Race details | ||
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Race 5 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season | ||
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 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
Time | 1:53.6 | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
Time | 1:55.0 on lap 36 | |
Podium | ||
First | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
Second | John Surtees | Lola-Climax |
Third | 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 |
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1 | 20 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 75 | 2:26:20.8 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 24 | John Surtees | Lola-Climax | 75 | + 49.2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 16 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 75 | + 1:44.8 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 12 | Graham Hill | BRM | 75 | + 1:56.8 | 5 | 3 |
5 | 30 | Jack Brabham | Lotus-Climax | 74 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 2 |
6 | 18 | Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | 74 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 1 |
7 | 34 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | 74 | + 1 Lap | 14 | |
8 | 22 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 74 | + 1 Lap | 10 | |
9 | 8 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 73 | + 2 Laps | 6 | |
10 | 42 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 72 | + 3 Laps | 15 | |
11 | 40 | Tony Settember | Emeryson-Climax | 71 | + 4 Laps | 19 | |
12 | 36 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax | 71 | + 4 laps | 16 | |
13 | 14 | Richie Ginther | BRM | 70 | + 5 Laps | 8 | |
14 | 54 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 69 | + 6 Laps | 17 | |
15 | 46 | Jay Chamberlain | Lotus-Climax | 64 | + 11 Laps | 20 | |
16 | 32 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 61 | + 14 Laps | 3 | |
Ret | 2 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 47 | engine | 12 | |
Ret | 26 | Roy Salvadori | Lola-Climax | 35 | battery | 11 | |
Ret | 10 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 27 | differential | 7 | |
Ret | 44 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-BRM | 11 | Brakes | 21 | |
Ret | 48 | Tony Shelly | Lotus-Climax | 6 | Engine | 18 | |
DNS | 48 | Keith Greene | Lotus-Climax | Practice only - Shelly's car | |||
WD | 28 | Maurice Trintignant | Lotus-Climax | Car damaged | |||
WD | 38 | John Campbell-Jones | Emeryson-Climax | Driver unfit | |||
WD | 50 | Keith Greene | Gilby-BRM | Car not ready | |||
WD | 52 | 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[]
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- 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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