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1963 Glover Trophy

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1963 Glover Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date 15 April 1963
Official name XI Glover Trophy
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.862 km (2.4 miles)
Distance 42 laps, 162.2 km (100.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:22.0
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM
Time 1:22.4
Podium
First Lotus-BRM
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Lotus-Climax

The 11th Glover Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 April 1963 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Innes Ireland in a Lotus 24, after polesitter Graham Hill suffered fuel injection problems while leading in his BRM.

Another Formula One race, the 1963 Pau Grand Prix, was also held on the same day.

Results

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Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 United Kingdom Innes Ireland British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM 59:02.4 4
2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 5.0 s 2
3 South Africa Tony Maggs Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-Climax 41 laps 8
4 United States Jim Hall British Racing Partnership Lotus-BRM 41 laps 6
5 New Zealand Chris Amon Reg Parnell (Racing) Lola-Climax 40 laps 7
6 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 40 laps 3
7 United Kingdom Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM 39 laps 9
8 United Kingdom Philip Robinson A. Robinson & Sons Lotus-Climax 39 laps 10
9 United Kingdom Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 38 laps 1
Ret United States Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM Valve 5
WD Germany Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM Car not ready -
WD United Kingdom Ian Raby Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM Car not ready (drove Gilby instead) -

References

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  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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