1962 German Grand Prix

  1962 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	August 5, 1962
Official name	XXIV Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.810 km (14.173 mi)
Distance	15 laps, 342.150 km (212.602 mi)
Weather	Heavy rain showers
Pole position
Driver	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Time	8:47.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	10:12.2 on lap 3
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	John Surtees	Lola-Climax
Third	Dan Gurney	Porsche

Phil Hill driving for Ferrari. He retired at just over half distance.

Results from the 1962 Formula One German Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring on August 5, 1962.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Graham Hill	BRM	15	2:38:45.3	2	9
2	14	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	15	+ 2.5	4	6
3	7	Dan Gurney	Porsche	15	+ 4.4	1	4
4	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	15	+ 42.1	3	3
5	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	15	+ 1:19.6	5	2
6	3	Ricardo Rodriguez	Ferrari	15	+ 1:23.8	10	1
7	8	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	15	+ 4:37.3	6
8	12	Richie Ginther	BRM	15	+ 5:00.1	7
9	10	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	15	+ 5:07.0	23
10	2	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	15	+ 8:14.7	13
11	25	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	15	+ 8:15.3	16
12	19	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Climax	15	+ 8:15.5	17
13	18	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	15	+ 9:11.8	8
14	32	Heini Walter	Porsche	14	+ 1 Lap	14
15	26	Nino Vaccarella	Porsche	14	+ 1 Lap	15
16	21	Lucien Bianchi	ENB-Maserati	14	+ 1 Lap	25
Ret	20	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	10	Suspension	21
Ret	1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	9	Suspension	12
Ret	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	9	Throttle	24
Ret	27	Keith Greene	Gilby-BRM	7	Suspension	19
Ret	15	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	4	Gearbox	9
Ret	17	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	4	Gearbox	11
Ret	4	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	4	Accident	18
Ret	28	Heinz Schiller	Lotus-BRM	4	Oil Pressure	20
Ret	31	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	2	Gearbox	22
Ret	6	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	0	Accident	26
DNQ	29	Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	34	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM
DNQ	30	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	34	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-BRM
WD	33	Tony Marsh	BRM		Car not ready

Notes

• Pole position: Dan Gurney - 8:47.2
• Fastest Lap: Graham Hill - 10:12.2

References

• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• "Formula One World". http://web.archive.org/web/20080205090312/http://motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1962/germany.html. Retrieved 2008-01-16.