| abstract | - The 1963 Mexican Grand Prix, officially recognised as the II Gran Premio de Mexico, was the penultimate round of the 1963 FIA Formula One World Championship held at the Magdalena Mixhuca circuit in Mexico City. The race would be remembered as the first Mexican Grand Prix to be staged as part of the World Championship, and as the only race until the 2014 Australian Grand Prix to feature a car with #13 as its race number. With Mexican Moisés Solana breaking the motor racing tradition and using "unlucky" thirteen as his number, pole went to Jim Clark for the sixth time in 1963, a new record for the Championship. It proved to be the Scot's weekend, with the Team Lotus driver untroubled throughout the race, while Jack Brabham thrilled the fans by climbing up from tenth. Solana ended up in eleventh despite his race ending prematurely with an engine failure, while Brabham completed a stunning performance to claim second in the closing stages. His last victims were Richie Ginther and Graham Hill in the BRMs, while Jo Bonnier and Dan Gurney completed the points. Home hero Pedro Rodríguez, brother of Ricardo Rodríguez whom had died in the non-Championship I Mexican Grand Prix the year before, saw his race ruined with a suspension failure. Yet, no one could touch the green-gold Lotus at the front of the field, as Clark claimed fastest lap on his way to a sixth victory of the season. That feat earned him a third Grand Chelem of the season and ensured that the Scot would end the season with a maximum score of 54 points. The honours kept on coming, for that sixth win saw the Scot equal Juan Manuel Fangio's record of six wins in a season.
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