1962 South African Grand Prix
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Circuit | East London, 82 laps |
Round | 9 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1962 South African Grand Prix was the:
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Next race | 1963 Monaco Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | (GBR) Graham Hill | BRM | 82 | 2hr 08m 03.300s | 9 |
2 | +6 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 82 | +49.800s | 6 |
3 | +3 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | 82 | +50.300s | 4 |
4 | -1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax | 82 | +53.800s | 3 |
5 | -1 | (GBR) Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 81 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +4 | (ZAF) Neville Lederle | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 78 | +4 laps | 1 |
7 | (USA) Richie Ginther | BRM | 78 | +4 laps | ||
8 | +4 | (RHO) John Love | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 78 | +4 laps | |
9 | +8 | (ZAF) Bruce Johnstone | BRM | 76 | +6 laps | |
10 | +3 | (ZAF) Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 71 | +11 laps | |
11 | +5 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) | 70 | DNF | |
R | (GBR) Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 62 | DNF | ||
R | (ZAF) Doug Serrurier | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 62 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 56 | DNF | ||
R | (RHO) Mike Harris | Cooper-Alfa Romeo (privateer) | 31 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) John Surtees | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 26 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 11 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:29.300
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (GBR) Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
2 | (GBR) Graham Hill | BRM |
3 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax |
4 | (GBR) Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
5 | (GBR) John Surtees | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
6 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax |
7 | (USA) Richie Ginther | BRM |
8 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
9 | (GBR) Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax |
10 | (ZAF) Neville Lederle | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
11 | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
12 | (RHO) John Love | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
13 | (ZAF) Ernie Pieterse | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
14 | (ZAF) Doug Serrurier | LDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
15 | (RHO) Mike Harris | Cooper-Alfa Romeo (privateer) |
16 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) |
17 | (ZAF) Bruce Johnstone | BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (GBR) Graham Hill | 42 |
2 | (GBR) Jim Clark | 30 |
3 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | 27 |
4 | (GBR) John Surtees | 19 |
5 | (USA) Dan Gurney | 15 |
6 | (USA) Phil Hill | 14 |
7 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs | 13 |
8 | (USA) Richie Ginther | 10 |
9 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | 9 |
10 | (GBR) Trevor Taylor | 6 |
11 | (ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti | 5 |
12 | (ITA) Lorenzo Bandini | 4 |
13 | (MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez | 4 |
14 | (BEL) Willy Mairesse | 3 |
15 | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | 3 |
16 | (GBR) Innes Ireland | 2 |
17 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | 2 |
18 | (USA) Masten Gregory | 1 |
= | (ZAF) Neville Lederle | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Race debut
- Mike Harris (only start) & John Love (first Rhodesian drivers to start a race)
- Bruce Johnstone (only start)
- Neville Lederle (only start)
- Ernie Pieterse
- Doug Serrurier
- LDS
- Last start
- Roy Salvadori
- World Champion
- 1st title for Graham Hill (7th driver to win the World Championship, 2nd British champion; first British champion since 1958)
- 1st and only title for BRM (4th constructor world champion)
- Wins
- 4th for Graham Hill
- 5th for BRM
- Podiums
- 14th for Bruce McLaren
- 7th for Graham Hill
- 2nd for Tony Maggs
- 40th & 41st for Cooper (2nd constructor to score 40 podiums)
- 14th for BRM
- Poles
- 6th for Jim Clark
- 11th for Lotus
- Fastest laps
- 6th for Jim Clark
- 10th for Lotus (5th constructor to set ten fastest laps)
- Front row starts
- 11th for Graham Hill
- 9th for Jim Clark
- Points finishes
- 1st and only for Neville Lederle (120th different point scorer, 2nd South African driver)