1963 Mexican Grand Prix

1963 Mexican Grand Prix
Race details
Date October 27, 1963
Official name II Gran Premio de Mexico
Location Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.000 km (3.107 mi)
Distance 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 mi)
Weather Overcast, Dry.
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Climax
Time 1:58.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:58.1
Podium
First
Lotus-Climax
Second
Brabham-Climax
Third
BRM

The 1963 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca in Mexico City on October 27, 1963. It was race 9 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

Jim Clark dominated the race from pole position, a time that was 1.7 seconds faster than anybody else. Mexico was considered one of his most successful venues. His fastest lap of the race eclipsed his pole time by 0.7 seconds, and he lapped the entire field except for second and third behind him.[1] He would eventually score a total of five pole positions, four fastest laps and three victories at the venue in his Formula One career. This was also his sixth win, his sixth fastest lap, and his sixth pole position of the nine races completed in 1963.

This was also the only World Championship Grand Prix where a car raced with the number 13 until Pastor Maldonado selected the number as his permanent race number in 2014.[2]

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 65 2:09:52.1 1 9
2 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 65 + 1:41.1 10 6
3 2 United States Richie Ginther BRM 65 + 1:54.7 5 4
4 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 64 + 1 lap 3 3
5 11 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 62 + 3 laps 8 2
6 6 United States Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 62 + 3 laps 4 1
7 22 United States Hap Sharp Lotus-BRM 61 + 4 laps 16
8 16 United States Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 61 + 4 laps 15
9 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 59 + 6 laps 9
10 12 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 58 + 7 laps 18
11 13 Mexico Moisés Solana BRM 57 Engine 11
Ret 25 United States Phil Hill ATS 46 Suspension 17
Ret 24 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 36 Ignition 7
Ret 3 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 30 Engine 6
Ret 10 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 26 Suspension 20
Ret 17 United States Masten Gregory Lola-Climax 23 Suspension 14
DSQ 23 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 19 Disqualified 2
Ret 9 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 19 Engine 12
Ret 26 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 12 Engine 21
Ret 18 New Zealand Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 9 Gearbox 19
Ret 4 South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 7 Engine 13
DNQ 20 United States Frank Dochnal Cooper-Climax Practice accident
WD 7 United States Walt Hansgen Lotus
WD 15 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM Driver injured
WD 19 United States Thomas Monarch Lotus-Climax
Source:[3]
  • Surtees was disqualified for a push-start.

Championship standings after the race

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

  1. ↑ Kettlewell, Mike. "Grand Prix Racing South of the Border", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974) Volume 12, p.1331.
  2. ↑ "Your questions: F1 and the number 13". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "1963 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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