Season 1963 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

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1963-08-04 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 15Lap · 342.150km
3 John Surtees
Ferrari 2:13:06.800
Team win 9pt P1 · P20
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax +1:17.500
6 Richie Ginther
BRM +2:44.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Carel Godin de Beaufort L9 Tony Maggs L7 Dan Gurney L6 Mário de Araújo Cabral L6 Ian Burgess L5 Tony Settember L5 Bruce McLaren L3 Graham Hill L2 Chris Amon L1 Willy Mairesse L1 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
15Lap 342.150km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
P15 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P20 Phil Hill 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P20 Dan Gurney 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L15 Surtees · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Surtees SUR 1 Surtees SUR Clark · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Clark CLA 2 Clark CLA Ginther · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Ginther GIN 3 Ginther GIN Mitter · P15 → P4 · +11 15 Mitter MIT 4 Mitter MIT Hall · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Hall HAL 5 Hall HAL Bonnier · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Bonnier BON 6 Bonnier BON Brabham · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Brabham BRA 7 Brabham BRA Taylor · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Taylor TAY 8 Taylor TAY Siffert · P9 → P9 9 Siffert SIF 9 Siffert SIF Collomb · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Collomb COL 10 Collomb COL de Beaufort · P17 → retired L9 de Beaufort · retired L9 17 de Beaufort DE R de Beaufort DE Maggs · P10 → retired L7 Maggs · retired L7 10 Maggs MAG R Maggs MAG Gurney · P13 → retired L6 Gurney · retired L6 13 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Cabral · P20 → retired L6 Cabral · retired L6 20 Cabral CAB R Cabral CAB Burgess · P19 → retired L5 Burgess · retired L5 19 Burgess BUR R Burgess BUR Settember · P22 → retired L5 Settember · retired L5 22 Settember SET R Settember SET McLaren · P5 → retired L3 McLaren · retired L3 5 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Hill · P4 → retired L2 Hill · retired L2 4 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Amon · P14 → retired L1 Amon · retired L1 14 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Mairesse · P7 → retired L1 Mairesse · retired L1 7 Mairesse MAI R Mairesse MAI Ireland · P11 → retired L1 Ireland · retired L1 11 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Bandini · P3 → retired L0 Bandini · retired L0 3 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN Hill · pit lane → P27 · +3 — Hill HIL 27 Hill HIL Baghetti · pit lane → P28 · +3 — Baghetti BAG 28 Baghetti BAG Gregory · pit lane → P29 · +3 — Gregory GRE 29 Gregory GRE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 John Surtees Ferrari 2 15 2:13:06.800 9
2 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 15 +1:17.500 6
3 6 Richie Ginther BRM 6 15 +2:44.900 4
4 26 Gerhard Mitter Porsche 15 15 +8:11.500 3
5 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 16 14 +1 Lap 2
6 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 12 14 +1 Lap 1
7 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 8 14 +1 Lap
8 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 18 14 +1 Lap
9 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 9 10 Differential
10 28 Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 21 10 +5 Laps
R 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 17 9 Wheel
R 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 10 7 Engine
R 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 13 6 Gearbox
R 22 Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Climax 20 6 Gearbox
R 36 Ian Burgess Scirocco 19 5 Steering
R 23 Tony Settember Scirocco 22 5 Accident
R 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 5 3 Accident
R 5 Graham Hill BRM 4 2 Gearbox
R 18 Chris Amon Lola 14 1 Accident
R 8 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 7 1 Accident
R 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 11 1 Accident
R 4 Lorenzo Bandini BRM 3 0 Accident
W 25 Phil Hill ATS 0 0 Withdrew
W 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 0 0 Withdrew
W 17 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
3 John Surtees
3
4 Lorenzo Bandini
4
5 Graham Hill
5
10 Bruce McLaren
6
6 Richie Ginther
7
8 Willy Mairesse
8
8 Jack Brabham
9
14 Jo Siffert
10
11 Tony Maggs
11
15 Innes Ireland
12
12 Jo Bonnier
13
9 Dan Gurney
14
18 Chris Amon
15
26 Gerhard Mitter
16
16 Jim Hall
17
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort
18
2 Trevor Taylor
19
36 Ian Burgess
20
22 Mário de Araújo Cabral
21
28 Bernard Collomb
22
23 Tony Settember
PIT
25 Phil Hill pit lane start
PIT
26 Giancarlo Baghetti pit lane start
PIT
17 Masten Gregory 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 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