1962 German Grand Prix

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Flag of Germany.svg 1962 German Grand Prix
Racing data
6th of 9 races of the 1962 World Automobile Championship
Route profile
Surname: XXIV Grand Prix of Germany
Date: 5th August 1962
Place: Nuerburg , Germany
Course: Nürburgring
Length: 342.15 km in 15 laps of 22.81 km

Weather: cloudy, heavy rain showers
Pole position
Driver: United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney GermanyGermany Porsche
Time: 8: 47.2 min
Fastest lap
Driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill (Round 3) United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM
Time: 10: 12.2 min
Podium
First: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM
Second: United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola-Climax
Third: United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney GermanyGermany Porsche

The 1962 German Grand Prix took place on August 5, 1962 at the Nürburgring and was the sixth race of the 1962 World Cup .

Reports

background

Graham Hill, Surtees and Gurney in the Hatzenbach section
Winner Graham Hill, at the German Grand Prix
Jim Clark
Jo Bonnier in the Porsche 804
Brabham BT3 - first car from the designer Jack Brabham - debuted at the German GP in 1962

After Ferrari because of a strike of the metal processing industry in Italy at the French Grand Prix could not participate and the Grand Prix of Great Britain was launched only with a cart, the team had in this race again all vehicles available and started with four cars for Phil Hill , Giancarlo Baghetti , Ricardo Rodríguez and Lorenzo Bandini . Baghetti, Rodríguez and Bandini returned to the automobile world championship after several races break, for Bandini it was only the second race of the season.

Jack Brabham drove a private Lotus 24 until the British Grand Prix . The car that he himself designed for his Brabham team had not been used before because of technical difficulties. The car made its debut in this race and was named Brabham BT3 . Unlike Lotus with the Lotus 25 , the designer did without a monocoque and, like the other competitors, used a steel frame. This decision was made because a monocoque would be too difficult to repair if damaged. The cockpit interior was designed wider than that of the competition to give the driver more freedom of movement. The color of the car was recognizable by the light blue paneling with a gold stripe in the middle. The car was powered by a V8 Climax engine.

There were other changes in the teams with private cars. Jackie Lewis drove his last race for the Ecurie Galloise , which withdrew from the automobile world championship. Lewis intended to take a year off from racing but then decided to retire from racing altogether. The Equipe Nationale Belge was also registered for a final Grand Prix, Lucien Bianchi drove an ENB , the only car that had been designed by the team itself. For Wolfgang Seidel , too, the car world championship ended. After disputes about the entry fee, he criticized the organizer and received a lifelong ban, which was lifted after two years. But Seidel stopped racing after that. Gunther Seiffert was registered as the second driver for his Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel , but he did not qualify and did not take part in any other Grand Prix. Bernard Collomb drove his last race of the season in a Cooper T53 , Keith Greene for Gilby Engineering his first in a Gilby 62 . The Ecurie Filipinetti reported three cars, Jo Siffert drove a Lotus 21 , Heinz Schiller a Lotus 24 and Heini Walter one in a Porsche 718 . For Schiller and Walter it was their only participation in a race. In addition, Maurice Trintignant drove again for the Rob Walker Racing Team and Nino Vaccarella for the Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia .

No former winner took part in the German Grand Prix, Ferrari had five successful constructors in previous years, Lotus once. In the drivers 'championship, Graham Hill was just ahead of Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren , in the constructors' championship Lotus was just ahead of BRM and Cooper .

training

A serious accident occurred in the Fuchsröhre section . A camera attached to the rear of Carel Godin de Beaufort's Porsche detached itself from the car and fell on the track. Graham Hill saw this camera too late and drove over it, damaging an oil pipe on his car. Graham Hill spun off the track and had a serious accident. Tony Maggs also had no chance to evade and also went off the track due to the leaking oil. Both drivers survived the accident unharmed, but the vehicles were badly damaged. Graham Hill had previously set a time that was sufficient for qualifying in second place, whereas Maggs started from the back field from position 23.

