Categories: Look backRace and classic pictures

Bringing the curtain down

In 1963, the championship was long since decided before the end of the season, with Jim Clark having won six of the eight races contested so far. The final round was the South African Grand Prix, which took place on December 28 at East London. Clark (Lotus, left) would win again ahead of Dan Gurney (Brabham, right) and Graham Hill (BRM).

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.