1962 Cape Grand Prix

July 2023 July 2023 NC South Africa 1928 Cape V Cape Grand Prix Killarney Circuit, Cape Town 2 January 1962 250px|Killarney Motor Racing Circuit Permanent racing facility 2.058 3.312 60 123.47 198.71 Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax 1:28.4 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:29.1 UK Trevor Taylor UK Lotus-Climax Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax Jo Bonnier Sweden Porsche The 5th Cape Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 2 January 1962 at Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town, South Africa. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor, in his Lotus 21. There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings. The race was dominated by Taylor and Jim Clark, and they swapped the lead several times during the race, after Jo Bonnier had led for the first three laps. After Clark spun, Taylor was able to keep the lead for the last ten laps to take the victory. Local driver Vic Proctor's homebuilt car with its Alfa Romeo engine was deemed unraceworthy by the race organisers, and was excluded before Proctor set a time in practice."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.68-69 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 2 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1.30:54.0 2 2 1 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 0.6 s 1 3 5 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche System Engineering Porsche + 6.6 s 3 4 6 USA Masten Gregory UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax + 38.6 s 4 5 8 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 42.0 s 6 6 4 Germany Edgar Barth Porsche System Engineering Porsche 59 laps 5 7 3 South Africa 1928 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Alfa Romeo 58 laps 8 8 7 South Africa 1928 Ernie Pieterse Scuderia Alfa Heron-Alfa Romeo 58 laps 9 9 21 Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love A.H. Pillman LDS-Porsche 58 laps 6 10 16 South Africa 1928 Helmut Menzler Ecurie Wolman Lotus-Borgward 57 laps 11 11 22 South Africa 1928 Bob van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 56 laps 12 12 20 South Africa 1928 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 55 laps 13 13 24 South Africa 1928 Bernard Podmore Bernard Podmore Lotus-Ford 54 laps 16 14 10 South Africa 1928 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Ford 48 laps 15 Ret 19 South Africa 1928 Bruce Jennings Bill Jennings Jennings-Porsche Valve gear 19 Ret 23 South Africa 1928 Adrian Pheiffer Adrian Pheiffer Cooper-Alfa Romeo Stub axle 10 Ret 18 South Africa 1928 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Climax Engine 17 Ret 25 South Africa 1928 John Guthrie Ecurie Rhodes Cooper-Alfa Romeo Engine 18 Ret 15 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo Engine 14 EX 17 South Africa 1928 Vic Proctor Vic Proctor Vic-Alfa Romeo - WD 9 South Africa 1928 Bruce Johnstone Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Car damaged - WD 11 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Alfa LDS-Alfa Romeo - WD 12 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati - WD 14 South Africa 1928 Don Philp Don Philp Quodra-Climax Car not ready - References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at www.silhouet.com Cape Grand Prix 1962 1961 South African Grand Prix 1962 Brussels Grand Prix 1960 Cape Grand Prix 1965 Cape Grand Prix Cape Grand Prix Category:Auto races in South Africa Cape Grand Prix Cape Grand Prix