1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 14th competitive motorcycle season, with eleven Grands Prix and 5 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc.

Contents 1 Grands Prix 2 Championship standings 2.1 500cc standings 2.2 350cc standings 2.3 250cc standings 2.4 125cc standings 2.5 50cc standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	50 winner	125 winner	250 winner	350 winner	500 winner	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Jim Redman			Report
2	French Grand Prix	Clermont-Ferrand	Jan Huberts	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Jim Redman			Report
3	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Derek Minter	Mike Hailwood	Gary Hocking	Report
4	Dutch TT	Assen	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Bob McIntyre		Mike Hailwood	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Solitude	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman			Report
7	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod		Luigi Taveri	Tommy Robb	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
8	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Jan Huberts	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
9	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Teisuke Tanaka	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Report
10	Finnish Grand Prix	Tampere	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman		Tommy Robb	Alan Shepherd	Report
11	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Hugh Anderson	Hugh Anderson	Arthur Wheeler		Benedicto Caldarella	Report

[edit] Championship standings

[edit] 500cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	40	5
2	Alan Shepherd		United Kingdom	Matchless	29	1
3	Phil Read		United Kingdom	Norton	11	0
4	Bert Schneider		Austria	Norton	10	0
5	Gary Hocking		Rhodesia	MV Agusta	8	1
=	Benedicto Caldarella		Argentina	Matchless	8	1
7	Frantisek Stastny		Czechoslovakia	Jawa	7	0
8	Tony Godfrey		United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
9	Paddy Driver		South Africa	Norton	7	0
10	Ellis Boyce		United Kingdom	Norton	6	0
=	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Norton	6	0
=	Remo Venturi		Italy	MV Agusta	6	0
=	Sven-Olof Gunnarsson		Sweden	Norton	6	0
=	Juan Carlos Salatino		Argentina	Norton	6	0
15	Fred Stevens		United Kingdom	Norton	5	0
16	Silvio Grassetti		Italy	Bianchi	4	0
=	Eduardo Salatino		Argentina	Norton	4	0
18	Ron Langston		United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	Anssi Resko		Finland	Matchless	3	0
=	Pablo Gamberini		Chile	Matchless	3	0
21	Roy Ingram		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Jack Findlay		Australia	Norton	2	0
=	Harald Karlsson		Sweden	Norton	2	0
=	Amleto Pomesano		Argentina	Norton	2	0
25	Roland Föll		West Germany	Matchless	2	0
26	Brian Setchell		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Ray Spence		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Federico Soler		Argentina	Norton	1	0

[edit] 350cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jim Redman		Rhodesia	Honda	32	4
2	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Honda	22	1
3	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	20	1
4	Frantisek Stastny		Czechoslovakia	Jawa	16	0
5	Silvio Grassetti		Italy	Bianchi	8	0
6	Alan Shepherd		United Kingdom	AJS / MZ	7	0
7	Gustav Havel		Czechoslovakia	Jawa	7	0
8	Gary Hocking		Rhodesia	MV Agusta	6	0
9	Mike Duff		Canada	AJS	5	0
10	Roy Ingram		United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	Sven-Olof Gunnarsson		Sweden	Norton	3	0
12	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Taneli Lepo		Finland	AJS	2	0
14	Hugh Anderson		New Zealand	AJS	1	0
=	Phil Read		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Nicolaï Sevostianov		USSR	CKEB C360	1	0
=	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	Moto Kitano		Japan	Honda	1	0

