1962 Cape Grand Prix

  1962 Cape Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	2 January 1962
Official name	V Cape Grand Prix
Location	Killarney Circuit, Cape Town
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.312 km (2.058 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 198.71 km (123.47 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:28.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:29.1
Podium
First	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The 2nd Cape Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 2 January 1962 at Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town, South Africa. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor, in his Lotus 21.

There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings.

The race was dominated by Taylor and Jim Clark, and they swapped the lead several times during the race, after Jo Bonnier had led for the first three laps. After Clark spun, Taylor was able to keep the lead for the last ten laps to take the victory.

Local driver Vic Proctor's homebuilt car with its Alfa Romeo engine was deemed unraceworthy by the race organisers, and was excluded before Proctor set a time in practice.^[1]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	1.30:54.0	2
2	1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 0.6 s	1
3	5	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 6.6 s	3
4	6	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 38.6 s	4
5	8	Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	+ 42.0 s	6
6	4	Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	59 laps	5
7	3	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	58 laps	8
8	7	Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	58 laps	9
9	21	John Love	A.H. Pillman	LDS-Porsche	58 laps	6
10	16	Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward	57 laps	11
11	22	Bob van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	56 laps	12
12	20	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax	55 laps	13
13	24	Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	54 laps	16
14	10	Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Ford	48 laps	15
Ret	19	Bruce Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	Valve gear	19
Ret	23	Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Stub axle	10
Ret	18	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	Engine	17
Ret	25	John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Engine	18
Ret	15	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Engine	14
EX	17	Vic Proctor	Vic Proctor	Vic-Alfa Romeo		-
WD	9	Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Car damaged	-
WD	11	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Alfa	LDS-Alfa Romeo		-
WD	12	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati		-
WD	14	Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	Car not ready	-

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com