1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1962 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1961 1963 thumb|Mike Hailwood (pictured in 1967) won his first 500cc World Championship title in 1962. thumb|Jim Redman, the 1962 250cc and 350cc World Champion. thumb|Ernst Degner (right), the inaugural 50cc World Champion. The 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 14th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 6 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 14 October. Defending 350cc and 500cc world champion Gary Hocking was deeply affected by the death of his friend, Tom Phillis at the 1962 Isle of Man TT and, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after winning the 1962 Senior TT.https://books.google.com/books?id=cISAKzGmNCcC&q=american+motorcyclist+kenny+roberts&pg=PA15 Motorcycle Road Racing Zuehlke, Jeffrey 2008 9780761341970 3 May 2016 Hocking's MV Agusta teammate, Mike Hailwood went on to win his first 500cc world championship.Dennis Noyes 1999 Michael Scott Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix Hazleton Publishing Ltd 1-874557-83-7 1962 Grand Prix season calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 50cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 6 May ESP 1945 Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt JPN 1947 Kunimitsu Takahashi Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 2 13 May FRA 1830 French Grand Prix Charade NLD Jan Huberts JPN 1947 Kunimitsu Takahashi Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 3 6 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain FRG Ernst Degner CHE Luigi Taveri GBR Derek Minter GBR Mike Hailwood Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR Vincent / Bliss Report 4 30 June NLD Dutch TT Assen FRG Ernst Degner CHE Luigi Taveri Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson Report 5 8 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps FRG Ernst Degner CHE Luigi Taveri SCO Bob McIntyre GBR Mike Hailwood CHE GBR Camathias / Winter Report 6 15 July FRG West German Grand Prix Solitude FRG Ernst Degner CHE Luigi Taveri Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 7 11 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod CHE Luigi Taveri NIR Tommy Robb Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood Report 8 19 August DDR East German Grand Prix Sachsenring NLD Jan Huberts CHE Luigi Taveri Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood Report 9 9 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Monza FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt JPN 1947 Teisuke Tanaka Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman GBR Mike Hailwood Report 10 23 September FIN Finnish Grand Prix Tampere CHE Luigi Taveri Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman NIR Tommy Robb GBR Alan Shepherd Report 11 14 October ARG 1861 Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aires NZL Hugh Anderson NZL Hugh Anderson GBR Arthur Wheeler ARG 1861 Benedicto Caldarella Report Standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 50cc, 125cc, 250cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four races were counted. