1963 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 26 May 1963. It was race 1 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57 after Jim Clark retired from the lead with a broken gearbox on lap 78.

Clark took pole position for the event ahead of Hill and John Surtees. The two BRM drivers, Hill and Richie Ginther, led the opening laps in first and second respectively. Clark overtook Ginther for second on lap 5, and Hill for the lead on lap 18. Surtees was also able to overtake Ginther and Hill into second by lap 56, before Hill re-overtook him. Surtees then fell back. Clark retired on lap 78 with a gearbox failure, allowing Hill to win the race, with Ginther and Bruce McLaren completing the podium. Surtees, suffering from his mechanical issue, finished fourth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Template:Nowrap			Gap	Grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	9	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:35.3	1:34.3	1:35.2		1
2	6	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	1:37.0	1:35.7	1:35.0	+0.7	2
3	21	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Ferrari	1:38.7	1:35.2	1:36.5	+0.9	3
4	5	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	1:37.0	1:35.8	1:35.2	+0.9	4
5	14	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	1:37.9	1:35.5	1:35.7	+1.2	5
6	4	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:38.9	1:36.1	1:35.8	+1.5	6
7	20	Template:Flagicon Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	1:37.6	1:36.0	1:35.9	+1.6	7
8	7	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:43.8	1:38.3	1:36.0	+1.7	8
9	10	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:39.1	1:37.2	1:38.6	+2.9	9
10	8	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:38.4	1:37.9	1:39.1	+3.6	10
11	11	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	1:42.5	1:39.4	1:38.6	+4.3	11
12	25	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	1:41.7	1:40.9	1:39.4	+5.1	12
13	12	Template:Flagicon Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	1:41.0	1:41.7	1:43.6	+6.7	13
14	17	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Lola-Climax	1:43.0	1:41.3	1:48.9	+7.0	14
15	15	Template:Flagicon Chris Amon	Lola-Climax	1:43.8	1:41.4	—	+7.1	DNS Template:Ref
16	24	Template:Flagicon Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	1:46.8	1:43.3	1:44.9	+9.0	DNQ Template:Ref
17	3	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	1:44.7	No time	No time	+10.4	15
Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Note - Before the last qualifying session, Chris Amon was instructed to hand his car over to Maurice Trintignant, who had a guaranteed starting berth, but had suffered terminal issues with his own car.

Template:Note - Despite the withdrawal of Chris Amon, Bernard Collomb did not qualify for the 16th and final spot on the grid, as his fastest lap time was not close enough to a 1:40 benchmark set by the organizers.

Template:Color box Drivers that had a guaranteed start as former winners of the World Championship or the Monaco Grand Prix.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	100	2:41:49.7	2	9
2	5	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	100	+ 4.6	4	6
3	7	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	100	+ 12.8	8	4
4	21	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Ferrari	100	+ 14.1	3	3
5	8	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	98	+ 2 laps	10	2
6	10	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	98	+ 2 laps	9	1
7	11	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	94	+ 6 laps	11
8	9	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	78	Gearbox	1
9	3	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	77	Gearbox	16
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	40	Accident	5
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	37	Gearbox	7
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Lola-Climax	34	Clutch	14
Ret	4	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	25	Differential	6
Ret	12	Template:Flagicon Jim Hall	Lotus-BRM	20	Gearbox	13
Ret	25	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	3	Engine	12
DNS	15	Template:Flagicon Chris Amon	Lola-Climax		Trintignant raced car	(15)
DNQ	24	Template:Flagicon Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax
WD	1	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	ATS		Car not ready
WD	2	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti	ATS		Car not ready
WD	16	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM		Gearbox damaged
WD	18	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Scirocco-BRM		Car not ready
WD	19	Template:Flagicon Tony Settember	Scirocco-BRM		Car not ready
WD	22	Template:Flagicon Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso
WD	23	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	BRM		Car repossessed by BRM
WD	24	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche
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Notes

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut for New Zealand driver Chris Amon.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	9
2	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	6
3	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	4
4	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	3
5	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	2
Source:<ref name="championship">Template:Cite web</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon BRM	9
2	Template:Flagicon Cooper-Climax	4
3	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	3
4	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax	1
Source:<ref name="championship" />

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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