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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.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1963
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10
Jim Clark	0	9	18	27	36	42	51	51	54	54
Graham Hill	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	22	25	29
Richie Ginther	6	9	11	11	14	18	24	28	29	29
John Surtees	3	3	7	7	13	22	22	22	22	22
Dan Gurney	0	4	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	19
Bruce McLaren	4	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	17
Jack Brabham	0	0	0	3	3	3	5	8	14	14
Tony Maggs	2	2	2	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Innes Ireland	0	0	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6
Jo Bonnier	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	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–Climax ended on 54 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1963
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	LOTUS–CLIMAX	54
P2	BRM	36
P3	BRABHAM–CLIMAX	28
P4	FERRARI	26
P5	COOPER–CLIMAX	25
P6	BRP–BRM	6
P7	PORSCHE	5
P8	LOTUS–BRM	4

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.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1963
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10
Jim Clark	—	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Graham Hill	P1	P2	P5	P5	P3	P4	P5	P3	P3	P2
Richie Ginther	P2	P4	P2	P3	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P3
John Surtees	P4	P6	P6	P7	P4	P2	P3	P4	P4	P4
Dan Gurney	—	P5	P3	P2	P5	P5	P6	P6	P7	P5
Bruce McLaren	P3	P1	P3	P4	P6	P6	P4	P5	P5	P6
Jack Brabham	—	—	—	P8	P8	P8	P9	P8	P6	P7
Tony Maggs	P5	P7	P8	P6	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8
Innes Ireland	—	—	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9
Lorenzo Bandini	—	—	—	—	P10	P13	P13	P10	P11	P10
Jo Bonnier	—	P7	P8	P10	P10	P11	P11	P12	P10	P11
Gerhard Mitter	—	—	—	—	—	P8	P10	P11	P12	P12
Jim Hall	—	—	—	—	P12	P11	P11	P12	P13	P13
Carel Godin de Beaufort	—	P9	P10	P11	P12	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14
Jo Siffert	—	—	—	P11	P12	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15

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

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1963
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1963	Grand Prix de Monaco 1963	HILL	GINTHER	MCLAREN
R02 · 1963 Belgian Grand Prix	1963 Belgian Grand Prix	CLARK	MCLAREN	GURNEY
R03 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1963	Grote Prijs van Nederland 1963	CLARK	GURNEY	SURTEES
R04 · Grand Prix de France 1963	Grand Prix de France 1963	CLARK	MAGGS	HILL
R05 · 1963 RAC British Grand Prix	1963 RAC British Grand Prix	CLARK	SURTEES	HILL
R06 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1963	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1963	SURTEES	CLARK	GINTHER
R07 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1963	Gran Premio d'Italia 1963	CLARK	GINTHER	MCLAREN
R08 · 1963 United States Grand Prix	1963 United States Grand Prix	HILL	GINTHER	CLARK
R09 · Gran Premio de México 1963	Gran Premio de México 1963	CLARK	BRABHAM	GINTHER
R10 · South African Grand Prix 1963	South African Grand Prix 1963	CLARK	GURNEY	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

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