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1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

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 calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
6 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	CHE Luigi Taveri	ITA Tarquinio Provini			DEU Deubel / Hörner	[Report](1963-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
26 May	FRG West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	NZL Hugh Anderson	FRG Ernst Degner	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman		CHE Camathias / Herzig	[Report](1963-west-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
2 June	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	NZL Hugh Anderson					[Report](1963-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
12 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	JPN Mitsuo Itoh	NZL Hugh Anderson	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE Camathias / Herzig	[Report](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
29 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	FRG Ernst Degner	NZL Hugh Anderson	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR John Hartle	DEU Deubel / Hörner	[Report](1963-dutch-tt)
7 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	JPN Isao Morishita	AUT Bert Schneider	JPN Fumio Ito		GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	[Report](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
10 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		NZL Hugh Anderson	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		[Report](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
18 August	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood		[Report](1963-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
1 September	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Tampere Circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	NZL Hugh Anderson		GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood		[Report](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
15 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza		CHE Luigi Taveri	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		[Report](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
6 October	ARG Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	NZL Hugh Anderson	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	ITA Tarquinio Provini		GBR Mike Hailwood		[Report](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
10 November	JPN Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Frank Perris	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman †			[Report](1963-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)

† Non-championship race.

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 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 standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR	[HOL](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Ulster	[DDR](1963-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAC](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	=	19	20	21	22	=	=	25	26	27	28	=	30	31	32	=	34	35	36	37	=	39	40	=	42	=	=	45	=	=	=	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	=	57	58	=	60	61	=	=	64	65	=	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR	[HOL](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Ulster	[DDR](1963-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAC](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	Pts
GBR Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	40 (56)
GBR Alan Shepherd	Matchless	Ret	3	3	4	3	2		Ret	21
GBR John Hartle	Gilera	2	1		2	Ret	Ret			20
GBR Phil Read	Gilera	3	2	2	Ret			Ret		16
GBR Fred Stevens	Norton	6	5	4	7		4	3		13
CAN Mike Duff	Matchless	4			6	4	3			11
GBR Derek Minter	Gilera				3	2		Ret		10
AUS Jack Findlay	Matchless	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	5		2		8
ARG Jorge Kissling	Norton								2	6
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton	9	4	5	Ret			Ret		5
ARG Benedicto Caldarella	Matchless								3	4
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless / Norton	8						4		3
ARG Victorio Minguzzi	Matchless								4	3
GBR Syd Mizen	Norton / Matchless	13	8	7	Ret		5			2
AUT Ladislaus Richter	Norton		Ret			Ret		5		2
GBR Joe Dunphy	Norton	5			8					2
NIR Ralph Bryans	Norton				5					2
ARG Fabián Villaverlran	Norton								5	2
SUN Nikolai Sevostianov	CKB		12	Ret			6			1
SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson	Norton	14	6	Ret			Ret			1
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Matchless	Ret		6				Ret		1
URY Horacio Costas	Norton								6	1
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton					6				1
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton							6		1
AUS Raymond Shaw	Matchless	32	10					7		0
NZL Morry Low	Matchless	12	7	Ret						0
ZAF Ian Burne	Norton	21		Ret		7				0
FIN Anssi Resko	Matchless					Ret	7			0
ZAF Paddy Driver	Matchless	7						Ret		0
GBR Dan Shorey	Matchless		Ret	11		8		Ret		0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton			8	Ret	Ret				0
CHE Othmar Drixl	Norton							8		0
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Norton						8			0
NIR Billy McCosh	Matchless	19			9					0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton	Ret	9	Ret						0
SWE Bo Granath	Matchless	Ret					9			0
HUN György Kurucz	Norton					9				0
ITA Alberto Picca	Gilera							9		0
GBR Ellis Boyce	Norton	10			13					0
GBR Roy Robinson	Norton			17		10				0
GBR Derek Woodman	Matchless	17			10					0
