1963 Rome Grand Prix

Background[]

Entry List[]

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

No.	Driver	Entreat	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	André Wicky	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
4	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
6	John Campbell-Jones	Tim Parnell	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
8	Gastone Zanarotti	Privateer	De Tomaso	F1	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
10	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso	F1	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
12	Gaetano Starrabba	Privateer	Lotus	18	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
14	Kurt Kuhnke	Privateer	Lotus	18	Borgward	1500 RS L4 1.5	D
16	Ernst Maring	Privateer	Lotus	18	Borgward	1500 RS L4 1.5	D
18	Ian Raby	Privateer	Gilby	62	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
20	Günther Seiffert	Rhine-Ruhr Racing Team	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
22	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola	Mk4	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
24	André Pilette	Privateer	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
26	Philip Robinson	Privateer	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
28	Nasif Estéfano	Scuderia De Tomaso	De Tomaso	801	De Tomaso	F8 1.5	D
30	Franco Bernabei	Scuderia De Tomaso	De Tomaso	F1	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
32	Jo Siffert	Privateer	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
34	Bernard Collomb	Privateer	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
36	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Giovanni Volpi	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
38	Clement Barrau	Privateer	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
40	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
42	"Condor"	Privateer	De Tomaso	F1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
44	Rovero Campello	Privateer	De Tomaso	F1	OSCA	L4 1.5	D
46	Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T53	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
48	Carlo Peroglio	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	40	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:29.4	—
2	22	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	1:30.5	+1.1s
3	30	Franco Bernabei	De Tomaso-Ford	1:30.9	+1.5s
4	46	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	1:31.4	+2.0s
5	18	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	1:31.5	+2.1s
6	4	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:31.5	+2.1s
7	6	John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM	1:31.7	+2.3s
8	36	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Porsche	1:32.7	+3.3s
9	28	Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso	1:34.1	+4.7s
10	12	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	1:34.1	+4.7s
11	44	Rovero Campello	De Tomaso-OSCA	1:34.5	+5.1s
12	34	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	1:34.6	+5.2s
13	10	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Maserati	1:35.0	+5.6s
14	2	André Wicky	Cooper-Climax	1:36.8	+7.4s
15	42	"Condor"	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	1:39.6	+10.2s
16	48	Carlo Peroglio	Cooper-Maserati	1:40.8	+11.4s
17	38	Clement Barrau	Lotus-Climax	1:41.5	+12.1s
18	20	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM	1:42.3	+12.9s
19	8	Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-Maserati	1:44.7	+15.3s
DNQ	14	Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward	1:45.8	+16.4s
DNQ	16	Ernst Maring	Lotus-Borgward	1:46.0	+16.6s
WD	24	André Pilette	Lotus-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	26	Philip Robinson	Lotus-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	32	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	Withdrawn

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
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1		______________
Carel Godin de Beaufort		2		______________
		Bob Anderson		3
				Franco Bernabei
	______________
	4		______________
	Massimo Natili		5
			Ian Raby
______________
6		______________
Tim Parnell		7		______________
		John Campbell-Jones		8
				Juan Manuel Bordeu
	______________
	9		______________
	Nasif Estéfano		10
			Gaetano Starrabba
______________
11		______________
Rovero Campello		12		______________
		Bernard Collomb		13
				Roberto Lippi
	______________
	14		______________
	André Wicky		15
			"Condor"
______________
16		______________
Carlo Peroglio		17		______________
		Clement Barrau		18
				Günther Seiffert
	______________
	19		______________
	Gastone Zanarotti		20

Race[]

Heat One[]

Heat One Results[]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	22	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	40	1:01:43.4	2
2	40	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	40	+20.9s	1
3	18	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	40	+1:31.6	5
4	10	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Maserati	39	+1 lap	13
5	12	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	38	+2 laps	10
6	44	Rovero Campello	De Tomaso-OSCA	37	+3 laps	11
7	38	Clement Barrau	Lotus-Climax	36	+4 laps	17
8	20	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM	35	+5 laps	18
9	8	Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-Maserati	33	+7 laps	19
10*	36	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Porsche	32	Clutch	8
11	42	"Condor"	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	26	+14 laps	15
12	6	John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM	21	+19 laps	7
13*	34	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	20	+20 laps	12
Ret	4	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	29	Engine	6
Ret*	30	Franco Bernabei	De Tomaso-Ford	27	Bearings	3
Ret*	2	André Wicky	Cooper-Climax	7	Oil pressure	14
Ret	46	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	3	Oil pipe	4
Ret*	48	Carlo Peroglio	Cooper-Maserati	3	Oil pipe	16
Ret*	28	Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso	1	Clutch	9

* Bordeu, Collomb, Bernabei, Wicky, Peroglio, and Estéfano could not take the start of the second heat.

Heat Two[]

Heat Two Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
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1		______________
Bob Anderson		2		______________
		Carel Godin de Beaufort		3
				Ian Raby
	______________
	4		______________
	Roberto Lippi		5
			Gaetano Starrabba
______________
6		______________
Rovero Campello		7		______________
		Clement Barrau		8
				Günther Seiffert
	______________
	9		______________
	Gastone Zanarotti		10
			"Condor"
______________
11		______________
John Campbell-Jones		12		______________
		Tim Parnell		13
				Massimo Natili
	______________
	14		______________
			15

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16		______________
		17		______________
				18

Heat Two Results[]

The full second heat results for the 1963 Rome Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	22	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	40	1:00:48.8	1
2	40	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	40	+11.8s	2
3	18	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	40	+37.6s	3
4	4	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	39	+1 lap	12
5	10	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Maserati	39	+1 lap	4
6	12	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	38	+2 laps	5
7	38	Clement Barrau	Lotus-Climax	37	+3 laps	7
8	8	Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-Maserati	35	+5 laps	9
9	6	John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM	35	+5 laps	11
10	44	Rovero Campello	De Tomaso-OSCA	34	+6 laps	6
11	20	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM	32	+8 laps	8
Ret	46	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	33	Gearbox	13
Ret	42	"Condor"	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	Gearbox	10

Aggregate Results[]

The full aggregate heat results for the 1963 Rome Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	22	Bob Anderson	Lola-Climax	80	2:02:32.2	2
2	40	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	80	+32.7s	1
3	18	Ian Raby	Gilby-BRM	80	+1:09.2	5
4	10	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Maserati	78	+2 laps	13
5	12	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	76	+4 laps	10
6	38	Clement Barrau	Lotus-Climax	73	+7 laps	17
7	44	Rovero Campello	De Tomaso-OSCA	71	+9 laps	11
8	8	Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-Maserati	68	+12 laps	19
9	4	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	68	+12 laps	6
10	20	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM	67	+13 laps	18
NC*	6	John Campbell-Jones	Lotus-BRM	56	+24 laps	7
Ret	36	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Porsche	32	Clutch	8
Ret	30	Franco Bernabei	De Tomaso-Ford	27	Bearings	3
Ret	42	"Condor"	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	26	Gearbox	15
Ret	34	Bernard Collomb	Lotus-Climax	20	Camshaft	15
Ret	2	André Wicky	Cooper-Climax	7	Oil pressure	14
Ret	46	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	3	Gearbox	13
Ret	48	Carlo Peroglio	Cooper-Maserati	3	Oil pipe	16
Ret	28	Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso	1	Clutch	9

* Campbell-Jones could not be classified as he did not complete 90% of the race distance.

Milestones[]

Only podium for Ian Raby.