The 1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the: 15th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, "350cc," 250cc, "125cc," 50cc and "Sidecars 500cc." It began on 5 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Japanese Grand Prix on 10 November.
1963 Grand Prix season calendarâ»
â Non-championship race.
Standingsâ»
Scoring systemâ»
Points were awardedââto theââtop six finishers in each race. Only the "best of five races were counted in 50cc," 350cc and 500cc championships, best of seven in 125cc and best of six in 250cc championships, while in the Sidecars, only the best of four races were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standingsâ»
350cc Standingsâ»
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 32 | 5 | |
2 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | |
3 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 16 | 0 | |
4 | Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 7 | 0 | |
5 | Gustav Havel | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 7 | 0 | |
6 | Remo Venturi | Italy | Bianchi | 6 | 0 | |
= | John Hartle | United Kingdom | Gilera | 6 | 0 | |
= | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
9 | NicolaĂŻ Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C360 | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Mike Duff | Canada | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
11 | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Gilera | 4 | 0 | |
= | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Sweden | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
= | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Jack Ahearn | Australia | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
15 | Fred Stevens | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
16 | Sid Mizen | United Kingdom | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
= | Pavel SlavĂcek | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 3 | 0 | |
18 | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Len Ireland | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Veikko Sulasaari | Finland | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standingsâ»
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 44 | 4 | |
2 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Morini | 42 | 4 | |
3 | Fumio Ito | Japan | Yamaha | 26 | 1 | |
4 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 20 | 0 | |
5 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 13 | 0 | |
6 | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | MZ | 11 | 0 | |
7 | Yoshikazu Sunako | Japan | Yamaha | 9 | 0 | |
8 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MZ | 8 | 1 | |
9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
10 | Bill Smith | United Kingdom | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Umberto Masetti | Italy | Moto Morini | 4 | 0 | |
= | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Stanislav Malina | Czechoslovakia | CZ | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Benelli | 3 | 0 | |
= | Hiroshi Hasegawa | Japan | Yamaha | 3 | 0 | |
= | LĂĄszlĂł SzabĂł | Hungary | MZ | 3 | 0 | |
= | RaĂșl Kissling | Argentina | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
18 | Jack Findlay | Australia | FB-Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
= | Ivan Schumann | Argentina | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | John Kidson | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Cas Swart | Netherlands | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | Chris Anderson | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Carlos Marfetan | Uruguay | Parilla | 1 | 0 | |
= | Isamu Kasuya | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standingsâ»
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | Suzuki | 54 | 6 | |
2 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 38 | 2 | |
3 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 35 | 1 | |
4 | Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 24 | 1 | |
5 | Bert Schneider | Austria | Suzuki | 23 | 1 | |
6 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 17 | 1 | |
7 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 14 | 0 | |
8 | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | MZ | 11 | 0 | |
9 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 11 | 0 | |
10 | LĂĄszlĂł SzabĂł | Hungary | MZ | 7 | 0 | |
11 | HĂ©ctor Pochettino | Argentina | Bultaco | 6 | 0 | |
12 | Giuseppe Visenzi | Italy | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
13 | Aldo Caldarella | Argentina | Bultaco | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Peter Inchley | United Kingdom | EMC | 3 | 0 | |
= | Alberto GĂłmez | Argentina | Zanella | 3 | 0 | |
16 | Mike Duff | Canada | Bultaco / MZ | 3 | 0 | |
17 | Francisco GonzĂĄlez | Spain | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
= | John Grace | Gibraltar | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
= | Juan Carlos Salatino | Argentina | Zanella | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Gary Dickinson | United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stanislav Malina | Czechoslovakia | ÄZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Horacio Maffia | Argentina | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 1 | 0 |
50cc Standingsâ»
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | Suzuki | 34 | 2 | |
2 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Kreidler | 32 | 3 | |
3 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 30 | 1 | |
4 | Isao Morishita | Japan | Suzuki | 23 | 1 | |
5 | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 20 | 1 | |
6 | Michio Ichino | Japan | Suzuki | 14 | 0 | |
7 | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Kreidler | 9 | 0 | |
8 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
9 | José Busquets | Spain | Derbi | 7 | 0 | |
10 | Shunkishi Masuda | Japan | Suzuki | 4 | 0 | |
11 | RaĂșl Kissling | Argentina | Kreidler | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Kreidler | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Karaber Samardjian | Argentina | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Sadao Shimazaki | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Juan GarcĂa | Spain | Ducson | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ian Plumridge | United Kingdom | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | Matti Salonen | Finland | Prykija | 1 | 0 | |
= | GastĂłn Biscia | Uruguay | Suzuki | 1 | 0 |
Referencesâ»
- BĂŒla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.