1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix

  1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	19 August 1962
Official name	I Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location	Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.803 km (2.985 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 240.15 km (149.3 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Time	1:21.5
Fastest lap
Drivers	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Fastest lap	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Time	1:20.9
Podium
First	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Second	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Third	Carlo Abate	Porsche

The 1st Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 August 1962 at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Ferrari. The winner was Lorenzo Bandini in a Ferrari 156.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Lorenzo Bandini	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	1.09:25.8	1
2	Giancarlo Baghetti	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	+ 32.5 s	2
3	Carlo Abate	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Porsche	49 laps	4
4	Jo Siffert	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-Climax	48 laps	3
5	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	45 laps	8
6	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	44 laps	11
7	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-BRM	41 laps	7
8	Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	40 laps	10
9	Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	20 laps	12
Ret	Heinz Schiller	Ecurie Filipinetti	Porsche	Oil leak	5
Ret	Nino Vaccarella	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Lotus-Climax	Engine	6
Ret	"Wal Ever"	"Wal Ever"	Cooper-O.S.C.A.	Engine	13
DNS	Heini Walter	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus-BRM	Withdrawn after practice	(9)
WD	Umberto Filotico	Umberto Filotico	Cooper-Climax		-
WD	Jay Chamberlain	Ecurie Excelsior	Lotus-Climax	Car in Sweden	-
WD	Kurt Kuhnke	Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward	Car not ready	-
WD	Peter Arundell	Team Lotus	Lotus-BRM		-

References

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