Race 1 of 6 in 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date
10 February 1963
Location
Warwick Farm Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
3.621 km (2.25 miles)
Distance
45 laps, 162.945 km (101.25 miles)
Weather
Hot and sunny[1]
Pole position
Driver
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Time
1'38.8
Fastest lap
Driver
John Surtees Jack Brabham
Lola-Climax Repco Brabham-Climax
Time
1'40.2
Podium
First
Jack Brabham
Repco Brabham-Climax
Second
John Surtees
Lola-Climax
Third
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Motor car race
Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT4, similar to the example pictured above
The 1963 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 1963. Open to Formula Libre cars,[2][3] it was the opening heat of the 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race, which was the twenty eighth Australian Grand Prix, had 16 starters.
The race featured a strong representation of international competitors, with entries from Ecurie Vitesse for Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren for himself, R.R.C. Walker Racing Team for Graham Hill and from the Bowmaker Racing Team for John Surtees, Tony Maggs and Jim Palmer. Jack Brabham won the race, his second Australian Grand Prix victory, after a battle with John Surtees. It was the first AGP victory by a driver in a self-developed car since Doug Whiteford won in his "Black Bess" Ford V8 Special in 1950.
Stirling Moss, who was recovering from a near-fatal crash at the Goodwood Circuit, was the special guest at the Grand Prix. Moss, who had driven a Maserati 250F to victory in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, also provided guest commentary for Australian television station the ABC alongside Doug Woodward, Bill Reynolds and pit reporter Norman May.
^Cite error: The named reference AMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Motor Sport, March 1963, page 150
^The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix states that a 3-litre engine limit applied, however this is not supported by the AGP entry list in the Official Programme which includes a BRM Buick with a capacity of 3900cc
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