The pole position reached Dan Gurney at Porsche. For Gurney it was the first pole position of his career, for Porsche it was the only one. It was not until the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix that a German designer was again on pole position with BMW Sauber . Clark was third ahead of John Surtees and McLaren. Jo Bonnier qualified in sixth ahead of Richie Ginther , Beaufort and Roy Salvadori . The best Ferrari driver was Rodríguez in tenth place, overall Ferrari qualified mainly in the midfield.

For safety reasons, the starting field was limited to 26 vehicles. Thus, out of 30 registered drivers, there were four who did not qualify. These four drivers were Tony Shelly , Seidel, Jay Chamberlain and Seiffert. In addition to the training time, the entry fee also played a role in the case of Seidel, or in the case of Shelly, whether other drivers such as Brabham, for example, were already considered qualified in advance.

Trevor Taylor did not drive enough practice laps to qualify for the race and was therefore initially not allowed to start. However, this decision was withdrawn by the race management and Taylor was allowed to start the race from last place on the grid.

run

On the day of the race there was heavy rain that made the track impassable. The race management decided to postpone the start by more than an hour. When the Grand Prix started after an exploration lap at 3:15 p.m., the track was still wet and more rain began to fall. Clark stopped at the start because he had forgotten to turn on the gasoline pump of his Lotus and fell back to the end of the field due to this mistake. This made Phil Hill third behind Gurney and Graham Hill. Surtees, Bonnier, McLaren and Rodríguez followed on the other places. Taylor had an accident during the first lap of the race and was eliminated.

Graham Hill took the lead on the third lap, setting the fastest lap of the race. After that the rain intensified and the lap times became slower overall. Surtees also overtook Gurney, who was affected by a loose battery, and then tried to close the gap to Graham Hill. But he never got close enough to overtake him. In the early stages of the race, other drivers also had different technical difficulties. Collomb, Trintignant and Salvadori dropped out with gearbox damage, and the oil pressure on Schiller's car dropped. In addition, the race for Bandini was over after the fourth lap after an accident. As the Nürburgring was very hilly and uneven, some drivers had problems with the suspension, as in previous years. Greene, Phil Hill and Lewis were therefore eliminated. For Brabham, too, the Grand Prix ended prematurely on lap nine; his new car had an accelerator pedal defect.

At the front, Graham Hill stayed a few seconds ahead of Surtees, while Clark had fought his way through the entire field to fourth. Graham Hill won his second race of the season after winning at Zandvoort . He later described the Grand Prix as one of his toughest, but also best races, as he had to drive with full concentration under the most difficult conditions and was completely exhausted both physically and mentally. With the victory, he extended his lead in the drivers' standings over Clark, who was fourth, to seven points. With second place in the race, Surtees improved to third and was only two points behind Clark. Gurney took third place, McLaren and Rodríguez scored points for Cooper and Ferrari.

