Editing Chris Amon (section)

====1963====
For the [[1963 Formula One season]] the Parnell team were using the year old [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola Mk4|Mk4A]], powered by 1962 specification [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[V8 engine]]s. Amon was teamed with the very experienced [[Maurice Trintignant]] for the first race of the season at [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] and his Grand Prix career started with what was to become typical bad luck: Trintignant's Climax developed a misfire, so he took over Amon's car.

At the [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix]], Amon was partnered by [[Lucien Bianchi]] and started ahead of him from 15th position. After nine laps, however, an oil fire ended his race. He continued to experience mechanical problems at the [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch]], [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican]] and [[1963 German Grand Prix|German]] Grands Prix; and after an accident in practice for the [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] left him hanging out of his car's cockpit with three broken ribs, he missed both the Italian and [[1963 United States Grand Prix|United States]] rounds.

Amon usually qualified in the midfield and generally outpaced his teammates, who included his good friend [[Mike Hailwood]]. His best results of the year were seventh at the [[1963 French Grand Prix|French]] and [[1963 British Grand Prix|British]] Grands Prix. During this time, however, Amon's social life was attracting as much attention as his driving. He was a member of the Ditton Road Flyers, the social set named after the road in London where Amon shared an apartment with American [[Peter Revson]], Hailwood and [[Tony Maggs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-2014/98/all-work-no-playboy|title=All work no playboy|date=2014-10-09|access-date=2016-08-03}}</ref>

Parnell was nonetheless impressed with Amon's results in what was regarded as less-than-competitive machinery and promoted him to team leader. Parnell died from [[peritonitis]] in January 1964 and his son [[Tim Parnell|Tim]] took over the team.