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine MANIOM HOLNLD BELBEL ULSNIR DDRDDR NACITA FINFIN ARGARG Pts 1 GBR Mike Hailwood MV Agusta 12 1 1 1 1 1 40 2 GBR Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 4 2 2 2 9 1 29 3 GBR Phil Read Norton Ret 3 3 4 11 4 AUT Bert Schneider Norton 4 5 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 10 5 ARG Benedicto Caldarella Matchless 1 8 = Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 1 8 7 TCH František Šťastný Jawa 8 Ret 4 Ret 3 7 8 GBR Tony Godfrey Norton Ret 6 3 5 7 9 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton 10 4 Ret 5 5 7 10 SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson Norton 17 2 6 11 GBR Derek Minter Norton Ret 2 Ret 6 12 GBR Ellis Boyce Norton / Matchless 2 Ret 6 13 ARG Juan Carlos Salatino Norton 2 6 = ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 6 15 GBR Fred Stevens Norton 3 6 Ret 5 16 ITA Silvio Grassetti Bianchi Ret 3 4 17 ARG Eduardo Salatino Norton 3 4 18 GBR Ron Langston Norton Ret Ret Ret 4 3 19 CHI Pablo Gamberini Matchless 4 3 = FIN Anssi Resko Matchless 4 3 21 GBR Roy Ingram Norton 5 9 Ret 8 7 2 22 AUS Jack Findlay Norton Ret 12 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 23 SWE Harald Karlsson Norton 5 2 = ARG Amleto Pomesano Norton 5 2 25 DEU Roland Föll Matchless 18 Ret 6 8 6 2 26 GBR Brian Setchell Norton 6 1 = ARG Manuel Soler Norton 6 1 = GBR Ray Spence Norton 6 1 29 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton Ret 7 8 12 Ret 10 0 30 CHE Gyula Marsovszky Norton 23 9 7 0 31 DEU Rudolf Gläser Norton 11 7 0 = DEU Ernst Hiller Matchless 11 7 0 = NIR Tom Thorp Norton 7 11 0 33 GBR Peter Middleton Norton Ret 7 0 34 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 0 35 GBR Chris Conn Norton 8 0 = FIN Tauno Nurmi Norton 8 0 37 GBR Syd Mizen Matchless Ret 15 9 0 38 Rhodesia and Nyasaland William Van Leeuwen Norton Ret 9 0 39 GBR Derek Powell Matchless 9 0 = FIN Antero Ventoniemi Norton 9 0 41 BEL Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 16 10 0 42 GBR Derek Woodman Matchless 10 Ret 0 43 NIR Ralph Bryans Norton 10 0 = FIN Vijlo Heino Norton 10 0 = HUN György Kurucz Norton 10 0 46 GBR Vernon Cottle Norton Ret 11 0 47 NIR Billy McCosh Matchless 11 0 = FIN Raine Lampinen Norton 11 0 = ITA Vasco Loro Norton 11 0 50 ITA Renzo Rossi Gilera 12 0 = GBR Graham Smith Norton 12 0 52 GBR Alf Shaw Norton 28 13 0 53 SWE Bo Granath Norton Ret 13 0 = DEU Walter Scheimann Norton Ret 13 0 55 GBR Peter Evans Matchless 13 0 = ITA Benedetto Zambotti Norton 13 0 57 DEU Karl Recktenwald Norton 14 14 0 58 IRL George Purvis Matchless 14 Ret 0 59 ITA Giuseppe Dardanello Norton 14 0 = AUT Alfred Worel BSA 14 0 61 AUS Dennis Fry Norton 27 15 Ret 0 62 ITA Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 15 0 = GBR John Simmonds Matchless 15 0 64 GBR Brian Hornby Norton 16 0 = ITA Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera 16 0 = IRL Patrick Plunkett Matchless 16 0 67 AUT Ladislaus Richter Norton 17 Ret 0 68 NIR Tommy Holmes Matchless 17 0 69 NIR Jimmy Jones Norton 18 0 70 GBR Louis Carr Matchless 19 0 71 GBR Derek Lee Matchless 20 0 72 GBR Douglas Smith AJS 21 0 73 GBR George Bell Norton 22 0 74 GBR Chris Anderson BSA / Norton 24 Ret 0 75 GBR Jimmy Morton Matchless 25 Ret 0 76 GBR Ted Whiteside Matchless 26 0 77 GBR Frank Reynolds Norton 29 0 - NZL John Gabites Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - FRA Jacques Insermini Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - NZL Hugh Anderson Matchless Ret Ret 0 - GBR Bob Coulter AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Robin Fitton Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Harry Grant BSA Ret Ret 0 - SCO Alistair King Matchless Ret Ret 0 - GBR Stephen Murray Matchless Ret Ret 0 - GBR Dan Shorey Norton Ret Ret 0 - NLD Joop Vogelzang Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 0 - SWE Billy Andersson AJS Ret 0 - AUT Rudolf Bergsleithner Norton Ret 0 - ITA Ernesto Brambilla Bianchi Ret 0 - NIR John Brown Norton Ret 0 - GBR Jack Bullock