NZL Ginger Molloy	Matchless			10						0
FIN Tauno Nurmi	Norton						10			0
ITA Renzo Rossi	Norton							10		0
NIR Dick Creith	Norton				11					0
DEU Karl Recktenwald	Norton		11							0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton	11								0
FIN Antero Ventoniemi	Norton						11			0
DEU Lothar John	Norton		Ret	12						0
GBR Stuart Graham	Matchless				12					0
AUS Ron Robinson	Norton	33		13						0
IRL John Somers	Norton		13							0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton	26			14					0
NLD Joop Vogelzang	Norton		Ret	14						0
GBR Michael McStay	Norton	15								0
NIR Tommy Holmes	Matchless				15					0
DEU Ronald Föll	Matchless	16				Ret	Ret	Ret		0
NIR Patsy McGarrity	Matchless				16					0
Estonian SSR Jüri Randla	CKB			16						0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton				17					0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton			18						0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless	18								0
NIR Rollie Stallard	Norton				18					0
NIR John Brown	Norton				19					0
GBR Derek Llee	Matchless	20								0
NIR John Meneely	Norton				20					0
GBR Pete Bettison	Norton	22								0
GBR Billie Nelson	Norton	23								0
GBR Peter Evans	Norton	24								0
GBR Martyn Hayward	Matchless	25								0
GBR Brian Walmsley	Norton	27								0
ZAF Bernie Marrier	Norton	28								0
GBR John Simmonds	Matchless	29								0
GBR Bob Ritchie	Norton	30								0
GBR Don Ellis	Matchless	31								0
GBR Jimmy Morton	Matchless	34								0
GBR Colin Cross	Norton	35								0
GBR Tony Heaton	Norton	36								0
NZL Graham Dickson	Matchless	37								0
USA Stan Brassley	Norton	38								0
USA Robert Knott	Norton	39								0
NZL Bill Wetzel	Matchless	40								0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton	41								0
FRA Philippe Canoui	Norton					Ret		Ret		0
AUS Dennis Fry	Norton	Ret	Ret							0
AUT Edy Lenz	Norton	Ret	Ret							0
CZE Frantisek Stastny	Jawa	Ret	Ret							0
FIN Veikko Sulasaari	Norton					Ret	Ret			0
CHE Ernst Weiss	Norton				Ret	Ret				0
GBR Dennis Ainsworth	Matchless		Ret							0
SWE Billy Andersson	Norton					Ret				0
GBR Monty Buxton	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA	Ret								0
GBR Brian Carr	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Chris Conn	Norton				Ret					0
NIR John Courtney	Norton				Ret					0
ITA Giuseppe Dardanello	Norton							Ret		0
ITA Antonio de Simone	Rudge							Ret		0
GBR Brian Dennis	BSA	Ret								0
GBR Alan Dugdale	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Anthony Fisher	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Jack Gow	Triton	Ret								0
CAN Don Haddow	Matchless	Ret								0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Alan Harris	Velocette	Ret								0
Estonian SSR Endel Kiisa	CKB						Ret			0
FIN Pentti Lehtelä	Norton						Ret			0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Colin Lyster	Norton					Ret				0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera							Ret		0
ITA Pietro Mencaglia	Norton							Ret		0
BEL Raphaël Orinel	Norton			Ret						0
GBR Peter Preston	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Tarquinio Provini	Moto Morini								Ret	0
NIR George Purvis	Matchless				Ret					0
GBR Johnnie Rae	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Frank Reynolds	Norton	Ret								0
USA William Sharp	BSA			Ret						0
GBR Jack Simpson	Matchless	Ret								0
DNK Vagn Stevnhoved	Matchless			Ret						0
AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Norton		Ret							0
ITA Angelo Tenconi	Moto Guzzi							Ret		0
NIR Ray Turkington	Norton				Ret					0
ITA Remo Venturi	Bianchi							Ret		0
GBR Tom Walker	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Norton							Ret		0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	32	5
2	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	28	2
3	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	16	0
4	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	7	0
5	CSK Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	7	0
6	ITA Remo Venturi	Italy	Bianchi	6	0
=	GBR John Hartle	United Kingdom	Gilera	6	0
=	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	6	0
9	SUN Nicolaï Sevostianov	USSR	CKEB C360	5	0
10	CAN Mike Duff	Canada	AJS	5	0
11	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Gilera	4	0
=	SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson	Sweden	Norton	4	0
=	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Honda	4	0
14	AUS Jack Ahearn	Australia	Norton	4	0
15	GBR Fred Stevens	United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
16	GBR Sid Mizen	United Kingdom	AJS	3	0
=	CSK Pavel Slavícek	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	3	0
18	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	2	0
=	GBR Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
20	GBR Len Ireland	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	FIN Veikko Sulasaari	Finland	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	44	4
2	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Morini	42	4
3	JPN Fumio Ito	Japan	Yamaha	26	1
4	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Honda	20	0
5	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	13	0
6	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	11	0
7	JPN Yoshikazu Sunako	Japan	Yamaha	9	0
8	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MZ	8	1
9	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	7	0
10	GBR Bill Smith	United Kingdom	Honda	4	0
=	ITA Umberto Masetti	Italy	Moto Morini	4	0
=	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Yamaha	4	0
