Season 1963 · Round 2

Belgian Grand Prix

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1963-06-09 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 32Lap · 451.200km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:27:47.600
Team win 9pt P1 · P20 · P21
10 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax +4:54.000
9 Dan Gurney
Brabham
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
John Surtees L19 Graham Hill L17 Lucien Bianchi L17 Jim Hall L16 Jo Siffert L16 Phil Hill L13 Jack Brabham L12 Chris Amon L10 Innes Ireland L9 Willy Mairesse L7 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
32Lap 451.200km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jim Clark 4 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P14 Phil Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P5 Graham Hill 3 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 · → Nico Rosberg -1
P14 Phil Hill 1 · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P10 Graham Hill 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P27 Jack Brabham 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P33 Jo Bonnier 10 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 L32 Clark · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA McLaren · P5 → P2 · +3 5 McLaren MCL 2 McLaren MCL Gurney · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Gurney GUR 3 Gurney GUR Ginther · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Ginther GIN 4 Ginther GIN Bonnier · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Bonnier BON 5 Bonnier BON de Beaufort · P18 → P6 · +12 18 de Beaufort DE 6 de Beaufort DE Maggs · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Maggs MAG 7 Maggs MAG Settember · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Settember SET 8 Settember SET Surtees · P10 → retired L19 Surtees · retired L19 10 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Hill · P1 → retired L17 Hill · retired L17 1 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Bianchi · P16 → retired L17 Bianchi · retired L17 16 Bianchi BIA R Bianchi BIA Hall · P12 → retired L16 Hall · retired L16 12 Hall HAL R Hall HAL Siffert · P14 → retired L16 Siffert · retired L16 14 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Hill · P17 → retired L13 Hill · retired L13 17 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Brabham · P6 → retired L12 Brabham · retired L12 6 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Amon · P15 → retired L10 Amon · retired L10 15 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Ireland · P7 → retired L9 Ireland · retired L9 7 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Mairesse · P3 → retired L7 Mairesse · retired L7 3 Mairesse MAI R Mairesse MAI Baghetti · P20 → retired L7 Baghetti · retired L7 20 Baghetti BAG R Baghetti BAG Taylor · P11 → retired L5 Taylor · retired L5 11 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Arundell · pit lane → P21 · +4 — Arundell ARU 21 Arundell ARU Scarfiotti · pit lane → P22 · +4 — Scarfiotti SCA 22 Scarfiotti SCA Bandini · pit lane → P23 · +4 — Bandini BAN 23 Bandini BAN Burgess · pit lane → P24 · +4 — Burgess BUR 24 Burgess BUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8 32 2:27:47.600 9
2 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 5 32 +4:54.000 6
3 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 2 31 +1 Lap 4
4 6 Richie Ginther BRM 9 31 +1 Lap 3
5 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 13 30 +2 Laps 2
6 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 18 30 +2 Laps 1
7 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 4 27 Accident
8 23 Tony Settember Scirocco 19 25 Accident
R 3 John Surtees Ferrari 10 19 Injection
R 5 Graham Hill BRM 1 17 Gearbox
R 22 Lucien Bianchi Lola 16 17 Accident
R 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 12 16 Accident
R 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 14 16 Accident
R 25 Phil Hill ATS 17 13 Gearbox
R 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 6 12 Injection
R 18 Chris Amon Lola 15 10 Oil leak
R 15 Innes Ireland BRP 7 9 Gearbox
R 8 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 3 7 Injection
R 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 20 7 Gearbox
R 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 11 5 Physical
W 22 Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 14 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 0 0 Withdrew
W 4 Lorenzo Bandini BRM 0 0 Withdrew
W 36 Ian Burgess Scirocco 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Graham Hill
2
9 Dan Gurney
3
8 Willy Mairesse
4
11 Tony Maggs
5
10 Bruce McLaren
6
8 Jack Brabham
7
15 Innes Ireland
8
1 Jim Clark
9
6 Richie Ginther
10
3 John Surtees
11
2 Trevor Taylor
12
16 Jim Hall
13
12 Jo Bonnier
14
14 Jo Siffert
15
18 Chris Amon
16
22 Lucien Bianchi
17
25 Phil Hill
18
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort
19
23 Tony Settember
20
26 Giancarlo Baghetti
PIT
22 Peter Arundell pit lane start
PIT
14 Ludovico Scarfiotti pit lane start
PIT
4 Lorenzo Bandini pit lane start
PIT
36 Ian Burgess pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15