1962 Italian Grand Prix

  1962 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	16 September 1962
Official name	XXXIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.750 km (3.573 mi)
Distance	86 laps, 494.500 km (307.268 mi)
Weather	Dry, with rain later
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:40.35
Fastest lap
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	1:42.30 on lap 3
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	Richie Ginther	BRM
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1962 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 16 September 1962. It was the seventh race of the 1962 Formula One season.

Classification

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

Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:40.35
• Fastest Lap: Graham Hill - 1:42.3
• Final Formula One entry for Gerry Ashmore and Ricardo Rodríguez

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Graham Hill 36 (37) 2 2 Bruce McLaren 22 1 3 Jim Clark 21 1 4 John Surtees 19 5 Phil Hill 14

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BRM 37 (41) 2 Lotus-Climax 27 3 Cooper-Climax 25 (27) 4 Lola-Climax 19 1 5 Ferrari 18

• 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.

References

• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.