Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1963 Rand Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
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Cooper-Alfa Romeo | Withdrawn | |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Lotus-Climax | Withdrawn | |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Cooper-Alfa Romeo | Withdrawn | |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[]
Report[]
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 | ______________ | |||
| 23 | |||||