French Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 30th June 1963 Local
Sun 30th June 1963 2:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1963

Round
Round 4

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Location
Reims-Gueux

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The 1963 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 30 June 1963. It was race 4 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 25-Climax 1.5 litre V8.
By finishing 7th, at 19 years and 345 days old, Chris Amon became the youngest driver to finish a world championship race. This record would hold for another 38 years, until it was broken by Fernando Alonso at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.

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Result List

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1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:10:54.3
2 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax + 1:04.9
3 Graham Hill BRM + 1:13.9
4 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax + 2:15.2
5 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax + 2:33.4
6 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM + 1 lap
7 Chris Amon Lola-Climax + 2 laps
8 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax + 3 laps
9 Innes Ireland BRP-BRM + 4 laps
10 Lorenzo Bandini BRM + 8 laps

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