F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | NLD | MCO | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | USA | ZAF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Graham Hill (BRM) | 1 | 6R | 2 | 9R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 (52) |
| 2 | (GBR) Jim Clark (Lotus) | 9 | R | 1 | R | 1 | 4 | R | 1 | R | 30 |
| 3 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren (Cooper) | R | 1 | R | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 27 (32) |
| 4 | (GBR) John Surtees (Lola) | R | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | R | R | R | 19 |
| 5 | (USA) Dan Gurney (Porsche, Lotus) | R | R | DNS | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13R | 5 | 15 | |
| 6 | (USA) Phil Hill (Ferrari, Porsche) | 3 | 2 | 3 | R | R | 11 | DNS | 14 | ||
| 7 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs (Cooper) | 5 | R | R | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | (USA) Richie Ginther (BRM) | R | R | R | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | R | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | (AUS) Jack Brabham (Lotus, Brabham) | R | 8R | 6 | R | 5 | R | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| 10 | (GBR) Trevor Taylor (Lotus) | 2 | R | R | 8 | 8 | R | R | 12 | R | 6 |
| 11 | (ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti (Ferrari) | 4 | R | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | (ITA) Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari) | 3 | R | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| = | (MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez (Ferrari) | R | DNS | 4 | 6 | 14R | 4 | ||||
| 14 | (BEL) Willy Mairesse (Ferrari) | 7R | R | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| = | (SWE) Jo Bonnier (Porsche) | 7 | 5 | R | R | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | ||
| 16 | (GBR) Innes Ireland (Lotus) | R | R | R | R | 16 | R | 8 | 5 | 2 | |
| = | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort (Porsche) | 6 | DNQ | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 10 | R | 11R | 2 |
| 18 | (USA) Masten Gregory (Lotus) | R | DNQ | R | R | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | ||
| = | (ZAF) Neville Lederle (Lotus) | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Lotus) | R | 8 | 7 | R | R | R | |||||
| (GBR) Jackie Lewis (Cooper, BRM) | 8 | DNQ | R | 10 | R | ||||||
| (RHO) John Love (Cooper) | 8 | ||||||||||
| (ITA) Nino Vaccarella (Lotus, Porsche) | DNQ | 15 | 9 | ||||||||
| (BEL) Lucien Bianchi (Lotus, ENB) | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
| (USA) Roger Penske (Lotus) | 9 | ||||||||||
| (ZAF) Bruce Johnstone (BRM) | 9 | ||||||||||
| (CHE) Jo Siffert (Lotus) | DNQ | 10 | R | 12 | DNQ | ||||||
| (USA) Rob Schroeder (Lotus) | 10 | ||||||||||
| (ZAF) Ernie Pieterse (Lotus) | 10 | ||||||||||
| (GBR) Ian Burgess (Cooper) | 12 | 11 | DNQ | ||||||||
| (USA) Tony Settember (Emeryson) | 11 | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) John Campbell-Jones (Lotus) | 11 | ||||||||||
| (USA) Hap Sharp (Cooper) | 11 | ||||||||||
| (CHE) Heini Walter (Porsche) | 14 | ||||||||||
| (USA) Jay Chamberlain (Lotus) | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||
| (DEU) Wolfgang Seidel (Emeryson, Lotus) | NC | R | DNQ | ||||||||
| (GBR) Roy Salvadori (Lola) | R | R | R | R | R | R | DNS | R | |||
| (NZL) Tony Shelly (Lotus) | R | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||
| (GBR) Keith Greene (Lotus, Gilby) | DNS | R | DNQ | ||||||||
| (NLD) Ben Pon (Porsche) | R | ||||||||||
| (CHE) Heinz Schiller (Lotus) | R | ||||||||||
| (FRA) Bernard Collomb (Cooper) | R | ||||||||||
| (USA) Tim Mayer (Cooper) | R | ||||||||||
| (ZAF) Doug Serrurier (LDS) | R | ||||||||||
| (RHO) Mike Harris (Cooper) | R | ||||||||||
| (DEU) Gunther Seiffert (Lotus) | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (GBR) Gerry Ashmore (Lotus) | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (ITA) Ernesto Prinoth (Lotus) | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (ITA) Roberto Lippi (De Tomaso) | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (ARG) Nasif Estefano (De Tomaso) | DNQ | ||||||||||
| (USA) Jim Hall (Lotus) | DNS | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | NLD | MCO | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | USA | ZAF | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Only the best five results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1962. Reigning world champion Phil Hill, who finished 6th, is also shown.