1962 World Sportscar Championship season

1962 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers season was the 10th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring cars. It ran from February 11, 1962 to October 21, 1962, and featured 15 races.

This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a singular overall Manufacturers Championship.

Schedule

Although composed of 15 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Competitors	Date
1	3 Hours of Daytona Continental	Daytona International Speedway	Both	February 11
2	Sebring 3 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	GT	March 23
3	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	Both	March 24
4	Coppa Maifredi	Circuito del Garda	GT	May 1
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	Both	May 6
6	Berlin Grand Prix	AVUS	GT	May 13
7	International ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Both	May 27
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	June 23 June 24
9	Trophée d'Auvergne	Charade Circuit	Both	July 15
10	Coppa Citta di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	GT	August 15
11	RAC Tourist Trophy	Goodwood Circuit	GT	August 18
12	International ADAC 500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	GT	September 2
13	Double 400 km	Bridgehampton	GT2.0	September 15
14	Double 400 km	Bridgehampton	GT+2.0	September 16
15	1000 km de Paris	Autodrome de Montlhéry	GT	October 21

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#96 Frank Arciero	#18 NART	Results
		Dan Gurney	Stirling Moss
2	Sebring	Did Not Participate	#8 Briggs Cunningham	Results
			Bruce McLaren
3	Sebring	#23 Scuderia SSS Venezia	#24 NART	Results
		Jo Bonnier Lucien Bianchi	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien
4	Circuito del Garda	Did Not Participate	#56 No Team Name	Results
			Ludovico Scarfiotti
5	Palermo	#152 SEFAC Ferrari	#86 No Team Name	Results
		Willy Mairesse Olivier Gendebien Ricardo Rodríguez	Giorgio Scarlatti Pietro Ferraro
6	AVUS	Did Not Participate	#40 No Team Name	Results
			Robert Jenny
7	Nürburgring	#92 SEFAC Ferrari	#51 Peter Nöcker	Results
		Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Peter Nöcker Wolfgang Seidel
8	Le Mans	#6 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#19 Pierre Noblet	Results
		Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet
9	Charade	#18 Essex Racing Team	#3 Scuderia SSS Venezia	Results
		Alan Rees	Carlo Maria Abate
10	Pergusa	Did Not Participate	#58 Abarth	Results
			"Pam" Giancarlo Scotti
11	Goodwood	Did Not Participat	#15 UDT-Laystall	Results
			Innes Ireland
12	Nürburgring	Did Not Participate	#86 Abarth	Results
			Eberhard Mahle
13	Bridgehampton (2.0)	Did Not Participate	#31 Chuck Cassel	Results
			Bob Holbert
14	Bridgehampton (+2.0)	#3 NART	#17 Bob Grossman	Results
		Pedro Rodríguez	Bob Grossman
15	Montlhéry	Did Not Participate	#1 NART	Results
			Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez

Manufacturers' Championship

All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Only the best 5 results counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

GT +2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars over 2000 cc. GT +2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 11	Rd 14	Rd 15	Total
1	Ferrari	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	45
2	Jaguar	2	3			4		3	4		16
3	Chevrolet	4	2						3		9
4	Lancia			4							4
5	Aston Martin						1				1

GT 2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. GT 2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 14.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 11	Rd 13	Rd 15	Total
1	Porsche	6	9	9	9	9	9	3	9	9	45
2	Alfa Romeo	9	4	6	2	4	4		4	2	27
3	Lotus	2			1	6		9		3	21
4	Morgan					1		6			7
5	Abarth-Simca									4	4
6	Sunbeam		2					1			3
7	TVR							2			2
8	MG		1								1

GT 1.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 1000 cc. GT 1.0 only participated in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 6	Rd 10	Rd 12	Rd 13	Total
1	Fiat-Abarth	9	9	9	9	9	9	45
2	GSM			2		3		5
3	Austin-Healey	4						4

S 3.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 3000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Total
1	Ferrari	9	9	9	27
2=	Cooper	6			6
2=	Aston Martin			6	6
4	Cegga-Ferrari			4	4

S 2.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. Porsche was the only manufacturer to finish a race in this class in the three scoring rounds, and were declared the champion.

S 1.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 1000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Total
1	Fiat-Abarth	9		4	13
2	Lotus			9	9
3=	O.S.C.A.	6			6
3=	Austin-Healey			6	6
5	D.B.	4			4

External links

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