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XXXI Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 16.6.1963
24 h Le Mans
Spectators: 300 000 Started: 49 Classified: 12 Race: 13,461 km = 4561,710 km AVG: 190,071 km/h FL: John Surtees 23 Ferrari 250P 3:53,300 207,714 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice Classified: 1. 21 Ludovico Scarfiotti / I Ferrari 250P 0814 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 1. P 3:51,300 Lorenzo Bandini / I 2. 24 "Jean Beurlys" / B Ferrari 250 GTO 4293GT Equipe Nationale Belge 1. GT Gerard Langlois / B 3. 22 Mike Parkes / GB Ferrari 250P 0810 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 2. P Umberto Maglioli / I 4. 25 Pierre Dumay / F Ferrari 250 GTO 4153GT Ecurie Francorchamps 2. GT "Eldé" / B 5. 12 Mike Salmon / GB Ferrari 330 LM Berli 4725SA Maranello Consecionaires Lt 3. P Jack Sears / GB 6. 26 Masten Gregory / USA Ferrari 250 GTO/LM B 4713GT North American Racing Team 3. GT David Piper / GB 7. 3 Peter Bolton / GB AC Cobra 289 Ford C CSX2131 AC Cars Ltd. 4. GT 4:12,400 Ninian Sanderson / GB 8. 28 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718/8 RS Sp 718-047 Porsche System Engineering 4. P Herbert Linge / D 9. 15 Briggs Cunningham / USA Jaguar E-type Light S850659 Briggs Cunningham 5. GT 4:05,500 Bob Grossman / USA 10. 39 John Wagstaff / GB Lotus Elite Mk.14 Climax Team Elite 6. GT Pat Fergusson / GB 11. 53 Claude Bobrowski / F René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Re Automobiles René Bonnet 5. P Jean-Pierre Beltoise / F 12. 31 Alan Hutcherson / USA MGB Hardtop Alan Hutcherson 7. GT Paddy Hopkirk / IRL Not classified: 41 Bruno Basini René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Re Automobiles René Bonnet P 5:00,400 Robert Bouharde / F 00 Graham Hill / GB Rover-BRM Turbine Owen Racing Organisation Invited entry - Richie Ginther / USA Did not finish: 23 John Surtees / GB Ferrari 250P 0812 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 269 Accident/fire P Willy Mairesse / B 50 Bernard Boyer / F Alpine M63 Renault 1703 Société Automobiles Alpine 228 Engine P Guy Verrier / F 38 Frank Gardner / AUS Lotus Elite Climax Team Elite 169 Engine GT 4:46,100 John Coundley / GB 34 Giancarlo Sala / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia St. Ambroeus 165 Transmission GT Romolo Rossi / I 6 Richard Attwood / GB Lola GT Mk 6 Ford 001 Lola Cars Ltd. 151 Accident P 4:13,100 David Hobbs / GB 7 William Kimberly / USA Aston Martin DP214 194/R David Brown/Aston Martin La 145 Piston GT Jo Schlesser / F 11 Dan Gurney / USA Ferrari 330 LM Berli 4453SA North American Racing Team 129 Drive shaft P 3:59,500 Jim Hall / USA 4 Ed Hugus / USA AC Cobra Ford CSX2142 Ed Hugus 126 DQ: Oil replen GT Peter Jopp / GB 10 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Ferrari 330 TRI/LM 0808TR North American Racing Team 115 Accident P 1. 3:50,900 Roger Penske / USA 30 Heinz Schiller / CH Porsche Carrera 356 122-992 Porsche System Engineering 115 Engine GT Ben Pon / NL 44 Chris Lawrence / GB Deep Sanderson 301 BMC Lawrence Tunr Engineering 114 excluded: unsi P 5:40,900 Chris Spender / GB 27 Jo Bonnier / S Porsche 718/8 Coupé 718-046 Porsche System Engineering 112 Accident P 4:07,900 Tony Maggs / ZA 16 Roy Salvadori / GB Jaguar E-type Light S850665 Briggs Cunningham 106 Accident GT Paul Richards / USA 20 Fernand Tavano / F Ferrari 250 GTO 4757GT Fernand Tavano 106 Accident GT Carlo Abate / I 42 John Whitmore / GB Austin-Healey Sprite 1100 Donald Healey Motor Co. 100 Accident P 4:58,700 Bob Olthoff / GB 58 Jean-Goerges Branche Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Jean-Georges Branche 96 DQ: Oil replen P Claude Dubois / B 29 Gerhard Koch / D Porsche Carrera 356 122-991 Porsche System Engineering 94 Engine GT 4:39,700 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL 33 Peter Harper / GB Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam Talbot 93 Engine GT Peter Proctor / GB 9 Pierre Noblet / B Ferrari 330 LM Berli 4381SA Pierre Noblet 75 Oil pipe P Jean Guichet / F 35 Giampiero Biscaldi / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia St. Ambroeus 70 DQ: Oil replen GT 4:52,200 "Kim" / I 19 Jean Kerguen / F Aston Martin DB4 GT 0180/L Jean Kerguen 69 Overheating re GT "Franc" / F 49 René Richard Alpine M63 Renault 1701 Société Automobiles Alpine 63 Clutch P Piero Frescobaldi / I 8 Innes Ireland / GB Aston Martin DP214 195/R David Brown/Aston Martin La 59 Piston GT Bruce McLaren / NZ 48 José Rosinski / F Alpine M63 Renault 1702 Société Automobiles Alpine 52 Fatal accident P Christian Heins / CH 52 Jean-Pierre Manzon / F René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Re U. Fabre 49 Accident P Jean Rolland / F 2 André Simon / F Maserati 151/3 Coup 151/002 Maserati France/Johnny Simo 40 Transmission P 3:56,200 Lloyd Casner / USA 17 Peter Lumsden / GB Lister Jaguar coupé P. J. Sargent 29 Engine P 4:32,800 Peter Sargent / GB 18 Phil Hill / USA Aston Martin DP215 DP215/1 David Brown Aston Martin La 29 Transmission P 3:52,000 Lucien Bianchi / B 54 Gérard Laureau / F René Bonnet RB5 Renault Automobiles René Bonnet 26 Out of fuel P Jean Vinatier / F 36 Karl Foitek / CH Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Filipinetti 9 Valve gear GT 4:40,200 Armand Schäffer 14 Walt Hansgen / USA Jaguar E-type Light S850664 Briggs Cunningham 8 Gearbox GT 4:06,900 Augie Pabst / USA 51 Roger Masson / F René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Re Automobiles René Bonnet 5 Accident P Pierre Monneret / F 55 "Sarayac" Fiat-Abarth 1000P Sarayac 3 Engine P Lucien Barthe 56 Alain Bertaut / F CD Mantzel DKW Auto Union GmbH 1 Accident P André Guilhaudin / F 32 Ian Lewis / GB Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam Talbot Engine bearing GT 5:05,300 Keith Ballisat / GB In entry list only: 5 John Love / RSR Lola GT Mk 6 Ford Lola Cars P Tony Maggs / ZA 37 xxx Osca OSCA Automobiles P 43 Herbert Müller / CH ASA Scuderia Filipinetti P Jean-Jacques Thuner / CH 45 Bernard Collomb / F Deep Sanderson BMC Equipe Lausannoise P 46 Condrillier / F ASA Scuderia A.S. Elmo D'Argent P 47 Bassi / I ASA Scuderia A.S. Elmo D'Argent P Facetti / I 1 Campbell Chevrolet Corvette Alan Green GT Grant / USA 40 Harris / B Lotus Elite Equipe Nationale Belge GT Dubois / B