1962 Formula One season

The 1962 Formula One season saw Graham Hill crowned as champion.

[change] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Dutch Grand Prix	May 20	Zandvoort	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	June 3	Monaco	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 17	Spa-Francorchamps	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 8	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Dan Gurney	Porsche	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 21	Aintree	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 16	Monza	Graham Hill	BRM	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 7	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Report
9	South African Grand Prix	December 29	Prince George	Graham Hill	BRM	Report

Pos.	Driver	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA	Pts.
1	Graham Hill	1	6	2	9	4	1	1	2	1	42 (52)
2	Jim Clark	9	Ret	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	1	Ret	30
3	Bruce McLaren	Ret	1	Ret	4	3	5	3	3	2	27 (32)
4	John Surtees	Ret	4	5	5	2	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
5	Dan Gurney	Ret	Ret		1	9	3	13	5		15
6	Phil Hill	3	2	3		Ret	Ret	11			14
7	Tony Maggs	5	Ret	Ret	2	6	9	7	7	3	13
8	Richie Ginther	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	13	8	2	Ret	7	10
9	Jack Brabham	Ret	8	6	Ret	5	Ret		4	4	9
10	Trevor Taylor	2	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6
11	Giancarlo Baghetti	4		Ret			10	5			5
12	Lorenzo Bandini		3				Ret	8			4
13	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ret		4			6	14			4
14	Willy Mairesse		7	Ret				4			3
15	Joakim Bonnier	7	5		Ret	Ret	7	6	13		3
16	Innes Ireland	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16		Ret	8	5	2
17	Carel Godin de Beaufort	6	DNQ	7	6	14	13	10	Ret	11	2
18	Masten Gregory	Ret	DNQ	WD	Ret	7		12	6		1
19	Neville Lederle									6	1
20	Maurice Trintignant		Ret	8	7		Ret	Ret	Ret		0
21	Jackie Lewis	8	DNQ		Ret	10	Ret				0
22	John Love									8	0
23	Nino Vaccarella		DNQ				15	9			0
24	Lucien Bianchi			9			16				0
25	Roger Penske								9		0
26	Bruce Johnstone									9	0
27	Jo Siffert		DNQ	10	Ret		12	DNQ			0
28	Rob Schroeder								10		0
29	Ernie Pieterse									10	0
30	Ian Burgess					12	11	DNQ			0
31	Tony Settember					11		Ret			0
32	John Campbell-Jones			11							0
33	Hap Sharp								11		0
34	Heini Walter						14				0
35	Jay Chamberlain					15	DNQ	DNQ			0
—	Wolfgang Seidel	NC				Ret	DNQ				0
—	Roy Salvadori	WD	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
—	Tony Shelly					Ret	DNQ	DNQ			0
—	Keith Greene						Ret	DNQ			0
—	Ben Pon	Ret									0
—	Heinz Schiller						Ret				0
—	Bernard Collomb						Ret				0
—	Timmy Mayer								Ret		0
—	Doug Serrurier									Ret	0
—	Mike Harris									Ret	0
—	Günther Seiffert						DNQ				0
—	Gerry Ashmore							DNQ			0
—	Ernesto Prinoth							DNQ			0
—	Roberto Lippi							DNQ			0
—	Nasif Estéfano							DNQ			0
Pos.	Driver	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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