1962 Formula One season

1962 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1962 Formula One season was the 13th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers which were contested concurrently over a nine race series that commenced on May 20 and ended on December 29. The season also included a number of non-championship races for Formula One cars.

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

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1962 FIA World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari V6	D	Phil Hill	1-7
					Giancarlo Baghetti	1, 3, 5-8
					Ricardo Rodríguez	1-7
					Lorenzo Bandini	2, 4, 6-8
					Willy Mairesse	2-3, 7-8
Team Lotus	Lotus	25 24	Climax V8	D	Jim Clark	All
					Trevor Taylor	All
					Peter Arundell	4
Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T55 T60	Climax L4 Climax V8	D	Bruce McLaren	All
					Tony Maggs	All
					Tim Mayer	8
Brabham Racing Organisation	Lotus	24	Climax V8	D	Jack Brabham	1-5 6, 8-9
	Brabham	BT3
UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	24 18/21	Climax V8 Climax L4 BRM V8	D	Innes Ireland	1-5, 7-9
					Masten Gregory	1-5, 7-8
Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	804 718	Porsche F8 Porsche F4	D	Jo Bonnier	1-8
					Dan Gurney	1-2, 5-8
					Phil Hill	8
Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718 787	Porsche F4	D	Carel Godin de Beaufort	All
					Ben Pon	1
					Rob Slotemaker	1
					Heinz Schiller	3
	Emeryson	61	Climax L4		Wolfgang Seidel	1
Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P57 P48/57	BRM V8	D	Graham Hill	All
					Richie Ginther	All
					Tony Marsh	2-3, 6
					Gerry Ashmore	3
Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lola	Mk 4	Climax V8	D	John Surtees	All
					Roy Salvadori	1-2, 4-9
Ecurie Galloise	Cooper	T53	Climax L4	D	Jackie Lewis	1-2, 4-6
Scuderia De Tomaso	De Tomaso	F1	Alfa Romeo L4 De Tomaso F8	D	Roberto Bussinello	2
					Nasif Estefano	7
Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus	24	Climax V8	D	Maurice Trintignant	2-8
					Ricardo Rodríguez	8
					Gary Hocking	9
Scuderia Republica di Venezia	Lotus Porsche	18/21 18 718	Climax L4 Porsche F4	D	Nino Vaccarella	2, 6-7
					Carlo Abate	4, 6
					Colin Davis	4
Ecurie Nationale Suisse	Lotus	21	Climax L4	D	Jo Siffert	2
Emeryson Cars	Lotus	18	Climax L4	D	John Campbell-Jones	3 5
	Emeryson	61
					Tony Settember	5, 7, 9
Equipe Nationale Belge	Lotus	18/21	Climax L4	D	Lucien Bianchi	3, 6
Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus Porsche	21 24 Porsche 718	Climax L4 BRM V8 Porsche F4	D	Jo Siffert	3-7
					Heinz Schiller	6
					Heini Walter	6
Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus	24	BRM V8	D	Dan Gurney	3
					Wolfgang Seidel	5-6
					Gunther Seiffert	6
Anglo-American Equipe	Cooper	T59	Climax L4	D	Ian Burgess	4-7
Ecurie Excelsior	Lotus	18	Climax L4	D	Jay Chamberlain	5, 7
John Dalton	Lotus	18/21	Climax L4 BRM V8	D	Tony Shelly	5-7
Gilby Engineering	Gilby	62	BRM V8	D	Keith Greene	5-7
Bernard Collomb	Cooper	T53	Climax L4	D	Bernard Collomb	6
Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso	F1	OSCA L4	D	Roberto Lippi	7
Gerry Ashmore	Lotus	18/21	Climax L4	D	Gerry Ashmore	7
Scuderia Jolly Club	Lotus	18	Climax L4	D	Ernesto Prinoth	7
Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus	18	Borgward L4	D	Kurt Kuhnke	7
Dupont Team Zerex	Lotus	24	Climax V8	D	Roger Penske	8
Hap Sharp	Cooper	T53	Climax L4	D	Hap Sharp	8
Jim Hall	Lotus	21	Climax L4	D	Jim Hall	8
John Mecom	Lotus	24	Climax L4	D	Rob Schroeder	8
Bruce Johnstone	BRM	P48/57	BRM V8	D	Bruce Johnstone	9
Ernest Pieterse	Lotus	21	Climax L4	D	Ernie Pieterse	9
Syd van der Vyver	Lotus	24	Climax V8	D	Syd van der Vyver	9
John Love	Cooper	T55	Climax L4	D	John Love	9
Reg Parnell	Lotus	24	Climax V8	D	Sam Tingle	9
Neville Lederle	Lotus	21	Climax V8	D	Neville Lederle	9
Otelle Nucci	LDS	Mk 1	Alfa Romeo L4	D	Doug Serrurier	9
Mike Harris	Cooper	T53	Alfa Romeo L4	D	Mike Harris	9

1962 Drivers Championship final standings

Points towards the 1962 World Championship of Drivers were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each race with the best five race results retained by each driver.

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 — Maurice Trintignant Ret 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 0 — Jackie Lewis 8 DNQ Ret 10 Ret 0 — John Love 8 0 — Nino Vaccarella DNQ 15 9 0 — Lucien Bianchi 9 16 0 — Roger Penske 9 0 — Bruce Johnstone 9 0 — Jo Siffert DNQ 10 Ret 12 DNQ 0 — Rob Schroeder 10 0 — Ernie Pieterse 10 0 — Ian Burgess 12 11 DNQ 0 — Tony Settember 11 Ret 0 — John Campbell-Jones 11 0 — Hap Sharp 11 0 — Heini Walter 14 0 — 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.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish, inc. non-classified finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) - 2003-2007 only Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA)

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

1962 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers - final standings

Points towards the 1962 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race, however only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points and only the best five results could be retained by each manufacturer.

Place	Constructor	Points
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
—	De Tomaso-Osca	0
—	De Tomaso	0
—	LDS-Alfa Romeo	0
—	Gilby-BRM	0
—	ENB-Maserati	0
—	Emeryson-Climax	0
—	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	0

Non-Championship race results

The following Formula One races which did not count towards the World Championship of Drivers or the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers were also held in 1962.

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

External links

• 1962 F1 Results & image galleries at www.f1-facts.com
• 1962 FIA Regulations at www.sovren.org