1962 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1962 World Sportscar Championship 1961 1963 300px|thumb|right|Ferrari won the over 2.0 litre GT class award with its 250 GT Berlinetta SWB and 250 GTO (pictured) The 1962 World Sportscar Championship season was the 10th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions, and the 1962 Coupe des Sports, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions. The season ran from 11 February 1962 to 21 September 1962 over 15 events. For this season the FIA shifted the focus to production based GT cars and the World Sportscar Championship title was discontinued. This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a single overall title.Unreferenced statement August 2022 Schedule Although composed of 15 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events. Round Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date 1 USA 3 Hours of Daytona Continental Daytona International Speedway Both 11 February 2 USA Sebring 3 Hours Sebring International Raceway GT 23 March 3 USA 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Both 24 March 4 ITA Coppa Maifredi Circuito del Garda GT 1 May 5 ITA Targa Florio Circuito delle Madonie Both 6 May 6 DEU Berlin Grand Prix AVUS GT 13 May 7 DEU International ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring Both 27 May 8 FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Both 23 June24 June 9 FRA Trophée d'Auvergne Charade Circuit Both 15 July 10 ITA Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa GT 15 August 11 GBR RAC Tourist Trophy Goodwood Circuit GT 18 August 12 DEU International ADAC 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring GT 2 September 13 USA Double 400 km Bridgehampton Race Circuit GT2.0 15 September 14 USA Double 400 km Bridgehampton Race Circuit GT+2.0 16 September 15 FRA 1000 km de Paris Autodrome de Montlhéry GT 21 October Season results Round Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Daytona USA #96 Frank Arciero USA #18 NART Results USA Dan Gurney GBR Stirling Moss 2 Sebring Did Not Participate USA #8 Briggs Cunningham Results NZL Bruce McLaren 3 Sebring ITA #23 Scuderia SSS Venezia USA #24 NART Results SWE Jo BonnierBEL Lucien Bianchi USA Phil HillBEL Olivier Gendebien 4 Circuito del Garda Did Not Participate ITA #56 No Team Name Results ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti 5 Palermo ITA #152 SEFAC Ferrari ITA #86 San Marco Results BEL Willy MairesseBEL Olivier GendebienMEX Ricardo Rodríguez ITA Giorgio ScarlattiITA Pietro Ferraro 6 AVUS Did Not Participate CHE #40 No Team Name Results CHE Robert Jenny 7 Nürburgring ITA #92 SEFAC Ferrari DEU #51 Peter Nöcker Results USA Phil HillBEL Olivier Gendebien DEU Peter NöckerDEU Wolfgang Seidel 8 Le Mans ITA #6 SpA Ferrari SEFAC BEL #19 Pierre Noblet Results USA Phil HillBEL Olivier Gendebien BEL Pierre NobletFRA Jean Guichet 9 Charade GBR #18 Essex Racing Team ITA #3 Scuderia SSS Venezia Results GBR Alan Rees ITA Carlo Maria Abate 10 Pergusa Did Not Participate ITA #58 Abarth Results ITA "Pam"ITA Giancarlo Scotti 11 Goodwood Did Not Participate GBR #15 UDT-Laystall Results GBR Innes Ireland 12 Nürburgring Did Not Participate ITA #86 Abarth Results DEU Eberhard Mahle 13 Bridgehampton (2.0) Did Not Participate USA #31 Chuck Cassel Results USA Bob Holbert 14 Bridgehampton (+2.0) USA #3 NART USA #17 Bob Grossman Results MEX Pedro Rodríguez USA Bob Grossman 15 Montlhéry Did Not Participate USA #1 NART Results MEX Pedro RodríguezMEX Ricardo Rodríguez Manufacturers' Championship All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count. Only the best 5 results counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics. GT +2.0 This championship was for all GT class cars over 2000 cc. GT +2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13. Pos Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA TGA West Germany NÜR FRA LMS FRA CHA UK GWD USA BHA FRA MTY Total 1 ITA Ferrari 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 45 2 GBR Jaguar 2 3 4 3 4 16 3 USA Chevrolet 4 2 3 9 4 ITA Lancia 4 4 5 GBR Aston Martin 1 1 GT 2.0 This championship was for all GT class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. GT 2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 14. Pos Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA TGA West Germany NÜR FRA LMS FRA CHA UK GWD USA BHA FRA MTY Total 1 DEU Porsche 6 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 45 2 ITA Alfa Romeo 9 4 6 2 4 4 4 2 27 3 GBR Lotus 2 1 6 9 3 21 4 GBR Morgan 1 6 7 5 FRA Abarth-Simca 4 4 6 GBR Sunbeam 2 1 3 7 GBR TVR 2 2 8 GBR MG 1 1 GT 1.0 This championship was for all GT class cars under 1000 cc. GT 1.0 only participated in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13. Pos Manufacturer USA SEB ITA GDA West Germany AVU ITA PER West Germany NÜR USA BHA Total 1 ITA Fiat-Abarth 9 9 9 9 9 9 45 2 ZAF 1928 GSM 2 3 5 3 GBR Austin-Healey 4 4 Coupe des Sports S 3.0 This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 3000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7. The last two rounds were won by the Ferrari 246 SP. Pos Manufacturer USA SEB ITA TGA West Germany NÜR Total 1 ITA Ferrari 9 9 9 27 2= GBR Cooper 6 6 2= GBR Aston Martin 6 6 4 CHE Cegga-Ferrari 4 4 S 2.0 This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. Porsche was the only manufacturer to finish a race in this class in the three scoring rounds, and were declared the champion. S 1.0 This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 1000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7. Pos Manufacturer USA SEB ITA TGA West Germany NÜR Total 1 ITA Fiat-Abarth 9 4 13 2 GBR Lotus 9 9 3= ITA O.S.C.A. 6 6 3= GBR Austin-Healey 6 6 5 FRA D.B. 4 4 External links 1962 World Sportscar Championship Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons World Sportscar Championship