The 6th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 December 1963 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over two heats, each of 25 laps of the circuit, and was won overall by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 156.
Surtees secured pole position for the first heat, and won with team-mate Lorenzo Bandini in second. This result was repeated in the second heat for the Ferraris to take the 1-2 positions very comfortably. Local drivers took the minor placings after Team Lotus suffered from fuel vaporisation problems.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid Heat 1 / 2 1 John Surtees SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 1:20:11.0 1 1st / 1st 2 Lorenzo Bandini SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari + 1:26.2 3 2nd / 2nd 3 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo + 2:19.3 5 3rd / 4th 4 John Love John Love Cooper-Climax + 2:19.5 6 4th / 3rd 5 Ernie Pieterse Lawson Organisation Lotus-Climax + 4:03.8 7 7th / 8th 6 David Prophet David Prophet Brabham-Ford + 4:19.0 12 9th / 7th 7 Paddy Driver Selby Auto Spares Lotus-BRM 49 laps 10 11th / 9th 8 Doug Serrurier Otelle Nucci LDS-Alfa Romeo 40 laps 9 5th / 11th 9 Gene Bosman Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 48 laps 14 12th / 10th 10 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 46 laps 2 17th / 6th 11 Dave Charlton Ecurie Tomahawk Lotus-Ford 46 laps 18 13th / 17th 12 Alex Blignaut Team Valencia Cooper-Climax 46 laps 19 14th / 15th 13 Jack Holme Jackie Holme Lotus-Climax 46 laps 17 16th / 14th 14 Rauten Hartmann Rauten Hartmann Netuar-Peugeot 46 laps 20 15th / 16th 15 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Climax 44 laps 13 18th / 13th 16 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 43 laps 4 19th / 5th 17 David Clapham Scuderia Los Amigos LDS-Climax 37 laps 15 20th / 18th 18 George van Straaten George van Straaten LDS-Ford 34 laps / Engine 16 Ret / 12th Ret Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo Mechanical 21 8th / Ret Ret Brausch Niemann Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford Lost wheel / Ignition 8 Ret / Ret Ret Trevor Blokdyk Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati Oil line 11 6th / Ret Ret Clive Puzey Clive Puzey Lotus-Climax Gearbox 22 Ret / DNS WD Bruce Huntley Bruce Huntley Cooper-Alfa Romeo - - / - WD Bob Hay Bob Hay Lotus-Climax - - / - WD Clive Underwood Clive Underwood Cooper-Alfa Romeo - - / -
Blokdyk also entered his Cooper-Alfa Romeo and recorded a faster practice time in this car than in the car he ultimately raced. Ferrari entered a third car but withdrew it without designating a driver.
References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at www.silhouet.com