1963 Rome Grand Prix

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1963 Rome Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Autodromo Vallelunga Vecchio.svg
Race details
Date19 May 1963
Official name XV Gran Premio di Roma
Location ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Vallelunga
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.222 km (2.002 mi)
Distance 2 x 40 laps, 255.96 km (159.04 mi)
Pole position
Driver Porsche
Time 1:29.4
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Anderson Lola-Climax
Time 1:29.0
Podium
First Lola-Climax
Second Porsche
Third Gilby-BRM

The 15th Rome Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 May 1963 at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit, near Rome in Italy. The race was run over two heats of 40 laps of the circuit, both of which were won by British driver Bob Anderson in a Lola Mk4.

Both heats finished with the same three cars coming home in the first three places, and each time they were the only three cars to complete the distance. The grid included some Italian drivers who were relatively unknown outside their home country, and who never took part in any World Championship Grands Prix. The only one of these to threaten the leaders in this race was Franco Bernabei in his De Tomaso, but his engine blew up while he was leading the first heat and he was unable to take part in the second.

Swiss driver Jo Siffert was to have taken part in this race, having decided against competing in a sports car race in Germany on the same day. The team he was to have driven for, Ecurie Filipinetti, lobbied the Swiss Automobile Club and they refused Siffert a visa to race in Rome. [1]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGridHeat 1 / 2
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax 2:02:32.221st / 1st
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche + 32.7 s12nd / 2nd
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM + 1:05.4 s53rd / 3rd
4 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Lippi Scuderia Settecolli De Tomaso-Maserati 78 laps134th / 5th
5 Flag of Italy.svg Gaetano Starrabba Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati 76 laps105th / 6th
6 Flag of France.svg Clement Barrau Clement Barrau Lotus-Climax 73 laps177th / 7th
7 Flag of Italy.svg Rovero Campello Rovero Campello De Tomaso-O.S.C.A. 71 laps116th / 10th
8 Flag of Italy.svg Gastone Zanarotti Gastone Zanarotti De Tomaso-Maserati 68 laps199th / 8th
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 68 laps (Engine)6Ret / 4th
10 Flag of Germany.svg Günther Seiffert Rhine-Ruhr Racing Team Lotus-BRM 67 laps188th / 11th
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones Tim Parnell Lotus-BRM 56 laps712th / 9th
Ret Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 36 laps (Oil pipe / Gearbox)4Ret / Ret
Ret Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Bordeu Count Volpi Porsche 32 laps (Clutch)810th / DNS
Ret Flag of Italy.svg Franco Bernabei Alejandro de Tomaso De Tomaso-Ford 27 laps (Engine)3Ret / DNS
Ret Flag of Italy.svg "Condor""Condor" De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 26 laps (Gearbox)1511th / Ret
Ret Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Lotus-Climax 20 laps1213th / DNS
Ret Flag of Switzerland.svg André Wicky André Wicky Cooper-Climax 7 laps (Oil pressure)14Ret / DNS
Ret Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Peroglio Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 3 laps (Oil pipe)16Ret / DNS
Ret Flag of Argentina.svg Nasif Estéfano Alejandro de Tomaso De Tomaso 1 lap (Clutch)9Ret / DNS
DNQ Flag of Germany.svg Kurt Kuhnke Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward --
DNQ Flag of Germany.svg Ernst Maring Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward --
DNP Flag of Switzerland.svg Jo Siffert Siffert Racing Team Lotus-BRM Refused visa to race--
WD Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette André Pilette Lotus-Climax --
WD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Robinson A. Robinson & Sons Lotus-Climax --

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References

  1. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.141.
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