GP '63 - IV Shell Gran Premio "Citta di Imola" 1 Jim Clark - Lotus-Climax 2 Jo Siffert - Lotus-BRM 3 Bob Anderson - Lola-Climax 4 Jo Schlesser - Brabham-Ford 5 Carlo Abate - Cooper-Maserati 6 Carel Godin de Beaufort - Porsche 7 Jack Fairman - Porsche 8 Ernesto Prinoth - Lotus-Climax 9 Trevor Taylor - Lotus-Climax Ret Jo Bonnier - Lotus-Climax Ret Bernard Collomb - Lotus-Climax Ret Lorenzo Bandini - Cooper-Maserati Ret Gaetano Starrabba - Lotus-Maserati DNQ Günther Seiffert - Lotus-BRM DNQ Giancarlo Baghetti - Lotus-Climax WD John Surtees - Ferrari WD Phil Hill - ATS WD André Pilette - Lotus-Climax WD Carlo Abate - Porsche WD Willy Mairesse - Ferrari
00:00One of the earliest races of the 1963 season was the non championship round at Imola, a town on the main road from Bologna to the Adriatic Sea.
00:12Although used every year for motorcycle races, this was the first car race to be held here since 1956.
00:30Joe Bonnier was driving for Rob Walker, Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor for Team Lotus.
00:44They would be racing against a miscellaneous assortment of private owners.
00:48Both Ferrari and the new ATS team, set up by ex-Ferrari personnel like Romolo Tavonia and Carlo Citti, had withdrawn, saying that their cars were not yet ready.
01:04During the last practice session on Saturday afternoon, I watched Rob's V8 Cooper together with the two Lotus 25s.
01:12Swiss driver Joe Sifford was there with his BRM V8 engine Lotus and also the ex-motorcycle racer, Bob Anderson, who has bought an ex-bowmaker Lola and was running as a privateer.
01:27Anderson's Lola was also V8 equipped.
01:30The other entries included de Beaufort's well-known Porsche and several four-cylinder Lotuses.
01:38The practice session confirmed what we had expected.
01:41Jim Clark in the fuel-injected Lotus 25 was fastest, followed by Trevor Taylor and Joe Bonnier.
01:48Bonnier was not very happy as his engine was misfiring.
01:54On race day, the locals all flocked to the circuit of Castellaccio to watch a Formula Junior race in the early afternoon preceding the Grand Prix.
02:03Alf and Tony wheeled the Walker Cooper to its position on the outside of the front row of the grid.
02:15From the hill across the orchard, we could see the pit straight as we watched for the 13 cars that would start the race.
02:29Clark duly took the lead, followed by Taylor, Bonnier, Sifford, Anderson, Bandini, with the rest straggling out behind.
02:47Immediately, Jim Clark began to draw away.
03:03Bonnier was now up to second, Trevor Taylor having stopped with gearbox trouble.
03:07Joe was lapping around the 100 mile an hour mark, with Sifford now in third place behind him.
03:30The little Ford-engined Brabham was mixing it with the Porsche and a four-cylinder Lotus, surprising everybody with its speed.
03:46The race had become a little processional.
04:02Clark was touring around in a comfortable lead, with only Sifford on the same lap.
04:07Taylor, with his car now repaired, went out again and, though many laps behind, was pushing hard, enjoying himself, and setting fastest lap in the process.
04:16Clark took the chequered flag after 50 laps, winner of the MLA Grand Prix, and a promising start for his season.
04:35Bob Anderson finished second in his Lola V8, after Sifford had been forced to retire.
04:41Although a walk-over for Clark, it had been a fast and enjoyable race.
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