1962 British Grand Prix

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1962 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 21 July 1962. It was race 5 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This was the last race at Aintree. From 1963 onwards, the race would be held at Silverstone or Brands Hatch. Scotsman Jim Clark dominated the race, driving a Lotus 25. It was considered a power track,Template:Clarification needed benefitting the light and powerful Lotus and Lola cars in particular. Ferrari were still sidelined due to the Italian metal workers' strike but managed to send one car for Phil Hill.<ref name=IMS962>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Race

It was not a particularly exciting race, with Clark leading from start to finish and fairly large gaps between the cars.<ref name=IMS962/> Out of the twentyone starters, six still had four-cylinder engines while the rest were multi-cylinder cars. These cars were in a sort of class of their own, with Jackie Lewis finishing best of the four-cylinder cars.<ref name=IMS32>Blunsden, p. 32</ref> John Surtees' Lola started and finished in second place, in spite of having lost second gear on the tenth lap. Dan Gurney was hopeful after winning in France and at the non-championship Solitude race in the preceding two weeks. He began the race in third but had a slipping clutch and slid steadily down the field, ending in ninth position.<ref name=IMS18>Blunsden, p. 18</ref> His teammate Jo Bonnier had to retire with a broken transmission. Bruce McLaren (Cooper) passed Gurney after twelve laps and finished in third.<ref name=IMS18/> Graham Hill pushed his BRM hard but had to settle for fourth, and was threatened by Jack Brabham in the closing stages. Brabham, however, had burns on his right foot since lap 40 and was in a lot of pain. He finished fifth, ahead of Tony Maggs' Cooper.<ref name=IMS962/> Brabham had hoped to start in his own car after his mechanics had worked days and nights, but at 3 am the morning before the race it was discovered that they had been supplied with the wrong exhaust system. The Brabham BT3 had to wait until Nürburgring two weeks later to make its first appearance.<ref name=IMS33>Blunsden, p. 33</ref>

Innes Ireland had perhaps the day's biggest disappointment. After having qualified his Climax-engined UDT/Laystall Lotus 24 on the first row, the gear shifter bent on his first lap, leaving him with only three gears. He had to pit immediately after start and finished last, after having spent several laps repairing the car.<ref name=IMS962/> Trevor Taylor was anxious to have a good race after several recent collisions and started well. Soon, however, he had to pit with a loose carburettor, and only managed an eighth place in his Lotus 24. Phil Hill's Ferrari, meanwhile, was totally outclassed by the British cars in spite of its new six-speed gearbox. He never ran higher than tenth and had to retire with ignition troubles.<ref name=IMS962/>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Template:Nowrap				Gap
				Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
1	20	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:55.6	1:54.0	1:55.0	1:53.6	—
2	24	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Lola-Climax	1:55.8	1:55.0	1:54.2	1:58.8	+0.6
3	32	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:55.2	1:55.8	1:54.4	No time	+0.8
4	16	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:02.0	1:56.6	1:54.6	1:54.6	+1.0
5	12	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	1:55.8	No time	1:55.0	1:54.6	+1.0
6	8	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	1:55.2	1:54.8	1:56.8	1:55.8	+1.2
7	10	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:56.0	1:55.2	2:00.6	1:55.4	+1.6
8	14	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	1:55.2	1:55.6	1:55.2	1:56.8	+1.6
9	30	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	No time	1:55.8	1:56.0	1:55.4	+1.8
10	22	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:56.8	1:56.4	1:56.0	1:56.4	+2.4
11	26	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	1:57.4	1:57.4	1:56.2	1:59.0	+2.6
12	2	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:58.6	1:57.8	1:56.6	1:56.2	+2.6
13	18	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	No time	2:06.0	1:59.0	1:57.0	+3.4
14	34	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	1:58.0	1:57.2	1:58.6	1:57.4	+3.6
15	42	Template:Flagicon Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	2:08.6	2:02.4	2:00.4	1:59.4	+5.8
16	36	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	No time	2:01.6	2:01.6	2:00.6	+7.0
17	54	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:02.0	2:01.4	No time	2:01.4	+7.8
18	48	Template:Flagicon Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax	2:03.6	2:02.4	2:08.2	No time	+8.8
19	40	Template:Flagicon Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	2:06.0	2:03.2	2:02.4	2:03.6	+8.8
20	46	Template:Flagicon Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	No time	2:05.6	2:04.6	2:03.4	+9.8
21	44	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	No time	No time	2:25.6	2:11.6	+18.0
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	75	2:26:20.8	1	9
2	24	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Lola-Climax	75	+ 49.2	2	6
3	16	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	+ 1:44.8	4	4
4	12	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	75	+ 1:56.8	5	3
5	30	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	9	2
6	18	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	13	1
7	34	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	14
8	22	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	10
9	8	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	73	+ 2 Laps	6
10	42	Template:Flagicon Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	72	+ 3 Laps	15
11	40	Template:Flagicon Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	71	+ 4 Laps	19
12	36	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	71	+ 4 laps	16
13	14	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	70	+ 5 Laps	8
14	54	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	69	+ 6 Laps	17
15	46	Template:Flagicon Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	64	+ 11 Laps	20
16	32	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	61	+ 14 Laps	3
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	47	Engine	12
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	35	Battery	11
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	27	Differential	7
Ret	44	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	11	Brakes	21
Ret	48	Template:Flagicon Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax	6	Engine	18
DNS	48	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Lotus-Climax		Practice only - Shelly's car
WD	28	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax		Car damaged
WD	38	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson-Climax		Driver unfit
WD	50	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Gilby-BRM		Car not ready
WD	52	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM		Insufficient starting money
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• Scuderia Ferrari withdrew their other two entries, cars #4 and #6, to which drivers had not been allocated.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	19
2	2	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	18
	3	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	16
2	4	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	14
2	5	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	13
Source:<ref name="champ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
2	1	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax	24
1	2	Template:Flagicon BRM	23
1	3	Template:Flagicon Cooper-Climax	21
	4	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	14
1	5	Template:Flagicon Lola-Climax	13
Source:<ref name="champ"/>

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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