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.

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

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

Results edit

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

References edit

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


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