Season 1963 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1963-06-30 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 53Lap · 440.006km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:10:54.300
Team win 9pt P1 · P8 · P13 · P21
11 Tony Maggs
Cooper-Climax +1:04.900
5 Graham Hill
BRM +1:13.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Phil Hill L34 Jo Bonnier L32 Masten Gregory L30 John Surtees L12 Tony Settember L5 Richie Ginther L4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
53Lap 440.006km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Jim Clark 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Maggs · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Maggs MAG 2 Maggs MAG Hill · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL Brabham · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Gurney · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Gurney GUR 5 Gurney GUR Siffert · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Siffert SIF 6 Siffert SIF Amon · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Amon AMO 7 Amon AMO Trintignant · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Trintignant TRI 8 Trintignant TRI Ireland · P9 → P9 9 Ireland IRE 9 Ireland IRE Bandini · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Bandini BAN 10 Bandini BAN Hall · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Hall HAL 11 Hall HAL McLaren · P6 → P12 · -6 6 McLaren MCL 12 McLaren MCL Taylor · P7 → P13 · -6 7 Taylor TAY 13 Taylor TAY Hill · P13 → retired L34 Hill · retired L34 13 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Bonnier · P11 → retired L32 Bonnier · retired L32 11 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Gregory · P19 → retired L30 Gregory · retired L30 19 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Surtees · P4 → retired L12 Surtees · retired L12 4 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Settember · P20 → retired L5 Settember · retired L5 20 Settember SET R Settember SET Ginther · P12 → retired L4 Ginther · retired L4 12 Ginther GIN R Ginther GIN Scarfiotti · pit lane → P20 · +5 — Scarfiotti SCA 20 Scarfiotti SCA Arundell · pit lane → P21 · +5 — Arundell ARU 21 Arundell ARU Baghetti · pit lane → P22 · +5 — Baghetti BAG 22 Baghetti BAG Burgess · pit lane → P23 · +5 — Burgess BUR 23 Burgess BUR Estéfano · pit lane → P24 · +5 — Estéfano EST 24 Estéfano EST
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 53 2:10:54.300 9
2 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 8 53 +1:04.900 6
3 5 Graham Hill BRM 2 53 +1:13.900
4 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 5 53 +2:15.200 3
5 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 3 53 +2:33.400 2
6 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 10 52 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Chris Amon Lola 17 51 +2 Laps
8 66 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 15 50 +3 Laps
9 15 Innes Ireland BRP 9 49 +4 Laps
10 4 Lorenzo Bandini BRM 21 45 +8 Laps
11 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 18 45 +8 Laps
12 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 6 42 Ignition
13 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 7 41 Suspension
R 25 Phil Hill Lotus-BRM 13 34 Not classified
R 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 11 32 Not classified
R 17 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 19 30 Gearbox
R 3 John Surtees Ferrari 4 12 Fuel pump
R 23 Tony Settember Scirocco 20 5 Wheel bearing
R 6 Richie Ginther BRM 12 4 Radiator
W 14 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 0 0 Withdrew
W 22 Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 0 0 Withdrew
W 36 Ian Burgess Scirocco 0 0 Withdrew
W 27 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
5 Graham Hill
3
9 Dan Gurney
4
3 John Surtees
5
8 Jack Brabham
6
10 Bruce McLaren
7
2 Trevor Taylor
8
11 Tony Maggs
9
15 Innes Ireland
10
14 Jo Siffert
11
12 Jo Bonnier
12
6 Richie Ginther
13
25 Phil Hill
15
66 Maurice Trintignant
17
18 Chris Amon
18
16 Jim Hall
19
17 Masten Gregory
20
23 Tony Settember
21
4 Lorenzo Bandini
PIT
14 Ludovico Scarfiotti pit lane start
PIT
22 Peter Arundell pit lane start
PIT
26 Giancarlo Baghetti pit lane start
PIT
36 Ian Burgess pit lane start
PIT
27 Nasif Estéfano 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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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