1963 Elite Racing League season

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1963 Elite Racing League season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Bruce McLaren	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax

The 1963 Elite Racing League season was the 4th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing support series (the series would remain a support series until 1997.) The Drivers Championship was won by Bruce McLaren (eventual founder of the McLaren team) whilst Lotus finally won the Constructors Championship after 3 years of trying they also won the Formula 1 Constructors Championship becoming the second constructor to win both titles. Both championships were decided in the final race at the championship's debut in Argentina at the Buenos Aries circuit and to this day goes down in ERL history as one of the closest title fights of all time.

Season Review

The Portugese Grand Prix at Boavista was replaced with the Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aries due to the street track of Boavista being deemed unsafe by the FIA and a hazard to drivers.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor
1	Template:GBR British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax
2	European Grand Prix	Aintree	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	Bruce McLaren	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax
3	Template:FRA French Grand Prix	Magny-Cours	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Lorenzo Bandini	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax
5	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Bruce McLaren	Jo Bonnier	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax
6	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax
7	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Sebring	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Lorenzo Bandini	Bruce McLaren	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax
8	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aries	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:USA Dan Gurney	Template:GBR Jim Clark	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax

Teams and Drivers

BRM entered the championship as a constructor following a successful run in Formula 1.

Team	Constructor	Engine	Tyres	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:GBR Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	1	Bruce McLaren	All
				2	Tony Maggs	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 178 1.5 V6	Template:Dunlop	3	Template:GBR John Surtees	All
				4	Lorenzo Bandini	All
Template:GBR Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	5	Template:GBR Jim Clark	All
				6	Jo Bonnier	All
Maserati Factory Team	Maserati	Maserati 6-1500 1.5 L4	Template:Dunlop	7	Trevor Blokdyk	All
Template:GBR Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	8	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	All
				9	Template:USA Dan Gurney	All
Porsche Racing	Porsche	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	Template:Dunlop	10	Template:USA Phil Hill	All
				11	Chris Amon	All
Template:GBR British Racing Motors Limited	BRM	BRM P56 1.5 V8	Template:Dunlop	12	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	All
				13	Template:GBR Alan Wray	All

Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Bruce McLaren	39
2	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	38
3	Template:GBR Jim Clark	35
4	Jo Bonnier	17
5	Template:GBR Alan Wray	16
6	Template:USA Phil Hill	15
7	Lorenzo Bandini	11
8	Template:USA Dan Gurney	11
9	Template:GBR Mike Hailwood	8
10	Trevor Blokydyk	8
11	Tony Maggs	1
12	Chris Amon	1
13	Template:GBR John Surtees	0

Constructors Championship

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Template:GBR Lotus-Climax	52
2	Template:GBR Brabham-Climax	49
3	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax	40
4	Template:GBR BRM	24
5	Porsche	16
6	Ferrari	11
7	Maserati	8