30 Jun 1963 French Grand Prix
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The 1963 French Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1963 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Reims-Gueux, France on Sunday, 2 July 1963. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1963 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 53 | 2:10:54.300 | 2:10:54.300 | - | - | 2:21.600 | 12 | 201.675 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 53 | +64.900 | 2:11:59.200 | +1:04.900 | +1:04.900 | 2:23.000 | 27 | 200.022 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 53 | +133.900 | 2:13:08.200 | +2:13.900 | +1:09.000 | 2:22.700 | 28 | 198.295 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 53 | +135.200 | 2:13:09.500 | +2:15.200 | +1.300 | 2:22.000 | 15 | 198.262 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 53 | +153.400 | 2:13:27.700 | +2:33.400 | +18.200 | 2:22.300 | 27 | 197.812 | 2 |
| 6 | 36 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 52 | +1 lap | 2:13:13.700 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:24.900 | 3 | 194.419 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 51 | +2 laps | 2:12:33.200 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:28.200 | 22 | 191.652 | |
| 8 | 28 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 50 | +3 laps | 2:11:48.200 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:28.200 | 22 | 188.963 | |
| 9 | 32 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | BRP BRM | Dunlop | 49 | +4 laps | 2:12:48.300 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:24.500 | 15 | 183.787 | |
| 10 | 46 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | BRM | Dunlop | 45 | +8 laps | 2:13:13.900 | 8 laps | 4 laps | 2:28.500 | 23 | 168.243 | |
| 11 | 34 | Jim Hall | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 45 | +8 laps | 2:13:17.800 | 8 laps | +3.900 | 2:28.900 | 11 | 168.161 | |
| 12 | 10 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 42 | DNF | 1:43:03.700 | 11 laps | 3 laps | 2:23.200 | 3 | 202.995 | |
| 13 | 20 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 41 | DNF | 1:45:27.100 | 12 laps | 1 lap | 2:22.000 | 25 | 193.670 | |
| NC | 42 | Phil Hill | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 34 | DNC | 2:12:22.300 | 2:28.300 | 13 | 127.943 | |||
| NC | 44 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 32 | DNC | 2:11:41.400 | 2:30.000 | 2 | 121.040 | |||
| DNF | 48 | Masten Gregory | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 30 | DNF | 1:39:58.600 | 2:26.900 | 15 | 149.470 | |||
| DNF | 16 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 12 | DNF | 32:37.500 | 2:22.500 | 3 | 183.216 | |||
| DNF | 38 | Tony Settember | United States | Scirocco BRM | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 13:21.300 | 2:36.500 | 3 | 186.491 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 4 | DNF | 9:46.700 | 2:21.900 | 2 | 203.764 | |||
| DNS | 14 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Italy | Ferrari |