1963 Kanonloppet

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1963 Kanonloppet
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date11 August 1963
Official name IX Kanonloppet
Location Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.998 km (1.863 miles)
Distance 2 x 20 laps, 119.92 km (74.52 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Climax
Time 1.22.6
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:30.6
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Lotus-Climax
Third Brabham-Climax

The 9th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25.

The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers.

The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver David Prophet. [1]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGridHeat 1 / 2
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1.04:26.721st / 3rd
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 35.0 s32nd / 2nd
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax + 45.5 s13rd / 1st
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 39 laps54th / 5th
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax 39 laps45th / 4th
6 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Tim Parnell Lotus-BRM 38 laps77th / 6th
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 38 laps86th / 7th
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax 38 laps68th / 9th
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM 37 laps99th / 8th
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 37 laps1211th / 10th
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Prophet David Prophet Brabham-Ford 37 laps1112th / 11th
12 Flag of France.svg Clement Barrau Clement Barrau Lotus-Climax 34 laps1313th / 12th
Ret Flag of Germany.svg Ernst Maring Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward Accident1010th / Ret
Ret Flag of Germany.svg Kurt Kuhnke Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward Fuel injection1414th / Ret
DNP Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Carter Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax --
WD Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax --
WD Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Reg Parnell (Racing) Lola-Climax Car not ready--
WD Flag of the United States.svg Tony Settember Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) Scirocco-BRM --
WD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) Scirocco-BRM --

References

  1. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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