1963 Imola Grand Prix

The 1963 Imola Grand Prix, officialy known as the IV Gran Premio Citta di Imola, was a non-championship round for the 1963 FIA Formula One World Championship, held on 21^th of April. This was the first Formula One event to be held at this circuit.

Background[]

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 1963 Imola Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	John Surtees	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156/63	Ferrari	178 1.5 V6	D
4	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV 1.5 V8	D
6	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV 1.5 V8	D
8	Jo Bonnier	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T60	Climax	FWMV 1.5 V8	D
10	Jo Siffert	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 1.5 V8	D
12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 1.5 F4	D
14	Jack Fairman	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 1.5 F4	D
16	Phil Hill	Automobili Turismo e Sport	ATS	100	ATS	100 1.5 V8	D
18	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola	Mk4	Climax	FWMV 1.5 V8	D
20	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
22	Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 1.5 V8	D
24	André Pilette	Privateer	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
28	Gaetano Starrabba	Privateer	Lotus	18	Maserati	150S 1.5 L4	D
30	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T53	Maserati	150S 1.5 L4	D
32	Carlo Maria Abate	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	150S 1.5 L4	D
34	Jo Schlesser	Auto-Intercouse	Brabham	BT2	Ford	105E 1.5 L4	D
36	Bernard Collomb	Privateer	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV 1.5 V8	D
38	Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Jolly Club	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1963 Imola Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed
1	4	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:48.3	—	166.870 km/h
2	6	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:50.8	+2.5s	163.105 km/h
3	8	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	1:51.8	+3.5s	161.646 km/h
4	10	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	1:53.6	+5.3s	159.085 km/h
5	30	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	1:54.8	+6.5s	157.422 km/h
6	18	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	1:57.1	+8.8s	154.330 km/h
7	34	Jo Schlesser	Brabham-Ford	1:58.3	+10.0s	152.764 km/h
8	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:59.3	+11.0s	151.484 km/h
9	14	Jack Fairman	Porsche	1:59.3	+11.0s	151.484 km/h
10	38	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	2:00.9	+12.6s	149.479 km/h
11	36	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	2:01.3	+13.0s	148.986 km/h
12	32	Carlo Maria Abate	Cooper-Maserati	2:01.8	+13.5s	148.374 km/h
13	28	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	2:09.3	+21.0s	139.768 km/h
DNQ	22	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM	2:31.4	+43.1s	119.366 km/h
DNQ	20	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus-Climax	2:31.7	+43.4s	119.130 km/h
WD	2	John Surtees	Ferrari	Withdrawn
WD	16	Phil Hill	ATS	Withdrawn
WD	24	André Pilette	Lotus-Climax	Withdrawn

Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
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1		______________
Jim Clark		2		______________
		Trevor Taylor		3
				Jo Bonnier
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	4		______________
	Jo Siffert		5
			Lorenzo Bandini
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6		______________
Bob Anderson		7		______________
		Jo Schlesser		8
				Carel Godin de Beaufort
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	9		______________
	Jack Fairman		10
			Ernesto Prinoth
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11		______________
Bernard Collomb		12		______________
		Carlo Maria Abate		13
				Gaetano Starrabba
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	14		______________
			15

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16		______________
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Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1963 Imola Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	50	1:34:07.4	1
2	10	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	50	+1:25.6	4
3	18	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	49	+1 lap	6
4	34	Jo Schlesser	Brabham-Ford	49	+1 lap	7
5	32	Carlo Maria Abate	Cooper-Maserati	49	+1 lap	12
6	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	48	+2 laps	8
7	14	Jack Fairman	Porsche	47	+3 laps	9
8	38	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	41	+9 laps	10
9	6	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	36	+14 laps	2
Ret	8	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Climax	21	Piston	3
Ret	36	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	20	Ignition	11
Ret	30	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	8	Oil pressure	5
Ret	28	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	6	Throttle linkage	13
DNQ	22	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM
DNQ	20	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus-Climax
WD	2	John Surtees	Ferrari
WD	16	Phil Hill	ATS
WD	24	André Pilette	Lotus-Climax

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V T E	1963 Formula One Season
Constructors	Alfa Special • ATS • Brabham • BRM • BRP • Cooper • De Tomaso • Ferrari • Gilby • LDS • Lola • Lotus • Porsche • Scirocco • Stebro
Engines	Alfa Romeo • ATS • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford • Maserati • Porsche
Drivers	Amon • Anderson • Arundell • Baghetti • Bandini • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Blokdyk • Bonnier • Brabham • Brambilla • Broeker • Burgess • Cabral • Campbell-Jones • Clark • Collomb • Driver • Dochnal • Ginther • Gregory • Gurney • Hailwood • Hall • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • de Klerk • Kuhnke • Lippi • Love • Maggs • Mairesse • McLaren • Mitter • Niemann • Parnell • Pieterse • Pilette • Prophet • Raby • P. Rodríguez • Scarfiotti • Serrurier • Settember • Sharp • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Surtees • T. Taylor • Tingle • Trintignant • Ward
Cars	Alfa Special • ATS 100 • Brabham BT3 • Brabham BT6 • Brabham BT7 • BRM P57 • BRM P61 • BRP Mk1 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Cooper T55 • Cooper T60 • Cooper T66 • De Tomaso F1 • Ferrari 156 • Gilby 62 • LDS Mk 1 • Lola Mk4 • Lotus 18 • Lotus 18/21 • Lotus 21 • Lotus 22 • Lotus 24 • Lotus 25 • Porsche 718 • Scirocco SP • Stebro Mk IV
Tyres	Dunlop
Races	Monaco • Belgium • Netherlands • France • Britain • Germany • Italy • United States • Mexico • South Africa
Non-championship Races	Lombank • Glover • Pau • Imola GP • Syracuse GP • Aintree 200 • International Trophy • Rome GP • Solitude GP • Kannonloppet • Mediterranean GP • Gold Cup • Austria • Rand GP
See also	1962 Formula One Season • 1964 Formula One Season • Category