, Brabham's engine died. Although he could restart it, second place was now up for grabs. Hill took first advantage but his clutch slipped and it was Tony Maggs for Cooper that was the first to finish behind the almighty Clark. During the race, the stewards decided to penalise the three drivers that stalled on the grid by adding a minute to their race time. Hill was still classified as third, but at a later point, it was decided to withhold his championship points. No points were awarded for third place.

For the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Clark scored a fourth consecutive pole position, ahead of Gurney and Hill. Clark bogged down at the start, but he was back in front after just four laps. Brabham was the first of a group tightly fighting over second place. Gurney took over when Brabham's engine blew up. The race went on without incidents until Gurney's engine blew up on lap 60 and spread oil across the track. Hill went into second place before he starting running out of fuel, letting Surtees into second and coasting over the line in third place. Clark scored his fourth win in a row.

Clark looked unstoppable going into the German Grand Prix, putting his Lotus on pole once again, ahead of Surtees and Bandini (BRM). Clark held the lead at the start and was expected to run away with it, but sixth-starting Richie Ginther overtook him and so did Surtees, later in the first lap. Surtees and Clark soon passed Ginther, but still, it was a Ferrari in front and not a Lotus. And that remained for a while, with Clark going faster through the corners, but his Climax engine cutting out a cylinder, slowing him down on the straights. Graham Hill retired with a failing gearbox. When Surtees set a new lap record, Clark eased off to at least ensure a second place. Surtees delivered Ferrari's first win in two years. Ginther finished third. There were multiple heavy crashes during the race: Surtees's teamamte Willy Mairesse came off worst with a broken arm.

Clark was now 20 points ahead in the championship, and he would clinch the title if he won the Italian Grand Prix, no matter the results of his rivals. Unlike in 1962, the organisers had planned to use the full 10 km (6.2 mi) Monza circuit, including the oval. Bob Anderson crashed his Lola in practice and described it the safest accident he could wish to have. However, the police went round the track and noted that there were no fences on the inside of the oval to protect spectators. The organisers quickly agreed, seeing that there was a petition going to refuse the race unless the banking was eliminated, and declared to use the road circuit only for the rest of the weekend. Surtees qualified on pole in front of Ferrari's home crowd, ahead of Hill and Clark. Hill got the best start and was followed by Clark, before the traditional slipstreaming commenced and the lead changes hands multiple times through the next laps. Soon, though, Surtees and Clark were on their own, and then the Ferrari engine blew up. This gifted Clark the lead, but without a slipstream, the Climax engine was not up for it, so Hill and Gurney caught him and they formed a new trio at the front. But Hill's clutch gave out just after half-distance and Gurney's BRM had trouble with its fuel system, so Clark was left alone once more and his pace dropped. By this point, however, he was a lap ahead of second-placed Ginther and he cruised to the finish, to take the win and claim the 1963 championship.

Jim Clark (Lotus) led the championship with 51 points, ahead of Richie Ginther (BRM, 24) and John Surtees (Ferrari, 22). On the basis of points, Ginther could still get level with Clark, but only the six best results in the season would count towards the championship, so on the minute chance that he would win the last three races, a number of third and second place finishes would be discounted. It marked Clark's and Lotus's first titles, and it was the first time that a driver secured the title with three races to go. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Lotus stood on 51 points, ahead of BRM (28) and Ferrari (22).

Rounds 8 to 10

Even with the title in the pocket, Jim Clark was not easing off and fought for pole position for the United States Grand Prix, but it was 1962 champion Graham Hill that snatched it by a tenth of a second. His rivals in the hunt for second position in the championship, John Surtees and Richie Ginther, started on the second row. At the start, Clark's engine stalled, so Hill was unchallenged into the first corner. The Lotus was pushed to life and the freshly crowned champion started his race over a lap down. On lap 7, Surtees took the lead from Hill and Dan Gurney took third place from Ginther. Hill followed the Ferrari but had had enough of it by lap 30. He tried to overtake twice, but both times, Surtees repassed him on the straight. By lap 80, Hill was falling back with handling problems, but Surtees came into the pits with a failing engine. The BRMs of Hill and Ginther finished 1-2, ahead of Clark in third, whose engine was misfiring but had seen more than ten other drivers retiring.

