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1962 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitWatkins Glen, 100 laps
Round8 of 9
Race numbers

The 1962 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 110th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Watkins Glen
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax1002hr 07m 13.000s9
2+1(GBR) Graham HillBRM100+9.200s6
3+3(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax99+1 lap4
4+1(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax99+1 lap3
5-1(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche99+1 lap2
6+1(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)99+1 lap1
7+3(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax97+3 laps 
8+7(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)96+4 laps 
9+3(USA) Roger PenskeLotus-Climax (privateer)96+4 laps 
10+6(USA) Rob SchroederLotus-Climax (privateer)93+7 laps 
11+3(USA) Hap SharpCooper-Climax (privateer)91+9 laps 
12-4(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax85+15 laps 
13-4(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche79+21 laps 
R (USA) Richie GintherBRM35DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)32DNF 
R (USA) Tim MayerCooper-Climax31DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)19DNF 
R (NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)9DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Roy SalvadoriLola-Climax (privateer)   
  (USA) Jim HallLotus-Climax (privateer)   
  (USA) Phil HillPorsche   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:15.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
2(USA) Richie GintherBRM
3(GBR) Graham HillBRM
4(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
5(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Climax
6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
7(USA) Masten GregoryLotus-BRM (privateer)
8(GBR) Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
9(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
10(ZAF) Tony MaggsCooper-Climax
11(USA) Tim MayerCooper-Climax
12(USA) Roger PenskeLotus-Climax (privateer)
13(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
14(USA) Hap SharpCooper-Climax (privateer)
15(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax (privateer)
16(USA) Rob SchroederLotus-Climax (privateer)
17(FRA) Maurice TrintignantLotus-Climax (privateer)
18(GBR) John SurteesLola-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Graham Hill39
2(GBR) Jim Clark30
3(NZL) Bruce McLaren24
4(GBR) John Surtees19
5(USA) Dan Gurney15
6(USA) Phil Hill14
7(USA) Richie Ginther10
8(ZAF) Tony Maggs9
9(GBR) Trevor Taylor6
10(AUS) Jack Brabham6
11(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti5
12(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini4
13(MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez4
14(BEL) Willy Mairesse3
15(SWE) Jo Bonnier3
16(NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort2
17(USA) Masten Gregory1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1BRM39
2Lotus-Climax36
3Cooper-Climax27
4Lola-Climax19
5Porsche18
6Ferrari18
7Brabham-Climax3
8Lotus-BRM1

Stats & 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