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Grand Prix d'Europe
XXIe Grand Prix de Monaco

26 May 1963Monte Carlo314.500 km (3145 m x 100 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jim Clark, Lotus 25-Climax, 1:34.3 (120.1 km/h) Fastest Lap: John Surtees, Ferrari 156, 1:34.5 (119.8 km/h lap 100) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:41:49.7 116.6 km/h 2 5 Richie Ginther BRM P57 2:41:54.3 116.6 km/h 3 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 2:42:02.5 116.5 km/h 4 21 John Surtees Ferrari 156 2:42:03.8 116.4 km/h 5 8 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax -2 Laps 6 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax -2 Laps 7 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax -6 Laps 8 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 78 Gearbox 9 3 Jack Brabham Lotus 25-Climax 77 Gearbox Did Not Finish: 14 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-BRM 40 Accident 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 37 Transmission/Clutch 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola Mk4A-Climax 34 Clutch 4 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 25 Differential 12 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 20 Gearbox 25 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 3 Engine Did Not Start: 15 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax Car used by Trintignant 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus 24-Climax Slower than 1:40 3 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax Engine used by Gurney Did Not Appear: 1 Phil Hill ATS 100 Car not ready 2 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 Car not ready 16 John Campbell-Jones Lotus 24-BRM Gearbox at Rome GP 18 Ian Burgess Scirocco 02-BRM Car not ready 19 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM Car not ready 22 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso 801 Broken at Rome GP 23 Lorenzo Bandini BRM P57 Car retained by BRM team 24 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 1-17 39 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 18-78 61 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 79-100 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:34.3 120.1 Team Lotus 2 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 1:35.0 119.2 Owen Racing Organisation 3 21 John Surtees Ferrari 156 1:35.2 118.9 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 5 Richie Ginther BRM P57 1:35.2 118.9 Owen Racing Organisation 5 14 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-BRM 1:35.5 118.6 British Racing Partnership 6 4 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 1:35.8 118.2 Brabham Racing Organisation 7 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 1:35.9 118.1 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 8 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 1:36.0 117.9 Cooper Car Co 9 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 1:37.2 116.5 Team Lotus 10 8 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 1:37.9 115.6 Cooper Car Co 11 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 1:38.6 114.8 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 12 25 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 1:39.4 113.9 Siffert Racing Team 13 12 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 1:41.0 112.1 British Racing Partnership 14 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:41.3 111.8 Reg Parnell Racing 15 15 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:41.4 111.7 Reg Parnell Racing 16 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus 24-Climax 1:43.3 109.6 Bernard Collomb 17 3 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 1:44.7 108.1 Brabham Racing Organisation Not Present: 1 Phil Hill ATS 100 - - Automobili Turismo e Sport 2 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 100 - - Automobili Turismo e Sport 16 John Campbell-Jones Lotus 24-BRM - - Reg Parnell Racing 18 Ian Burgess Scirocco 02-BRM - - Scirocco Powell Racing Cars 19 Tony Settember Scirocco 01-BRM - - Scirocco Powell Racing Cars 22 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso 801 - - Scuderia de Tomaso 23 Lorenzo Bandini BRM P57 - - Scuderia Centro Sud 24 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 - - Ecurie Maarsbergen Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:35.3 118.8 2 T Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:36.7 117.1 3 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 1:37.0 116.7 4 5 Richie Ginther BRM P57 1:37.0 116.7 5 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 1:37.6 116.0 6 14 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-BRM 1:37.9 115.6 7 8 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 1:38.4 115.1 8 21 John Surtees Ferrari 156 1:38.7 114.7 9 4 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 1:38.9 114.5 10 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 1:39.1 114.2 11 12 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 1:41.0 112.1 12 25 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 1:41.7 111.3 13 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 1:42.5 110.5 14 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:43.0 109.9 15 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 1:43.8 109.1 16 15 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:43.8 109.1 17 3 Jack Brabham Brabham BT3-Climax 1:44.7 108.1 18 T Graham Hill BRM P57 1:45.3 107.5 19 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus 24-Climax 1:46.8 106.0 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:34.3 120.1 2 21 John Surtees Ferrari 156 1:35.2 118.9 3 14 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-BRM 1:35.5 118.6 4 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 1:35.7 118.3 5 5 Richie Ginther BRM P57 1:35.8 118.2 6 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 1:36.0 117.9 7 4 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 1:36.1 117.8 8 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 1:36.2 117.7 9 8 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 1:37.9 115.6 10 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 1:38.3 115.2 11 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 1:39.4 113.9 12 25 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 1:40.9 112.2 13 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:41.3 111.8 14 15 Chris Amon Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:41.4 111.7 15 12 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 1:41.7 111.3 16 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus 24-Climax 1:43.3 109.6 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Graham Hill BRM P57 1:35.0 119.2 2 5 Richie Ginther BRM P57 1:35.2 118.9 3 9 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:35.2 118.9 4 T Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 1:35.2 118.9 5 14 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-BRM 1:35.7 118.3 6 4 Dan Gurney Brabham BT7-Climax 1:35.8 118.2 7 20 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 156 1:35.9 118.1 8 7 Bruce McLaren Cooper T66-Climax 1:36.0 117.9 9 21 John Surtees Ferrari 156 1:36.5 117.3 10 10 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 1:38.6 114.8 11 11 Jo Bonnier Cooper T60-Climax 1:38.6 114.8 12 8 Tony Maggs Cooper T66-Climax 1:39.1 114.2 13 25 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 1:39.4 113.9 14 12 Jim Hall Lotus 24-BRM 1:43.6 109.3 15 24 Bernard Collomb Lotus 24-Climax 1:44.9 107.9 16 17 Maurice Trintignant Lola Mk4A-Climax 1:48.9 104.0
Starting Grid:
9 Jim Clark
Lotus 25-Climax
1:34.3
6 Graham Hill
BRM P57
1:35.0
21 John Surtees
Ferrari 156
1:35.2
5 Richie Ginther
BRM P57
1:35.2
14 Innes Ireland
Lotus 24-BRM
1:35.5
4 Dan Gurney
Brabham BT7-Climax
1:35.8
20 Willy Mairesse
Ferrari 156
1:35.9
7 Bruce McLaren
Cooper T66-Climax
1:36.0
10 Trevor Taylor
Lotus 25-Climax
1:37.2
8 Tony Maggs
Cooper T66-Climax
1:37.9
11 Jo Bonnier
Cooper T60-Climax
1:38.6
25 Jo Siffert
Lotus 24-BRM
1:39.4
12 Jim Hall
Lotus 24-BRM
1:41.0
17 Maurice Trintignant
Lola Mk4A-Climax
1:41.3
3 Jack Brabham
Lotus 25-Climax
No time
Notes:
  • G.Hill, P.Hill, Brabham, McLaren and Trintignant invited to participate leaving other 11 places open for qualification.
  • Brabham's qualifying time was set in Brabham BT3-Climax, started in Lotus 25-Climax (Team Lotus's T-car).
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The opening round of the 1963 World Championship did not take place until the end of May. The major non-championship races were shared between the 1962 World Champion Graham Hill in his BRM and runner-up Jim Clark in his Lotus. The BRM and Lotus teams were unchanged with Hill partnered by Richie Ginther and Clark by Trevor Taylor. Cooper continued with Bruce McLaren and Tony Maggs, while the withdrawal of Porsche resulted in Dan Gurney joining Jack Brabham's team, which was expanded to a two-car operation with the new Brabham BT7, while Jo Bonnier joined Rob Walker. Bowmaker withdrew its support for Reg Parnell Racing and so John Surtees took up an offer to race for Ferrari. The Italian team had suffered from the departure of most of its engineering and driver staff. They had formed the new ATS team with Carlo Chiti in charge of engineering and Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti driving. Surtees was joined at Ferrari by Willy Mairesse. To replace Surtees Parnell hired young New Zealand driver Chris Amon.

    Qualifying for Monaco resulted in pole position for Clark with Graham Hill alongside him. Surtees was on the second row with Ginther while Innes Ireland was fifth fastest in his British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM which shared the third row with Gurney's Brabham.

    In the race the two BRMs went into the lead at the start with Hill leading Ginther and Clark third. Then came Surtees, McLaren and Ireland. On the fifth lap Clark was able to get past Ginther and he chased after Hill and the two then fought it out until lap 18 when Clark took the lead. Hill tried to retake the place but gradually Clark slipped away from him. In the laps that followed Surtees was able to get ahead of Ginther and on lap 56 he was also able to pass Hill for second place. Hill fought back and retook the second. Surtees then began to drop away with fading oil pressure. On lap 78 Clark 's gearbox locked up and he was out, leaving Hill to retake the lead and win the race. Ginther finished second for a BRM 1-2 while McLaren took third in his Cooper, having overtaken the fading Surtees.