1963 Solitude Grand Prix

1963 Solitude Grand Prix
1963 Solitude Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date	28 July 1963
Official name	XIII Großer Preis der Solitude
Location	Solitudering, near Stuttgart
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	11.4086 km (7.089 miles)
Distance	25 laps, 285.216 km (177.225 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark;
Time	3:50.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark
Time	3:49.1
Podium
First	Jack Brabham;
Second	Peter Arundell;
Third	Innes Ireland;

The 13th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 28 July 1963 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jack Brabham in a Brabham BT3.^[1]

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	1.40.06.9	2
2	Peter Arundell	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 24.7 s	4
3	Innes Ireland	British Racing Partnership	BRP-BRM	+ 2:30.5 s	6
4	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM	+ 3:39.1 s	10
5	Gerhard Mitter	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	24 laps	11
6	Jim Hall	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	24 laps	9
7	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	24 laps	13
8	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola-Climax	24 laps	12
9	Jo Bonnier	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	23 laps	3
10	Mário de Cabral	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	23 laps	18
11	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	22 laps	21
12	André Pilette	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	21 laps	22
NC	Ian Raby	Ian Raby (Racing)	Gilby-BRM	20 laps	17
NC	Philip Robinson	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	20 laps	19
NC	Mike Hailwood	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lola-Climax	18 laps	14
NC	Günther Seiffert	Rhine-Ruhr Racing Team	Lotus-BRM	18 laps	20
NC	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	17 laps	1
Ret	Jo Siffert	Siffert Racing Team	Lotus-BRM	Valve	7
Ret	Ernst Maring	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	Engine	25
Ret	Tony Settember	Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars)	Scirocco-BRM	Valve	15
Ret	Ian Burgess	Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars)	Scirocco-BRM	Ignition	27
Ret	Phil Hill	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	Fuel pipe	16
Ret	Chris Amon	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lola-Climax	Engine	8
Ret	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Crownwheel & pinion	5
Ret	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-BRM	Engine	23
Ret	Ron Carter	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	Engine	26
Ret	Kurt Kuhnke	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	Engine	24
WD	Carlo Mario Abate	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati		-
WD	Jo Schlesser	Jo Schlesser	Brabham-Ford		-

References

^ Jenkinson, Denis Sargent (September 1963). "Solitude Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Vol. XXXIX, no. 9. Teesdale Publishing Company Ltd. p. 25. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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[1] Jenkinson, Denis Sargent (September 1963). "Solitude Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Vol. XXXIX, no. 9. Teesdale Publishing Company Ltd. p. 25. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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