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1962 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAintree, 75 laps
Round5 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 107th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 5th and last World Championship race at Aintree
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax752hr 26m 20.800s9
2 (GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)75+49.200s6
3+1(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax75+1m 44.800s4
4+1(GBR) Graham HillBRM75+1m 56.800s3
5+4(AUS) Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)74+1 lap2
6+7(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax74+1 lap1
7+7(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)74+1 lap 
8+2(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax74+1 lap 
9-3(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche73+2 laps 
10+5(GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)72+3 laps 
11+8(USA) Tony SettemberEmeryson-Climax71+4 laps 
12+4(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Climax (privateer)71+4 laps 
13-5(USA) Richie GintherBRM70+5 laps 
14+3(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)69+6 laps 
15+5(USA) Jay ChamberlainLotus-Climax (privateer)64+11 laps 
16-13(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)61+14 laps 
R (USA) Phil HillFerrari46DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)34DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche26DNF 
R (DEU) Wolfgang SeidelLotus-BRM (privateer)10DNF 
R (NZL) Tony ShellyLotus-Climax (privateer)5DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Keith GreeneLotus-Climax (privateer)   

Notes

  • Keith Greene withdrew from the Grand Prix after practice. Tony Shelly drove the car instead.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:53.600

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)
3(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)
4(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
5(GBR) Graham HillBRM
6(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
7(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
8(USA) Richie GintherBRM
9(AUS) Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)
10(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
11(GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)
12(USA) Phil HillFerrari
13(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
14(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
15(GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
16(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Climax (privateer)
17(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
18(NZL) Tony ShellyLotus-Climax (privateer)
19(USA) Tony SettemberEmeryson-Climax
20(USA) Jay ChamberlainLotus-Climax (privateer)
21(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelLotus-BRM (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill19
2(GBR) Jim Clark18
3(NZL) Bruce McLaren16
4(USA) Phil Hill14
5(GBR) John Surtees13
6(USA) Dan Gurney9
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
8(GBR) Trevor Taylor6
9(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
=(USA) Richie Ginther4
11(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti3
=(MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez3
13(AUS) Jack Brabham3
14(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
15(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax24
2BRM23
3Cooper-Climax21
4Ferrari14
5Lola-Climax13
6Porsche12

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Jay Chamberlain (only start)
Tony Settember
Tony Shelly (only start)
Last start
Wolfgang Seidel
Wins
2nd for Jim Clark (1st driver to win the British Grand Prix for Lotus)
7th for Lotus
Podiums
11th for Bruce McLaren
5th for Jim Clark
2nd for John Surtees (first podium since 1960; first for Lola)
37th for Cooper
15th for Lotus
1st for Lola (21st different podium finisher)
Poles
3rd for Jim Clark
8th for Lotus
Fastest laps
4th for Jim Clark
8th for Lotus
Front row starts
5th for Jim Clark
3rd for John Surtees
3rd and last for Innes Ireland (first since 1960)
Pole & win
1st for Jim Clark (13th different driver to win from pole, 4th British driver)
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Jim Clark
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Jim Clark (10th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 4th British driver)