1962 Natal Grand Prix

July 2023 July 2023 NC South Africa 1928 Natal II Natal Grand Prix Westmead Circuit, Durban 22 December 1962 Permanent racing facility 2.27 22 (heats), 33 (final) 49.94 (heats), 74.91 (final) Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax 1:22.11 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 1:24.2 UK Trevor Taylor UK Lotus-Climax Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax Richie Ginther USA BRM The 2nd Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 22 December 1962 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The field was split into two heats, with a subsequent final. The heats consisted of 22 laps, and the final was run over 33 laps, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor in his Lotus 25. The event was marred by the death of Rhodesian driver Gary Hocking, who was killed in practice driving the Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 24. Jim Clark posted the fastest time in practice, and was on pole position for the first heat. However, after exchanging the lead several times with Richie Ginther, he experienced problems during the heat and was classified 12th. Ginther won the heat with local driver Bruce Johnstone finishing second. Graham Hill was on pole for the second heat, which was won by Taylor with Hill second, after a battle throughout the race. Clark started at the back of the grid for the final, with Ginther, Taylor and Hill forming the front row. Hill's car suffered ignition failure, but Clark raced through the field to beat Ginther and take second behind Taylor, who led throughout."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.64-65 Qualifying Pos No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:22.11 - 2 3 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:22.67 + 0.56 3 2 UK Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 1:22.79 + 0.68 4 4 USA Richie Ginther BRM 1:24.06 + 1.95 5 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Lotus-Climax 1:25.10 + 2.99 6 26 South Africa 1928 Bruce Johnstone BRM 1:25.95 + 3.84 7 9 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 1:26.20 + 4.09 8 14 South Africa 1928 Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax 1:26.62 + 4.51 9 15 Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love Cooper-Climax 1:27.35 + 5.24 10 12 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 1:27.92 + 5.81 11 7 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 1:27.96 + 5.85 12 11 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:28.89 + 6.78 13 17 South Africa 1928 Bernard Podmore Lotus-Climax 1:29.27 + 7.16 14 10 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:30.17 + 8.06 15 18 South Africa 1928 Fanie Viljoen LDS-Climax 1:30.22 + 8.11 16 21 South Africa 1928 Bob van Niekerk Lotus-Climax 1:30.35 + 8.24 17 16 South Africa 1928 Mike Harris Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:31.38 + 9.27 18 25 South Africa 1928 Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:31.43 + 9.32 19 31 South Africa 1928 Peter van Niekerk Lotus-Ford 1:32.59 + 10.48 20 35 South Africa 1928 Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 1:33.54 + 11.43 21 32 South Africa 1928 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 1:33.65 + 11.54 22 19 South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:33.80 + 11.69 23 29 South Africa 1928 Gordon Henderson Scorpion-Alfa Romeo 1:34.28 + 12.17 24 37 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 1:34.97 + 12.86 25 30 South Africa 1928 Vern McWilliams Lotus-Borgward 1:36.44 + 14.33 26 39 South Africa 1928 Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 1:36.46 + 14.35 27 33 South Africa 1928 Errol Hammon LDS-Ford 1:36.61 + 14.50 28 36 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1:36.83 + 14.72 29 27 South Africa 1928 Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:37.13 + 15.02 30 5 South Africa 1928 Bill Scheepers Lotus-Alfa Romeo 1:37.23 + 15.12 31 20 Australia Ray Cresp Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:37.94 + 15.83 32 38 South Africa 1928 Eric Glasby Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:40.30 + 18.19 33 24 South Africa 1928 Tony Neave Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:45.82 + 23.71 Non-starters Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor DNS 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax WD 8 South Africa 1928 John Guthrie John Guthrie Cooper-Alfa Romeo WD 22 South Africa 1928 Neville Austin Neville Austin Cooper-Climax WD 23 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati WD 28 South Africa 1928 Tony Kotze Bond Cars Assegai-Alfa Romeo WD 34 South Africa 1928 Lionel Wilmot Lionel Wilmot Lotus-Ford WD 40 South Africa 1928 Peter Bosch Windhoek Motor Club Heron-Alfa Romeo WD 41 South Africa 1928 Peter Bosch Windhoek Motor Club Cooper-Climax Car #23 was withdrawn by Serrurier, who drove #11 in the race. The withdrawn car was ultimately driven by Trundell and wore #35. Results Heat one Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 USA Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM 31:56.8 2 2 South Africa 1928 Bruce Johnstone Bruce Johnstone BRM + 53.5 s 3 3 South Africa 1928 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax + 1:00.9 4 4 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 8 5 South Africa 1928 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 9 6 South Africa 1928 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 10 7 Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 5 8 South Africa 1928 Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 14 9 South Africa 1928 Peter van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 11 10 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Otelle Nucci LDS-Alfa Romeo 6 11 South Africa 1928 Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 12 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1 13 South Africa 1928 Bernard Podmore Grosvenor Motors Lotus-Climax 7 14 South Africa 1928 Vern McWilliams Vern McWilliams Lotus-Borgward 13 Ret South Africa 1928 Brausch Niemann Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 12 Ret South Africa 1928 Eric Glasby Eric Glasby Cooper-Alfa Romeo 16 Heat two Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 32:19.6 2 2 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 2.2 s 1 3 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax + 51.0 s 3 4 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Alfa Special + 1:15.6 4 5 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax + 1:22.2 5 6 South Africa 1928 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus-Climax 6 7 South Africa 1928 Gene Bosman Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 8 8 Australia Ray Cresp Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 9 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 11 10 South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 9 11 South Africa 1928 Gordon Henderson Gordon Henderson Scorpion-Alfa Romeo 10 Ret South Africa 1928 Mike Harris Mike Harris Cooper-Alfa Romeo 7 Ret South Africa 1928 Errol Hammon Errol Hammon LDS-Ford 12 Ret South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Ecurie Tomahawk Lotus-Ford 13 Ret South Africa 1928 Bill Scheepers H. Muller Lotus-Alfa Romeo 14 Ret South Africa 1928 Tony Neave A & G Conversions Cooper-Alfa Romeo 16 Final Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48:08.7 2 2 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 6.1 s 22 3 USA Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 22.1 s 1 4 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 32 laps 6 5 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 32 laps 8 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 32 laps 13 7 South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Alfa Special 32 laps 7 8 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 31 laps 9 9 South Africa 1928 Gene Bosman Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 14 10 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Otelle Nucci LDS-Alfa Romeo 18 11 South Africa 1928 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus-Climax 12 12 South Africa 1928 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 10 13 South Africa 1928 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 11 14 South Africa 1928 Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 16 15 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 3 16 Australia Ray Cresp Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 Ret Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 19 Ret South Africa 1928 Peter van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 17 Ret South Africa 1928 Trevor Blokdyk Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 20 Ret South Africa 1928 Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 21 Ret South Africa 1928 Bruce Johnstone Bruce Johnstone BRM Oil leak 4 Ret South Africa 1928 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax Accident 5 References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at www.silhouet.com Natal Grand Prix 1962 1962 Rand Grand Prix 1963 Lombank Trophy 1961 Natal Grand Prix — Natal Grand Prix Category:Natal Grand Prix Natal Grand Prix Natal Grand Prix