The 1963 South African Grand Prix was Round 10 of the 1963 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Prince George Circuit in East London, South Africa on Sunday, 8 October 1963. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1963 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Constructor | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus | Dunlop | 85 | 2:10:36.900 | 2:10:36.900 | - | - | 1:30.600 | 61 | 153.048 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham | Dunlop | 85 | +66.800s | 2:11:43.700 | +1:06.800 | +1:06.800 | 1:29.100 | 33 | 151.755 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 84 | +1 lap | 2:10:43.800 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:31.700 | 28 | 151.115 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper | Dunlop | 84 | +1 lap | 2:11:38.200 | 1 lap | +54.400 | 1:32.200 | 12 | 150.074 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Dunlop | 84 | +1 lap | 2:11:47.200 | 1 lap | +9.000 | 1:32.500 | 45 | 149.903 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper | Dunlop | 83 | +2 laps | 2:10:45.500 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.300 | 69 | 149.283 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper | Dunlop | 82 | +3 laps | 2:11:18.300 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.400 | 26 | 146.871 | |
| 8 | 2 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus | Dunlop | 81 | +4 laps | 2:10:38.500 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.900 | 22 | 145.816 | |
| 9 | 19 | John Love | Zimbabwe | Cooper | Dunlop | 80 | +5 laps | 2:11:39.600 | 5 laps | 1 lap | 1:36.600 | 18 | 142.902 | |
| 10 | 14 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 79 | +6 laps | 2:11:33.000 | 6 laps | 1 lap | 1:37.200 | 41 | 141.234 | |
| 11 | 16 | Doug Serrurier | South Africa | LDS | Dunlop | 78 | +7 laps | 2:11:53.500 | 7 laps | 1 lap | 1:38.400 | 49 | 139.085 | |
| 12 | 23 | Trevor Blokdyk | South Africa | Cooper | Dunlop | 77 | +8 laps | 2:11:52.500 | 8 laps | 1 lap | 1:38.200 | 49 | 137.319 | |
| 13 | 8 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham | Dunlop | 70 | DNF | 1:49:45.000 | 15 laps | 7 laps | 1:32.000 | 10 | 150.002 | |
| 14 | 21 | Brausch Niemann | South Africa | Lotus | Dunlop | 66 | +19 laps | 2:11:15.900 | 19 laps | 4 laps | 1:35.400 | 13 | 118.249 | |
| DNF | 18 | Peter de Klerk | South Africa | Alfa Romeo | Dunlop | 53 | DNF | 1:31:14.000 | 1:39.500 | 27 | 136.623 | |||
| DNF | 22 | David Prophet | Great Britain | Brabham | Dunlop | 49 | DNF | 1:21:37.300 | 1:37.400 | 24 | 141.186 | |||
| DNF | 3 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 43 | DNF | 1:06:35.600 | 1:31.000 | 32 | 151.859 | |||
| DNF | 6 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 43 | DNF | 1:07:01.000 | 1:32.300 | 30 | 150.900 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Ernie Pieterse | South Africa | Lotus | Dunlop | 3 | DNF | 5:03.200 | 1:37.900 | 2 | 139.619 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Sam Tingle | Zimbabwe | LDS | Dunlop | 2 | DNF | 3:26.000 | 1:38.200 | 2 | 136.999 | |||
| DNS | 15 | Paddy Driver | South Africa | Lotus | Dunlop | DNS |