1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1963 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 15th competitive motorcycle season, with twelve Grands Prix and 5 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc.

Contents

[edit] Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Circuit 50 winner 125 winner 250 winner 350 winner 500 winner Report
1 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc Park Germany Hans-Georg Anscheidt Switzerland Luigi Taveri Italy Tarquinio Provini Report
2 Germany West German Grand Prix Hockenheimring New Zealand Hugh Anderson Germany Ernst Degner Italy Tarquinio Provini Rhodesia Jim Redman Report
3 France French Grand Prix Clermont-Ferrand Germany Hans-Georg Anscheidt New Zealand Hugh Anderson Report
4 Isle of Man Isle of Man TT Isle of Man Japan Mitsuo Itoh New Zealand Hugh Anderson Rhodesia Jim Redman Rhodesia Jim Redman United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
5 Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Germany Ernst Degner New Zealand Hugh Anderson Rhodesia Jim Redman Rhodesia Jim Redman United Kingdom John Hartle Report
6 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Spa Japan Isao Morishita Austria Bert Schneider Japan Fumio Ito United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
7 Northern Ireland Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod New Zealand Hugh Anderson Rhodesia Jim Redman Rhodesia Jim Redman United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
8 East Germany East German Grand Prix Sachsenring New Zealand Hugh Anderson United Kingdom Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
9 Finland Finnish Grand Prix Tampere Germany Hans-Georg Anscheidt New Zealand Hugh Anderson United Kingdom Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
10 Italy Nations Grand Prix Monza Switzerland Luigi Taveri Italy Tarquinio Provini Jim Redman United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
11 Argentina Argentinian Grand Prix Buenos Aires New Zealand Hugh Anderson Jim Redman Italy Tarquinio Provini United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Report
12 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Switzerland Luigi Taveri United Kingdom Frank Perris Jim Redman Jim Redman Report

† Non-championship race.

[edit] Championship Standings

[edit] 500cc Standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MV Agusta 40 7
2 United Kingdom Alan Shepherd United Kingdom Matchless 21 0
3 United Kingdom John Hartle United Kingdom Gilera 20 1
4 United Kingdom Phil Read United Kingdom Gilera 16 0
5 United Kingdom Fred Stevens United Kingdom Norton 13 0
6 Canada Mike Duff Canada Matchless 11 0
7 United Kingdom Derek Minter United Kingdom Gilera 10 0
8 Australia Jack Findlay Australia Matchless 8 0
9 Argentina Jorge Kissling Argentina Norton 6 0
10 Australia Jack Ahearn Australia Norton 5 0
11 Argentina Benedicto Caldarella Argentina Matchless 4 0
12 United Kingdom Bill Smith United Kingdom Norton 3 0
= Argentina Victorio Minguzzi Argentina Matchless 3 0
14 United Kingdom Joe Dunphy United Kingdom Norton 2 0
= United Kingdom Ralph Bryans United Kingdom Norton 2 0
= United Kingdom Sid Mizen United Kingdom Norton 2 0
= Austria Ladi Richter United Kingdom Norton 2 0
= Argentina Fabián Villavelran Argentina Norton 2 0
19 Sweden Sven-Olof Gunnarsson Sweden Norton 1 0
= Switzerland Gyula Marsovsky Switzerland Matchless 1 0
= United Kingdom Vernon Cottle United Kingdom Norton 1 0
= Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Nicolaï Sevostianov USSR CKEB 1 0
= Italy Vasco Loro Italy Norton 1 0
= Uruguay Horacio Costa Uruguay Norton 1 0

[edit] 350cc Standings

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

[edit] 250cc Standings

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

[edit] 125cc Standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 New Zealand Hugh Anderson New Zealand Suzuki 54 6
2 Switzerland Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 38 2
3 Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 35 1
4 United Kingdom Frank Perris United Kingdom Suzuki 24 1
5 Austria Bert Schneider Austria Suzuki 23 1
6 Germany Ernst Degner West Germany Suzuki 17 1
7 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 14 0
8 United Kingdom Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 11 0
9 United Kingdom Tommy Robb United Kingdom Honda 11 0
10 Hungary László Szabó Hungary MZ 7 0
11 Argentina Héctor Pochettino Hungary Bultaco 6 0
12 Italy Giuseppe Visenzi Italy Honda 6 0
13 Argentina Aldo Caldarella Argentina Bultaco 4 0
14 United Kingdom Peter Inchley United Kingdom EMC 3 0
= Argentina Alberto Gómez Argentina Zanella 3 0
16 Canada Mike Duff Canada Bultaco / MZ 3 0
17 Spain Francisco González Spain Bultaco 2 0
= Gibraltar John Grace Gibraltar Bultaco 2 0
= Argentina Juan Carlos Salatino Argentina Zanella 2 0
20 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise France Bultaco 1 0
= East Germany Werner Musiol East Germany MZ 1 0
= United Kingdom Gary Dickinson United Kingdom Honda 1 0
= Czechoslovakia Stanislav Malina Czechoslovakia ČZ 1 0
= Argentina Horacio Maffia Argentina Ducati 1 0
= Japan Mitsuo Itoh Japan Suzuki 1 0

[edit] 50cc Standings

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