1963 Drivers Championship Final Standings
Points were awarded on an 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis at each round, with only the best six round results retained.
| Pos. |
Driver |
MON
|
BEL
|
NED
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
USA
|
MEX
|
RSA
|
Pts. |
| 1 |
Jim Clark |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
54 (73) |
| 2 |
Graham Hill |
1 |
Ret |
Ret |
3‡ |
3 |
Ret |
16 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
29 |
| 3 |
Richie Ginther |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Ret |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Ret |
29 (34) |
| 4 |
John Surtees |
4 |
Ret |
3 |
Ret |
2 |
1 |
Ret |
9 |
DSQ |
Ret |
22 |
| 5 |
Dan Gurney |
Ret |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Ret |
Ret |
14 |
Ret |
6 |
2 |
19 |
| 6 |
Bruce McLaren |
3 |
2 |
Ret |
12 |
Ret |
Ret |
3 |
11 |
Ret |
4 |
17 |
| 7 |
Jack Brabham |
9 |
Ret |
Ret |
4 |
Ret |
7 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
14 |
| 8 |
Tony Maggs |
5 |
7 |
Ret |
2 |
9 |
Ret |
6 |
Ret |
Ret |
7 |
9 |
| 9 |
Innes Ireland |
Ret |
Ret |
4 |
9 |
Ret |
Ret |
4 |
|
|
|
6 |
| 10 |
Lorenzo Bandini |
|
|
|
10 |
5 |
Ret |
Ret |
5 |
Ret |
5 |
6 |
| 11 |
Jo Bonnier |
7 |
5 |
11 |
NC |
Ret |
6 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
| 12 |
Gerhard Mitter |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
| 13 |
Jim Hall |
Ret |
Ret |
8 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
|
3 |
| 14 |
Carel Godin de Beaufort |
|
6 |
9 |
|
10 |
Ret |
DNQ |
6 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
| 15 |
Jo Siffert |
Ret |
Ret |
7 |
6 |
Ret |
9 |
Ret |
Ret |
9 |
|
1 |
| 16 |
Trevor Taylor |
6 |
Ret |
10 |
13 |
Ret |
8 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
8 |
1 |
| 17 |
Ludovico Scarfiotti |
|
|
6 |
DNS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| — |
Chris Amon |
DNS |
Ret |
Ret |
7 |
7 |
Ret |
DNS |
|
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Hap Sharp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
7 |
|
0 |
| — |
Peter Broeker |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Maurice Trintignant |
Ret |
|
|
8 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Mike Hailwood |
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Tony Settember |
|
8 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
John Love |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
0 |
| — |
Bernard Collomb |
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Phil Hill |
|
Ret |
Ret |
NC |
|
|
11 |
Ret |
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Masten Gregory |
|
|
|
Ret |
11 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Moisés Solana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
0 |
| — |
Doug Serrurier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
0 |
| — |
Bob Anderson |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Trevor Blokdyk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
0 |
| — |
John Campbell-Jones |
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Mike Spence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Brausch Niemann |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
0 |
| — |
Giancarlo Baghetti |
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
|
15 |
Ret |
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Willy Mairesse |
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ian Burgess |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Pedro Rodriguez |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Ian Raby |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Lucien Bianchi |
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Mário de Araújo Cabral |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
DNS |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Rodger Ward |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Peter de Klerk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Sam Tingle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Ernie Pieterse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
David Prophet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
André Pilette |
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Tim Parnell |
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Kurt Kuhnke |
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Roberto Lippi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ernesto Brambilla |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Frank Dochnal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNS |
|
0 |
| Pos. |
Driver |
MON
|
BEL
|
NED
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
USA
|
MEX
|
RSA
|
Pts. |
|
Key
| Colour |
Result |
| Gold |
Winner |
| Silver |
2nd place |
| Bronze |
3rd place |
| Green |
Points finish |
| Blue |
Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret) |
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White |
Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Light blue |
Practiced only (PO) |
Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards) |
| Blank |
Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
| Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
- Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
- Bold indicates pole position
‡ No points awarded as Hill's car was pushed at the start line.