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25px United Kingdom  1962 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season
Circuit Aintree.svg
Date 21 July 1962
Official name XV RAC British Grand Prix
Location Aintree Motor Racing Circuit
Aintree, England
Course Permanent racing facility
4.828 km (3.000 mi)
Distance 75 laps, 362.100 km (225.000 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:53.6
Fastest lap
Driver 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:55.0 on lap 36
Podium
First 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Second 25px UK John Surtees Lola-Climax
Third 25px Template:Country alias NZ Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax

The 1962 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 21 July 1962. It was the fifth race of the 1962 Formula One season. This was the last race at Aintree. From 1963 onwards, the race would be held at Silverstone. Scotsman Jim Clark dominated the race, driving a Lotus 25.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 75 2:26:20.8 1 9
2 24 25px UK John Surtees Lola-Climax 75 + 49.2 2 6
3 16 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 75 + 1:44.8 4 4
4 12 25px UK Graham Hill BRM 75 + 1:56.8 5 3
5 30 25px Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 9 2
6 18 25px South African flag after 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 13 1
7 34 25px USA Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 14  
8 22 25px UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 10  
9 8 25px USA Dan Gurney Porsche 73 + 2 Laps 6  
10 42 25px UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 72 + 3 Laps 15  
11 40 25px USA Tony Settember Emeryson-Climax 71 + 4 Laps 19  
12 36 25px UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 71 + 4 laps 16  
13 14 25px USA Richie Ginther BRM 70 + 5 Laps 8  
14 54 25px Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 69 + 6 Laps 17  
15 46 25px USA Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax 64 + 11 Laps 20  
16 32 25px UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 61 + 14 Laps 3  
Ret 2 25px USA Phil Hill Ferrari 47 engine 12  
Ret 26 25px UK Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax 35 battery 11  
Ret 10 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 27 differential 7  
Ret 44 25px Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM 11 Brakes 21  
Ret 48 25px New Zealand Tony Shelly Lotus-Climax 6 Engine 18  
DNS 48 25px UK Keith Greene Lotus-Climax Practice only - Shelly's car
WD 28 25px France Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax Car damaged
WD 38 25px UK John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax Driver unfit
WD 50 25px UK Keith Greene Gilby-BRM Car not ready
WD 52 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM Insufficient starting money
  • Scuderia Ferrari withdrew their other two entries, cars #4 and #6, to which drivers had not been allocated.

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px UK Graham Hill 19
1uparrow green.svg 2 2 25px UK Jim Clark 18
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 3 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren 16
1downarrow red.svg 2 4 25px USA Phil Hill 14
1uparrow green.svg 2 5 25px UK John Surtees 13
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1uparrow green.svg 2 1 25px UK Lotus-Climax 24
1downarrow red.svg 1 2 25px UK BRM 23
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px UK Cooper-Climax 21
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 4 25px Italy Ferrari 14
1uparrow green.svg 1 5 25px UK Lola-Climax 13
  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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1962 French Grand Prix
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1962 season
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1962 German Grand Prix
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