1963 Sandown International Cup
# 1963 Sandown International Cup

The 1963 Sandown International Cup was a motor race for Formula Libre cars, staged at Sandown Park, in Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1963. The race was contested over 60 laps of the two miles (3.2 km) circuit, a total distance of 120 miles (190 km). It was the second annual Sandown International Cup, the two races serving as the forerunners of the Sandown round of the annual Tasman Series from 1964 to 1975.

The race was won by Bruce McLaren driving a Cooper T62 Coventry Climax.

## Results

| Pos. | Driver | No | Car | Entrant | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bruce McLaren | 10 | Cooper T62 Coventry Climax FPF | B McLaren | 60 |
| 2 | Tony Maggs | 2 | Lola Mk4 Coventry Climax FPF | Bowmaker Racing Team | 59 |
| 3 | David McKay | 8 | Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Veloce | |
| 4 | John Youl | 5 | Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF | John L Youl | |
| 5 | Tony Shelley | 11 | Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax FPF | T Shelley | |
| 6 | Chris Amon | 12 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Veloce | |
| 7 | Bob Holden | 13 | Lynx Peugeot | Killara Motor Garage | |
| DNF | Jack Brabham | 4 | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF | Ecurie Vitesse | 59 |
| DNF | Masten Gregory | 1 | Lola Mk4 Coventry Climax FPF | Bowmaker Racing Team | 55 |
| DNF | Bill Patterson | 9 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | B Patterson Motors | 51 |
| DNF | Frank Gardner | 47 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Birchwood | 44 |
| DNF | Jim Palmer | 3 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Bowmaker Racing Team | 32 |
| DNF | Lex Davison | 14 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Ecurie Australie | 31 |
| DNF | Bib Stillwell | 6 | Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF | BS Stillwell | 17 |
| DNF | Pat Hawthorn | 24 | Aston Martin DBR4/250 - BR1/300 | Ecurie Australie | |
| Disq | Bryan Thompson | 17 | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF s/c | Ecurie Shepparton | |
| DNS | Frank Matich | 15 | Elfin Junior Ford | Team Total | |
| DNS | Greg Cusack | 37 | Elfin Junior Ford | Scuderia Veloce | |
| DNS | Max Patterson | | Ausper T2 Ford | | |
| DNS | Ron Phillips | 18 | Lotus 20B Ford | J&R Phillips | |

Note:

* Pole position: Bruce McLaren, 1m 10.4s
* Winner's race time: 1h 10m 03.8s