13	CSK Stanislav Malina	Czechoslovakia	CZ	4	0
14	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	3	0
=	JPN Hiroshi Hasegawa	Japan	Yamaha	3	0
=	HUN László Szabó	Hungary	MZ	3	0
=	ARG Raúl Kissling	Argentina	NSU	3	0
18	AUS Jack Findlay	Australia	FB-Mondial	2	0
=	ARG Ivan Schumann	Argentina	NSU	2	0
20	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	1	0
=	GBR John Kidson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	NLD Cas Swart	Netherlands	Honda	1	0
=	GBR Chris Anderson	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	URY Carlos Marfetan	Uruguay	Parilla	1	0
=	JPN Isamu Kasuya	Japan	Honda	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	[ESP](1963-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRG](1963-west-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRG	[FRA](1963-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[NED](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
NIR	[GDR](1963-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAT](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	[JPN](1963-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	Pts	1	54 (62)	2	38 (47)	3	35	4	24	5	23	6	17	7	14	8	11	9	11	10	7	11	6	12	6	13	4	14	3	14	3	16	3	17	2	17	2	17	2	20	1	20	1	20	1	20	1	20	1	20	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	[ESP](1963-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRG](1963-west-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRG	[FRA](1963-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[NED](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
NIR	[GDR](1963-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAT](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	[JPN](1963-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	Pts
NZL Hugh Anderson	Suzuki		2	1F	1F	1	2	1	1F	1F			5
CHE Luigi Taveri	Honda	1F	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	1F
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Honda	2		2	6					5	2F	1F	2F
GBR Frank Perris	Suzuki			4	2	2		6					1
AUT Bert Schneider	Suzuki				5	4F	1	2F	3
FRG Ernst Degner	Suzuki		1F	6	3		NCF						3
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	3	5			5		5			3
GBR Alan Shepherd	MZ		6						2	3
GBR Tommy Robb	Honda			5		6	5	4					4
HUN László Szabó	MZ		3							4
ARG Héctor Pochettino	Bultaco											2
ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Honda						4				4
ARG Aldo Caldarella	Bultaco											3
GBR Peter Inchley	EMC	4
ARG Alberto Gómez	Zanella											4
CAN Mike Duff	Bultaco	6
MZ								5
ESP Francisco González	Bultaco	5
GIB John Grace	Bultaco										5
ARG Eduardo Salatino	Zanella											5
FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Bultaco						6
DDR Werner Musiol	MZ								6
GBR Gary Dickinson	Honda									6
CSK Stanislav Malina	ČZ										6
ARG Horacio Maffia	Ducati											6
JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Suzuki												6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	[ESP](1963-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRG](1963-west-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRG	[FRA](1963-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[NED](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
NIR	[GDR](1963-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAT](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	[JPN](1963-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	Pts	1	56 (72)	2	46 (63)	3	14	4	11	5	3	5	3	7	1	7	1	Pos.	Constructor	[ESP](1963-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[FRG](1963-west-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRG	[FRA](1963-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[MAN](1963-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[NED](1963-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1963-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1963-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
NIR	[GDR](1963-east-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GDR	[FIN](1963-finnish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FIN	[NAT](1963-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ARG](1963-argentine-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ARG	[JPN](1963-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	Pts
JPN Suzuki		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1
JPN Honda	1	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	2
GDR MZ		3						2	3
ESP Bultaco	5					6				5	2
GBR EMC	4
ARG Zanella											4
CSK ČZ										6
ITA Ducati											6

50cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Suzuki	34	2
2	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	West Germany	Kreidler	32	3
3	FRG Ernst Degner	West Germany	Suzuki	30	1
4	JPN Isao Morishita	Japan	Suzuki	23	1
5	JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Japan	Suzuki	20	1
6	JPN Michio Ichino	Japan	Suzuki	14	0
7	ITA Alberto Pagani	Italy	Kreidler	9	0
8	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	8	1
9	ESP José Busquets	Spain	Derbi	7	0
10	JPN Shunkishi Masuda	Japan	Suzuki	4	0
11	ARG Raúl Kissling	Argentina	Kreidler	3	0
12	FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise	France	Kreidler	3	0
13	ARG Karaber Samardjian	Argentina	Suzuki	2	0
=	JPN Sadao Shimazaki	Japan	Honda	2	0
15	ESP Juan García	Spain	Ducson	1	0
=	GBR Ian Plumridge	United Kingdom	Honda	1	0
=	FIN Matti Salonen	Finland	Prykija	1	0
=	URY Gastón Biscia	Uruguay	Suzuki	1	0

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

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