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1963 Imola Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = NC

|Country = Italy

|Grand Prix = Imola

|Official name = IV Gran Premio d'Imola

|Location = Autodromo di Castellaccis, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

|Image = Imola53.png

|image-size = 300px

|Date = 21 April

|Year = 1963

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 3.118{{Cite web | url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1963-imola-grand-prix/ | title=1963 Imola Grand Prix | Motorsport Database }}

|Course_km = 5.018

|Distance_laps = 50

|Distance_mi = 155.90

|Distance_km = 250.85

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver = Jim Clark

|Pole_Country = UK

|Pole_Team = Lotus-Climax

|Pole_Time = 1:48.3

|Fast_Driver = Trevor Taylor

|Fast_Team = Lotus-Climax

|Fast_Time = 1:48.3

|Fast_Country = UK

|First_Driver = Jim Clark

|First_Country = UK

|First_Team = Lotus-Climax

|Second_Driver = Jo Siffert

|Second_Country = Switzerland

|Second_Team = Lotus-BRM

|Third_Driver = Bob Anderson

|Third_Country = UK

|Third_Team = Lola-Climax

}}

The 4th Imola Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 21 April 1963 at the 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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1

| 4

| {{flagicon|UK}} Jim Clark

| Team Lotus

| Lotus-Climax

| 1:34.07.4

|style="text-align:center"| 1

2

| 10

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Jo Siffert

| Ecurie Filipinetti

| Lotus-BRM

| + 1:25.6 s

|style="text-align:center"| 4

3

| 18

| {{flagicon|UK}} Bob Anderson

| DW Racing Enterprises

| Lola-Climax

| + 1 Lap

|style="text-align:center"| 6

4

| 34

| {{flagicon|France}} Jo Schlesser

| Inter-Autocourse

| Brabham-Ford

| + 1 Lap

|style="text-align:center"| 7

5

| 32

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Carlo Abate

| Scuderia Centro Sud

| Cooper-Maserati

| + 1 Lap

|style="text-align:center"| 12

6

| 12

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Carel Godin de Beaufort

| Ecurie Maarsbergen

| Porsche

| + 2 Laps

|style="text-align:center"| 8

7

| 14

| {{flagicon|UK}} Jack Fairman

| Ecurie Maarsbergen

| Porsche

| + 3 Laps

|style="text-align:center"| 9

8

| 38

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Ernesto Prinoth

| Ernesto Prinoth

| Lotus-Climax

| + 9 Laps

|style="text-align:center"| 10

9

| 6

| {{flagicon|UK}} Trevor Taylor

| Team Lotus

| Lotus-Climax

| + 14 Laps

|style="text-align:center"| 2

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jo Bonnier

| Rob Walker Racing Team

| Lotus-Climax

| Piston

|style="text-align:center"| 3

Ret

| 36

| {{flagicon|France}} Bernard Collomb

| Bernard Collomb

| Lotus-Climax

| Ignition

|style="text-align:center"| 11

Ret

| 30

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Lorenzo Bandini

| Scuderia Centro Sud

| Cooper-Maserati

| Oil pressure

|style="text-align:center"| 5

Ret

| 28

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Gaetano Starrabba

| Gaetano Starrabba

| Lotus-Maserati

| Throttle linkage

|style="text-align:center"| 13

DNQ

| 22

| {{flagicon|Germany}} Günther Seiffert

| Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel

| Lotus-BRM

|

|style="text-align:center"| -

DNQ

| 20

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Giancarlo Baghetti

| Ecurie Filipinetti

| Lotus-Climax

|

|style="text-align:center"| -

WD

| 2

| {{flagicon|UK}} John Surtees

| SEFAC Ferrari

| Ferrari

| Car not ready

|style="text-align:center"| -

WD

| 16

| {{flagicon|USA}} Phil Hill

| Automobili Turismo e Sport

| ATS

| Car not ready

|style="text-align:center"| -

WD

| 24

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} André Pilette

| André Pilette

| Lotus-Climax

|

|style="text-align:center"| -

WD

| 26

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Carlo Abate

| Scuderia Centro Sud

| Porsche

| No car - driver drove No. 32

|style="text-align:center"| -

WD

| 32

| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Willy Mairesse

| SEFAC Ferrari

| Ferrari

| Car not ready - entry taken by Scd. Centro Sud

|style="text-align:center"| -

References

{{Reflist}}

  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
  • Race results at www.silhouet.com [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1963/1963.html#21-4]

{{F1 NC race report

| Name_of_race = Imola Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1963

| Previous_race_in_season = 1963 Pau Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 1963 Syracuse Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 1956 Imola Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = —

}}

Imola Grand Prix