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1962 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 15 laps
Round6 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 108th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Graham HillBRM152hr 38m 45.300s9
2+2(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)15+2.500s6
3-2(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche15+4.400s4
4-1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax15+42.100s3
5 (NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax15+1m 19.600s2
6+4(MEX) Ricardo RodriguezFerrari15+1m 23.800s1
7-1(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche15+4m 37.300s 
8-1(USA) Richie GintherBRM15+5m 00.100s 
9+14(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax15+5m 06.800s 
10+3(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari15+8m 14.700s 
11+5(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Climax (privateer)15+8m 15.300s 
12+5(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Climax (privateer)15+8m 18.500s 
13-5(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)15+9m 11.800s 
14 (CHE) Heini WalterPorsche (privateer)14+1 lap 
15 (ITA) Nino VaccarellaPorsche (privateer)14+1 lap 
16+9(BEL) Lucien BianchiENB-Maserati (privateer)14+1 lap 
R (GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)10DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax9DNF 
R (USA) Phil HillFerrari9DNF 
R (GBR) Keith GreeneGilby-BRM7DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)4DNF 
R (ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari4DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)4DNF 
R (CHE) Heinz SchillerLotus-BRM (privateer)4DNF 
R (FRA) Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)2DNF 
R (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 8:47.200

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
2(GBR) Graham HillBRM
3(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
4(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)
5(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
6(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
7(USA) Richie GintherBRM
8(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
9(GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)
10(MEX) Ricardo RodriguezFerrari
11(FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)
12(USA) Phil HillFerrari
13(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari
14(CHE) Heini WalterPorsche (privateer)
15(ITA) Nino VaccarellaPorsche (privateer)
16(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Climax (privateer)
17(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Climax (privateer)
18(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
19(GBR) Keith GreeneGilby-BRM
20(CHE) Heinz SchillerLotus-BRM (privateer)
21(GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
22(FRA) Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)
23(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
24(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
25(BEL) Lucien BianchiENB-Maserati (privateer)
26(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NZL) Tony ShellyLotus-Climax (privateer)
(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelLotus-BRM (privateer)
(USA) Jay ChamberlainLotus-Climax (privateer)
(DEU) Gunther SeiffertLotus-BRM (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill28
2(GBR) Jim Clark21
3(GBR) John Surtees19
4(NZL) Bruce McLaren18
5(USA) Phil Hill14
6(USA) Dan Gurney13
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
8(GBR) Trevor Taylor6
9(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
=(USA) Richie Ginther4
11(MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez4
12(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti3
13(AUS) Jack Brabham3
14(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
15(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1BRM31
2Lotus-Climax27
3Cooper-Climax23
4Lola-Climax19
5Porsche16
6Ferrari15

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Heinz Schiller (only start)
Heini Walter (only start)
Brabham
ENB (only start)
Last start
Keith Greene
Jackie Lewis
Wins
2nd for Graham Hill
3rd for BRM
Podiums
7th for Dan Gurney (last for Porsche)
4th for Graham Hill
3rd for John Surtees (last for Lola)
10th for BRM (8th constructor to score ten podiums)
5th and last for Porsche
2nd for Lola (last until 1990)
Poles
1st for Dan Gurney (28th different polesitter, 13th American driver; last until 1964; only pole for Porsche)
1st and only for Porsche (16th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
3rd for Graham Hill
6th for BRM
Front row starts
9th for Graham Hill
6th for Jim Clark
4th for Dan Gurney (first since 1960; only front row start for Porsche)
4th for John Surtees (last for Lola)
Points finishes
2nd and last for Ricardo Rodriguez
Win & fastest lap
1st for Graham Hill (16th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 5th British driver)