The 1963 World Sportscar Championship season was the 11th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing.[1] It featured the 1963 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions and the 1963 International Trophy for GT Prototypes, which was contested in two engine capacity divisions.[1] The season ran from 17 February 1963 to 14 September 1963 over 22 events.[2]
This was the first World Sportscar Championship season to include hillclimb and rally events.
^ abDenis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222
^1963 World Sportscar Championship[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 29 January 2010
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