1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1962

Hans Herrmann in the Porsche 718 WRS; on the way to third place in the overall standings and victory in the class for prototypes up to 2-liter displacement

Porsche 718 GTR from Gurney / Bonnier in the early stages of the race at the end of the home straight when braking at the south bend

Porsche 718 W-RS, who later came third, and Porsche Carrera from Glemser / Wütherich in the Südkehre

The eighth 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also VIII. Int. ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring , took place on May 27, 1962 and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

After the success in the first 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1953 ( Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina won in a Ferrari 375MM Vignale ), Scuderia Ferrari was unable to achieve overall victory in the following six races. The Italian racing team wanted to counteract this fact with a large number of vehicles in 1962. The Scuderia brought four racing cars to the Eifel, three Dino-Ferraris and a 330LM . Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien drove a Dino 256SP with 2.4-liter engine, the Mexican Rodríguez brothers Pedro and Ricardo a Dino 268SP with 2.6-liter eight-cylinder engine. The third Dino was a 196SP driven by Lorenzo Bandini and Giancarlo Baghetti . The 330TRI is driven by Willy Mairesse and Mike Parkes .

Porsche was represented with two cars, both Type 718 , each with 2-liter 8-cylinder engines. However, a sensation in the race was a small British vehicle. Jim Clark in the new Lotus 23 amazed the almost 160,000 spectators at the start of the race. In heavy rain, Clark took the lead right from the start and finished the first lap with a 27-second lead over Dan Gurney's Porsche . Only when the track began to dry out after a few laps was he slowly caught. On the twelfth lap, Clark lost control of the vehicle in the Hocheichen curve at the exit of Hatzenbach and went off the track. Fumes from a damaged exhaust made him sick and unable to control the car. A second Lotus 23 with Peter Ashdown and Bruce Johnstone at the wheel finished the race four laps behind in eighth place overall.

After Clark retired, the Mairesse / Parkes-Ferrari was in the lead. The wetness of the road caused a lot of spinning and accidents. Pedro Rodríguez was eliminated by accident on the fifth lap. In the seventh lap, Carlo-Maria Abate collided in the Ferrari 250TRI of the Scuderia Serenissima with the Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ of Marcello de Luca di Lizzano. All drivers were uninjured.

