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1962 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 100 laps
Round2 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 104th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax1002hr 46m 29.700s9
2+7(USA) Phil HillFerrari100+1.300s6
3+7(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari100+1m 24.100s4
4+7(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)99+1 lap3
5+11(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche93+7 laps2
6-4(GBR) Graham HillBRM92DNF1
7-3(BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari90DNF 
8-2(AUS) Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)77DNF 
R (GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)64DNF 
R (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax55DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)44DNF 
R (ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax43DNF 
R (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax24DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyPorsche0DNF 
R (USA) Richie GintherBRM0DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)0DNF 
Did not start
  (MEX) Ricardo RodriguezFerrari   

Notes

  • Graham Hill was the race leader at the end of lap 92 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Willy Mairesse ended lap 90 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:35.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) Graham HillBRM
3(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
4(BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari
5(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
6(AUS) Jack BrabhamLotus-Climax (privateer)
7(FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)
8(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)
9(USA) Phil HillFerrari
10(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniFerrari
11(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)
12(GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)
13(USA) Richie GintherBRM
14(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
15(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
16(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(CHE) Jo SiffertLotus-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Jackie LewisBRM (privateer)
(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
(ITA) Nino VaccarellaLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill10
2(USA) Phil Hill10
3(NZL) Bruce McLaren9
4(GBR) Trevor Taylor6
5(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
6(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti3
=(GBR) John Surtees3
8(ZAF) Tony Maggs2
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
10(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax11
2BRM10
3Ferrari10
4Lotus-Climax6
5Lola-Climax3
6Porsche3

Stats & milestones

Wins
3rd for Bruce McLaren (last win until 1968; last New Zealander winner until 1967; last for Cooper)
14th for Cooper (last until 1966)
Podiums
15th for Phil Hill
10th for Bruce McLaren (11th driver to score ten podiums, 1st New Zealander driver)
1st for Lorenzo Bandini (78th different podium finisher, 13th Italian driver; last podium until 1964)
126th & 127th for Ferrari
35th for Cooper
Poles
1st for Jim Clark (26th different polesitter, 6th British driver)
6th for Lotus
Fastest laps
2nd for Jim Clark
6th for Lotus
Front row starts
6th for Graham Hill
3rd for Jim Clark
2nd for Bruce McLaren (first since 1960)
Points finishes
1st for Lorenzo Bandini (118th different point scorer, 18th Italian driver)