thumb|300px|thumbtime=28|Dutch newsreel on the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1963 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 23 June 1963. It was race 3 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clarkby a margin of more than a full lapafter he started from pole position. Dan Gurney finished second for the Brabham team and Ferrari driver John Surtees came in third.

thumb|right|[[Jim Clark won the race driving a Lotus 25]]

Classification

Qualifying

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |No

! rowspan="2" |Driver

! rowspan="2" |Constructor

! colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" |

! rowspan="2" |Gap

|-

!Q1

!Q2

!Q3

|-

!1

| 6

| Jim Clark

| Lotus-Climax

|No time

|1:33.0

| 1:31.6

| align="center" |—

|-

!2

| 12

| Graham Hill

| BRM

|1:33.3

|1:32.2

| 1:32.5

| +0.6

|-

!3

| 20

| Bruce McLaren

| Cooper-Climax

|1:34.1

|1:33.3

| 1:32.3

| +0.7

|-

!4

| 16

| Jack Brabham

| Brabham-Climax

|1:35.1

|1:33.0

| 1:32.4

| +0.8

|-

!5

| 2

| John Surtees

| Ferrari

|1:33.7

|1:33.6

| 1:33.0

| +1.4

|-

!6

| 14

| Richie Ginther

| BRM

|1:37.2

|1:34.5

| 1:33.3

| +1.7

|-

!7

| 30

| Innes Ireland

| BRP-BRM

|1:33.6†

|1:39.0

| (1:33.4)

| +1.7

|-

!8

| 28

| Jo Bonnier

| Cooper-Climax

|1:35.3

|1:34.7

| 1:34.1

| +2.5

|-

!9

| 22

| Tony Maggs

| Cooper-Climax

|1:35.8

|1:35.0

| 1:34.3

| +2.7

|-

!10

| 8

| Trevor Taylor

| Lotus-Climax

|No time

|1:40.4

| 1:35.2

| +3.6

|-

!11

| 4

| Ludovico Scarfiotti

| Ferrari

|1:37.3

|No time

| 1:35.6

| +4.0

|-

!12

| 10

| Chris Amon

| Lola-Climax

|1:37.3

|1:38.4

| 1:35.9

| +4.3

|-

!13

| 24

| Phil Hill

| ATS

|1:40.1

|1:38.0

| 1:36.0

| +4.4

|-

!14

| 18

| Dan Gurney

| Brabham-Climax

|No time

|1:36.2

| No time

| +4.6

|-

!15

| 26

| Giancarlo Baghetti

| ATS

|1:49.7

|1:37.8

| 1:41.0

| +6.2

|-

!16

| 34

| Gerhard Mitter

| Porsche

|No time

|1:41.4

| 1:38.8

| +7.2

|-

!17

| 36

| Jo Siffert

| Lotus-BRM

|No time

|1:39.0

| 1:39.7

| +7.4

|-

!18

| 42

| Jim Hall

| Lotus-BRM

|No time

|No time

| 1:39.0

| +7.4

|-

!19

| 32

| Carel Godin de Beaufort

| Porsche

|No time

|1:40.2

| 1:39.3

| +7.7

|-

! colspan="8" | Source:

|}

; Notes

  • † – Ireland posted a faster time (1:33.3) in a Lotus-BRM car, but he surrendered the car during the final qualifying session to Jim Hall, whose entry had not been accepted initially by the organizers.

Race

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

|-

! Pos

! No

! Driver

! Constructor

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

|-

! 1

| 6

| Jim Clark

| Lotus-Climax

| 80

| 2:08:13.7

| 1

| 9

|-

! 2

| 18

| Dan Gurney

| Brabham-Climax

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 14

| 6

|-

! 3

| 2

| John Surtees

| Ferrari

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 5

| 4

|-

! 4

| 30

| Innes Ireland

| BRP-BRM

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 7

| 3

|-

! 5

| 14

| Richie Ginther

| BRM

| 79

| + 1 lap

| 6

| 2

|-

! 6

| 4

| Ludovico Scarfiotti

| Ferrari

| 78

| + 2 laps

| 11

| 1

|-

! 7

| 36

| Jo Siffert

| Lotus-BRM

| 77

| + 3 laps

| 17

|

|-

! 8

| 42

| Jim Hall

| Lotus-BRM

| 77

| + 3 laps

| 18

|

|-

! 9

| 32

| Carel Godin de Beaufort

| Porsche

| 75

| + 5 laps

| 19

|

|-

! 10

| 8

| Trevor Taylor

| Lotus-Climax

| 66

| + 14 laps

| 10

|

|-

! 11

| 28

| Jo Bonnier

| Cooper-Climax

| 56

| + 24 laps

| 8

|

|-

!

| 12

| Graham Hill

| BRM

| 69

| Overheating

| 2

|

|-

!

| 16

| Jack Brabham

| Brabham-Climax

| 68

| Accident

| 4

|

|-

!

| 10

| Chris Amon

| Lola-Climax

| 29

| Water pump

| 12

|

|-

!

| 26

| Giancarlo Baghetti

| ATS

| 17

| Ignition

| 15

|

|-

!

| 24

| Phil Hill

| ATS

| 15

| Suspension

| 13

|

|-

!

| 22

| Tony Maggs

| Cooper-Climax

| 14

| Overheating

| 9

|

|-

!

| 20

| Bruce McLaren

| Cooper-Climax

| 7

| Gearbox

| 3

|

|-

!

| 34

| Gerhard Mitter

| Porsche

| 2

| Clutch

| 16

|

|-

!

| 38

| Tony Settember

| Scirocco-BRM

|

|

|

|

|-

!

| 40

| Ian Burgess

| Scirocco-BRM

|

|

|

|

|-

!colspan="8"|

|}

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian driver Ludovico Scarfiotti and German driver Gerhard Mitter.
  • This was the 50th Formula One World Championship race start for a BRM.
  • This was the 10th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win for a Lotus.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

|-

!

!Pos

!Driver

!Points

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 1

| Jim Clark

| align="left"| 18

|-

|align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 2

| Richie Ginther

| align="left"| 11

|-

|align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 3

| Bruce McLaren

| align="left"| 10

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 4

| Dan Gurney

| align="left"| 10

|-

|align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 5

| Graham Hill

| align="left"| 9

|-

!colspan=4|Source:

|}

;Constructors' Championship standings

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

|-

!

! Pos

! Constructor

! Points

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 1

| Lotus-Climax

| align="left"| 19

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 2

| BRM

| align="left"| 14

|-

|align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 3

| Cooper-Climax

| align="left"| 10

|-

|align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 4

| Brabham-Climax

| align="left"| 10

|-

|align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 5

| Ferrari

| align="left"| 7

|-

!colspan=4|Source: