1963 Rand Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = NC
Country = South Africa
Flag_suffix = 1928
Grand Prix = Rand
Official name = VI Rand Grand Prix
Location = Kyalami, Johannesburg
Date = 14 December
Year = 1963
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 2.545
Course_km = 4.096
Distance_laps = 25 x 2
Distance_mi = 127.25
Distance_km = 204.8
Weather =
Pole_Driver = John Surtees
Pole_Country = UK
Pole_Team = Ferrari
Pole_Time = 1:34.1
Fast_Driver = John Surtees
Fast_Team = Ferrari
Fast_Time = 1:34.8 (Heat 1) / 1:35.5 (Heat 2)
Fast_Country = UK
First_Driver = John Surtees
First_Country = UK
First_Team = Ferrari
Second_Driver = Lorenzo Bandini
Second_Country = Italy
Second_Team = Ferrari
Third_Driver = Peter de Klerk
Third_Country = South Africa
Third_flag_suffix = 1928
Third_Team = Alfa Romeo SpecialThe 6th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 December 1963 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over two heats, each of 25 laps of the circuit, and was won overall by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 156.

Surtees secured pole position for the first heat, and won with team-mate Lorenzo Bandini in second. This result was repeated in the second heat for the Ferraris to take the 1-2 positions very comfortably. Local drivers took the minor placings after Team Lotus suffered from fuel vaporisation problems.

Results

*Blokdyk also entered his Cooper-Alfa Romeo and recorded a faster practice time in this car than in the car he ultimately raced.
*Ferrari entered a third car but withdrew it without designating a driver.

References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
* Race results at www.silhouet.com [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1963/1963.html#14-12]