Season 1963 · Round 9

Mexican Grand Prix

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1963-10-27 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 65Lap · 325.000km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:09:52.100
Team win 9pt P1 · P15 · P18 · P25
8 Jack Brabham
Brabham +1:41.100
6 Richie Ginther
BRM +1:54.700
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Phil Hill L46 Lorenzo Bandini L36 Bruce McLaren L30 Pedro Rodríguez L26 Masten Gregory L23 Trevor Taylor L19 Giancarlo Baghetti L12 Chris Amon L9 Tony Maggs L7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
65Lap 325.000km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Jim Clark 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Dan Gurney 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P4 Jack Brabham 1 · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 John Surtees 1 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Podiums
P1 Jack Brabham 4 · GP #1
P10 Dan Gurney 2 · → Gerhard Berger -1
P10 Jim Clark 2 · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P1 Jack Brabham 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jo Siffert 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Pedro Rodríguez 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Brabham · P10 → P2 · +8 10 Brabham BRA 2 Brabham BRA Ginther · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Ginther GIN 3 Ginther GIN Hill · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Hill HIL 4 Hill HIL Bonnier · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Bonnier BON 5 Bonnier BON Gurney · P4 → P6 · -2 4 Gurney GUR 6 Gurney GUR Sharp · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Sharp SHA 7 Sharp SHA Hall · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Hall HAL 8 Hall HAL Siffert · P9 → P9 9 Siffert SIF 9 Siffert SIF de Beaufort · P18 → P10 · +8 18 de Beaufort DE 10 de Beaufort DE Solana · P11 → P11 11 Solana SOL 11 Solana SOL Hill · P17 → retired L46 Hill · retired L46 17 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Bandini · P7 → retired L36 Bandini · retired L36 7 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN McLaren · P6 → retired L30 McLaren · retired L30 6 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Rodríguez · P20 → retired L26 Rodríguez · retired L26 20 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Gregory · P14 → retired L23 Gregory · retired L23 14 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Surtees · P2 → P17 · -15 2 Surtees SUR 17 Surtees SUR Taylor · P12 → retired L19 Taylor · retired L19 12 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Baghetti · P21 → retired L12 Baghetti · retired L12 21 Baghetti BAG R Baghetti BAG Amon · P19 → retired L9 Amon · retired L9 19 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Maggs · P13 → retired L7 Maggs · retired L7 13 Maggs MAG R Maggs MAG Dochnal · pit lane → P22 · +4 — Dochnal DOC 22 Dochnal DOC Hansgen · pit lane → P23 · +4 — Hansgen HAN 23 Hansgen HAN Ireland · pit lane → P24 · +4 — Ireland IRE 24 Ireland IRE Monarch · pit lane → P25 · +4 — Monarch MON 25 Monarch MON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 65 2:09:52.100 9
2 8 Jack Brabham Brabham 10 65 +1:41.100 6
3 6 Richie Ginther BRM 5 65 +1:54.700 4
4 5 Graham Hill BRM 3 64 +1 Lap 3
5 12 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax 8 62 +3 Laps 2
6 9 Dan Gurney Brabham 4 62 +3 Laps 1
7 22 Hap Sharp Lotus-BRM 16 61 +4 Laps
8 16 Jim Hall Lotus-BRM 15 61 +4 Laps
9 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 9 59 +6 Laps
10 14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 18 58 +7 Laps
11 13 Moisés Solana BRM 11 57 Engine
R 25 Phil Hill ATS 17 46 Suspension
R 4 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 7 36 Ignition
R 10 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 6 30 Engine
R 10 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 20 26 Suspension
R 17 Masten Gregory Lola 14 23 Suspension
D 3 John Surtees Ferrari 2 19 Disqualified
R 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 12 19 Engine
R 26 Giancarlo Baghetti ATS 21 12 Engine
R 18 Chris Amon Lotus-BRM 19 9 Gearbox
R 11 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 13 7 Engine
W 20 Frank Dochnal Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 7 Walt Hansgen Team Lotus 0 0 Withdrew
W 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 0 0 Withdrew
W 19 Thomas Monarch Lotus-Climax 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
5 Graham Hill
4
9 Dan Gurney
5
6 Richie Ginther
6
10 Bruce McLaren
7
4 Lorenzo Bandini
8
12 Jo Bonnier
9
14 Jo Siffert
10
8 Jack Brabham
11
13 Moisés Solana
12
2 Trevor Taylor
13
11 Tony Maggs
14
17 Masten Gregory
15
16 Jim Hall
16
22 Hap Sharp
17
25 Phil Hill
18
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort
19
18 Chris Amon
20
10 Pedro Rodríguez
21
26 Giancarlo Baghetti
PIT
20 Frank Dochnal pit lane start
PIT
7 Walt Hansgen pit lane start
PIT
15 Innes Ireland pit lane start
PIT
19 Thomas Monarch 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