Norton Ret 0 - SWE Agne Carlsson Norton Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland Graham Chatterton Norton Ret 0 - URY Horacio Costas Matchless Ret 0 - NIR Dick Creith Norton Ret 0 - GBR James Cripps Norton Ret 0 - AUS Terry Dennehy Norton Ret 0 - GBR Alan Dugalde Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Don Ellis Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Jack Gow Triumph Ret 0 - TCH Gustav Havel Jawa Ret 0 - DEU Karl Hoppe Norton Ret 0 - FIN Hannu Kuparinen Norton Ret 0 - NIR Len Ireland Norton Ret 0 - FIN Pentti Lehtelä Norton Ret 0 - AUT Edy Lenz Norton Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland Colin Lyster Norton Ret 0 - ARG Jorge Kissling Matchless Ret 0 - NIR Mark McCausland Matchless Ret 0 - NIR Robert McCracken Norton Ret 0 - GBR Michael McStay Norton Ret 0 - GBR Ned Minihan Norton Ret 0 - FRA Albert Montagne Norton Ret 0 - GBR Billie Nelson Norton Ret 0 - GBR Eric Oliver AJS Ret 0 - ARG Juan Carlos Perkins Norton Ret 0 - SWE Morgan Radberg Norton Ret 0 - GBR Johnny Rae Norton Ret 0 - GBR Harold Riley BSA Ret 0 - GBR Bill Robertson AJS Ret 0 - GBR Frank Rutherford Matchless Ret 0 - NIR Jack Shannon Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Bill Smith Matchless Ret 0 - CHE Werner Spinnler Norton Ret 0 - DNK Vagn Stevnhoved Norton Ret 0 - FIN Veikko Sulasaari Norton Ret 0 - GBR Brian Taggart AJS Ret 0 - AUT Rudi Thalhammer Norton Ret 0 - GBR Pete Tomlinson Norton Ret 0 - NLD Martinus Van Son Norton Ret 0 - ARG Raûl Villaveiran Norton Ret 0 - CAN 1957 Dave Wildman Matchless Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL ULSUlster DDRDDR NACITA FINFIN ARGARG PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 32 4 2 GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom Honda 22 1 3 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MV Agusta 20 1 4 TCH František Šťastný Czechoslovakia Jawa 16 0 5 ITA Silvio Grassetti Italy Bianchi 8 0 6 GBR Alan Shepherd United Kingdom AJS / MZ 7 0 7 TCH Gustav Havel Czechoslovakia Jawa 7 0 8 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 6 0 9 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Canada AJS 5 0 10 GBR Roy Ingram United Kingdom Norton 3 0 = SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson Sweden Norton 3 0 12 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = FIN Taneli Lepo Finland AJS 2 0 14 NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand AJS 1 0 = GBR Phil Read United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = SUN 1955 Nicolaï Sevostianov USSR CKEB C360 1 0 = GBR Arthur Wheeler United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 1 0 = JPN Moto Kitano Japan Honda 1 0 250cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 48 6 2 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Honda 32 1 3 GBR Arthur Wheeler United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 19 1 4 AUS Tom Phillis Australia Honda 12 0 5 ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy Morini 10 0 6 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Honda 8 1 = GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom Honda 8 1 8 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 8 0 9 ITA Alberto Pagani Italy Aermacchi 8 0 10 GBR Dan Shorey United Kingdom Bultaco 8 0 11 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MZ 6 0 = ITA Umberto Masetti Italy Morini 6 0 13 FRG Günter Beer West Germany Adler 6 0 = JPN Moto Kitano Japan Honda 6 0 15 JPN Teisuke Tanaka Japan Honda 4 0 = DDR Werner Musiol East Germany MZ 4 0 = ARG Rudolph Kaiser Argentina NSU 4 0 18 NLD Cas Swart Netherlands Honda 3 0 = ARG Jorge Ternengo Argentina Ducati 3 0 20 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise France Morini 2 0 = GBR Frank Perris United Kingdom Suzuki 2 0 = GBR Campbell Donaghy United Kingdom Ducati 2 0 = SUN 1955 Nicolaï Sevostianov USSR CKEB C259 2 0 = ITA Gilberto Milani Italy Aermacchi 2 0 = URY Carlos Marfetan Uruguay Parilla 2 0 26 BEL Marcel Toussaint Belgium Benelli 1 0 = FRA Benjamin Savoye France FB-Mondial 1 0 = BEL Pierrot Vervroegen Belgium Aermacchi 1 0 = FRG Michael Schneider West Germany NSU 1 0 = GBR Stuart Graham United Kingdom Aermacchi 1 0 = ITA Paolo Campanelli Italy Benelli 1 0 = ARG Enrique Dietrich Argentina Aermacchi 1 0 125cc Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL FRGFRG ULSNIR GDRGDR NATITA FINFIN ARGARG Pts 1 CHE Luigi Taveri Honda 3F 4 1F 1F 1F 1F 1 1F 2F 2 48 (67) 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 2 2 5 2 2 3 2 4 1 38 (47) 3 GBR Tommy Robb Honda 3 2 3 2 2F 4 3 30 (33) 4 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 1 1F 16 5 GBR Mike Hailwood EMC 4 5 4 3 12 6 JPN Teisuke Tanaka Honda 4 1 11 7 NZL Hugh Anderson Suzuki 6 5 1F 11 8 DDR Hans Fischer MZ 3 4 7 9 ARG Raúl Kissling DKW 2 6 10 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver EMC 3 6 6 6 11 FRG Ernst Degner Suzuki 5 4 5 12 GBR Rex Avery EMC 5 6 5 5 13 AUS Tom Phillis Honda 3 4 13 GBR Alan Shepherd MZ 3F 4 13 JPN Mitsuo Itoh Suzuki 3 4 16 GBR Derek Minter Honda 4 3 16 GBR Bob McIntyre Honda 4 3 16 ARG Limburg Moreira Honda 4 3 19 GIB John Grace Bultaco 5 2 19 DDR Klaus Enderlein MZ 5 2 19 ITA Alberto Pagani Honda 5 2 19 GBR Frank Perris Suzuki 5 2 19 ARG Marzillo Chizzini Bultaco 5 2 24 ITA Francesco Villa Mondial 6 1 24 ARG Jorge Kissling Bultaco 6 1 24 CSK Stanislav Malina ČZ 6 1 24 ITA Giuseppe Visenzi Ducati 6 1 24 DDR Werner Musiol MZ 6 1 24 FIN Jukka Petäjä MZ 6 1 24 ARG Pedro Rosenthal Tohatsu 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL FRGFRG ULSNIR GDRGDR NATITA FINFIN ARGARG Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL FRGFRG ULSNIR GDRGDR NATITA FINFIN ARGARG Pts 1 JPN Honda 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 48 (80) 2 JPN Suzuki 5 4 6 5 5 1 18 3 GBR EMC 4 6 5 3 3 6 6 15 (16) 4 GDR MZ 3 3 8 5 FRG DKW 2 6 6 ESP 1945 Bultaco 6 5 4 6 7 ITA Mondial 6 1 7 CSK ČZ 6 1 7 ITA Ducati 6 1 7 JPN Tohatsu 6 1 Pos. Constructor ESPESP FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL FRGFRG ULSNIR GDRGDR NATITA FINFIN ARGARG Pts 50cc standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 FRG Ernst Degner West Germany Suzuki 41 4 2 FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt West Germany Kreidler 36 2 3 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 29 1 4 NLD Jan Huberts Netherlands Kreidler 29 2 5 JPN Mitsuo Itoh Japan Suzuki 23 0 6 GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom Honda 17 0 7 NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand Suzuki 16 1 8 JPN Seiichi Suzuki Japan Suzuki 10 0 9 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 7 0 10 ESP 1945 José Busquets Spain Derbi 6 0 11 FRG Wolfgang Gedlich West Germany Kreidler 6 0 12 JPN Isao Morishita Japan Suzuki 2 0 = JPN Teisuke Tanaka Japan Honda 2 0 14 JPN Michio Ichino Japan Suzuki 2 0 15 GBR Dan Shorey United Kingdom Kreidler 1 0 = FRG Günter Beer West Germany Kreidler 1 0 References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 46–49 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1962/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302215829/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1962/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season