1963 Australian Grand Prix
The 1963 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 1963. Open to Formula Libre cars, it was the opening heat of the 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race, which was the twenty eighth Australian Grand Prix, had 16 starters.
The race featured a strong representation of international competitors, with entries from Ecurie Vitesse for Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren for himself, R.R.C. Walker Racing Team for Graham Hill and from the Bowmaker Racing Team for John Surtees, Tony Maggs and Jim Palmer. Jack Brabham won the race, his second Australian Grand Prix victory, after a battle with John Surtees. It was the first AGP victory by a driver in a self-developed car since Doug Whiteford won in his "Black Bess" Ford V8 Special in 1950.
Stirling Moss, who was recovering from a near-fatal crash at the Goodwood Circuit, was the special guest at the Grand Prix. Moss, who had driven a Maserati 250F to victory in the 1956 Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, also provided guest commentary for Australian television station the ABC alongside Doug Woodward, Bill Reynolds and pit reporter Norman May.
Classification
Results as follows.Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Time / Reason |
1 | 4 | ![]() | Ecurie Vitesse | Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 45 | 1h 16m 34.1s |
2 | 2 | ![]() | Bowmaker Racing Team | Lola Mk.4 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 45 | 1h 16m 42.1s |
3 | 10 | ![]() | B. McLaren | Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 45 | 1h 17m 284.1s |
4 | 5 | ![]() | Scuderia Veloce | Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 45 | 1h 18m 01.1s |
5 | 6 | ![]() | B.S. Stillwell | Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 44 | |
6 | 1 | ![]() | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Ferguson P99 / Climax FPF 2.5L | 44 | |
7 | 16 | ![]() | Independent Motors | Lotus 18/21 / Climax FPF 2.5L | 44 | |
8 | 18 | ![]() | Total Team | Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5L | 43 | |
9 | 17 | ![]() | Total Team | Lotus 20B / Ford 1.5L | 42 | |
10 | 19 | ![]() | Killara Motor Garage | Lynx / Peugeot 1.5L | 42 | |
11 | 8 | ![]() | Ecurie Australie | Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 36 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() | Bowmaker Racing Team | Lola Mk.4 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 31 | Exhaustion |
Ret | 15 | ![]() | J. Youl | Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 2.5L | 25 | Black Flagged |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | Scuderia Veloce | Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2.5L | 24 | Fuel Pump |
Ret | 12 | ![]() | Bowmaker Racing Team | Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 2.7L | 9 | Broken steering arm |
Ret | 11 | ![]() | Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. | Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.9L | 0 | Broken Axle |