In the constructors' championship, BRM took the lead ahead of Lotus and Cooper. Ferrari lost more places and was only sixth behind Porsche and Lola. It was the only victory at the German Grand Prix for both Graham Hill and BRM. All drivers who had already scored points in the season still had the theoretical chance of becoming world champions, with the constructors all still had the chance of the constructors' championship.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 01 United StatesUnited States Phil Hill Ferrari 156 Ferrari 1.5 V6 D.
02 ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti
03 Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez
04th ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus 05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 25 Climax 1.5 V8 D.
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus 24
GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering 07th United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney Porsche 804 Porsche 1.5 B8 D.
08th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper Car Company 09 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T60 Climax 1.5 V8 D.
10 South Africa 1961South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper T55 Climax 1.5 L4
Cooper T60 Climax 1.5 V8
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Owen Racing Organization 11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill BRM P57 BRM 1.5 V8 D.
12 United StatesUnited States Richie Ginther
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bowmaker Racing Team 14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees Lola Mk4 Climax 1.5 V8 D.
Lola Mk4A
15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori Lola Mk4
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham Racing Organization 16 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham Brabham BT3 Climax 1.5 V8 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rob Walker Racing Team 28 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24 Climax 1.5 V8 D.
NetherlandsNetherlands Ecurie Maarsbergen 18th NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 Porsche 1.5 B4 D.
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ecurie Filipinetti 19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert Lotus 21 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
28 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Schiller Lotus 24 BRM 1.5 V8
32 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heini Walter Porsche 718 Porsche 1.5 B4
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Galloise 20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jackie Lewis Cooper T53 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge 21st BelgiumBelgium Lucien Bianchi ENB Maserati 1.5 L4 D.
United StatesUnited States Anglo-American Equipe 25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Burgess Cooper T53 Special Climax 1.5 L4 D.
ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia 26th ItalyItaly Nino Vaccarella Porsche 718 Porsche 1.5 B4 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilby Engineering 27 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby 62 BRM 1.5 V8 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Dalton 29 New ZealandNew Zealand Tony Shelly Lotus 18/21 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
BelgiumBelgium Ecurie Excelsior 30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jay Chamberlain Lotus 18 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
FranceFrance Bernard Collomb 31 FranceFrance Bernard Collomb Cooper T53 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
GermanyGermany Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel 34 GermanyGermany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 24 BRM 1.5 V8 D.
GermanyGermany Gunther Seiffert
Remarks
  1. a b Tony Maggs drove the Cooper T60 with the number 10 in the practice sessions. After an accident with the car, he drove the Cooper T55 with the number 10 in practice and in the race.
  2. a b John Surtees drove the Lola Mk4 with the number 24 in practice sessions and in the race.
  3. a b Wolfgang Seidel and Gunther Seiffert drove the Lotus with the number 24 in the training sessions, but neither did qualify for the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item driver constructor time Ø speed begin
01 United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney GermanyGermany Porsche 8: 47.2 155.76 km / h 01
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 8: 50.2 154.88 km / h 02
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Clark United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 8: 51.2 154.59 km / h 03
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola-Climax 8: 57.5 152.77 km / h 04th
05 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 9: 00.7 151.87 km / h 05
06th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier GermanyGermany Porsche 9: 04.0 150.95 km / h 06th
07th United StatesUnited States Richie Ginther United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 9: 05.9 150.42 km / h 07th
08th NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort GermanyGermany Porsche 9: 12.9 148.52 km / h 08th
09 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola-Climax 9: 14.1 148.20 km / h 09
10 Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez ItalyItaly Ferrari 9: 14.2 148.17 km / h 10
11 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 9: 19.0 146.90 km / h 11
12 United StatesUnited States Phil Hill ItalyItaly Ferrari 9: 24.7 145.42 km / h 12
13 ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti ItalyItaly Ferrari 9: 28.1 144.54 km / h 13
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heini Walter GermanyGermany Porsche 9: 30.0 144.06 km / h 14th
15th ItalyItaly Nino Vaccarella GermanyGermany Porsche 9: 33.8 143.11 km / h 15th
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Burgess United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 9: 39.2 141.77 km / h 16
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 9: 39.3 141.75 km / h 17th
18th ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini ItalyItaly Ferrari 9: 39.7 141.65 km / h 18th
19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Greene United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilby-BRM 9: 47.1 139.87 km / h 19th
20th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Schiller United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus BRM 9: 51.9 138.73 km / h 20th
21st United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jackie Lewis United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 9: 58.0 137.32 km / h 21st
22nd FranceFrance Bernard Collomb United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 10: 09.7 134.68 km / h 22nd
23 South Africa 1961South Africa Tony Maggs United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 10: 21.2 132.19 km / h 23
24 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Climax 10: 21.6 132.10 km / h 24
25th BelgiumBelgium Lucien Bianchi United KingdomUnited Kingdom ENB Maserati 10: 40.7 128.17 km / h 25th
26th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Trevor Taylor United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 9: 57.0 137.55 km / h 26th
DNQ New ZealandNew Zealand Tony Shelly United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 10: 18.6 132.74 km / h -
DNQ GermanyGermany Wolfgang Seidel United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus BRM 10: 38.2 128.67 km / h -
DNQ United StatesUnited States Jay Chamberlain United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 11: 12.9 122.03 km / h -
DNQ GermanyGermany Gunther Seiffert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus BRM 11: 38.9 117.49 km / h -

