1963 Monaco Grand Prix

1963 Monaco Grand Prix
1963 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date	26 May 1963
Official name	XXI Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco; Monte Carlo
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 miles)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark;
Time	1:34.3
Fastest lap
Driver	John Surtees
Time	1:34.5 on lap 100
Podium
First	Graham Hill;
Second	Richie Ginther;
Third	Bruce McLaren;
	Lap leaders ;

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1963. It was race 1 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57 after Jim Clark retired from the lead with a broken gearbox on lap 78.

Clark took pole position for the event ahead of Hill and John Surtees. The two BRM drivers, Hill and Richie Ginther, led the opening laps in first and second respectively. Clark overtook Ginther for second on lap 5, and Hill for the lead on lap 18. Surtees was also able to overtake Ginther and Hill into second by lap 56, before Hill re-overtook him. Surtees then fell back. Clark retired on lap 78 with a gearbox failure, allowing Hill to win the race, with Ginther and Bruce McLaren completing the podium. Surtees, suffering from his mechanical issue, finished fourth.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Gap	Grid
Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Grid
1	9	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:35.3	1:34.3	1:35.2		1
2	6	Graham Hill	BRM	1:37.0	1:35.7	1:35.0	+0.7	2
3	21	John Surtees	Ferrari	1:38.7	1:35.2	1:36.5	+0.9	3
4	5	Richie Ginther	BRM	1:37.0	1:35.8	1:35.2	+0.9	4
5	14	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	1:37.9	1:35.5	1:35.7	+1.2	5
6	4	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:38.9	1:36.1	1:35.8	+1.5	6
7	20	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	1:37.6	1:36.0	1:35.9	+1.6	7
8	7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:43.8	1:38.3	1:36.0	+1.7	8
9	10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:39.1	1:37.2	1:38.6	+2.9	9
10	8	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:38.4	1:37.9	1:39.1	+3.6	10
11	11	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	1:42.5	1:39.4	1:38.6	+4.3	11
12	25	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	1:41.7	1:40.9	1:39.4	+5.1	12
13	12	Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	1:41.0	1:41.7	1:43.6	+6.7	13
14	17	Maurice Trintignant	Lola-Climax	1:43.0	1:41.3	1:48.9	+7.0	14
15	15	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	1:43.8	1:41.4	—	+7.1	DNS ¹
16	24	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	1:46.8	1:43.3	1:44.9	+9.0	DNQ ²
17	3	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	1:44.7	No time	No time	+10.4	15
Source:^[2]^[3]

^1 - Before the last qualifying session, Chris Amon was instructed to hand his car over to Maurice Trintignant, who had a guaranteed starting berth, but had suffered terminal issues with his own car.

^2 - Despite the withdrawal of Chris Amon, Bernard Collomb did not qualify for the 16th and final spot on the grid, as his fastest lap time was not close enough to a 1:40 benchmark set by the organizers.

Drivers that had a guaranteed start as former winners of the World Championship or the Monaco Grand Prix.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Graham Hill	BRM	100	2:41:49.7	2	9
2	5	Richie Ginther	BRM	100	+ 4.6	4	6
3	7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	100	+ 12.8	8	4
4	21	John Surtees	Ferrari	100	+ 14.1	3	3
5	8	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	98	+ 2 laps	10	2
6	10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	98	+ 2 laps	9	1
7	11	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	94	+ 6 laps	11
8	9	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	78	Gearbox	1
9	3	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	77	Gearbox	16
Ret	14	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	40	Accident	5
Ret	20	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	37	Gearbox	7
Ret	17	Maurice Trintignant	Lola-Climax	34	Clutch	14
Ret	4	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	25	Differential	6
Ret	12	Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	20	Gearbox	13
Ret	25	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	3	Engine	12
DNS	15	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax		Trintignant raced car	(15)
DNQ	24	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax
WD	1	Phil Hill	ATS		Car not ready
WD	2	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS		Car not ready
WD	16	John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM		Gearbox damaged
WD	18	Ian Burgess	Scirocco-BRM		Car not ready
WD	19	Tony Settember	Scirocco-BRM		Car not ready
WD	22	Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso
WD	23	Lorenzo Bandini	BRM		Car repossessed by BRM
WD	24	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche
Source:^[4]

Notes

This was the Formula One World Championship debut for New Zealand driver Chris Amon.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Graham Hill	9
2	Richie Ginther	6
3	Bruce McLaren	4
4	John Surtees	3
5	Tony Maggs	2
Source:^[5]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	BRM	9
2	Cooper-Climax	4
3	Ferrari	3
4	Lotus-Climax	1
Source:^[5]

Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "Monaco GP 1963". Grandprix.com. 26 May 1963. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1963 - Championship". Statsf1. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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[1] "Monaco GP 1963". Grandprix.com. 26 May 1963. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[2] "Monaco 1963 - Qualifications". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[3] "Monaco 1963 - Starting grid". Statsf1. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[4] "1963 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[championship-5] "Monaco 1963 - Championship". Statsf1. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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