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Grand Prix de Belgique

09 Jun 1963Spa-Francorchamps451.200 km (14100 m x 32 Laps)

 Pole Position: Graham Hill, BRM 57, 3:54.1 (216.8 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jim Clark, Lotus 25-Climax, 3:58.1 (213.2 km/h lap 16) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 2:27:47.6 183.2 km/h 2 14 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 2:32:41.6 177.3 km/h 3 18 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax -1 Lap 4 8 Richie Ginther BRM P57 -1 Lap 5 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax -2 Laps 6 29 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 -2 Laps 7 15 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 27 Accident 8 24 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM 25 Accident Did Not Finish: 9 John Surtees Ferrari 156 19 Injection 7 Graham Hill BRM P57 17 Gearbox 22 Lucien Bianchi Lola Mk4A-Climax 17 Accident 5 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 16 Accident 28 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 16 Accident 26 Phil Hill ATS 100 13 Gearbox 17 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 12 Fuel pump 21 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 10 Oil leak 4 Innes Ireland BRP 1-BRM 9 Gear linkage 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 7 Injection 27 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 7 Gearbox 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 5 Oil pressure Did Not Appear: 3 Peter Arundell Lotus 25-Climax No car available 11 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 156 No car available 19 Lorenzo Bandini BRM P57 Car retained by factory 25 Ian Burgess Scirocco 02-BRM Car not ready Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 1 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1-32 32 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 7 Graham Hill BRM P57 3:54.1 216.8 Owen Racing Organisation 2 18 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 3:55.0 216.0 Brabham Racing Organisation 3 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 3:55.3 215.7 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 15 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 3:56.0 215.1 Cooper Car Co 5 14 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 3:56.2 214.9 Cooper Car Co 6 17 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 3:56.6 214.5 Brabham Racing Organisation 7 4 Innes Ireland BRP 1-BRM 3:56.9 214.3 British Racing Partnership 8 1 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 3:57.1 214.1 Team Lotus 9 8 Richie Ginther BRM P57 3:57.6 213.6 Owen Racing Organisation 10 9 John Surtees Ferrari 156 3:57.9 213.4 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 11 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 3:58.1 213.2 Team Lotus 12 5 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 4:00.1 211.4 British Racing Partnership 13 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 4:00.1 211.4 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 14 28 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 4:02.3 209.5 Siffert Racing Team 15 21 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:04.9 207.3 Reg Parnell Racing 16 22 Lucien Bianchi Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:06.5 205.9 Reg Parnell Racing 17 26 Phil Hill ATS 100 4:06.7 205.8 Automobili Turismo e Sport 18 29 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 4:14.6 199.4 Ecurie Maarsbergen 19 24 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM 4:25.2 191.4 Scirocco Powell Racing Cars 20 27 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 4:33.6 185.5 Automobili Turismo e Sport Not Present: 3 Peter Arundell Lotus 25-Climax - - Team Lotus 11 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 156 - - Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 19 Lorenzo Bandini BRM P57 - - Scuderia Centro Sud 25 Ian Burgess Scirocco 02-BRM - - Scirocco Powell Racing Cars Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 3:56.2 214.9 2 17 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 3:56.6 214.5 3 15 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 3:57.1 214.1 4 9 John Surtees Ferrari 156 3:57.9 213.4 5 14 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 3:58.3 213.0 6 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 4:01.4 210.3 7 7 Graham Hill BRM P57 4:01.6 210.1 8 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 4:02.7 209.1 9 28 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 4:03.9 208.1 10 8 Richie Ginther BRM P57 4:04.5 207.6 11 4 Innes Ireland BRP 1-BRM 4:05.3 206.9 12 5 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 4:05.4 206.8 13 1 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 4:06.7 205.8 14 22 Lucien Bianchi Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:08.5 204.3 15 29 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 4:14.6 199.4 16 21 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:17.2 197.4 17 26 Phil Hill ATS 100 4:26.1 190.8 18 18 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 4:28.8 188.8 19 24 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM 4:31.7 186.8 20 27 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 8:34.8 98.6 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 Graham Hill BRM P57 3:54.1 216.8 2 18 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 3:55.0 216.0 3 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 3:55.3 215.7 4 15 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 3:56.0 215.1 5 14 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 3:56.2 214.9 6 4 Innes Ireland BRP 1-BRM 3:56.9 214.3 7 1 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 3:57.1 214.1 8 8 Richie Ginther BRM P57 3:57.6 213.6 9 9 John Surtees Ferrari 156 3:57.9 213.4 10 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 3:58.1 213.2 11 5 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 4:00.1 211.4 12 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 4:00.1 211.4 13 17 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 4:00.7 210.9 14 28 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 4:02.3 209.5 15 21 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:04.9 207.3 16 22 Lucien Bianchi Lola Mk4A-Climax 4:06.5 205.9 17 26 Phil Hill ATS 100 4:06.7 205.8 18 24 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM 4:25.2 191.4 19 27 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 4:33.6 185.5 20 29 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 6:55.2 122.3
Starting Grid:
7 Graham Hill
BRM P57
3:54.1
18 Dan Gurney
Brabham BT7-Climax
3:55.0
10 Willy Mairesse
Ferrari 156
3:55.3
15 Tony Maggs
Cooper T66-Climax
3:56.0
14 Bruce McLaren
Cooper T66-Climax
3:56.2
17 Jack Brabham
Brabham BT3-Climax
3:56.6
4 Innes Ireland
BRP 1-BRM
3:56.9
1 Jim Clark
Lotus 25-Climax
3:57.1
8 Richie Ginther
BRM P57
3:57.6
9 John Surtees
Ferrari 156
3:57.9
2 Trevor Taylor
Lotus 25-Climax
3:58.1
5 Jim Hall
Lotus 24-BRM
4:00.1
12 Jo Bonnier
Cooper T60-Climax
4:00.1
28 Jo Siffert
Lotus 24-BRM
4:02.3
21 Chris Amon
Lola Mk4A-Climax
4:04.9
22 Lucien Bianchi
Lola Mk4A-Climax
4:06.5
26 Phil Hill
ATS 100
4:06.7
29 Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche 718
4:14.6
24 Tony Settember
Scirocco 01-BRM
4:25.2
27 Giancarlo Baghetti
ATS 100
4:33.6
Notes:
  • Weather: Overcast, Wet.
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    Race Review:

    A fortnight after the BRM 1-2 at Monaco the Formula 1 teams gathered at Spa for the second round of the World Championship and there was plenty of technical interest with the first appearance of three new cars: the BRP (with Innes Ireland driving), the ATS (with Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti) and the Scirocco (with Tony Settember and Ian Burgess). None of the newcomers offered any major threat to Team Lotus and BRM, although Ireland qualified the BRP-BRM in seventh position. Chris Amon qualified a Lola to become the second youngest F1 driver in history.

    Qualifying resulted in Graham Hill taking pole in his BRM with Dan Gurney's Brabham second quickest and Willy Mairesse third in the fastest Ferrari. Tony Maggs and Bruce McLaren shared row two in their Coopers with Maggs the faster of the two, while Jack Brabham (Brabham), Ireland and Jim Clark (Lotus) were on the third row, Clark having had gearbox trouble in qualifying. His team mate Trevor Taylor suffered a rear suspension failure and crashed heavily although Taylor emerged unscathed.

    The weather changed on race day and conditions were damp at the start with Clark making an extraordinary start to lead the field. He was followed by Graham Hill and Gurney. While the two front-runners pulled away from the field Gurney fell victim to Brabham and then Mairesse but eventually it was Surtees who emerged as the strongest in the group and he moved into a strong third place. Mairesse dropped back with engine trouble and Brabham ran into electrical trouble so Gurney was able to make up the lost places again. Surtees then suffered a problem with an injector and pitted, leaving Gurney third with Ginther fourth, McLaren fifth and Maggs sixth. A storm then broke over the track and as this was happening Hill's BRM faltered with gearbox failure, promoting Gurney to second while Ginther was third until Maggs passed him, McLaren having dropped back. Maggs spun off on lap 27 and with McLaren passing Ginther and then Gurney Cooper was able to salvage second place. Gurney finished third.