1963 Spa-Francorchamps 500 Km


12 May 1963 - Spa-Francorchamps (B): Round 4, International Championship for Manufacturers (Divisions II and III).
36 laps of a 8.761 mile/14.100 km circuit - 119.262 miles/191.933 kms were completed
Weather: warm and dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 36 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 250 GTO [4293] 36   Grand Touring 3000 1
2 39 Pierre Noblet Ferrari 250 GTO [3943] 36   Grand Touring 3000 2
3 41 Jo Siffert/Herbert Müller^ Ferrari 250 GTO [3909] 36   Grand Touring 3000 3
4 44 Gerard Langlois von Ophem/Lucien Bianchi^ Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo [2053] 36   Grand Touring 3000 4
5 42 Chris Kerrison Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo [2735 34   Grand Touring 3000 5
6 10 J. Pat Fergusson Lotus Elite 32   Grand Touring 1300 1
7 26 Gerhard Koch Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 32   Grand Touring 2000 1
8 33 Christopher J. Lawrence Morgan Plus 4 31   Grand Touring 2500 1
9 34 Philip H. Arnold Morgan Plus 4 31   Grand Touring 2500 2
10 24 Richard Stoop Porsche 356B Carrera 31   Grand Touring 1600 1
11 15 Armand Schäfer Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 31   Grand Touring 1300 2
12 29 Emile-Claude Clemens Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 31   Grand Touring 2000 2
13 2 Jon A. Derisley Lotus Elite [1003] 30   Grand Touring 1300 3
14 18 Eberhard Rank Porsche 356B Carrera 30   Grand Touring 1600 2
15 6 Andre Welcker Lotus Elite 30   Grand Touring 1300 4
16 19 Hermann Dorner Porsche 356B Carrera 30   Grand Touring 1600 3
NRF 7 Jean-Marie Pierson Lotus Elite 29   Grand Touring 1300  
17 17 Pierre Scaramiglia Alfa Romeo Giulietta 29   Grand Touring 1300 5
18 46 Hans Georg Plaut Ferrari 250 GT SWB [1917] 29   Grand Touring 3000 6
19 30 In Roba Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 29   Grand Touring 2000 3
20 23 Marcel van Bierbeek Porsche 356B S90 29   Grand Touring 1600 4
21 9 Luc Beaulen Lotus Elite 28   Grand Touring 1300 6
22 8 John F. Dickinson Lotus Eleven GT 27   Grand Touring 1300 7
23   Anatoly Arutunoff Lancia Flaminia Zagato 27   Grand Touring 2500 3
DNF 35 Billy Blydenstein Morgan Plus 4 21   Grand Touring 2500  
DNF 11 Clive Hunt Lotus Elite 19   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 3 Adrien de Ghellinck Lotus Eleven GT 13   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 27 Helmut Zick Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 13   Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 25 Alan Hutcheson/Julien Vernaeve^ MG B 13   Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 21 Günter Weisz Porsche 356B S90 5   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 43 David Piper Ferrari 250 GTO [3767] 3   Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 28 Heinz Schiller Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera 0   Grand Touring 2000  
DNS 32 Ben Pon Porsche 356B     Grand Touring 2000  
DNS 5 Jean Wauters Lotus Elite     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 20 Jean-Pierre Gaban Porsche 356B Carrera     Grand Touring 1600  
DNS 22 Jacques Thenaers Porsche 356B S90     Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 1 Louis Morand Lotus Elite     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 4 Claude Dubois Lotus Elite     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 12 Mauro Bianchi Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 14 Lucien Bianchi Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 16 Guy Dausse Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 31 Francis van Lysbeth A.C. Ace Bristol     Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 37 Carlo Maria Abate Ferrari 250 GTO     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 38 Mike Parkes Ferrari 250 GTO [4399]     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 40 Heini Walter Ferrari 250 GTO     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 45 Leon Dernier Ferrari 250 GT Lusso [4213]     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 47 Edgar Berney Ferrari 250 GTO     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 48 Manfred Ramminger Ferrari 250 GT     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 49 Günther Lohsträter Ferrari 250 GT     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA   Hans Herrmann Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA   Jean-Pierre Ackermans Volvo P1800S     Grand Touring 2000  

 
Winning Time: 2h38m40.8, 119.262 mph/191.933 kph
Fastest Lap: Willy Mairesse #36 (Ferrari 250 GTO), 4m07.4, 127.489 mph/205.174 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)



Last Updated on 02/12/01
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net