1962 World Sportscar Championship season

1962 World Sportscar Championship season
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Ferrari won the over 2.0 litre GT class award with its 250 and 250 GTO (pictured)

The 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers season was the tenth season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring cars. It ran from 11 February 1962 to 21 October 1962, and featured 15 races.

This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a singular overall Manufacturers Championship.

Schedule

Although composed of 15 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Competitors	Date
1	3 Hours of Daytona Continental	Daytona International Speedway	Both	11 February
2	Sebring 3 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	GT	23 March
3	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	Both	24 March
4	Coppa Maifredi	Circuito del Garda	GT	1 May
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	Both	6 May
6	Berlin Grand Prix	AVUS	GT	13 May
7	International ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Both	27 May
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	23 June 24 June
9	Trophée d'Auvergne	Charade Circuit	Both	15 July
10	Coppa Citta di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	GT	15 August
11	RAC Tourist Trophy	Goodwood Circuit	GT	18 August
12	International ADAC 500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	GT	2 September
13	Double 400 km	Bridgehampton	GT2.0	15 September
14	Double 400 km	Bridgehampton	GT+2.0	16 September
15	1000 km de Paris	Autodrome de Montlhéry	GT	21 October

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	#96 Frank Arciero	#18 NART	Results
1	Daytona	Dan Gurney	Stirling Moss	Results
2	Sebring	Did Not Participate	#8 Briggs Cunningham	Results
2	Sebring		Bruce McLaren	Results
3	Sebring	#23 Scuderia SSS Venezia	#24 NART	Results
3	Sebring	Jo Bonnier Lucien Bianchi	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Results
4	Circuito del Garda	Did Not Participate	#56 No Team Name	Results
4	Circuito del Garda		Ludovico Scarfiotti	Results
5	Palermo	#152 SEFAC Ferrari	#86 No Team Name	Results
5	Palermo	Willy Mairesse Olivier Gendebien Ricardo Rodríguez	Giorgio Scarlatti Pietro Ferraro	Results
6	AVUS	Did Not Participate	#40 No Team Name	Results
6	AVUS		Robert Jenny	Results
7	Nürburgring	#92 SEFAC Ferrari	#51 Peter Nöcker	Results
7	Nürburgring	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Peter Nöcker Wolfgang Seidel	Results
8	Le Mans	#6 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#19 Pierre Noblet	Results
8	Le Mans	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet	Results
9	Charade	#18 Essex Racing Team	#3 Scuderia SSS Venezia	Results
9	Charade	Alan Rees	Carlo Maria Abate	Results
10	Pergusa	Did Not Participate	#58 Abarth	Results
10	Pergusa		"Pam" Giancarlo Scotti	Results
11	Goodwood	Did Not Participat	#15 UDT-Laystall	Results
11	Goodwood		Innes Ireland	Results
12	Nürburgring	Did Not Participate	#86 Abarth	Results
12	Nürburgring		Eberhard Mahle	Results
13	Bridgehampton (2.0)	Did Not Participate	#31 Chuck Cassel	Results
13	Bridgehampton (2.0)		Bob Holbert	Results
14	Bridgehampton (+2.0)	#3 NART	#17 Bob Grossman	Results
14	Bridgehampton (+2.0)	Pedro Rodríguez	Bob Grossman	Results
15	Montlhéry	Did Not Participate	#1 NART	Results
15	Montlhéry		Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez	Results

Manufacturers' Championship

All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Only the best 5 results counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

GT +2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars over 2000 cc. GT +2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 11	Rd 14	Rd 15	Total
1	Ferrari	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	45
2	Jaguar	2	3			4		3	4		16
3	Chevrolet	4	2						3		9
4	Lancia			4							4
5	Aston Martin						1				1

GT 2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. GT 2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 14.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 11	Rd 13	Rd 15	Total
1	Porsche	6	9	9	9	9	9	3	9	9	45
2	Alfa Romeo	9	4	6	2	4	4		4	2	27
3	Lotus	2			1	6		9		3	21
4	Morgan					1		6			7
5	Abarth-Simca									4	4
6	Sunbeam		2					1			3
7	TVR							2			2
8	MG		1								1

GT 1.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 1000 cc. GT 1.0 only participated in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 6	Rd 10	Rd 12	Rd 13	Total
1	Fiat-Abarth	9	9	9	9	9	9	45
2	GSM			2		3		5
3	Austin-Healey	4						4

S 3.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 3000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 3	Rd 5	Rd 7	Total
1	Ferrari	9	9	9	27
2=	Cooper	6			6
2=	Aston Martin			6	6
4	Cegga-Ferrari			4	4

S 2.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. Porsche was the only manufacturer to finish a race in this class in the three scoring rounds, and were declared the champion.

S 1.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 1000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 3	Rd 7	Total
1	Fiat-Abarth	9	4	13
2	Lotus		9	9
3=	O.S.C.A.	6		6
3=	Austin-Healey		6	6
5	D.B.	4		4

External links

1962 World Sportscar Championship

World Sportscar Championship seasons

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