1962 Formula One season

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

Season reviewEdit

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.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	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.