Season 1963 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1963-07-20 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 82Lap · 386.261km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:14:09.600
Team win 9pt P1 · P8 · P21
3 John Surtees
Ferrari +25.800
5 Graham Hill
BRM +37.600
Team win 9pt P3 · P4 · P5
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Jo Siffert L66 Jo Bonnier L65 Dan Gurney L59 Ian Raby L59 Ian Burgess L36 Jack Brabham L27 Innes Ireland L26 Trevor Taylor L23 Tony Settember L20 Bruce McLaren L6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark active 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
82Lap 386.261km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Jim Clark 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P5 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Jo Siffert 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Surtees · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Surtees SUR 2 Surtees SUR Hill · P3 → P3 3 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL Ginther · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Ginther GIN 4 Ginther GIN Bandini · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Bandini BAN 5 Bandini BAN Hall · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Hall HAL 6 Hall HAL Amon · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Amon AMO 7 Amon AMO Hailwood · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Hailwood HAI 8 Hailwood HAI Maggs · P7 → P9 · -2 7 Maggs MAG 9 Maggs MAG de Beaufort · P21 → P10 · +11 21 de Beaufort DE 10 de Beaufort DE Gregory · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Gregory GRE 11 Gregory GRE Anderson · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Anderson AND 12 Anderson AND Campbell-Jones · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Campbell-Jones CAM 13 Campbell-Jones CAM Siffert · P15 → retired L66 Siffert · retired L66 15 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Bonnier · P12 → retired L65 Bonnier · retired L65 12 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Gurney · P2 → retired L59 Gurney · retired L59 2 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Raby · P19 → retired L59 Raby · retired L59 19 Raby RAB R Raby RAB Burgess · P20 → retired L36 Burgess · retired L36 20 Burgess BUR R Burgess BUR Brabham · P4 → retired L27 Brabham · retired L27 4 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Ireland · P11 → retired L26 Ireland · retired L26 11 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Taylor · P10 → retired L23 Taylor · retired L23 10 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Settember · P18 → retired L20 Settember · retired L20 18 Settember SET R Settember SET McLaren · P6 → retired L6 McLaren · retired L6 6 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Estéfano · pit lane → P24 · +3 — Estéfano EST 24 Estéfano EST Baghetti · pit lane → P25 · +3 — Baghetti BAG 25 Baghetti BAG Hill · pit lane → P26 · +3 — Hill HIL 26 Hill HIL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 82 2:14:09.600 9
2 3 John Surtees Ferrari 5 82 +25.800 6
3 5 Graham Hill BRM 3 82 +37.600 4
4 6 Richie Ginther BRM 9 81 +1 Lap 3
5 4 Lorenzo Bandini BRM 8 81 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 13 80 +2 Laps 1
7 18 Chris Amon Lola 14 80 +2 Laps
8 40 Mike Hailwood Lotus-Climax 17 78 +4 Laps
9 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 7 78 +4 Laps
10 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 21 76 +6 Laps
11 17 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 22 75 +7 Laps
12 48 Bob Anderson Lola 16 75 +7 Laps
13 24 John Campbell-Jones Lola 23 74 +8 Laps
R 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 15 66 Gearbox
R 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 12 65 Oil pressure
R 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 2 59 Engine
R 26 Ian Raby Gilby 19 59 Gearbox
R 36 Ian Burgess Scirocco 20 36 Ignition
R 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 4 27 Engine
R 15 Innes Ireland BRP 11 26 Ignition
R 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 10 23 Fuel pump
R 23 Tony Settember Scirocco 18 20 Ignition
R 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 6 6 Engine
W 27 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso 0 0 Withdrew
W 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 0 0 Withdrew
W 25 Phil Hill ATS 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
9 Dan Gurney
3
5 Graham Hill
4
8 Jack Brabham
5
3 John Surtees
6
10 Bruce McLaren
7
11 Tony Maggs
8
4 Lorenzo Bandini
9
6 Richie Ginther
10
2 Trevor Taylor
11
15 Innes Ireland
12
12 Jo Bonnier
13
16 Jim Hall
14
18 Chris Amon
15
14 Jo Siffert
16
48 Bob Anderson
17
40 Mike Hailwood
18
23 Tony Settember
19
26 Ian Raby
20
36 Ian Burgess
21
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort
22
17 Masten Gregory
23
24 John Campbell-Jones
PIT
27 Nasif Estéfano pit lane start
PIT
26 Giancarlo Baghetti pit lane start
PIT
25 Phil Hill 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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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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