1963 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1963 Formula One season crowned as champion Jim Clark.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 26	Monaco	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	June 9	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	June 23	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	June 30	Reims-Gueux	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 20	Silverstone	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 6	Watkins Glen	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
9	Mexican Grand Prix	October 27	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
10	South African Grand Prix	December 28	Prince George	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report

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
18	Chris Amon	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	DNS		Ret		0
19	Hap Sharp								Ret	7		0
20	Peter Broeker								7			0
21	Maurice Trintignant	Ret			8			9				0
22	Mike Hailwood					8		10				0
23	Tony Settember		8		Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ				0
24	John Love										9	0
25	Bernard Collomb	DNQ					10					0
26	Phil Hill		Ret	Ret	NC			11	Ret	Ret		0
27	Masten Gregory				Ret	11		Ret	Ret	Ret		0
28	Moises Solana									11		0
29	Doug Serrurier										11	0
30	Bob Anderson					12		12				0
31	Trevor Blokdyk										12	0
32	John Campbell-Jones					13						0
33	Mike Spence							13				0
34	Brausch Niemann										14	0
35	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
—	Andre Pilette						DNQ	DNQ				0
—	Tim Parnell						DNQ					0
—	Kurt Kuhnke						DNQ					0
—	Roberto Lippi							DNQ				0
—	Ernesto Brambilla							DNQ				0
—	Frank Dochnal									DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)