1963 Rand Grand Prix

VII Rand Grand Prix
Rand Grand Prix at Kyalami layout in 1963
Race details
Date	December 14, 1963
Official Name	VII Rand Grand Prix
Location	Kyalami Kyalami, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.087km (2.54mi)
Distance	25 × 2 laps, 204.344km (127.001 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	John Surtees Ferrari
Time	1:34.1
Fastest Lap
Driver	John Surtees Ferrari
Time	1:34.8 (Heat 1) 1:35.5 (Heat 2)
Podium
First	John Surtees Ferrari
Second	Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari
Third	Peter de Klerk Alfa Romeo
Lap Leaders
No data available

Background

Entry List

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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
3	John Surtees	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156 Aero	Ferrari	178 V6 1.5	D
4	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari	178 V6 1.5	D
6	Paddy Driver	Selby Auto Spares	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
7	Ernie Pieterse	Privateer	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	John Love	Privateer	Cooper	T55	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
9	Trevor Blokdyk	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper	T51	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
10	Gene Bosman	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
11	Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
12	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Special	Special	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
13	Clive Trundell	Privateer	Cooper	T52	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
14	Sam Tingle	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
15	Clive Puzey	Privateer	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Bruce Huntley	Privateer	Cooper	T59	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
17	David Prophet	Privateer	Brabham	BT6	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
18	Brausch Niemann	Privateer	Lotus	22	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
19	Alex Blignaut	Team Valencia	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
20	David Clapham	Scuderia Los Amigos	LDS	Mk1	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
21	Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus	20	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
22	Rauten Hartmann	Privateer	Netuar	1	Peugeot	403 L6 1.5	D
23	George van Straaten	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
24	Bob Hay	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
25	Jack Holme	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
27	Clive Underwood	Privateer	Cooper	T52	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	3	John Surtees	Ferrari	1:34.1	—
2	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:36.0	+1.9s
3	4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:36.2	+2.1s
4	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:36.9	+2.8s
5	12	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	1:37.3	+3.2s
6	8	John Love	Cooper-Climax	1:37.9	+3.8s
7	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	1:38.7	+4.6s
8	18	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	1:39.3	+5.2s
9	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:39.7	+5.6s
10	6	Paddy Driver	Lotus-BRM	1:40.1	+6.0s
11	9	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati	1:40.4	+6.3s
12	17	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	1:41.4	+7.3s
13	13	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	1:42.6	+8.5s
14	10	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:42.7	+8.6s
15	20	David Clapham	LDS-Climax	1:43.2	+9.1s
16	23	George van Straaten	LDS-Ford	1:45.0	+10.9s
17	25	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	1:45.2	+11.1s
18	21	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford	1:46.5	+12.4s
19	19	Alex Blignaut	Cooper-Climax	1:46.8	+12.7s
20	22	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot	1:47.7	+13.6s
DNQ*	14	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	No time	—
DNQ*	15	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	No time	—
WD	16	Bruce Huntley	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Withdrawn
WD	24	Bob Hay	Lotus-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	27	Clive Underwood	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Withdrawn

• * Tingle and Puzey had failed to qualify, but they are allowed to start at the back of the grid.

Grid

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
John Surtees		2		______________
		Trevor Taylor		3
				Lorenzo Bandini
	______________
	4		______________
	Jim Clark		5
			Peter de Klerk
______________
6		______________
John Love		7		______________
		Ernie Pieterse		8
				Brausch Niemann
	______________
	9		______________
	Doug Serrurier		10
			Paddy Driver
______________
11		______________
Trevor Blokdyk		12		______________
		David Prophet		13
				Clive Trundell
	______________
	14		______________
	Gene Bosman		15
			David Clapham
______________
16		______________
George van Straaten		17		______________
		Jack Holme		18
				Dave Charlton
	______________
	19		______________
	Alex Blignaut		20
			Rauten Hartmann
______________
21		______________
Sam Tingle		22		______________
		Clive Puzey		23

Heat One

Heat One Results

The full first heat results for the 1963 Rand Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	3	John Surtees	Ferrari	25	40:13.2	1
2	4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	25	+11.7s	3
3	12	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	25	+56.7s	5
4	8	John Love	Cooper-Climax	25	+1:00.6	6
5	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	25	+1:38.9	9
6	9	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Maserati	25	+1:48.6	11
7	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	25		7
8	14	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	25		21
9	17	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	25		12
10*	18	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	24	Wheel	8
11	6	Paddy Driver	Lotus-BRM	24	+1 lap	10
12	10	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	24	+1 lap	14
13	21	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford	24	+1 lap	18
14	19	Alex Blignaut	Cooper-Climax	24	+1 lap	19
15	22	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot	24	+1 lap	20
16	25	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	24	+1 lap	17
17	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	21	+4 laps	2
18	13	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	21	+4 laps	13
19	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	18	+7 laps	4
20	20	David Clapham	LDS-Climax	17	+8 laps	15
Ret†	15	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	10	Gear selector	22
Ret	23	George van Straaten	LDS-Ford	10	Engine	16

• * Niemann was classified despite retiring as he had complete 90% of the race distance.
• ^† Puzey could not take the start of the second heat.

Grid Before Heat Two

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
John Surtees		2		______________
		Lorenzo Bandini		3
				Peter de Klerk
	______________
	4		______________
	John Love		5
			Doug Serrurier
______________
6		______________
Trevor Blokdyk		7		______________
		Ernie Pieterse		8
				Sam Tingle
	______________
	9		______________
	David Prophet		10
			Brausch Niemann
______________
11		______________
Paddy Driver		12		______________
		Gene Bosman		13
				Dave Charlton
	______________
	14		______________
	Alex Blignaut		15
			Rauten Hartmann
______________
16		______________
Jack Holme		17		______________
		Trevor Taylor		18
				Clive Trundell
	______________
	19		______________
	Jim Clark		20
			David Clapham
______________
21		______________
George van Straaten		22		______________
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