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Home / Seasons / 1962 F1 World Championship Season / 1962 French Grand Prix

1962 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 July 1962
Winner
  • USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney
  • Germany flag lazyload Porsche
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
CircuitRouen-les-Essarts, 54 laps
Round4 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 French Grand Prix was the

  • 106th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Rouen-les-Essarts
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche542hr 07m 35.500s9
2+9South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax53+1 lap6
3+7USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM52+2 laps4
4-1New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax51+3 laps3
5 United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)51+3 laps2
6+11Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)51+3 laps1
7+6France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)50+4 laps 
8+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax48+6 laps 
9-7United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM44DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche42DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)27DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)20DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)14DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)10DNF 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)5DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)1DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:14.800

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
3New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)
5United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)
6USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche
7USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)
9Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche
10USA flag lazyload Richie GintherBRM
11South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
13France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)
15Switzerland flag Jo SiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
17Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1962 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill16
2USA flag lazyload Phil Hill14
3New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren12
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark9
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney9
6South Africa flag lazyload Tony Maggs8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor6
9Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini4
=USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther4
11Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Baghetti3
=Mexico flag lazyload Ricardo Rodriguez3
13Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier2
14Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort2
15Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM20
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax17
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax15
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari14
5Germany flag lazyload Porsche12
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lola-Climax7

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st for Dan Gurney (32nd different winner, 12th American driver; last win until 1964; only win for Porsche)
1st and only for Porsche (13th different winner)
Podiums
6th for Dan Gurney, 5th for Richie Ginther (first for BRM), 1st for Tony Maggs (79th different podium finisher, 1st South African driver)
36th for Cooper, 9th for BRM, 4th for Porsche
Poles
2nd for Jim Clark
7th for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd for Graham Hill (first since 1960)
5th for BRM
Front row starts
8th for Graham Hill, 4th for Jim Clark & Bruce McLaren

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Rouen-les-Essarts circuit
  • 1962 World Championship season

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