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 1 Grands Prix 2 Championship Standings 2.1 500cc Standings 2.2 350cc Standings 2.3 250cc Standings 2.4 125cc Standings 2.5 50cc Standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	50 winner	125 winner	250 winner	350 winner	500 winner	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc Park	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Luigi Taveri	Tarquinio Provini			Report
2	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Hugh Anderson	Ernst Degner	Tarquinio Provini	Jim Redman		Report
3	French Grand Prix	Clermont-Ferrand	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Hugh Anderson				Report
4	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Mitsuo Itoh	Hugh Anderson	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Ernst Degner	Hugh Anderson	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	John Hartle	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Isao Morishita	Bert Schneider	Fumio Ito		Mike Hailwood	Report
7	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod		Hugh Anderson	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
8	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring		Hugh Anderson	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Report
9	Finnish Grand Prix	Tampere	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Hugh Anderson		Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Report
10	Nations Grand Prix	Monza		Luigi Taveri	Tarquinio Provini	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
11	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Hugh Anderson	Jim Redman	Tarquinio Provini		Mike Hailwood	Report
12	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Luigi Taveri	Frank Perris	Jim Redman	Jim Redman †		Report

† Non-championship race.

[edit] Championship Standings

[edit] 500cc Standings

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

[edit] 350cc Standings

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

[edit] 250cc Standings

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

[edit] 125cc Standings

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

[edit] 50cc Standings

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