1962 Solitude Grand Prix

NC West Germany Solitude XII Großer Preis der Solitude Solitudering, near Stuttgart 15 July 1962 Solitude1935-1965layout.png Permanent racing facility 320,000 7.089 11.4086 25 177.225 285.216 Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax 3:53.9 Dan Gurney Porsche 3:55.6 USA Dan Gurney USA Porsche Jo Bonnier Sweden Porsche Trevor Taylor UK Lotus-Climax The 12th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 July 1962 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Dan Gurney in a Porsche 804. The Formula One Record Book John Thompson 1974 Race Report The 1961 Solitude Grand Prix had been very exciting, and 320,000 people showed up in 1962 for a new record attendance. However, the race proved less than exciting, with only Lotus and Porsche sending their cars in addition to numerous privateers. Ferrari and Scuderia SSS Venezia stayed away due to the ongoing Italian metal workers' strike, while UDT/Laystall and Yeoman Credit Racing both stayed home to repair cars damaged in the 1962 French Grand Prix. IMS9 Rekord publik på Solitude: 320,000 Record audience at Solitude: 320,000 23 Swedish Johansson Lars-Erik Lerum, Sweden Illustrerad Motor Sport 9 September 1962 Jo Bonnier was hindered at the start by a photographer on the track, and the race began with Gurney leading Clark, then Bonnier, and then Trevor Taylor. These positions remained unchanged until just past the middle of the race, when there was a rainsquall and all of the oil and rubber deposits on the track made for very slippery conditions. Clark slipped backwards into a fence and had to retire with a damaged exhaust and rear end. Taylor also slipped off the track a few times, and the tempo dropped steadily. As an indication thereof, Gurney's average speed for the first fifteen laps was 173 km/h mph 0 on while it was only 145.75 km/h mph 0 on for the last ten. Ian Burgess' Cooper-special was best privateer in fourth. Jo Siffert had an electric short which led to a small fire. Luckily for the spectators, Solitude also hosted the German Motorcycle Grand Prix and there was a GT-race, won by Kalman von Czazy in a Ferrari 250GTO which he had crashed during practice. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 USA Dan Gurney Porsche System Engineering Porsche 1.45:37.2 2 2 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche System Engineering Porsche + 1:47.1 s 3 3 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 3:55.1 s 4 4 UK Ian Burgess Anglo-American Equipe Cooper-Climax 24 laps 7 5 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 23 laps 8 6 West Germany Gerhard Mitter Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-Climax 23 laps 14 7 Switzerland Heinz Schiller Ecurie Filipinetti Porsche 23 laps 11 8 France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 19 laps 12 Ret UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Accident 1 NC West Germany Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 18 laps 13 Ret USA Tony Settember Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax Oil leak 9 Ret UK Tony Marsh Tony Marsh BRM-Climax Clutch 6 Ret West Germany Kurt Kuhnke Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax Engine 10 Ret Switzerland Jo Siffert Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-BRM Electrics 5 DNS UK John Campbell-Jones Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax Practice accident - WD UK Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-Climax No car - WD Italy Nino Vaccarella Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Porsche - WD Italy Carlo Abate Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Porsche - WD UK Innes Ireland UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax - WD USA Masten Gregory UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-BRM - WD UK John Surtees Bowmaker Racing Team Lola-Climax - WD West Germany Wolfgang Seidel Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM No car - Porsche System Engineering entered a third car but no driver was assigned and the entry was not used. References Solitude Grand Prix 1962 1962 Reims Grand Prix 1962 Kanonloppet 1961 Solitude Grand Prix 1963 Solitude Grand Prix Solitude Grand Prix Category:Solituderennen Solitude Grand Prix