1962 Formula One season

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

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

1962 Drivers Championship final standings

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.

Key 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) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

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

1962 Formula One Season Media

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  Stirling Moss (pictured in 2011) had signed with Ferrari for 1962, but a pre-season accident meant the end of his racing career.

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  Double World Champion Jack Brabham set up his own team for 1962 and had his own chassis designed: the BT3 (pictured in 2019).

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  Graham Hill (BRM) won the season opener, the Dutch Grand Prix.

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  In the German Grand Prix, the top three (Hill, Surtees, Gurney) finished within five seconds of each other.

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  Ferrari entered five cars in their home race, two of which, including Giancarlo Baghetti (pictured), finished in the points.

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  Porsche placed fifth in the 1962 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers