1963 South African Grand Prix

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Results from the 1963 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at East London on December 28, 1963.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	85	2:10:36.9	1	9
2	9	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	85	+ 1:06.8	3	6
3	5	Graham Hill	BRM	84	+ 1 lap	6	4
4	10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	84	+ 1 lap	9	3
5	4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	84	+ 1 lap	5	2
6	12	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	83	+ 2 laps	11	1
7	11	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	82	+ 3 laps	10
8	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	81	+ 4 laps	8
9	9	John Love	Cooper-Climax	80	+ 5 laps	13
10	14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	79	+ 6 laps	20
11	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	78	+ 7 laps	18
12	23	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati	77	+ 8 laps	19
13	8	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	70	Accident	2
14	21	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	66	+ 19 laps	15
Ret	18	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	53	Gearbox	16
Ret	22	David Prophet	Brabham-Climax	49	Oil Pressure	14
Ret	3	John Surtees	Ferrari	43	Engine	4
Ret	6	Richie Ginther	BRM	43	Halfshaft	7
Ret	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	3	Engine	12
Ret	20	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	2	Halfshaft	17
DNS	15	Paddy Driver	Lotus-BRM		Practice accident
WD	17	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax		Driver injured
WD		Mike Hailwood	Lola-Climax

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:28.9
• Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney - 1:29.1

[edit] References

• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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