1962 Solitude Grand Prix

  1962 Solitude Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	15 July 1962
Official name	XII Großer Preis der Solitude
Location	Solitudering, near Stuttgart
Course	Permanent racing facility 11.4086 km (7.089 mi)
Distance	25 laps, 285.216 km (177.225 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	3:53.9
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Time	3:55.6
Podium
First	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Second	Jo Bonnier	Porsche
Third	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax

The 12th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 July 1962 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Dan Gurney in a Porsche 804.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	1.45:37.2	2
2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 1:47.1 s	3
3	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 3:55.1 s	4
4	Ian Burgess	Anglo-American Equipe	Cooper-Climax	24 laps	7
5	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	23 laps	8
6	Gerhard Mitter	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-Climax	23 laps	14
7	Heinz Schiller	Ecurie Filipinetti	Porsche	23 laps	11
8	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	19 laps	12
Ret	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Accident	1
NC	Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	18 laps	13
Ret	Tony Settember	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Oil leak	9
Ret	Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	Clutch	6
Ret	Kurt Kuhnke	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	Engine	10
Ret	Jo Siffert	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	Electrics	5
DNS	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Practice accident	-
WD	Peter Arundell	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	No car	-
WD	Nino Vaccarella	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Porsche		-
WD	Carlo Abate	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Porsche		-
WD	Innes Ireland	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax		-
WD	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-BRM		-
WD	John Surtees	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax		-
WD	Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	No car	-

• Porsche System Engineering entered a third car but no driver was assigned and the entry was not used.

References

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