1963 Aintree 200

Template:Short description The 8th Aintree 200 was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 27 April 1963 at Aintree Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57.

Characteristics

This race saw one of the last instances of car changing in Formula One, as it was already illegal in World Championship races. Jim Clark's Lotus 25 was left on the starting line with a flat battery and joined the race a lap down, but after 16 laps, he swapped cars with his team-mate Trevor Taylor who was in fifth place at the time. Clark moved up to finish third, while Taylor was left in seventh place. Clark set the fastest lap of the race in Taylor's car.

Jack Brabham qualified in second place but failed to start after suffering a broken piston in practice.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	1:35.20.8	4
2	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	+ 15.0 s	3
3	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 28.6 s	6
4	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 31.8 s	5
5	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 1:12.4 s	7
6	Template:Flagicon Chris Amon	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lola-Climax	48 laps	10
7	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	47 laps	1
8	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Blumer	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lotus-Climax	47 laps	14
9	Template:Flagicon John Taylor	Gerard Racing	Cooper-Ford	42 laps	11
Ret	Template:Flagicon Ian Raby	Ian Raby (Racing)	Gilby-BRM	Engine	9
Ret	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	Tim Parnell	Lotus-BRM	Oil leak	13
DSQ	Template:Flagicon Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	Push-start	17
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jock Russell	Jock Russell	Lotus-Climax	Rear suspension	15
Ret	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Brakes / Ignition	18
Ret	Template:Flagicon Philip Robinson	A. Robinson & Sons	Lotus-Climax	Engine	12
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jim Hall	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-BRM	Throttle linkage	8
DNS	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	Piston	(2)
DNS	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	André Pilette	Lotus-Climax	Withdrew after practice	(16)
WD	Template:Flagicon Morris Nunn	Morris Nunn	Cooper-Climax	Car not ready	-

• Wolfgang Seidel entered two cars under the Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel banner, but these were withdrawn before the event.

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.