MotorsportMemorabilia 1963 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed TONY SETTEMBER

Although the BRM P57 started the 1963 season well, Jim Clark quickly took charge, winning 7 out of the 10 races, having gained 7 pole positions and led for 506 of the 708 laps. Clark easily won the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships with Graham Hill and Richie Ginther tying for second place, both in the BRM P57. An astounding 14 race wins in the 1962-65 period, all with Jim Clark at the wheel, confirmed the Lotus 25 as the Formula 1 car of the 60s. The artwork for this season depicts Jim Clark being hounded by Dan Gurney at East London. 

The first special cover is signed by TONY SETTEMBER who raced Corvettes and Mercedes in the USA during the 1950s, and came to Europe in the early 1960s. He won the Naples GP at Posillipo, driving a Maserati sports car, in 1961. Paul Emery was commissioned to build a chassis for the 1962 F1 season, sponsored by his friend Hugh Powell. The Emeryson car, powered by a Climax engine, ran in 2 GPs. For 1963, Tony Settember raced the Scirocco Powell car, using a BRM power unit. He raced in 4 GPs with the best result 8th in the Belgian GP at Spa Francorchamps. He finished second in the non-championship Austrian GP but returned to the USA at the end of the season. He continued racing in the States with Lotus and AC Cobra sports cars. In the late 1960s, he raced a Lola in the Can-Am championship and then completed his career as a driver in the F5000 series.

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