In the last third of the race, Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien took the lead and never gave it up until the finish. It became exciting in the duel for second place. Joakim Bonnier in the Porsche 718 GTR had shortened the gap to the Mairesse / Parkes-Ferrari to 16 seconds, but was canceled one lap before the end due to a gearbox failure. Nevertheless, the third overall place went to Porsche through Graham Hill and Hans Herrmann in the 718 WRS. The winning time was 7: 33: 27.700 hours for 1003.640 km, which corresponded to an average of 132.797 km / h.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	92	SEFAC Ferrari	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari Dino 246SP	44
2	P 4.0	120	SEFAC Ferrari	Willy Mairesse Mike Parkes	Ferrari 330LM GTO	44
3	P 2.0	111	Porsche System Engineering	Graham Hill Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 WRS	44
4th	S 3.0	96	Essex Racing Stables	Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	42
5	GT 3.0	51	Peter Nöcker	Wolfgang Seidel Peter Nöcker	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	41
6th	GT 1.6	20th	Porsche System Engineering	Edgar Barth Herbert Linge	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	41
7th	GT 3.0	47	Pierre Noblet	Jean Guichet Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	40
8th	S 1.0	65	Ian Walker	Peter Ashdown Bruce Johnstone	Lotus 23	40
9	GT 1.6	22nd	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Gerhard Koch Eberhard Mahle	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	40
10	GT 3.0	55	Henri Oreiller	Henri Oreiller Roger Delageneste	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	40
11	GT 1.6	25th	Dieter Glemser	Dieter Glemser Rolf Wütherich	Porsche 356 B	40
12	GT 1.6	21st	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Paul-Ernst Straehle Fritz Hahnl	Porsche 356 B	39
13	GT 1.3	14th	Rudolf-Wilhelm Moser	Rudolf-Wilhelm Moser Lothar Bender	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	39
14th	P 2.0	6th	Horst Estler	Horst Estler Fritz Jüttner	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	38
15th	P 4.0	59	Max Werner	Max Werner Norman Olsen	Jaguar E-Type	38
16	GT 1.3	2	Team elite	John Wagstaff Pat Ferguson	Lotus Elite	38
17th	S 3.0	94	Georges Gachnang	Georges Gachnang Edouard Grob	Cegga-Ferrari 3000S	38
18th	P 3.0	99	Camoradi USA	Lloyd Casner Masten Gregory	Maserati Tipo 61	37
19th	P 1.0	103	René Bonnet	Jean Vinatier Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	37
20th	GT 1.6	83	Harry Merkel	Harry Merkel Frank Kalkuhl Hans-Otto Kreft	Porsche 356 B 1600	36
21st	GT 2.0	43	Volvo Germany	Josef Eschey Georg Bialas	Volvo P1800	36
22nd	GT 2.0	40	Karl vom Kothen	Karl vom Kothen Heinz Endemann	Volvo P1800	35
23	S 1.0	60	Octagon	Mike Reid Jeff Sparrowe	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	35
24	P 1.0	101	Panhard & Levassor	Bernard Boyer André Guilhaudin	CD Dyna	35
25th	GT 2.0	39	Guy Savoye	Guy Savoye Claude Savoye	Morgan Plus 4	35
26th	S 1.0	67	Claude Bobrowski	Claude Bobrowski Claude Dubois	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	34
27	GT 2.0	42	Volvo Germany	Karl-Heinz Grote Anselm von Oertzen	Volvo P1800	34
Failed
28	P 2.0	110	Porsche System Engineering	Dan Gurney Joakim Bonnier	Porsche 718 GTR	42
29	P 2.0	1	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber Kurt Ahrens	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	37
30th	P 2.0	17th	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giancarlo Sala Elio Zagato	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	36
31	P 2.0	4th	Edmond Foliage	Edmond Laub Pierre Nicolier	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	36
32	GT 1.6	27	Lee Miller	Lee Miller Ed Schaffer	Sunbeam Alpine	34
33	S 2.0	79	Chris Lawrence	Chris Ashmore Robin Carnegie	Elva Mk.VI	32
34	GT 1.3	3	Team elite	Clive Hunt David Bruxton	Lotus Elite	31
35	S 2.0	70	Heini Walter	Heini Walter Hermann Müller	Porsche 718 RS / 61	31
36	GT 1.3	12	Vögele & Leston	Charles Vögele Les Leston	Lotus Elite	30th
37	P 2.0	10	David Hobbs	David Hobbs Richard Attwood	Lotus Elite	27
38	GT 1.3	11	Jean Carpentier	Jean Carpentier Carl Smet	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	27
39	P 2.0	18th	Karl Foitek	Karl Foitek Ernst Furtmayr	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ2	26th
40	S 1.0	64	Ian Walker	Paul Hawkins Peter Ryan	Lotus 23	26th
41	GT 2.0	38	Chris Lawrence	Hugh Braithwaite Pip Arnold	Morgan Plus 4	21st
42	S 2.0	71	Heini Walter	Herbert Müller Rudolf Jenzer	Porsche 718 RS	21st
43	P 2.0	16	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Ludovico Scarfiotti Luigi Taramazzo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
44	GT 2.0	37	Chris Lawrence	Chris Lawrence Richard Shepherd-Barron	Morgan Plus 4	20th
45	GT 1.3	5	Lufthansa	Dieter Wipperfürth Robert Huhn	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	16
46	GT 1.3	8th	Jamaica Racing	Peter Jackson Richard Melville	Lotus Elite	14th
47	GT 3.0	49	OSAC	Umberto Maglioli Gotfrid Köchert	Ferrari 250 GTO	14th
48	S 1.0	62	Octagon	JM Noble Derrick Astle	MG Midget	13
49	S 2.0	72	SEFAC Ferrari	Lorenzo Bandini Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari Dino 196SP	13
50	P 1.0	102	Panhard and Levassor	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Alain Bertaut	CD Dyna	13
51	GT 2.0	36	Francis van Lysbeth	Francis van Lysbeth Gonzalo van Bierbeek	AC Ace	12
52	GT 3.0	53	Ecurie Francorchamps	Georges Berger Léon Dernier	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo	12
53	S 1.0	63	Chris Lawrence	Leonard Bridge Chris Spender	Deep Sanderson 301	12
54	GT 1.6	24	Ben Pon	Ben Pon Rob Slotemaker	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	11
55	S 1.0	66	Frank Ruata	Frank Ruata Joffre Lobry	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	11
56	S 2.0	76	Bob Olthoff	Bob Olthoff John Whitmore	MGA	11
57	S 2.0	84	Essex Racing Team	Jim Clark Trevor Taylor	Lotus 23	11
58	S 2.0	73	Taylor & Crawley	Douglas Graham Christopher Martyn	Lotus 15	10
59	P 2.0	116	Bruno Runte	Bruno Runte Nicolas Koob	Porsche 718 GTR	10
60	P 4.0	57	Peter Lumsden	Peter Lumsden Peter Sargent	Jaguar E-Type	9
61	S 3.0	90	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 250TRI / 61	7th
62	P 2.0	15th	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Marcello de Luca di Lizzano Giancarlo Rigamonti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	6th
63	S 2.0	82	Pierre de Siebenthal	Pierre de Siebenthal Francisco de Heredia	Lotus Eleven	6th
64	GT 3.0	54	C. San Guisti Ferraro	Giorgio Scarlatti Pietro Ferraro	Ferrari 250 GTO	5
65	GT 1.3	7th	Hans-Helmuth Hespen	Dieter Machatius Hans-Otto Kreft	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	4th
66	GT 2.0	41	Volvo Germany	Jochen Neerpasch Herbert Schultze	Volvo P1800	4th
67	S 3.0	93	SEFAC Ferrari	Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari Dino 268SP	4th
Not started
68	GT 1.6	23	OASC	Gerhart Greil HP Prince	Porsche 356 B 1600	0 1
69	GT 1.6	26th	Gerhard Mitter	Eberhard Rank Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 356 B 1600	0 1
70	GT 1.6	28	Antonio Gentil de Herédia	Antonio Gentil de Herédia Henrique Jose Burnay-Bastos	MGA	0 1
71	GT 1.6	31	Hesse	Ulrich Rose Ludwig Walter	Porsche 356 B 1600	0 1
72	GT 1.6	29	Werner Lindermann	Werner Lindermann Arthur Rosenhammer	MGA	0 1
73	GT 3.0	48	arena	Roger Zehr Robert Hauser	Ferrari 250 GT	0 1
74	GT 3.0	52	Ecurie Francorchamps	Georges Berger Jacques van der Haute	Ferrari 250 SWB	0 1
75	S 1.0	61	Octagon	Robert Snow Ted Lund	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	0 2
76	S 2.0	74	Rhein-Ruhr Racing	Heinz Gilges Bernd Degner	Borgward racing	0 3
77	S 2.0	75	Nicolas Garbett	Nicolas Garbett Anthony Kilburn	lotus	0 1
78	S 2.0	77	Lausannoise	André Wicky Guido Haberthur	Maserati Tipo 60	0 1
79	S 2.0	78	Daniel de Magalhaes	Mário de Araújo Cabral Daniel de Magalhaes	Porsche 718	0 1
80	S 2.0	80	Trentina	Armando Zampiero Domenico Lo Coco	WRE	0 4

