1962 United States Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 7 October 1962 |
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Winner |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Watkins Glen, 100 laps |
Round | 8 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1962 United States Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 100 | 2hr 07m 13.000s | 9 | |
2 | +1 | ![]() | BRM | 100 | +9.200s | 6 |
3 | +3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 99 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 99 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | -1 | ![]() | Porsche | 99 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +1 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 99 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 97 | +3 laps | |
8 | +7 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 96 | +4 laps | |
9 | +3 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 96 | +4 laps | |
10 | +6 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 93 | +7 laps | |
11 | +3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 91 | +9 laps | |
12 | -4 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 85 | +15 laps | |
13 | -4 | ![]() | Porsche | 79 | +21 laps | |
R | ![]() | BRM | 35 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 32 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 31 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 19 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) | 9 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) | |||||
![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | |||||
![]() | Porsche |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:15.800
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
2 | ![]() | BRM |
3 | ![]() | BRM |
4 | ![]() | Porsche |
5 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
6 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
7 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
9 | ![]() | Porsche |
10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
12 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
13 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) |
14 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Lola-Climax (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1962 United States Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 39 |
2 | ![]() | 30 |
3 | ![]() | 24 |
4 | ![]() | 19 |
5 | ![]() | 15 |
6 | ![]() | 14 |
7 | ![]() | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 39 |
2 | ![]() | 36 |
3 | ![]() | 27 |
4 | ![]() | 19 |
5 | ![]() | 18 |
6 | ![]() | 18 |
7 | ![]() | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Tim Mayer (only start), Rob Schroeder (only start)
- Last start
- Roger Penske
- Wins
- 3rd for Jim Clark
- 8th for Lotus
- Podiums
- 13th for Bruce McLaren, 6th for Jim Clark & Graham Hill
- 39th for Cooper, 16th for Lotus, 13th for BRM
- Poles
- 5th for Jim Clark
- 10th for Lotus (4th constructor to take ten pole positions)
- Fastest laps
- 5th for Jim Clark
- 9th for Lotus
- Front row starts
- 8th for Jim Clark, 6th for Richie Ginther (last until 1965; only front row start for BRM)
- Points finishes
- 6th and last for Masten Gregory
- Pole & win
- 2nd for Jim Clark
- Win & fastest lap
- 3rd for Jim Clark
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 2nd for Jim Clark