Clark was back on top for the Mexican Grand Prix, he started ahead of Surtees and Hill. Ginther, second in the championship standings, started fifth. At the start, Hill missed a gear and moved down to eighth. Fourth-starting Gurney moved up to second. Surtees pitted on lap 19 and was disqualified for needing a push-start from his mechanics. Double World Champion Jack Brabham inherited third place and managed to get past Ginther. Clark finished an lonely race at the top, almost a lap ahead of Brabham and Ginther. Hill finished fourth.

Going into the final race, the South African Grand Prix, Ginther (29 points), Hill (25) and Surtees (22) could all still finish runner-up in the championship. The deal would be done if one of them could beat Clark to victory, but the champion started on pole position. Surtees started fourth, was up to second at the end of the first lap, but was back to fourth on lap 5. He suddenly retired on lap 43 when his engine blew up. Brabham had started second but fell back with a loss of power, while teammate Gurney was running a comfortable second, actually keeping up with Clark but not able to do more than that. Ginther's driveshaft failed on lap 44, letting Hill into third place and gifting the Brit second place in the championship.

The Drivers' Championship ended with Jim Clark (Lotus) on 54 points, winning his first title, ahead of BRM teammates Graham Hill and Richie Ginther, both scoring 29 points, but the Brit getting second place on countback. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Lotus gathered 54 points, winning their first title as well, ahead of BRM with 36 and Brabham with 28.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Tyre	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Jim Clark	John Surtees	Graham Hill	BRM	D	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	Graham Hill	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
4	French Grand Prix	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
5	British Grand Prix	Jim Clark	John Surtees	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
6	German Grand Prix	Jim Clark	John Surtees	John Surtees	Ferrari	D	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	John Surtees	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	Graham Hill	Jim Clark	Graham Hill	BRM	D	Report
9	Mexican Grand Prix	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report
10	South African Grand Prix	Jim Clark	Dan Gurney	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	D	Report

Scoring system

Further information: List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. Only the best six results counted towards the championship.

The International Cup for F1 Manufacturers only counted the points of the highest-finishing driver for each race. Additionally, like the Drivers' Championship, only the best six results counted towards the cup.

Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points were awarded in the following system:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Race	9	6	4	3	2	1
Source:

World Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA Pts. 1 Jim Clark 8 1 1 1 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (1) 54 (73) 2 Graham Hill 1 Ret Ret 3‡ 3 Ret 16 1 4 3 29 3 Richie Ginther 2 4 (5) Ret (4) 3 2 2 3 Ret 29 (34) 4 John Surtees 4 Ret 3 Ret 2 1 Ret 9 DSQ Ret 22 5 Dan Gurney Ret 3 2 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 6 2 19 6 Bruce McLaren 3 2 Ret 12 Ret Ret 3 11 Ret 4 17 7 Jack Brabham 9 Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 5 4 2 13 14 8 Tony Maggs 5 7 Ret 2 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret 7 9 9 Innes Ireland Ret Ret 4 9 Ret Ret 4 6 10 Lorenzo Bandini 10 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 6 11 Jo Bonnier 7 5 11 NC Ret 6 7 8 5 6 6 12 Gerhard Mitter Ret 4 3 13 Jim Hall Ret Ret 8 11 6 5 8 10 8 3 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort 6 9 10 Ret DNQ 6 10 10 2 15 Jo Siffert Ret Ret 7 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 1 16 Trevor Taylor 6 Ret 10 13 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 1 17 Ludovico Scarfiotti 6 DNS 1 — Chris Amon DNS Ret Ret 7 7 Ret DNS Ret 0 — Hap Sharp Ret 7 0 — Peter Broeker 7 0 — Maurice Trintignant Ret 8 9 0 — Mike Hailwood 8 10 0 — Tony Settember 8 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 0 — John Love 9 0 — Bernard Collomb DNQ 10 0 — Phil Hill Ret Ret NC 11 Ret Ret 0 — Masten Gregory Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 — Moisés Solana 11 0 — Doug Serrurier 11 0 — Bob Anderson 12 12 0 — Trevor Blokdyk 12 0 — John Campbell-Jones 13 0 — Mike Spence 13 0 — Brausch Niemann 14 0 — Giancarlo Baghetti Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 0 — Willy Mairesse Ret Ret Ret 0 — Ian Burgess Ret Ret 0 — Pedro Rodriguez Ret Ret 0 — Ian Raby Ret DNQ DNQ 0 — Lucien Bianchi Ret 0 — Mário de Araújo Cabral Ret DNS 0 — Rodger Ward Ret 0 — Peter de Klerk Ret 0 — Sam Tingle Ret 0 — Ernie Pieterse Ret 0 — David Prophet Ret 0 — André Pilette DNQ DNQ 0 — Tim Parnell DNQ 0 — Kurt Kuhnke DNQ 0 — Roberto Lippi DNQ 0 — Ernesto Brambilla DNQ 0 — Frank Dochnal DNQ 0 — Paddy Driver DNS 0 Pos. Driver MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap

• Italics indicate fastest lap
• Bold indicates pole position

‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.

International Cup for F1 Manufacturers standings

Lotus-Climax won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Lotus 25

BRM placed second

Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	Pts.
1	Lotus-Climax	(6)	1	1	1	1	(2)	1	(3)	1	(1)	54 (74)
2	BRM	1	(4)	(5)	3‡	3	3	2	1	3	(3)	36 (45)
3	Brabham-Climax	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	7	(5)	4	2	2	28 (30)
4	Ferrari	4	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	Ret	5	Ret	5	26
5	Cooper-Climax	3	2	11	2	9	(6)	3	8	5	4	25 (26)
6	BRP-BRM		Ret	4	9	Ret		4	WD	WD		6
7	Porsche		6	9		10	4	DNQ	6	10	10	5
8	Lotus-BRM	Ret	Ret	7	6	6	5	8	10	7	DNS	4
—	Lola-Climax	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	WD	0
—	Stebro-Ford								7			0
—	Scirocco-BRM	WD	8	WD	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ				0
—	ATS	WD	Ret	Ret	WD	WD	WD	11	Ret	Ret		0
—	LDS-Alfa Romeo										11	0
—	Cooper-Maserati							DNQ			12	0
—	Lotus-Ford										14	0
—	Gilby-BRM					Ret	DNQ	DNQ				0
—	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo										Ret	0
—	Lotus-Borgward						DNQ					0
—	De Tomaso-Ferrari	WD			WD	DNP		DNQ				0
Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	Pts.

• Bold results counted to championship totals.

‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.

Non-championship races

Other Formula One races, which did not count towards the World Championship, were also held in 1963.

Race name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
IV Lombank Trophy	Snetterton	30 March	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
XXIII Pau Grand Prix	Pau	15 April	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XI Glover Trophy	Goodwood	15 April	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	Report
IV Gran Premio Citta di Imola	Imola	21 April	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XIV Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	25 April	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	Report
XIX BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	27 April	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
XVI BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	11 May	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XV Gran Premio di Roma	Vallelunga	19 May	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	Report
III Solituderennen	Solitudering	28 July	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
XII Kanonloppet	Karlskoga	11 August	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
III Mediterranean Grand Prix	Enna Pergusa	18 August	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
I Austrian Grand Prix	Zeltweg	1 September	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	Report
X International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	21 September	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
Rand Grand Prix	Kyalami	14 December	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report