1963 Italian Grand Prix

  1963 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	September 8, 1963
Official name	XXXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.750 km (3.573 mi)
Distance	86 laps, 494.500 km (307.268 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	John Surtees	Ferrari
Time	1:37.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:38.9 on lap 60
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Richie Ginther	BRM
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1963 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 8, 1963. At this race, Scottish driver Jim Clark clinched the World Championship crown with three races to go, the first time anyone had done so.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	86	2:24:19.6	3	9
2	10	Richie Ginther	BRM	86	+ 1:35.0	4	6
3	18	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	85	+ 1 lap	8	4
4	32	Innes Ireland	BRP-BRM	84	Engine	10	3
5	22	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	84	+ 2 laps	7	2
6	20	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	84	+ 2 laps	13	1
7	58	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	84	+ 2 laps	11
8	30	Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	84	+ 2 laps	17
9	66	Maurice Trintignant	BRM	83	+ 3 laps	20
10	40	Mike Hailwood	Lola-Climax	82	+ 4 laps	18
11	16	Phil Hill	ATS	79	+ 7 laps	14
12	48	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	79	+ 7 laps	19
13	6	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	73	Oil Pressure	9
14	24	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	64	Fuel System	5
15	14	Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS	63	+ 23 laps	25
16	12	Graham Hill	BRM	59	Clutch	2
Ret	54	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	40	Oil Pressure	16
Ret	2	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	37	Gearbox	6
Ret	42	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	26	Engine	12
Ret	4	John Surtees	Ferrari	16	Engine	1
DNS	38	Chris Amon	Lola-Climax		Practice accident
DNQ	64	Mario de Araujo Cabral	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	50	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM
DNQ	34	Tony Settember	Scirocco-BRM
DNQ	28	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche
DNQ	62	Ernesto Brambilla	Cooper-Maserati
DNQ	46	André Pilette	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	44	Roberto Lippi	de Tomaso-Ferrari
WD	26	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche
WD	36	Ian Burgess	Scirocco-BRM
WD	52	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM
WD	56	Carlo Abate	Porsche
WD	60	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati
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Notes

• Jim Clark became the first driver to win the Drivers' World Championship with 3 races left to go. Lotus-Climax also won the Constructors' Championship.
• This was the last ever Formula One race with a distance of more than 300 miles.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jim Clark	51
1	2	Richie Ginther	24
1	3	John Surtees	22
2	4	Bruce McLaren	14
1	5	Graham Hill	13

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Lotus-Climax	51 (52)
1	2	BRM	28
1	3	Ferrari	22
	4	Cooper-Climax	21
	5	Brabham-Climax	15

• 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

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