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1963 / CLARK

A scrolling recap of 1963 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Jim Clark closed the year on 54 points, a 25-point gap over P2.

Top 10 drivers cumulative points by round in the 1963 season.
014274154R01R02R04R06R08R1001 CLA 5402 HIL 2903 GIN 2904 SUR 2205 GUR 1906 MCL 1707 BRA 1408 MAG 909 IRE 610 BON 6
ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Lotus ended on 54 points.

DATA
POSCONSTRUCTORPTS
P1LOTUS54
P2BRM36
P3BRABHAM28
P4FERRARI26
P5COOPER25
P6BRP6
P7PORSCHE5
P8LOTUS4
ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

Driver standings bump chart — top 15 drivers' rank by round in 1963.
P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11P12P13P14P15R01R02R04R06R08R10P01 CLA 54P02 HIL 29P02 GIN 29P04 SUR 22P05 GUR 19P06 MCL 17P07 BRA 14P08 MAG 9P09 IRE 6P09 BON 6P09 BAN 6P12 MIT 3P12 HAL 3P14 BEA 2P15 SIF 1
ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

8 drivers stood on a podium.

3 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS
R01 MONACO
1 HILL
2 GINTHER
3 MCLAREN
R02 BELGIUM
1 CLARK
2 MCLAREN
3 GURNEY
R03 NETHERLA
1 CLARK
2 GURNEY
3 SURTEES
R04 FRANCE
1 CLARK
2 MAGGS
3 HILL
R05 GREAT BR
1 CLARK
2 SURTEES
3 HILL
R06 GERMANY
1 SURTEES
2 CLARK
3 GINTHER
R07 ITALY
1 CLARK
2 GINTHER
3 MCLAREN
R08 UNITED S
1 HILL
2 GINTHER
3 CLARK
R09 MEXICO
1 CLARK
2 BRABHAM
3 GINTHER
R10 SOUTH AF
1 CLARK
2 GURNEY
3 HILL
EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS
10
DRIVERS
17
WINNERS
3
PODIUM·DRIVERS
8
POINTS·SHARED
222
CHAMPION
Jim Clark
54 PTS · 7 WINS
DATA

F1DB. Refreshed nightly from the upstream submodule.

STACK

SvelteKit 5 · Tailwind v4 · Static.

SCOPE

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