1962 Season

Races

Champion

Graham Hill

Constructor

BRM

The 1962 Formula 1 World Championship featured 9 Grand Prix races across the season. Graham Hill of British claimed the Drivers' Championship with 42 points and 4 race victories. Jim Clark finished as runner-up, 12 points behind. BRM won the Constructors' Championship with 42 points. 4 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1962 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Bruce McLaren.

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What races were in the 1962 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1962-05-20	Graham Hill(BRM)
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1962-06-03	Bruce McLaren(Cooper-Climax)
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1962-06-17	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
4	French Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts	1962-07-08	Dan Gurney(Porsche)
5	British Grand Prix	Aintree	1962-07-21	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1962-08-05	Graham Hill(BRM)
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1962-09-16	Graham Hill(BRM)
8	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	1962-10-07	Jim Clark(Lotus-Climax)
9	South African Grand Prix	Prince George Circuit	1962-12-29	Graham Hill(BRM)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Hill	Taylor	Hill	McLaren	Clark
R1Dutch Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Monaco Grand Prix	10	6	10	9	—
R3Belgian Grand Prix	16	6	14	9	9
R4French Grand Prix	16	—	14	12	9
R5British Grand Prix	19	—	14	16	18
R6German Grand Prix	28	—	14	18	21
R7Italian Grand Prix	36	—	14	22	21
R8United States Grand Prix	39	—	—	24	30
R9South African Grand Prix	42	—	—	27	30

Who won the 1962 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Graham Hill	British	4	42
2	Jim Clark	British	3	30
3	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	1	27
4	John Surtees	British	0	19
5	Dan Gurney	American	1	15
6	Phil Hill	American	0	14
7	Tony Maggs	South African	0	13
8	Richie Ginther	American	0	10
9	Jack Brabham	Australian	0	9
10	Trevor Taylor	British	0	6
11	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italian	0	5
12	Lorenzo Bandini	Italian	0	4
13	Ricardo Rodríguez	Mexican	0	4
14	Willy Mairesse	Belgian	0	3
15	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	0	3
16	Innes Ireland	British	0	2
17	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	0	2
18	Masten Gregory	American	0	1
19	Neville Lederle	South African	0	1
20	Maurice Trintignant	French	0	0
21	Jackie Lewis	British	0	0
22	John Love	Rhodesian	0	0
23	Nino Vaccarella	Italian	0	0
24	Lucien Bianchi	Belgian	0	0
25	Bruce Johnstone	South African	0	0
26	Roger Penske	American	0	0
27	Jo Siffert	Swiss	0	0
28	Ernie Pieterse	South African	0	0
29	Rob Schroeder	British	0	0
30	Ian Burgess	British	0	0
31	Tony Settember	American	0	0
32	John Campbell-Jones	British	0	0
33	Hap Sharp	American	0	0
34	Heini Walter	Swiss	0	0
35	Jay Chamberlain	American	0	0
36	Roy Salvadori	British	0	0
37	Doug Serrurier	South African	0	0
38	Wolfgang Seidel	German	0	0
39	Mike Harris	South African	0	0
40	Timmy Mayer	American	0	0
41	Peter Arundell	British	0	0
42	Gary Hocking	Rhodesian	0	0
43	Tony Marsh	British	0	0
44	Syd van der Vyver	South African	0	0
45	Keith Greene	British	0	0
46	Colin Davis	British	0	0
47	Jim Hall	American	0	0
48	Ben Pon	Dutch	0	0
49	Tony Shelly	New Zealander	0	0
50	Carlo Abate	Italian	0	0
51	Rob Slotemaker	Dutch	0	0
52	Sam Tingle	Rhodesian	0	0
53	Gerry Ashmore	British	0	0
54	Roberto Bussinello	Italian	0	0
55	Heinz Schiller	Swiss	0	0
56	Bernard Collomb	French	0	0
57	Ernesto Prinoth	Italian	0	0
58	Roberto Lippi	Italian	0	0
59	Nasif Estéfano	Argentine	0	0
60	Günther Seiffert	German	0	0
61	Kurt Kuhnke	German	0	0

Who won the 1962 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	BRM	British	4	42
2	Lotus-Climax	British	3	36
3	Cooper-Climax	British	1	29
4	Lola	British	0	19
5	Porsche	German	1	18
6	Ferrari	Italian	0	18
7	Brabham	British	0	6
8	Lotus-BRM	British	0	1
9	Emeryson	British	0	0
10	ENB	Belgian	0	0
11	Cooper	British	0	0
12	LDS	South African	0	0
13	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	British	0	0
14	Team Lotus	British	0	0
15	Gilby	British	0	0
16	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	Italian	0	0
17	De Tomaso-Osca	Italian	0	0
18	De Tomaso	Italian	0	0
19	Lotus-Borgward	British	0	0