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1963 Monaco GP
1962 Belgian GP

1963 Belgian GP

1963 Dutch GP
1964 Belgian GP
 XXIII  Grand Prix de Belgique

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 9 June 1963
Start time14:00
Event Belgian GP
Circuit Spa-Francorchamps
Event FormatRace of 32 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#2 of 10 in 1963
#113 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps32
Circuit Perimeter14100 m
Race Distance14100 × 32 = 451.200 km
Grid Format3-2-3-2
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherOvercast, Wet
Participants
Entries20
Qualifiers20
Finishers8
Debutants
ATS (Ita) (Car Manufacturer),
BRP (Car Manufacturer),
Scirocco (Car Manufacturer),
ATS (Ita) (Engine Manufacturer),
ATS (Ita) 100 (Car Model),
   BRP 1 (Car Model),
Scirocco 01 (Car Model),
Automobili Turismo e Sport (Entrant),
Scirocco Powell Racing Cars (Entrant)
Records Broken 1. Highest 3rd Place Finish Ratio Brabham (16.67%),
2. Highest 8th Place Finish Ratio Scirocco (100.00%)
Records Extended 1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Cooper (80),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Bruce McLaren (26),
3. Most Consecutive Retirements Lotus (17),
4. Most Consecutive Constructors' Championship Points Scores Bruce McLaren (8),
5. Most Race Entries Ferrari (413),
6. Most 3rd Place Qualifications Ferrari (39),
7. Most 10th Place Qualifications Ferrari (22)

World Championship standings
1  Bruce McLaren 10 up
2  Graham Hill 9 up
  Jim Clark 9 
4  Richie Ginther 9 up
5  Dan Gurney 4 
6  John Surtees 3 up
7  Jo Bonnier 2 
  Tony Maggs 2 up
9  Trevor Taylor 1 up
  Carel Godin de Beaufort 1 
1  BRM / BRM 12 
2  Lotus / Climax 10 up
3  Cooper / Climax 10 up
4  Brabham / Climax 4 
5  Ferrari / Ferrari 3 up
6  Porsche / Porsche 1 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 1Car 7Car 1
EntrantTeam LotusOwen Racing OrganisationTeam Lotus
Driver Jim Clark Graham Hill Jim Clark
Car Lotus 25 BRM P57 Lotus 25
EngineClimax 1.5 V8BRM 1.5 V8Climax 1.5 V8
Time2:27'47.63'54.13'58.1
Speed183.175 km/h216.830 km/h213.188 km/h