1963 Imola Grand Prix

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1963 Imola Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date 21 April 1963
Official name IV Gran Premio d'Imola
Location
Autodromo di Castellaccis, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.018 km (3.118[1] miles)
Distance 50 laps, 250.85 km (155.90 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:48.3
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax
Time 1:48.3
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second
BRM
Third
  • Bob Anderson
Lola-Climax

The 4th Imola Grand Prix was a

Autodromo di Castellaccis. The previous three Imola Grands Prix were sports car races held in the mid-1950s, and this was the first Formula One event held at the circuit. From 1981, the circuit was the venue for the San Marino Grand Prix
.

The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25, lapping the entire field except for second-placed Jo Siffert. Trevor Taylor set the fastest lap after losing more than ten laps with a gear selector problem.

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 4 United Kingdom Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1:34.07.4 1
2 10 Switzerland Jo Siffert
Ecurie Filipinetti
Lotus-BRM + 1:25.6 s 4
3 18 United Kingdom Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax + 1 Lap 6
4 34 France Jo Schlesser Inter-Autocourse Brabham-Ford + 1 Lap 7
5 32
Carlo Abate
Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati + 1 Lap 12
6 12 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen
Porsche
+ 2 Laps 8
7 14 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Ecurie Maarsbergen
Porsche
+ 3 Laps 9
8 38 Italy Ernesto Prinoth Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax + 9 Laps 10
9 6 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 14 Laps 2
Ret 8
Jo Bonnier
Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax Piston 3
Ret 36 France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax Ignition 11
Ret 30 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati Oil pressure 5
Ret 28 Italy Gaetano Starrabba Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati Throttle linkage 13
DNQ 22 Germany Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM -
DNQ 20 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti
Ecurie Filipinetti
Lotus-Climax -
WD 2 United Kingdom John Surtees SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari Car not ready -
WD 16 United States Phil Hill Automobili Turismo e Sport ATS Car not ready -
WD 24 Belgium André Pilette André Pilette Lotus-Climax -
WD 26
Carlo Abate
Scuderia Centro Sud Porsche No car - driver drove No. 32 -
WD 32 Belgium Willy Mairesse SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari Car not ready - entry taken by Scd. Centro Sud -

References

  1. ^ "1963 Imola Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
  • Race results at www.silhouet.com [1]


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