1962 Formula One season

The 1962 Formula One season included the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 20, 1962, and ended on December 29 after nine races.

Season summary

Ferrari were completely eclipsed in 1962, partly as a result of internal upheavals, partly because the British teams had made great progress. BRM finally came good with Graham Hill taking the championship after a season long battle with the revolutionary monocoque Lotus 25 driven by Jim Clark. Dan Gurney gave Porsche their only grand prix win at Rouen, and Cooper won their last race until 1966. Lola made their first of their sporadic forays into grand prix racing, and Jack Brabham emerged as a constructor, scoring his first points in his own car. Stirling Moss, one of the great drivers, crashed heavily before the championship season begun and never raced in a grand prix again. Ricardo Rodriguez became the youngest driver to score championship points with his fourth place in Belgium (20 years, 123 days), a record which stood for 38 years before Jenson Button, aged 20 years, 67 days, broke it at the 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Dutch Grand Prix	May 20	Zandvoort	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	June 3	Monaco	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 17	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 8	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Dan Gurney	Porsche	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 21	Aintree	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 16	Monza	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
9	South African Grand Prix	December 29	Prince George	Graham Hill	BRM	Report

1962 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Points[1]
1	BRM	42 (56)
2	Lotus-Climax	36 (38)
3	Cooper-Climax	29 (37)
4	Lola-Climax	19
5	Porsche	18 (19)
6	Ferrari	18
7	Brabham-Climax	6
8	Lotus-BRM	1
9	De Tomaso-Osca	0
10	De Tomaso	0
11	LDS-Alfa Romeo	0
12	Gilby-BRM	0
13	ENB-Maserati	0
14	Emeryson-Climax	0
15	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	0

1962 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA Pts. 1 Graham Hill 1 6 2 9 4 1 1 2 1 42 (52) 2 Jim Clark 9 Ret 1 Ret 1 4 Ret 1 Ret 30 3 Bruce McLaren Ret 1 Ret 4 3 5 3 3 2 27 (32) 4 John Surtees Ret 4 5 5 2 2 Ret Ret Ret 19 5 Dan Gurney Ret Ret 1 9 3 13 5 15 6 Phil Hill 3 2 3 Ret Ret 11 14 7 Tony Maggs 5 Ret Ret 2 6 9 7 7 3 13 8 Richie Ginther Ret Ret Ret 3 13 8 2 Ret 7 10 9 Jack Brabham Ret 8 6 Ret 5 Ret 4 4 9 10 Trevor Taylor 2 Ret Ret 8 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 6 11 Giancarlo Baghetti 4 Ret 10 5 5 12 Lorenzo Bandini 3 Ret 8 4 13 Ricardo Rodríguez Ret 4 6 14 4 14 Willy Mairesse 7 Ret 4 3 15 Joakim Bonnier 7 5 Ret Ret 7 6 13 3 16 Innes Ireland Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 8 5 2 17 Carel Godin de Beaufort 6 DNQ 7 6 14 13 10 Ret 11 2 18 Masten Gregory Ret DNQ WD Ret 7 12 6 1 19 Neville Lederle 6 1 20 Maurice Trintignant Ret 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 0 21 Jackie Lewis 8 DNQ Ret 10 Ret 0 22 John Love 8 0 23 Nino Vaccarella DNQ 15 9 0 24 Lucien Bianchi 9 16 0 25 Roger Penske 9 0 26 Bruce Johnstone 9 0 27 Jo Siffert DNQ 10 Ret 12 DNQ 0 28 Rob Schroeder 10 0 29 Ernie Pieterse 10 0 30 Ian Burgess 12 11 DNQ 0 31 Tony Settember 11 Ret 0 32 John Campbell-Jones 11 0 33 Hap Sharp 11 0 34 Heini Walter 14 0 35 Jay Chamberlain 15 DNQ DNQ 0 — Wolfgang Seidel NC Ret DNQ 0 — Roy Salvadori WD Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Tony Shelly Ret DNQ DNQ 0 — Keith Greene Ret DNQ 0 — Ben Pon Ret 0 — Heinz Schiller Ret 0 — Bernard Collomb Ret 0 — Timmy Mayer Ret 0 — Doug Serrurier Ret 0 — Mike Harris Ret 0 — Günther Seiffert DNQ 0 — Gerry Ashmore DNQ 0 — Ernesto Prinoth DNQ 0 — Roberto Lippi DNQ 0 — Nasif Estéfano DNQ 0 Pos. Driver NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1962, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
V Cape Grand Prix	Killarney	January 2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	Report
IV Brussels Grand Prix	Heysel	April 1	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	Report
III Lombank Trophy	Snetterton	April 14	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XIV Lavant Cup	Goodwood	April 23	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
X Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 23	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
XXII Pau Grand Prix	Pau	April 23	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	Report
VII Aintree 200	Aintree	April 29	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
XV BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 12	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
XX Naples Grand Prix	Posillipo	May 20	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	Report
I International 2000 Guineas	Mallory Park	June 11	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	Report
XIII Crystal Palace Trophy	Crystal Palace	June 11	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	Report
III Reims Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 1	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
XII Solitude Grand Prix	Solitudering	July 15	Dan Gurney	Porsche	Report
VIII Kanonloppet	Karlskoga	August 12	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	Report
I Mediterranean Grand Prix	Enna-Pergusa	August 19	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	Report
III Danish Grand Prix	Roskildering	August 25-26	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	Report
IX Gold Cup	Oulton Park	September 1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
I Mexican Grand Prix	Magdalena Mixhuca	November 4	Jim Clark Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	Report
V Rand Grand Prix	Kyalami	December 15	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
II Natal Grand Prix	Westmead	December 22	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	Report

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