[edit] 250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jim Redman		Rhodesia	Honda	48	6
2	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Honda	32	1
3	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	19	1
4	Tom Phillis		Australia	Honda	12	0
5	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Morini	10	0
6	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Honda	8	1
=	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Honda	8	1
8	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Honda	8	0
9	Alberto Pagani		Italy	Aermacchi	8	0
10	Dan Shorey		United Kingdom	Bultaco	8	0
11	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	MZ	6	0
=	Umberto Masetti		Italy	Morini	6	0
13	Günter Beer		West Germany	Adler	6	0
=	Moto Kitano		Japan	Honda	6	0
15	Teisuke Tanaka		Japan	Honda	4	0
=	Werner Musiol		East Germany	MZ	4	0
=	Rudolph Kaiser		Argentina	NSU	4	0
18	Cas Swart		Netherlands	Honda	3	0
=	Jorge Terengo		Argentina	Ducati	3	0
20	Jean-Pierre Beltoise		France	Morini	2	0
=	Frank Perris		United Kingdom	Suzuki	2	0
=	Campbell Donaghy		United Kingdom	Ducati	2	0
=	Nicolaï Sevostianov		USSR	CKEB C259	2	0
=	Gilberto Milani		Italy	Aermacchi	2	0
=	Carlos Marfetan		Uruguay	Parilla	2	0
26	Marcel Toussaint		Belgium	Benelli	1	0
=	Benjamin Savoye		France	FB-Mondial	1	0
=	Pierre Vervroegen		Belgium	Aermacchi	1	0
=	Michael Schneider		West Germany	NSU	1	0
=	Stuart Graham		United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	Paolo Campanelli		Italy	Benelli	1	0
=	Enrique Dietrich		Argentina	Aermacchi	1	0

[edit] 125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Honda	48	6
2	Jim Redman		Rhodesia	Honda	38	1
3	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Honda	30	0
4	Kunimitsu Takahashi		Japan	Honda	16	2
5	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	EMC	12	0
6	Teisuke Tanaka		Japan	Honda	11	1
7	Hugh Anderson		New Zealand	Suzuki	11	1
8	Hans Fischer		East Germany	MZ	7	0
9	Raúl Kissling		Argentina	DKW	6	0
10	Paddy Driver		South Africa	EMC	6	0
11	Ernst Degner		West Germany	Suzuki	5	0
12	Rex Avery		United Kingdom	EMC	5	0
13	Tom Phillis		Australia	Honda	4	0
=	Alan Shepherd		United Kingdom	MZ	4	0
=	Mitsuo Itoh		Japan	Suzuki	4	0
16	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Honda	3	0
=	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Honda	3	0
=	Limburg Moreira		Argentina	Bultaco	3	0
19	John Grace		Gibraltar	Bultaco	2	0
=	Klaus Enderlein		East Germany	MZ	2	0
=	Alberto Pagani		Italy	Honda	2	0
=	Frank Perris		United Kingdom	Suzuki	2	0
=	Marzillo Chizzini		Argentina	Bultaco	2	0
24	Francesco Villa		Italy	FB-Mondial	1	0
=	Jorge Kissling		Argentina	Bultaco	1	0
=	Stanislav Malina		Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0
=	Giuseppe Visenzi		Italy	Ducati	1	0
=	Werner Musiol		East Germany	MZ	1	0
=	Jukka Petäjä		Finland	MZ	1	0
=	Pedro Rosenthal		Argentina	Tohatsu	1	0

[edit] 50cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Ernst Degner		West Germany	Suzuki	41	4
2	Hans-Georg Anscheidt		West Germany	Kreidler	36	2
3	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Honda	29	1
4	Jan Huberts		Netherlands	Kreidler	29	2
5	Mitsuo Itoh		Japan	Suzuki	23	0
6	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	Honda	17	0
7	Hugh Anderson		New Zealand	Suzuki	16	1
8	Seichi Suzuki		Japan	Suzuki	10	0
9	Kunimitsu Takahashi		Japan	Honda	7	0
10	José Busquets		Spain	Derbi	6	0
11	Wolfgang Gedlich		West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
12	Isao Morishita		Japan	Suzuki	2	0
=	Teisuke Tanaka		Japan	Honda	2	0
14	Michio Ichino		Japan	Suzuki	2	0
15	Dan Shorey		United Kingdom	Kreidler	1	0
=	Günter Beer		West Germany	Kreidler	1	0