1962 Italian Grand Prix

Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1962 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 16 September 1962. It was race 7 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 86-lap race was won by BRM driver Graham Hill after he started from second position. His teammate Richie Ginther finished second and Cooper driver Bruce McLaren came in third.

Race report

Jim Clark started on pole position, but the Lotus team still looked worried as the team had gone through all of their gearboxes over the weekend. Two crates of spare parts were flown down, but nonetheless Clark and Trevor Taylor started with no more spares available. After only two laps Clark pitted with the expected transmission trouble; he made it back onto the track for another ten laps but that was it.<ref name=IMS1062>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Teammate Taylor managed 25 laps before his race ended. Hill kept stretching his lead out and finished nearly a half minute before Richie Ginther in the other BRM. Ginther had been duelling with Surtees throughout the race, but on lap 38 Surtees slowed down and five laps later he retired with engine troubles.<ref name=IMS1062/> Behind these two, there was a race long three-way fight between Dan Gurney's Porsche and the Coopers of McLaren and Maggs. The cars swapped positions constantly, coming down the straight on the fiftieth lap three abreast. Maggs had to stop for more fuel, unlike McLaren whose car had been fitted with Template:Convert fuel tanks to enable him to run the entire distance. Meanwhile, Willy Mairesse in the new non-sharknose Ferrari 156 had caught up to the third-place contenders and brought Jo Bonnier and Giancarlo Baghetti with him.<ref name=IMSp5>Skyfall..., p. 5</ref>

Gurney's car was pressed too hard and he retired on the 66th lap with a broken rear differential. After this, the positions stabilized a bit, although not until after Baghetti had briefly led the pack to the appreciation of local fans.<ref name=IMSp5/> Bonnier's clutch began slipping and Baghetti also fell back. Mairesse took third on the eightieth lap, and built up a three-second lead over McLaren. Stirling Moss, who was watching from the speaker tower, began betting people that McLaren would take third and he was right: in the first curve of the last lap, McLaren passed Mairesse and he took third by only 0.4 seconds.<ref name=IMSp5/> Bonnier's clutch troubles allowed Baghetti to pass him for fifth place near the end of the race. Phil Hill had to suffer being lapped before half of the race was over, and had to make a long pit stop with engine troubles and finished twelfth. Rodríguez' Ferrari lost oil pressure, Innes Ireland had a good race until something snapped in the steering, and Masten Gregory's car was overheating and then only ran in fourth gear for the last laps. The fire extinguisher in Roy Salvadori's Bowmaker-Yeoman Lola exploded in his face during practice.<ref name=IMSp5/>

Classification

Giancarlo Baghetti placed fifth in the race driving a Ferrari 156

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Template:Nowrap		Gap
				Q1	Q2
1	20	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:41.5	1:40.35	—
2	14	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	1:40.7	1:40.38	+0.03
3	12	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	1:42.8	1:41.1	+0.75
4	28	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:41.8	1:41.8	+1.45
5	40	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:42.0	1:41.8	+1.45
6	38	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	1:41.9	No time	+1.55
7	16	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	1:42.2	1:41.9	+1.55
8	46	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Lola-Climax	1:42.4	No time	+2.05
9	18	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:43.0	1:42.6	+2.25
10	8	Template:Flagicon Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	1:42.9	1:42.8	+2.45
11	4	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	1:43.1	No time	+2.75
12	30	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:46.2	1:43.2	+2.85
13	44	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	1:43.9	1:43.3	+2.95
14	24	Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella	Lotus-Climax	1:50.8	1:43.4	+3.05
15	10	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:43.4	No time	+3.05
16	22	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:45.4	1:44.2	+3.85
17	6	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:44.4	1:44.3	+3.95
18	2	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	1:45.1	1:44.4	+4.05
19	36	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	1:44.4	No time	+4.05
20	32	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:47.4	1:46.8	+6.45
21	48	Template:Flagicon Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	1:49.1	No time	+8.75
22	60	Template:Flagicon Tony Shelly	Lotus-BRM	No time	1:51.6	+11.25
23	56	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Gilby-BRM	1:52.0	No time	+11.65
24	52	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	1:54.2	1:52.9	+12.55
25	62	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:53.1	No time	+12.75
26	42	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM	1:55.8	No time	+15.45
27	54	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	1:57.7	No time	+17.35
28	50	Template:Flagicon Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	1:58.6	No time	+18.25
29	26	Template:Flagicon Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	1:59.7	No time	+19.35
30	34	Template:Flagicon Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso	6:18.4	No time	+4:38.05
Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

* Grid limited to 22 cars, provided their time was within 110% of 2nd place. As only 19 drivers managed to be fulfilled the requirements, the grid was reduced to 21 cars.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM	86	2:29:08.4	2	9
2	12	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	BRM	86	+ 29.8	3	6
3	28	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	86	+ 57.8	4	4
4	8	Template:Flagicon Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	86	+ 58.2	10	3
5	2	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	86	+ 1:31.3	18	2
6	18	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	85	+ 1 Lap	9	1
7	30	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	85	+ 1 Lap	12
8	6	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	84	+ 2 Laps	17
9	24	Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella	Lotus-Climax	84	+ 2 Laps	14
10	32	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	81	+ 5 Laps	20
11	10	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	81	+ 5 Laps	15
12	38	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	77	+ 9 Laps	6
13	16	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	66	Differential	7
14	4	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	63	Ignition	11
Ret	40	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	45	Suspension	5
Ret	46	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Lola-Climax	42	Engine	8
Ret	44	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	41	Engine	13
Ret	22	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	25	Gearbox	16
Ret	48	Template:Flagicon Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	18	Engine	21
Ret	36	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	17	Electrical	19
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	12	Gearbox	1
DNQ	60	Template:Flagicon Tony Shelly	Lotus-BRM
DNQ	56	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Gilby-BRM
DNQ	52	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	62	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	42	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Lotus-BRM
DNQ	54	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	50	Template:Flagicon Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.
DNQ	26	Template:Flagicon Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	34	Template:Flagicon Nasif Estéfano	De Tomaso
WD	58	Template:Flagicon Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward		Car not ready
Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	36 (37)
2	2	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	22
1	3	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	21
1	4	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	19
	5	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	14
Source: <ref name="Championship">Template:Cite web</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon BRM	37 (41)
	2	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax	27
	3	Template:Flagicon Cooper-Climax	25 (27)
	4	Template:Flagicon Lola-Climax	19
1	5	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	18
Source: <ref name="Championship"/>

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