1962 South African Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 9 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 29 December 1962 | ||
| Official name | IX South African Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Prince George Circuit East London, South Africa |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.920 km (2.436 mi) | ||
| Distance | 82 laps, 321.415 km (199.718 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry, windy | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Climax | ||
| Time | 1:29.3 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax | |
| Time | 1:31.0 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | BRM | ||
| Second | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
The 1962 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on 29 December 1962. It was the ninth and final race of the 1962 Formula One season. Jim Clark led the race until 20 laps from the finish, when an oil leak forced him to retire. Had this not occurred and Clark finished the race in first, he would have been crowned world champion.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 3 | Graham Hill |
BRM | 82 | 2:08:03.3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 |  Bruce McLaren |
Cooper-Climax | 82 | + 49.8 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |  Tony Maggs |
Cooper-Climax | 82 | + 50.3 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 |  Jack Brabham |
Brabham-Climax | 82 | + 53.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Innes Ireland |
Lotus-Climax | 81 | + 1 Lap | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Neville Lederle |
Lotus-Climax | 78 | + 4 Laps | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 |  Richie Ginther |
BRM | 78 | + 4 Laps | 7 | |
| 8 | 18 |  John Love |
Cooper-Climax | 78 | + 4 Laps | 12 | |
| 9 | 5 | Bruce Johnstone |
BRM | 76 | + 6 Laps | 17 | |
| 10 | 14 | Ernie Pieterse |
Lotus-Climax | 71 | + 11 Laps | 13 | |
| 11 | 15 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort |
Porsche | 70 | Fuel system | 16 | |
| Ret | 1 | Jim Clark |
Lotus-Climax | 62 | Oil Leak | 1 | |
| Ret | 21 | Doug Serrurier |
LDS-Alfa Romeo | 62 | Radiator | 14 | |
| Ret | 7 | Roy Salvadori |
Lola-Climax | 56 | Fuel Leak | 11 | |
| Ret | 22 | Mike Harris |
Cooper-Alfa Romeo | 31 | Wheel bearing | 15 | |
| Ret | 6 | John Surtees |
Lola-Climax | 26 | Engine | 5 | |
| Ret | 2 | Trevor Taylor |
Lotus-Climax | 11 | Gearbox | 9 | |
| WD | 12 | Gary Hocking |
Lotus-Climax | Driver killed prior to event | |||
| WD | 16 | Syd van der Vyver |
Lotus-Climax | Car damaged | |||
| WD | 17 | Tony Settember |
Emeryson-Climax | ||||
| WD | 19 | Sam Tingle |
Lotus-Climax | Driver competing elsewhere | |||
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Notes
- Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:29.3
- Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:31.0
- Graham Hill (39pts) and Jim Clark (30pts) both had championship hopes coming into this race.
- Graham Hill needed Clark 2nd or lower
- Clark needed to win
- BRM won the Constructors' Championship. Lotus-Climax needed to win the race to win the championship.
Championship standings after the race
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- 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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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