1962 United States Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 7 October 1962 |
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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 |  Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 100 | 2hr 07m 13.000s | 9 | |
| 2 | +1 | Graham Hill | BRM | 100 | +9.200s | 6 |
| 3 | +3 |  Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 99 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | +1 |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax | 99 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | -1 |  Dan Gurney | Porsche | 99 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | +1 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 99 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | +3 |  Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | 97 | +3 laps | |
| 8 | +7 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 96 | +4 laps | |
| 9 | +3 | Roger Penske | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 96 | +4 laps | |
| 10 | +6 | Rob Schroeder | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 93 | +7 laps | |
| 11 | +3 | Hap Sharp | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 91 | +9 laps | |
| 12 | -4 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 85 | +15 laps | |
| 13 | -4 |  Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 79 | +21 laps | |
| R | Richie Ginther | BRM | 35 | DNF | ||
| R |  Maurice Trintignant | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 32 | DNF | ||
| R | Tim Mayer | Cooper-Climax | 31 | DNF | ||
| R | John Surtees | Lola-Climax (privateer) | 19 | DNF | ||
| R |  Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) | 9 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Roy Salvadori | Lola-Climax (privateer) | |||||
| Jim Hall | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | |||||
| Phil Hill | Porsche | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:15.800
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
| 2 | Richie Ginther | BRM |
| 3 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 4 | Dan Gurney | Porsche |
| 5 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax |
| 6 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 7 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
| 8 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax |
| 9 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche |
| 10 | Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax |
| 11 | Tim Mayer | Cooper-Climax |
| 12 | Roger Penske | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 13 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) |
| 14 | Hap Sharp | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 15 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 16 | Rob Schroeder | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 17 | Maurice Trintignant | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 18 | John Surtees | 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 | Graham Hill | 39 |
| 2 | Jim Clark | 30 |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren | 24 |
| 4 | John Surtees | 19 |
| 5 | Dan Gurney | 15 |
| 6 | Phil Hill | 14 |
| 7 | Richie Ginther | 10 |
| 8 | Tony Maggs | 9 |
| 9 | Trevor Taylor | 6 |
| 10 | Jack Brabham | 6 |
| 11 |  Giancarlo Baghetti | 5 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Bandini | 4 |
| 13 |  Ricardo Rodriguez | 4 |
| 14 |  Willy Mairesse | 3 |
| 15 | Jo Bonnier | 3 |
| 16 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 2 |
| 17 | Masten Gregory | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | BRM | 39 |
| 2 | Lotus-Climax | 36 |
| 3 | Cooper-Climax | 27 |
| 4 | Lola-Climax | 19 |
| 5 |  Porsche | 18 |
| 6 | Ferrari | 18 |
| 7 | Brabham-Climax | 3 |
| 8 | Lotus-BRM | 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