¹ not started
² accident during training
³ engine damage during training
⁴ withdrawn

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
81	P 2.0		TVR	Ninian Sanderson John Woolfe	TVR Grantura
82	S 1.0		DRW	Jack Murrell Geoff Oliver	DRW Terrier
83	S 2.0		Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Tommy Spychiger Umberto Maglioli	Porsche 718
84	P 2.0		TVR	Peter Bolton Mike Rothschild	TVR Grantura
85	P 2.0		TVR	Keith Ballisat Rob Slotemaker	TVR Grantura
86	GT 1.3	9	Fitzwilliam Racing	Jon Derisley John Nicholson	Lotus Elite
87	GT 1.6	30th	Ecurie Francorchamps	Robert Darville	Porsche 356 B 1600
88	GT 3.0	46	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Colin Davis	Ferrari 250 GTO
89	GT 3.0	50	Carlo Peroglio	Carlo Peroglio Luigi Taramazzo	Ferrari 250 GT
90	GT 3.0	58	Essex Racing Stables		Aston Martin DB4 GT
91	S 3.0	91	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Colin Davis	Ferrari
92	S 3.0	95	UDT Laystall	Innes Ireland masts Gregory	Ferrari
93	S 1.0	104	Jamaica Racing	Peter Jackson John Anstead	Austin-Healey Sprite
94	S 1.0	105	Gitane	Gordon Fowell Dan Margulies	Gitane 1000
95	P 2.0	115	Lausannoise	André Wicky Robert Jenny	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
96	P 4.0	125	Scuderia Serenissima	Graham Hill Masts Gregory	Maserati Tipo 151
97	P 4.0	126	Chaparral Cars		Chaparral 1

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Prototypes up to 4000 cm³	Willy Mairesse	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 330TRI	Rank 2
Prototypes up to 3000 cm³	Lloyd Casner	Masts Gregory	Maserati Tipo 61	Rank 18
Prototypes up to 2000 cm³	Graham Hill	Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 WRS	Rank 3
Prototypes up to 1000 cm³	Jean Vinatier	Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	Rank 19
Sports car up to 3000 cm³	Phil Hill	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari Dino 246SP	Overall victory
Sports car up to 2000 cm³	no participant in the finish
Sports car up to 1000 cm³	Peter Ashdown	Bruce Johnstone	Lotus 23	Rank 8
GT up to 3000 cm³	Wolfgang Seidel	Peter Nöcker	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Rank 5
GT up to 2000 cm³	Josef Eschey	Georg Bialas	Volvo P1800	Rank 21
GT up to 1600 cm³	Edgar Barth	Herbert Linge	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	Rank 6
GT up to 1300 cm³	Rudolf-Wilhelm Moser	Lothar Bender	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 97
• Started: 67
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 11
• Spectators: 160,000
• Race day weather: cold, light rain in between
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 7:33: 27,700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.640 km
• Winner's average: 132.797 km / h
• Pole position: Phil Hill - Ferrari Dino 246SP (# 92) - 9: 25.500 = 145.210 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Phil Hill - Ferrari Dino 246SP (# 92) - 9: 31.900 = 143.585 km / h
• Racing series: Round 7 of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1962  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results at WSPR Racing

Previous race of the Grand Prix of Berlin 1962

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans