Le Mans 24 Hours 1963 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 16.6.1963
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.461 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 10) Challenge Mondiale (round 4)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	10	Pedro Rodriguez / Roger Penske	Ferrari 330 TRI/LM	N.A.R.T.	3:50.9000
2^nd	21	Lorenzo Bandini / Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 250 P	Automobili Ferrari S.E.F.A.C.	3:51.3000
3^rd	22	Mike Parkes / Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 250 P	Automobili Ferrari S.E.F.A.C.	3:51.6000
4^th	18	Phil Hill / Lucien Bianchi	Aston Martin DP215	David Brown	3:52.0000
5^th	2	André Simon / Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 151/2	Johnny Simon (Maserati France)	3:56.2000
6^th	23	John Surtees / Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 250 P	Automobili Ferrari S.E.F.A.C.	3:53.3000
7^th	11	Dan Gurney / Jim Hall	Ferrari 330 LMB	N.A.R.T.	3:59.5000
8^th	8	Bruce McLaren / Innes Ireland	Aston Martin DP214	David Brown	4:00.5000
9^th	9	Pierre Noblet / Jean Guichet	Ferrari 330 LMB	Pierre Noblet	4:00.8000
10^th	7	William Kimberly / Jo Schlesser	Aston Martin DP214	David Brown	4:04.7000
11^th	12	Jack Sears / Mike Salmon	Ferrari 330 LMB	Maranello Concessionaires Ltd.	4:04.8000
12^th	20	Carlo Mario Abate / Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	Automobili Ferrari S.E.F.A.C.	4:05.5000
13^th	14	Augie Pabst / Walt Hansgen	Jaguar E-type Lightweight	Briggs S. Cunningham	4:06.9000
14^th	25	Pierre Dumay / "Eldé"	Ferrari 250 GTO	F. Tavano	4:06.9000
15^th	26	Masten Gregory / David Piper	Ferrari 250 GTO LMB	N.A.R.T.	4:07.2000
16^th	24	"Jean Beurlys" / Gérald Langlois van Ophem	Ferrari 250 GTO	Equipe Nationale Belge	4:07.8000
17^th	27	Jo Bonnier / Tony Maggs	Porsche 718 GTR	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	4:07.9000
18^th	16	Paul Richards / Roy Salvadori	Jaguar E-type Lightweight	Briggs S. Cunningham	4:09.1000
19^th	19	"Franc" / Jean Kerguen	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	J. Kerguen	4:10.7000
20^th	15	Briggs Cunningham / Bob Grossman	Jaguar E-type Lightweight	Briggs S. Cunningham	4:11.5000
21^st	3	Ninian Sanderson / Peter Bolton	AC Cobra 289 Ford Coupé	W. D. Hurdock (A.C. Cars)	4:12.4000
22^nd	6	Richard Attwood / David Hobbs	Lola Mk.6 GT Ford	Broadley Lola Cars	4:13.1000
23^rd	28	Edgar Barth / Herbert Linge	Porsche 718 WRS	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	4:13.2000
24^th	4	Ed Hugus / Peter Jopp	AC Cobra	E. Hugus	4:13.4000
25^th	17	Peter Sargent / Peter Lumsden	Lister Costin Jaguar Coupé	Peter J. Sargent	4:13.4000
26^th	30	Heinz Schiller / Ben Pon	Porsche 356B 2000 GS GT	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	4:35.8000
27^th	29	Gerhard Koch / Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 356B 2000 GS GT	Porsche System Engineering Ltd.	4:39.7000
28^th	36	Karl Foitek / Armand Schäfer	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1.6	Scuderia Filipinetti	4:40.2000
29^th	49	Piero Frescobaldi / René Richard	Alpine M63 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:42.8000
30^th	38	Frank Gardner / John Coundley	Lotus Elite Climax	Team Elite	4:46.1000
31^st	31	Alan Hutcheson / Paddy Hopkirk	MGB Hardtop	Hutcherson	4:49.0000
32^nd	52	Jean Rolland / Jean-Pierre Manzon	René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Renault	Urbain Fabre	4:50.4000
33^rd	48	José Rosinski / Christian Heins	Alpine M63 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:51.4000
34^th	35	Giampiero Biscaldi / "Kim"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1.6	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	4:52.2000
35^th	51	Roger Masson / Pierre Monneret	René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Renault	Automobiles René Bonnet	4:53.6000
36^th	39	Pat Fergusson / John Wagstaff	Lotus Elite Climax	Team Elite	4:53.8000
37^th	34	Giancarlo Sala / Romolo Rossi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1.6	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	4:58.1000
38^th	42	John Whitmore / Bob Olthoff	Austin-Healey Sprite	Austin-Healey	4:58.7000
39^th	41	Robert Bouharde / Bruno Basini	René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Renault	Automobiles René Bonnet	5:00.4000
40^th	50	Bernard Boyer / Guy Verrier	Alpine M63 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	5:01.7000
41^st	53	Claude Bobrowski / Jean-Pierre Beltoise	René Bonnet Aérodjet LM6 Renault	Automobiles René Bonnet	5:01.7000
42^nd	56	André Guilhaudin / Alain Bertaut	CD Mantzel DKW	Auto-Union	5:04.2000
43^rd	32	Ian Lewis / Keith Ballisat	Sunbeam Alpine	Sunbeam Talbot	5:05.2000
44^th	33	Peter Harper / Peter Procter	Sunbeam Alpine	Sunbeam Talbot	5:06.8000
45^th	54	Jean Vinatier / Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet RB5 Renault	Automobiles René Bonnet	5:11.7000
46^th	55	Guy Flayac / Lucien Barthe	Fiat-Abarth 1000P	Sarayac	5:16.4000
47^th	44	Chris Lawrence / Chris Spender	Deep Sanderson 301 BMC	Lawrence Tune Engineering	5:40.9000
48^th	58	Jean-Georges Branche / Claude Dubois	Fiat-Abarth 850 TC	Branche	5:44.6000
49^th	00	Richie Ginther / Graham Hill	Rover-BRM Turbine	M. Owen	4:22.0000

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1		Chevrolet Corvette	Grady Davis
1	Don Campbell / Jerry Grant	Chevrolet Corvette	Alan Green
2	Dick Thompson / Bill Krause	Chevrolet Corvette	Mickey Thompson
4	Jim Hall / Hap Sharp	Chaparral 2A	Chaparral Cars
5	Bob Donner / Ronnie Hissom	Chaparral 2A	Chaparral Cars
5	John Love / Tony Maggs	Lola Mk.6 GT Ford	Broadley Lola Cars
9		Shelby Cobra	Shelby American
15	Bruce McLaren / Jo Schlesser / Lucien Bianchi / William Kimberly	Aston Martin DP212	David Brown
25	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 250 GTO	N.A.R.T.
26		Ferrari 250 GTO	N.A.R.T.
27		Austin-Healey 3000	Donald Healey Motor Co.
37		Osca GT 1600	Osca Automobiles
38	Herbert Demetz	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Abarth
39	Hans Herrmann / Mauro Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Abarth
40	Georges Harris / Claude Dubois	Lotus Elite	Equipe Nationale Belge
43	Herbert Müller / Jean-Jacques Thuner	ASA 1100	Scuderia Filipinetti
45	Bernard Collomb	Deep Sanderson 301 BMC	Equipe Lausannoise
46	Paul Condrillier / Jean Vinatier	ASA Mille	Scuderia A.S. Elmo D'Argento
47	Giorgio Bassi / Carlo Facetti	ASA Mille	Scuderia A.S. Elmo D'Argento
50	Gianni Balzarini	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Abarth
53		René Bonnet Djet	Automobiles René Bonnet
		Tojeiro Mk.2 Buick
		Falcon 515 Ford	Falcon
		Lancia
		Shelby Cobra
		Chevrolet Corvette
		Falcon 515 Ford	Falcon
		Marcos GT
	Jo Schlesser	Ferrari 250 GTO	Jo Schlesser
		TVR Grantura
		Falcon 515 Ford	Falcon
		Auto Union 1000 S