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 15th 2: 38: 45.3 02 10: 12.2
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola-Climax 15th + 2.5 04th 10: 15.2
03 United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney GermanyGermany Porsche 15th + 4.4 01 10: 13.9
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Clark United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 15th + 42.1 03 10: 13.5
05 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 15th +1: 19.6 05 10: 17.7
06th Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez ItalyItaly Ferrari 15th +1: 23.8 10 10: 24.4
07th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier GermanyGermany Porsche 15th + 4: 37.3 06th 10: 26.9
08th United StatesUnited States Richie Ginther United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 15th + 5: 00.1 07th 10: 28.6
09 South Africa 1961South Africa Tony Maggs United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 15th + 5: 07.0 23 10: 27.8
10 ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti ItalyItaly Ferrari 15th + 8: 14.7 13 10: 51.2
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Burgess United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 15th + 8: 15.3 16 10: 36.6
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 15th + 8: 18.5 17th 10: 37.4
13 NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort GermanyGermany Porsche 15th + 9: 11.8 08th 10: 52.7
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heini Walter GermanyGermany Porsche 14th + 1 lap 14th 11: 03.3
15th ItalyItaly Nino Vaccarella GermanyGermany Porsche 14th + 1 lap 15th 11: 13.1
16 BelgiumBelgium Lucien Bianchi United KingdomUnited Kingdom ENB Maserati 14th + 1 lap 25th 11: 45.8
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jackie Lewis United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 10 DNF 21st 11: 13.1 suspension
- AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brabham-Climax 09 DNF 24 10: 46.2 accelerator
- United StatesUnited States Phil Hill ItalyItaly Ferrari 09 DNF 12 10: 26.9 suspension
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Greene United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilby-BRM 07th DNF 19th 10: 51.5 suspension
- SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Schiller United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus BRM 04th DNF 20th 11: 59.6 oil pressure
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola-Climax 04th DNF 09 11: 13.2 transmission
- ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini ItalyItaly Ferrari 04th DNF 18th 10: 49.9 accident
- FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 04th DNF 11 12: 47.9 transmission
- FranceFrance Bernard Collomb United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 03 DNF 22nd 13: 23.8 transmission
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Trevor Taylor United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 00 DNF 26th accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the five best results from nine races counted. In the constructors' championship, only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 28
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus Climax 21st
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees Lola-Climax 19th
04th New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 18th
05 United StatesUnited States Phil Hill Ferrari 14th
06th United StatesUnited States Dan Gurney Porsche 13
07th South Africa 1961South Africa Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 9
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus Climax 6th
Item driver constructor Points
09 United StatesUnited States Richie Ginther BRM 4th
10 ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 4th
11 Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 4th
12 ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 3
13 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham Lotus Climax 3
14th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 2
15th NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 31 (32)
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom lotus 27
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 23
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola 19th
05 GermanyGermany Porsche 16
06th ItalyItaly Ferrari 15th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jörg-Thomas Födisch: Nürburgring . Verlagsunion Erich Pabel - Arthur Moewig, Rastatt 1991, ISBN 3-8118-3065-1 , p. 44.
  2. Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Jost Neßhöfer, Michael Behrndt, Rainer Roßbach: Porsche 718 + 804 . Verlag Reinhard Klein, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-927458-43-7 , p. 57.