| 1963 Italian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 8 September 1963 | ||
| Official name | XXXIV Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.750 km (3.573 miles) | ||
| Distance | 86 laps, 494.500 km (307.268 miles) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:37.3 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | |
| Time | 1:38.9 on lap 60 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Second | BRM | ||
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1963 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 8 September 1963. It was the seventh of ten races in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. At this race, Scottish driver Jim Clark clinched the World Championship crown with three races to go, the first time anyone had done so.
The organisers had planned to run on the full 10 km circuit but the very bumpy (and in some places ruined) nature of the banked concrete curves provoked much criticism and also caused accidents. Therefore, at the drivers' request, for the next day it was decided to revert to the 5.75 km road layout.
This race was Scuderia Ferrari's 100th start in a World Championship event as a team.[1] Jim Clark became the first driver to win the World Drivers' Championship with 3 races left to go. Lotus-Climax also won the Constructors' Championship.
- ^ Privateer Ferrari's entry in 1950 French Grand Prix, which is often a source of incorrect count for their races as a team (as opposed to as a manufacturer) doesn't count towards the team's participation.