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1962 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEast London, 82 laps
Round9 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 111th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship South African Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at East London
  • 1962 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1962 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Graham HillBRM822hr 08m 03.300s9
2+6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax82+49.800s6
3+3(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax82+50.300s4
4-1(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax82+53.800s3
5-1(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)81+1 lap2
6+4(ZAF) Neville LederleLotus-Climax (privateer)78+4 laps1
7 (USA) Richie GintherBRM78+4 laps 
8+4(RHO) John LoveCooper-Climax (privateer)78+4 laps 
9+8(ZAF) Bruce JohnstoneBRM76+6 laps 
10+3(ZAF) Ernie PieterseLotus-Climax (privateer)71+11 laps 
11+5(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)70DNF 
R (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax62DNF 
R (ZAF) Doug SerrurierLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)62DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)56DNF 
R (RHO) Mike HarrisCooper-Alfa Romeo (privateer)31DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)26DNF 
R (GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax11DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:29.300

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(GBR) Graham HillBRM
3(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
4(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)
5(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)
6(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
7(USA) Richie GintherBRM
8(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
10(ZAF) Neville LederleLotus-Climax (privateer)
11(GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)
12(RHO) John LoveCooper-Climax (privateer)
13(ZAF) Ernie PieterseLotus-Climax (privateer)
14(ZAF) Doug SerrurierLDS-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
15(RHO) Mike HarrisCooper-Alfa Romeo (privateer)
16(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
17(ZAF) Bruce JohnstoneBRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill42
2(GBR) Jim Clark30
3(NZL) Bruce McLaren27
4(GBR) John Surtees19
5(USA) Dan Gurney15
6(USA) Phil Hill14
7(ZAF) Tony Maggs13
8(USA) Richie Ginther10
9(AUS) Jack Brabham9
10(GBR) Trevor Taylor6
11(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti5
12(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
13(MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez4
14(BEL) Willy Mairesse3
15(SWE) Jo Bonnier3
16(GBR) Innes Ireland2
17(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2
18(USA) Masten Gregory1
=(ZAF) Neville Lederle1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1BRM42
2Lotus-Climax36
3Cooper-Climax29
4Lola-Climax19
5Porsche18
6Ferrari18
7Brabham-Climax6
8Lotus-BRM1

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)