Second round of the 1963 Formula One World Championship
1963 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date
9 June 1963
Official name
XXIII Grote Prijs van Belgie
Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
14.100 km (8.761 miles)
Distance
32 laps, 451.200 km (280.363 miles)
Weather
Wet and overcast
Pole position
Driver
Graham Hill
BRM
Time
3:54.1
Fastest lap
Driver
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Time
3:58.1 on lap 16
Podium
First
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Second
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Third
Dan Gurney
Brabham-Climax
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1963 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held at Spa-Francorchamps on 9 June 1963. It was race 2 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Jim Clark won the race in extremely wet and rainy conditions. After starting eighth on the grid Clark passed all of the cars in front of him, including early leader Graham Hill. At the end of the race, Clark had not only lapped the entire field except for Bruce McLaren, but the margin to the second-placed Cooper driver was almost five minutes. The Scot's performance was made even more impressive by the fact that gearbox issues meant that he had to hold his gear lever in place, thus driving one-handed, whenever fifth gear was selected on this high-speed circuit. Given the rainy conditions, Clark eventually chose not to engage fifth gear at all, leaving him with only four gears.[1] This would be the first of seven victories for Clark and Team Lotus that year.
^"Jim Clark's 1963 victory at Spa in the Belgian Grand Prix". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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