South African Grand Prix

Date
Sat 28th December 1963 (UTC)
Sat 28th December 1963 (Local)

Timestamp
1963-12-28T12:00:00

Time

12:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1963

Round
10

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Location
Prince George Circuit

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The 1963 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the 10th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa, was a Formula One motor race held at East London on 28 December 1963. It was the tenth and final race in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 85-lap race was won from pole position by Jim Clark in a works Lotus-Climax, the Scottish driver achieving his seventh win of the 1963 Championship. Dan Gurney finished second in a Brabham-Climax, while Graham Hill was third in a BRM. It would be the last Formula One race in December until the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:10:36.9
2 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax +1:06.8
3 Graham Hill BRM +1 lap
4 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax +1 lap
5 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari +1 lap
6 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Climax +2 laps
7 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax +3 laps
8 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax +4 laps
9 John Love Cooper-Climax +5 laps
10 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche +6 laps

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