1962 British Grand Prix

5th race of the 1962 Formula One Championship October 2023 June 2013 F1 United Kingdom British Circuit_Aintree.svg 21 July 1962 15th RAC British Grand Prix Aintree Motor Racing CircuitAintree, England Permanent racing facility 3.000 4.828 75 225.000 362.100 Sunny Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:53.6 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:55.0 36 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax UK John Surtees Lola-Climax UK Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax NZ GBR The 1962 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 21 July 1962. It was race 5 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was the last race at Aintree. From 1963 onwards, the race would be held at Silverstone or Brands Hatch. Scotsman Jim Clark dominated the race, driving a Lotus 25. It was considered a power track,March 2017 benefitting the light and powerful Lotus and Lola cars in particular. Ferrari were still sidelined due to the Italian metal workers' strike but managed to send one car for Phil Hill. IMS9 Brittiska Grand Prix - tråkigt på Aintree! British Grand Prix: boring at Aintree! 19 sv Blunsden John Lerum, Sweden Illustrerad Motor Sport 9 September 1962 Race It was not a particularly exciting race, with Clark leading from start to finish and fairly large gaps between the cars. Out of the twentyone starters, six still had four-cylinder engines while the rest were multi-cylinder cars. These cars were in a sort of class of their own, with Jackie Lewis finishing best of the four-cylinder cars.Blunsden, p. 32 John Surtees' Lola started and finished in second place, in spite of having lost second gear on the tenth lap. Dan Gurney was hopeful after winning in France and at the non-championship Solitude race in the preceding two weeks. He began the race in third but had a slipping clutch and slid steadily down the field, ending in ninth position.Blunsden, p. 18 His teammate Jo Bonnier had to retire with a broken transmission. Bruce McLaren (Cooper) passed Gurney after twelve laps and finished in third. Graham Hill pushed his BRM hard but had to settle for fourth, and was threatened by Jack Brabham in the closing stages. Brabham, however, had burns on his right foot since lap 40 and was in a lot of pain. He finished fifth, ahead of Tony Maggs' Cooper. Brabham had hoped to start in his own car after his mechanics had worked days and nights, but at 3 am the morning before the race it was discovered that they had been supplied with the wrong exhaust system. The Brabham BT3 had to wait until Nürburgring two weeks later to make its first appearance.Blunsden, p. 33 Innes Ireland had perhaps the day's biggest disappointment. After having qualified his Climax-engined UDT/Laystall Lotus 24 on the first row, the gear shifter bent on his first lap, leaving him with only three gears. He had to pit immediately after start and finished last, after having spent several laps repairing the car. Trevor Taylor was anxious to have a good race after several recent collisions and started well. Soon, however, he had to pit with a loose carburettor, and only managed an eighth place in his Lotus 24. Phil Hill's Ferrari, meanwhile, was totally outclassed by the British cars in spite of its new six-speed gearbox. He never ran higher than tenth and had to retire with ignition troubles. Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGapQ1Q2Q3Q41 20 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax1:55.61:54.01:55.0 1:53.6—2 24 UK John Surtees Lola-Climax1:55.81:55.01:54.2 1:58.8 +0.63 32 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax1:55.21:55.81:54.4 No time +0.84 16 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax2:02.01:56.61:54.6 1:54.6 +1.05 12 UK Graham Hill BRM1:55.8No time1:55.0 1:54.6 +1.06 8 USA Dan Gurney Porsche1:55.21:54.81:56.8 1:55.8 +1.27 10 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche1:56.01:55.22:00.6 1:55.4 +1.68 14 USA Richie Ginther BRM1:55.21:55.61:55.2 1:56.8 +1.69 30 Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-ClimaxNo time1:55.81:56.0 1:55.4 +1.810 22 UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax1:56.81:56.41:56.0 1:56.4 +2.411 26 UK Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax1:57.41:57.41:56.2 1:59.0 +2.612 2 USA Phil Hill Ferrari1:58.61:57.81:56.6 1:56.2 +2.613 18 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-ClimaxNo time2:06.01:59.0 1:57.0 +3.414 34 USA Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax1:58.01:57.21:58.6 1:57.4 +3.615 42 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax2:08.62:02.42:00.4 1:59.4 +5.816 36 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-ClimaxNo time2:01.62:01.6 2:00.6 +7.017 54 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche2:02.02:01.4No time 2:01.4 +7.818 48 New Zealand Tony Shelly Lotus-Climax2:03.62:02.42:08.2 No time +8.819 40 USA Tony Settember Emeryson-Climax2:06.02:03.22:02.4 2:03.6 +8.820 46 USA Jay Chamberlain Lotus-ClimaxNo time2:05.62:04.6 2:03.4 +9.821 44 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRMNo timeNo time2:25.6 2:11.6 +18.0 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1962&gp=British%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1962 British GP Qualification chicanef1.com 5 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 75 2:26:20.8 1 9 2 24 UK John Surtees Lola-Climax 75 + 49.2 2 6 3 16 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 75 + 1:44.8 4 4 4 12 UK Graham Hill BRM 75 + 1:56.8 5 3 5 30 Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 9 2 6 18 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 13 1 7 34 USA Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 14   8 22 UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 10   9 8 USA Dan Gurney Porsche 73 + 2 Laps 6   10 42 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 72 + 3 Laps 15   11 40 USA Tony Settember Emeryson-Climax 71 + 4 Laps 19   12 36 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 71 + 4 laps 16   13 14 USA Richie Ginther BRM 70 + 5 Laps 8   14 54 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 69 + 6 Laps 17   15 46 USA Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax 64 + 11 Laps 20   16 32 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 61 + 14 Laps 3   Ret Retired 2 USA Phil Hill Ferrari 47 Engine 12   Ret Retired 26 UK Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax 35 Battery 11   Ret Retired 10 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 27 Differential 7   Ret Retired 44 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM 11 Brakes 21   Ret Retired 48 New Zealand Tony Shelly Lotus-Climax 6 Engine 18   DNS Did not start 48 UK Keith Greene Lotus-Climax Practice only - Shelly's car WD Withdrawn 28 France Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax Car damaged WD Withdrawn 38 UK John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax Driver unfit WD Withdrawn 50 UK Keith Greene Gilby-BRM Car not ready WD Withdrawn 52 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM Insufficient starting moneySource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1962/634/ 1962 British Grand Prix formula1.com 31 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20140217003555/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1962/634/ 17 February 2014 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 PosDriverPoints 10px 1 UK Graham Hill 19 10px 2 2 UK Jim Clark 18 10px 3 NZL Bruce McLaren 16 10px 2 4 USA Phil Hill 14 10px 2 5 UK John Surtees 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1962/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1962 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 2 1 UK Lotus-Climax 24 10px 1 2 UK BRM 23 10px 1 3 UK Cooper-Climax 21 10px 4 Italy Ferrari 14 10px 1 5 UK Lola-Climax 13Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References British Grand Prix 1962 1962 French Grand Prix 1962 German Grand Prix 1961 British Grand Prix 1963 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix Category:British Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:July 1962 sports events in the United Kingdom