06 Oct 1963 United States Grand Prix
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The 1963 United States Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1963 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Watkins Glen, United States on Sunday, 8 October 1963. Graham Hill started on pole position for BRM and was the race winner.
1963 United States Grand Prix Race Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 110 | 2:19:22.100 | 2:19:22.100 | - | - | 1:14.900 | 47 | 175.290 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 110 | +34.300 | 2:19:56.400 | +34.300 | +34.300 | 1:15.400 | 30 | 174.574 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 109 | +1 lap | 2:20:08.400 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:14.500 | 50 | 172.740 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 108 | +2 laps | 2:20:07.100 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:15.300 | 16 | 171.181 | 3 |
| 5 | 24 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Dunlop | 106 | +4 laps | 2:19:22.600 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:16.200 | 102 | 168.905 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 99 | +11 laps | 2:20:22.800 | 11 laps | 7 laps | 1:22.700 | 99 | 156.624 | 1 |
| 7 | 21 | Peter Broeker | Canada | Stebro Ford | Dunlop | 88 | +22 laps | 2:20:34.500 | 22 laps | 11 laps | 1:32.000 | 26 | 139.028 | |
| 8 | 11 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 85 | +25 laps | 2:20:21.800 | 25 laps | 3 laps | 1:16.700 | 16 | 134.491 | |
| 9 | 23 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 82 | DNF | 1:43:20.400 | 28 laps | 3 laps | 1:14.700 | 70 | 176.227 | |
| 10 | 16 | Jim Hall | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 76 | DNF | 1:42:03.800 | 34 laps | 6 laps | 1:18.800 | 43 | 165.376 | |
| 11 | 3 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 74 | DNF | 1:47:12.900 | 36 laps | 2 laps | 1:16.100 | 50 | 153.286 | |
| DNF | 14 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 56 | DNF | 1:13:23.500 | 1:17.000 | 34 | 169.461 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 44 | DNF | 56:52.100 | 1:16.200 | 41 | 171.834 | |||
| DNF | 18 | Rodger Ward | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 44 | DNF | 1:24:19.700 | 1:19.900 | 32 | 115.879 | |||
| DNF | 6 | Dan Gurney | United States | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 42 | DNF | 53:18.900 | 1:15.400 | 10 | 174.956 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 36 | DNF | 46:31.800 | 1:15.800 | 10 | 171.829 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 24 | DNF | 31:26.300 | 1:17.200 | 15 | 169.543 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Masten Gregory | United States | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 14 | DNF | 18:13.600 | 1:16.900 | 10 | 170.588 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Hap Sharp | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 6 | DNF | 8:36.300 | 1:21.900 | 2 | 154.856 | |||
| DNF | 25 | Phil Hill | United States | ATS | Dunlop | 4 | DNF | 5:33.400 | 1:20.600 | 3 | 159.872 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Italy | ATS | Dunlop | DNF |