1962 British Grand Prix

  1962 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	21 July 1962
Official name	XV RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Aintree Motor Racing Circuit Aintree, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.828 km (3.000 mi)
Distance	75 laps, 362.100 km (225.000 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:53.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:55.0 on lap 36
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	John Surtees	Lola-Climax
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1962 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 21 July 1962. It was the fifth race of the 1962 Formula One season. This was the last race at Aintree. From 1963 onwards, the race would be held at Silverstone. Scotsman Jim Clark dominated the race, driving a Lotus 25.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	75	2:26:20.8	1	9
2	24	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	75	+ 49.2	2	6
3	16	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	+ 1:44.8	4	4
4	12	Graham Hill	BRM	75	+ 1:56.8	5	3
5	30	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	18	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	13	1
7	34	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	14
8	22	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	10
9	8	Dan Gurney	Porsche	73	+ 2 Laps	6
10	42	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	72	+ 3 Laps	15
11	40	Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	71	+ 4 Laps	19
12	36	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	71	+ 4 laps	16
13	14	Richie Ginther	BRM	70	+ 5 Laps	8
14	54	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	69	+ 6 Laps	17
15	46	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	64	+ 11 Laps	20
16	32	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	61	+ 14 Laps	3
Ret	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	47	engine	12
Ret	26	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	35	battery	11
Ret	10	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	27	differential	7
Ret	44	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	11	Brakes	21
Ret	48	Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax	6	Engine	18
DNS	48	Keith Greene	Lotus-Climax		Practice only - Shelly's car
WD	28	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax		Car damaged
WD	38	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson-Climax		Driver unfit
WD	50	Keith Greene	Gilby-BRM		Car not ready
WD	52	Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM		Insufficient starting money
Source:

• Scuderia Ferrari withdrew their other two entries, cars #4 and #6, to which drivers had not been allocated.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Graham Hill	19
2	2	Jim Clark	18
	3	Bruce McLaren	16
2	4	Phil Hill	14
2	5	John Surtees	13

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
2	1	Lotus-Climax	24
1	2	BRM	23
1	3	Cooper-Climax	21
	4	Ferrari	14
1	5	Lola-Climax	13

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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