1962 British Grand Prix

 1962 British Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 9 races of the 1962 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XV RAC British Grand Prix
Date:	July 21, 1962
Place:	Aintree , UK
Course:	Aintree Circuit
Length:	362.1 km in 75 laps of 4.828 km
Weather:	sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 53.6 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jim Clark (Round 36)	Lotus Climax
Time:	1: 55.0 min
Podium
First:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax
Second:	John Surtees	Lola-Climax
Third:	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

Jim Clark in the lotus

The 1962 British Grand Prix took place on July 21, 1962 at the Aintree Circuit near Aintree and was the fifth race of the 1962 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Since the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1954 , the venue for this race has changed annually between the Aintree Circuit and the Silverstone Circuit . This regular circuit change ended in 1962, for the second time in a row the Grand Prix was held on the Aintree Circuit. It was also the last race on this circuit as it was subsequently sold. After that, the Great Britain Grand Prix took place alternately at the Silverstone Circuit and Brands Hatch .

Ferrari had to skip the French Grand Prix due to a metalworking industry strike in Italy . The strike had ended, but Ferrari only managed to prepare one car for the British Grand Prix. As a driver for this Ferrari 156 was Phil Hill used. However, the vehicle was not competitive during the entire race weekend.

Jack Brabham drove a private Lotus 24 for the last time . From the German Grand Prix he used his own car, the Brabham BT3 . The Bowmaker Racing Team also reported a Lola Mk4A for John Surtees . However, Surtees drove the previous car, the Lola Mk4, in training and in the race. Ian Burgess drove his first race of the season for the debut team Anglo-American Equipe on a Cooper T53 Special . Tony Settember made his debut race for Emeryson Cars on an Emeryson 1004 . Wolfgang Seidel qualified for a Grand Prix for the last time in his career, Jay Chamberlain and Tony Shelly the only time. All three drivers failed further attempts to qualify for subsequent races. Shelly drove for John Dalton , as did Keith Greene . Since John Dalton only had one car available, Shelly received the Lotus 18 for the race, Greene was allowed to drive in practice. Maurice Trintignant paused a race because his car was still damaged after the accident in France. Siffert did not start after he could not raise the entry fee for the Grand Prix.

With Brabham, a former winner took part in the race, with the constructors Ferrari had previously been successful seven times and Cooper twice. Graham Hill was ahead of Phil Hill and Bruce McLaren in the drivers 'championship, and BRM was ahead of Cooper and Lotus in the constructors' championship . A week before the race, there was a Grand Prix that was not part of the automobile world championship, the Solitude Grand Prix , which Dan Gurney won in a Porsche .

training

For the second time in a row and for the third time this season, Jim Clark took pole position on a Lotus . He was half a second faster than the runner-up Surtees on Lola. Third was Innes Ireland , who drove for the UDT Laystall Racing Team . McLaren took fourth place ahead of Graham Hill and Gurney. Thus, six different teams were represented in the first six positions on the grid. Jo Bonnier qualified in seventh place behind his team-mate, Richie Ginther on BRM finished eighth ahead of Brabham and Trevor Taylor . Phil Hill, with the only Ferrari in the field, was twelfth and was more than two seconds slower than Clark.

run

At the start Ireland had problems with the gearbox and lost a lot of places so that Clark took the lead; Surtees was second. Behind them Gurney improved to third, McLaren remained fourth. Brabham also won several positions at the start, overtook Graham Hill and was fifth. Graham Hill passed Brabham a few laps later to regain the position. At the front there were no more duels to change positions for the rest of the race. Clark extended his lead on Surtees to more than a minute and kept it steady. Gurney fell several places down due to a defect, so McLaren was the new third ahead of Graham Hill and Brabham.

On the sixth lap of the race, Shelly retired with an engine failure. Seidel's brakes failed on lap 11 and Bonnier parked his car on lap 27 with a defective differential. Again Roy Salvadori retired on Lola, he remained without a finish this season. Phil Hill, whose car was not fast enough to score points for Ferrari, suffered an engine failure on lap 47 and also retired early.

In a largely uneventful race, Clark dominated and won the Grand Prix with a 49-second lead over Surtees. In addition to pole position and victory, Clark set the fastest race lap and led the entire race. With this he achieved his first Grand Slam . After there were previously four different winners in four races, he was also the first driver to win two Grand Prix in 1962. For him this was the start of a series of four victories in a row at the British Grand Prix. Surtees reached a podium for the second time in his career, having finished second in the 1960 British Grand Prix on Lotus. It was the first podium for the designer Lola. McLaren finished third and Graham Hill fourth. Brabham finished fifth, one lap behind, and Tony Maggs was sixth. The other places within the rating were occupied by Gregory, Taylor, Gurney and Jackie Lewis .

