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===Rounds 4 to 7===
Championship leader [[Jim Clark]] scored another [[pole position]] at the [[1963 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], ahead of [[Graham Hill]] and [[Dan Gurney]]. At the start, Hill stalled his engine, along with [[Masten Gregory]] and the unrelated [[Phil Hill]], but they were allowed to be push-started without further consequence, which was a diversion from the normal rules by the French race director. Behind Clark, a group of [[Brabham]]s and [[British Racing Motors|BRMs]] were fighting over second place. A couple of laps later, a series of retirements had changed the picture, and Clark's engine was not reaching full [[rpm]] either. [[Jack Brabham]] was catching the leading [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], but when the rain fell, Clark was again the fastest man on track and took the chequered flag to complete another [[Glossary of motorsport terms#G|"grand slam"]] and a [[hat-trick|hattrick]] of wins. When an electrical wire had come loose, Brabham's engine died. Although he could restart it, second place was now up for grabs. Hill took first advantage but his [[clutch]] slipped and it was [[Tony Maggs]] for [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] that was the first to finish behind the almighty Clark. During the race, the stewards decided to [[foul (sports)|penalise]] the three drivers that stalled on the grid by adding a minute to their race time.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129062707/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1963/26/49th-french-grand-prix|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1963/26/49th-french-grand-prix|title=1963 French Grand Prix race report: Clark completes his hat-trick|work=Motorsport Magazine|author=Denis Jenkinson|date=30 June 1963|archive-date=29 November 2021|access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> Hill was still classified as third, but at a later point, it was decided to withhold his championship points. No points were awarded for third place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1963/races/208/france/race-result.html|title=1963 French Grand Prix - RACE RESULT|work=Formula1.com|access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
For the [[1963 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]], Clark scored a fourth consecutive pole position, ahead of Gurney and Hill. Clark bogged down at the start, but he was back in front after just four laps. Brabham was the first of a group tightly fighting over second place. Gurney took over when Brabham's engine blew up. The race went on without incidents until Gurney's engine blew up on lap 60 and spread oil across the track. Hill went into second place before he starting running out of [[fuel]], letting Surtees into second and coasting over the line in third place. Clark scored his fourth win in a row. <ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608190829/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1963/14/xvi-british-grand-prix/|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1963/14/xvi-british-grand-prix/|title=1963 British Grand Prix race report - Clark (Lotus-Climax) uncatchable|work=Motorsport Magazine|author=Denis Jenkinson|date=20 July 1963|archive-date=8 June 2023|access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
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Clark was now 20 points ahead in the championship, and he would clinch the title if he won the [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]], no matter the results of his rivals. Unlike in {{F1|1962}}, the organisers had planned to use the full {{conv|10|km|abbr=on}} [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza circuit]], including the oval. [[Bob Anderson (racing driver)|Bob Anderson]] crashed his [[Lola Cars|Lola]] in [[Formula One racing#Free practice|practice]] and described it the safest accident he could wish to have. However, the [[police]] went round the track and noted that there were no fences on the inside of the oval to protect spectators. The organisers quickly agreed, seeing that there was a petition going to refuse the race unless the banking was eliminated, and declared to use the road circuit only for the rest of the weekend. Surtees qualified on pole in front of Ferrari's home crowd, ahead of Hill and Clark. Hill got the best start and was followed by Clark, before the traditional [[slipstreaming]] commenced and the lead changes hands multiple times through the next laps. Soon, though, Surtees and Clark were on their own, and then the Ferrari engine blew up. This gifted Clark the lead, but without a slipstream, the Climax engine was not up for it, so Hill and Gurney caught him and they formed a new trio at the front. But Hill's clutch gave out just after half-distance and Gurney's BRM had trouble with its fuel system, so Clark was left alone once more and his pace dropped. By this point, however, he was a lap ahead of second-placed Ginther and he cruised to the finish, to take the win and claim the 1963 championship.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426094818/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1963/40/34th-italian-grand-prix/|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1963/40/34th-italian-grand-prix/|title=1963 Italian Grand Prix race report: Clark and Lotus rule supreme|work=Motorsport Magazine|author=Denis Jenkinson|date=8 September 1963|archive-date=26 April 2023|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
[[Jim Clark]] ([[Team Lotus|Lotus]]) led the championship with 51 points, ahead of [[Richie Ginther]] ([[British Racing Motors|BRM]], 24) and [[John Surtees]] ([[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], 22). On the basis of points, Ginther could still get level with Clark, but only the six best results in the season would count towards the championship, so on the minute chance
===Rounds 8 to 10===
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