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1963 United States GP
1962 Mexican GP
1963 Mexican GP
1963 Rand GP
1963 South African GP
1964 Mexican GP
II
Gran Premio de México
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 27 October 1963
Start time
14:00
Event
Mexican GP
Circuit
Mexico City
Event Format
Race of 65 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#9 of
10
in 1963
#120 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
65
Circuit Perimeter
5000 m
Race Distance
5000 × 65 = 325.000 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Dry
Participants
Entries
22
Qualifiers
21
Finishers
11
Debutants
Frank Dochnal
(
Driver
),
Moises Solana
(
Driver
),
13
(
Car Number
),
Frank Dochnal
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 22
– 100th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Dunlop
– 50th Fastest Lap (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Dunlop
– 50th Win (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Graham Hill
– 50th Race Entry (
Driver
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 8th Place Finishes in a Season
–
Lotus
(
7
),
2.
Most 8th Place Finishes in a Season
–
Jim Hall
(
3
),
3.
Most 8th Place Qualifications in a Season
–
Cooper
(
5
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
85
),
2.
Most Consecutive Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
BRM
(
20
),
3.
Most Race Entries
–
Ferrari
(
426
),
4.
Most 2nd Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
39
),
5.
Most 7th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
22
)
World Championship standings
1
Jim Clark
54
2
Richie Ginther
29
3
Graham Hill
25
4
John Surtees
22
5
Bruce McLaren
14
6
Jack Brabham
14
7
Dan Gurney
13
8
Tony Maggs
9
9
Innes Ireland
6
10
Jo Bonnier
5
11
Lorenzo Bandini
4
12
Gerhard Mitter
3
13
Jim Hall
3
14
Carel Godin de Beaufort
2
15
Trevor Taylor
1
Ludovico Scarfiotti
1
Jo Siffert
1
1
Lotus
/
Climax
54
2
BRM
/
BRM
36
3
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
24
4
Brabham
/
Climax
24
5
Cooper
/
Climax
23
6
BRP
/
BRM
6
7
Porsche
/
Porsche
5
8
Lotus
/
BRM
4
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 8
Car 8
Car 8
Entrant
Team Lotus
Team Lotus
Team Lotus
Driver
Jim Clark
Jim Clark
Jim Clark
Car
Lotus
25
Lotus
25
Lotus
25
Engine
Climax
1.5 V8
Climax
1.5 V8
Climax
1.5 V8
Time
2:09'52.1
1'58.8
1'58.1
Speed
150.152 km/h
151.515 km/h
152.413 km/h
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