In the drivers' championship, Graham Hill retained the lead by one point from Clark, who moved up two positions. McLaren stayed in third place, three points behind Graham Hill. Overall, however, the first five drivers were still very close and each driver still had the theoretical chance of winning the title. In the constructors' championship, too, the gaps between the constructors were small, Lotus took the lead and was one point ahead of BRM. Third was Cooper, three points behind.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	02	Phil Hill	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5 V6	D.
Porsche System Engineering	08th	Dan Gurney	Porsche 804	Porsche 1.5 B8	D.
	10	Jo Bonnier
Owen Racing Organization	12	Graham Hill	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
	14th	Richie Ginther
Bowmaker Racing Team	16	Roy Salvadori	Lola Mk4	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	24	John Surtees	Lola Mk4
			Lola Mk4A
Cooper Car Company	18th	Tony Maggs	Cooper T60	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	26th	Bruce McLaren
Team Lotus	20th	Jim Clark	Lotus 25	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
			Lotus 24
	22nd	Trevor Taylor	Lotus 24
Brabham Racing Organization	30th	Jack Brabham	Lotus 24	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
Rob Walker Racing Team	28	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus 24	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
UDT Laystall Racing Team	32	Innes Ireland	Lotus 24	Climax 1.5 V8	D.
	34	Masts Gregory
Anglo-American Equipe	36	Ian Burgess	Cooper T53 Special	Climax 1.5 L4	D.
Emeryson Cars	40	Tony Settember	Emeryson 1004	Climax 1.5 L4	D.
Ecurie Galloise	42	Jackie Lewis	Cooper T53	Climax 1.5 L4	D.
Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	44	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	D.
Ecurie Excelsior	46	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus 18	Climax 1.5 L4	D.
John Dalton	48	Keith Greene	Lotus 18/21	Climax 1.5 L4	D.
		Tony Shelly
Ecurie Maarsbergen	54	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5 B4	D.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} John Surtees drove the Lola Mk4 with the number 24 in practice sessions and in the race.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jim Clark drove the Lotus 25 with the number 12 in practice sessions and in the race.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Keith Greene drove the Lotus 18/21 with the number 48 in the practice sessions, Tony Shelly in the practice sessions and in the race.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1: 53.6	153.00 km / h	01
02	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	1: 54.2	152.20 km / h	02
03	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	1: 54.4	151.93 km / h	03
04th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1: 54.6	151.66 km / h	04th
05	Graham Hill	BRM	1: 54.6	151.66 km / h	05
06th	Dan Gurney	Porsche	1: 54.8	151.40 km / h	06th
07th	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1: 55.2	150.88 km / h	07th
08th	Richie Ginther	BRM	1: 55.2	150.88 km / h	08th
09	Jack Brabham	Lotus Climax	1: 55.4	150.61 km / h	09
10	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	1: 56.0	149.83 km / h	10
11	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	1: 56.2	149.58 km / h	11
12	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1: 56.2	149.58 km / h	12
13	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1: 57.0	148.55 km / h	13
14th	Masts Gregory	Lotus Climax	1: 57.2	148.30 km / h	14th
15th	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	1: 59.4	145.57 km / h	15th
16	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	2: 00.6	144.12 km / h	16
17th	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2: 01.4	143.17 km / h	17th
18th	Tony Shelly	Lotus Climax	2: 02.4	142.00 km / h	18th
19th	Tony Settember	Emeryson Climax	2: 02.4	142.00 km / h	19th
20th	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus Climax	2: 03.4	140.85 km / h	20th
21st	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus BRM	2: 11.6	132.07 km / h	21st

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	75		2: 26: 20.8	01	1: 55.0
02	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	75		+ 49.2	02	1: 55.8
03	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75		+1: 44.8	04th	1: 56.2
04th	Graham Hill	BRM	75		+1: 56.8	05	1: 56.4
05	Jack Brabham	Lotus Climax	74		+ 1 lap	09	1: 56.4
06th	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	74		+ 1 lap	13	1: 56.4
07th	Masts Gregory	Lotus Climax	74		+ 1 lap	14th	1: 57.4
08th	Trevor Taylor	Lotus Climax	74		+ 1 lap	10	1: 56.6
09	Dan Gurney	Porsche	73		+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 57.2
10	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	72		+ 3 rounds	15th	2: 00.2
11	Tony Settember	Emeryson Climax	71		+ 4 rounds	19th	2: 02.2
12	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	71		+ 4 rounds	16	1: 59.6
13	Richie Ginther	BRM	70		+ 5 rounds	08th	1: 57.4
14th	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	69		+ 6 rounds	17th	2: 04.4
15th	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus Climax	64		+ 11 rounds	20th	2: 07.6
16	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	61		+ 14 rounds	03	2: 05.0
-	Phil Hill	Ferrari	47		DNF	12	1: 58.4	Engine failure
-	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	35		DNF	11	1: 58.2	battery
-	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	27		DNF	07th	1: 58.0	differential
-	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus BRM	11		DNF	21st	2: 14.0	Brakes
-	Tony Shelly	Lotus Climax	06th		DNF	18th	2: 10.4	Engine failure

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  Graham Hill BRM 19th 02  Jim Clark Lotus Climax 18th 03  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 16 04th  Phil Hill Ferrari 14th 05  John Surtees Lola-Climax 13 06th  Dan Gurney Porsche 9 07th  Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 9 08th  Trevor Taylor Lotus Climax 6th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Richie Ginther BRM 4th 10  Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 4th 11  Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 3 12  Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 3 13  Jack Brabham Lotus Climax 3 14th  Jo Bonnier Porsche 2 15th  Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 24 02  BRM 23 03  cooper 21st 04th  Ferrari 14th 05  Lola 13 06th  Porsche 12

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1962 at grandprix.com
• Clark dominates at Aintree at espnf1.com
• 1962 British Grand Prix on youtube.com