1962 French Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 8 July 1962 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Rouen-les-Essarts, 54 laps |
Round | 4 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1962 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +5 | ![]() | Porsche | 54 | 2hr 07m 35.500s | 9 |
2 | +9 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 53 | +1 lap | 6 |
3 | +7 | ![]() | BRM | 52 | +2 laps | 4 |
4 | -1 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 51 | +3 laps | 3 |
5 | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 51 | +3 laps | 2 | |
6 | +11 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) | 51 | +3 laps | 1 |
7 | +6 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 50 | +4 laps | |
8 | +4 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 48 | +6 laps | |
9 | -7 | ![]() | BRM | 44 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Porsche | 42 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 33 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 27 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 20 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 10 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 1 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:14.800
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
2 | ![]() | BRM |
3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
5 | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
6 | ![]() | Porsche |
7 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
9 | ![]() | Porsche |
10 | ![]() | BRM |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
12 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
13 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
14 | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1962 French Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 9 |
= | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 17 |
3 | ![]() | 15 |
4 | ![]() | 14 |
5 | ![]() | 12 |
6 | ![]() | 7 |
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