1963 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

  1963 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season
Date	May 26, 1963
Official name	XXI Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	3.145 km (1.954 mi)
Distance	100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:34.3
Fastest lap
Driver	John Surtees	Ferrari
Time	1:34.5 on lap 100
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	Richie Ginther	BRM
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1963 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on May 26, 1963. It was the first round of the 1963 Formula One season. The 100-lap race was won by British driver Graham Hill driving a BRM P57.

Classification

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

Notes

It wasn't until the 2015 Australian Grand Prix that so few cars started the season opener.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Graham Hill 9 2 Richie Ginther 6 3 Bruce McLaren 4 4 John Surtees 3 5 Tony Maggs 2

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BRM 9 2 Cooper-Climax 4 3 Ferrari 3 4 Lotus-Climax 1

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

References