1963 season/Round 6
German Grand Prix 1963
- Nürburgring
- Nürburg
- 4 August 1963
- 15 laps
- 342.2 km
- 22.810 km a lap
- P1John SurteesFerrari2:13:06.800
- P2Jim ClarkLotus+1:17.500
- P3Richie GintherBRM+2:44.900
- Pole positionJim ClarkLotus · 8:45.800
- Fastest lapJohn Surtees8:47.000 · lap 9
- Winner started fromP2on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus | 8:45.800 | |
| 2 | John Surtees | Ferrari | 8:46.700 | +0.900 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Bandini | BRM | 8:54.300 | +8.500 |
| 4 | Graham Hill | BRM | 8:57.200 | +11.400 |
| 5 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper | 8:57.300 | +11.500 |
| 6 | Richie Ginther | BRM | 9:02.800 | +17.000 |
| 7 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 9:03.500 | +17.700 |
| 8 | Jack Brabham | Brabham | 9:04.200 | +18.400 |
| 9 | Jo Siffert | Lotus | 9:11.100 | +25.300 |
| 10 | Tony Maggs | Cooper | 9:11.600 | +25.800 |
| 11 | Innes Ireland | Lotus | 9:14.600 | +28.800 |
| 12 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper | 9:16.000 | +30.200 |
| 13 | Dan Gurney | Brabham | 9:17.200 | +31.400 |
| 14 | Chris Amon | Lola | 9:20.100 | +34.300 |
| 15 | Gerhard Mitter | Porsche | 9:20.900 | +35.100 |
| 16 | Jim Hall | Lotus | 9:22.700 | +36.900 |
| 17 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 9:25.100 | +39.300 |
| 18 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus | 9:33.800 | +48.000 |
| 19 | Ian Burgess | Scirocco | 9:52.200 | +1:06.400 |
| 20 | Mário de Araújo Cabral | Cooper | 9:53.100 | +1:07.300 |
| 21 | Bernard Collomb | Lotus | 10:01.000 | +1:15.200 |
| 22 | Tony Settember | Scirocco | 10:02.000 | +1:16.200 |
| 23 | André Pilette | Lotus | 10:20.000 | +1:34.200 |
| 24 | Ian Raby | Gilby | 10:44.700 | +1:58.900 |
| 25 | Tim Parnell | Lotus | 11:07.200 | +2:21.400 |
| 26 | Kurt Kuhnke | Lotus | 11:23.500 | +2:37.700 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Surtees | 9 | 8:47.000 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Clark | 42 | |
| 2 | John Surtees | 22 | ▲2 |
| 3 | Richie Ginther | 18 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Graham Hill | 13 | ▼1 |
| 5 | Dan Gurney | 12 | |
| 6 | Bruce McLaren | 10 | |
| 7 | Tony Maggs | 8 | |
| 8 | Gerhard Mitter | 3 | |
| 8 | Innes Ireland | 3 | |
| 8 | Jack Brabham | 3 |