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1963 Formula One season
| 1963 FIA Formula One World Championship season |
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| Drivers' Champion: Jim Clark International Cup Champion: Lotus-Climax | |||
| Previous: | 1962 | Next: | 1964 |
The 1963 Formula One season was the 14th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 14th FIA World Championship of Drivers,[1] the sixth International Cup for F1 Manufacturers [2] and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship commenced on 26 May 1963, and ended on 28 December after ten races.
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Season summary
Jim Clark won his first championship with seven wins to two by Graham Hill and one by John Surtees in a revised Ferrari. This record number of wins in a season was not equalled until Alain Prost won seven races in 1984 driving a McLaren MP4/2, and it was not beaten until 1988 when Ayrton Senna won eight races in the McLaren MP4/4 (ironically his team mate Prost again won seven races in 1988). However, unlike 1963 which only consisted of ten races, both the 1984 and 1988 seasons consisted of 16 races giving Clark a better winning ratio (70%) than either Prost (43.75%) or Senna (50%).
The ATS venture, founded by ex-Ferrari workers, a complete disaster which ruined Phil Hill's Grand Prix career, was unrelated to the late 1970s German operation which was marginally more successful.
Season review
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Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1963 FIA World Championship.
1963 Drivers Championship final standings
Points were awarded on an 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round, with only the best six round results retained.
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- Italics indicate fastest lap
- Bold indicates pole position
‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.[4]
1963 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers – final standings
Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round with only the best six round results retained. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round was eligible to score points.
| Pos. | Manufacturer | MON 23x15px |
BEL 23x15px |
NED 23x15px |
FRA 23x15px |
GBR 23x15px |
GER 23x15px |
ITA 23x15px |
USA 23x15px |
MEX 23x15px |
RSA 23x15px |
Pts.[3] |
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| 1 | 23x15px Lotus-Climax | (6) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (2) | 1 | (3) | 1 | (1) | 54 (74) |
| 2 | 23x15px BRM | 1 | (4) | (5) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | (3) | 36 (45) |
| 3 | 23x15px Brabham-Climax | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 7 | (5) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 (30) |
| 4 | 23x15px Ferrari | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | 23x15px Cooper-Climax | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 9 | (6) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 (26) |
| 6 | 23x15px BRP-BRM | Ret | 4 | 9 | Ret | 4 | WD | WD | 6 | |||
| 7 | 23x15px Porsche | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | DNQ | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 23x15px Lotus-BRM | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | DNS | 4 |
| — | 23x15px Lola-Climax | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| — | 23x15px Stebro-Ford | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 23x15px Scirocco-BRM | WD | 8 | WD | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 0 | |||
| — | 23x15px ATS | WD | Ret | Ret | WD | WD | WD | 11 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
| — | 23x15px LDS-Alfa Romeo | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 23x15px Cooper-Maserati | DNQ | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | 23x15px Lotus-Ford | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 23x15px Gilby-BRM | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
| — | 23x15px Alfa Romeo | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 23x15px Lotus-Borgward | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 23x15px De Tomaso-Ferrari | DNQ | 0 | |||||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | MON 23x15px |
BEL 23x15px |
NED 23x15px |
FRA 23x15px |
GBR 23x15px |
GER 23x15px |
ITA 23x15px |
USA 23x15px |
MEX 23x15px |
RSA 23x15px |
Pts. |
- Bold results counted to championship totals.
Non-Championship race results
Other Formula One races were also held in 1963, which did not count towards the World Championship.
Notes
- ^ FIA Yearbook, 1974 page 119
- ^ FIA Yearbook, 1974 page 121
- ^ a b c Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ^ "1963 FIA World Championship". Formula One Administration Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
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