| 1962 German Grand Prix | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 5 August 1962 | ||
| Official name | XXIVGrosser Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location | Nürburgring Nürburg,West Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 22.810 km (14.173 miles) | ||
| Distance | 15 laps, 342.015 km (212.595 miles) | ||
| Weather | Heavy rain showers | ||
| Attendance | 350,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Porsche | ||
| Time | 8:47.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Graham Hill | BRM | |
| Time | 10:12.2 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | BRM | ||
| Second | Lola-Climax | ||
| Third | Porsche | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1962 German Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held at theNürburgring on 5 August 1962. It was race 6 of 9 in both the1962 World Championship of Drivers and the1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 15-lap race was won byBRM driverGraham Hill after he started from second position.John Surtees finished second for theLola team andPorsche driverDan Gurney came in third. The race was notable for having six different constructors taking the first six positions.[1]
After a heavy midday downpour, the race was delayed by over an hour as streams of water and mud covered parts of the track. It never dried fully, and the race was run in wet conditions.[2]Graham Hill drove masterfully in the wet conditions, followed byJohn Surtees who was gradually proving himself a great driver.[2] He reached third position in the championship with this race, but was not to score any more points in 1962.Dan Gurney'sPorsche had less than impressive handling but he finished third after passingPhil Hill, whoseFerrari was doing much better than atAintree just 2 weeks prior. Hill, however, had to pit with oil on his visor and retired with a broken rear suspension soon thereafter. After a disastrous strike had kept them out of the last two races, Ferrari returned in force with four156s built to different specifications. Hill had the newest version, with a six-speed transmission mounted fore of the engine.Giancarlo Baghetti drove a car with the usual transmission and finished tenth, whereasRicardo Rodríguez drove last year's model with the 65 degree Tipo 188 engine - and got the best result of the team, finishing sixth.Lorenzo Bandini used a development car, with a regular nosecone, smaller radiator, and modified front and rear suspension. He crashed on the third lap, while in eleventh position.[3]
Jim Clark absentmindedly forgot to turn on the fuel pump at the start, losing thirteen seconds and being in 26th place after the start. A rapid climb began, and he passed seventeen cars on the opening lap. He was closing in to the leaders with three to four seconds per lap, but after a few near crashes in the middle of the race he chose to ease off the pace a bit.[1] Clark finished fourth, ahead ofBruce McLaren in a V8Cooper. The other V8-enginedCooper was driven in practice byTony Maggs, but a German TV-company's camera fell offCarel Godin de Beaufort'sPorsche in practice, causingGraham Hill and Maggs to crash and total their cars.[3] Maggs ran aClimax-engined backup car and finished ninth. TheGrand Prix Drivers' Association's policy was to not carry cameras due to the safety risks, but de Beaufort was not a member.[2]
Three new cars appeared in this race; the newBRM V8-enginedGilby, driven byKeith Greene, retired after about half the race with gearbox problems. The BelgianMaserati-enginedENB finished last; this car was a hodgepodge of parts from three oldEmerysons equipped with a sharknose-style front end. This was its only appearance, and a hard workedLucien Bianchi was only allowed to start thanks to the fact that several faster racers had not finished the minimum-required five laps. Gurney's fastest qualifying lap was 8:47.2; the ENB's fastest lap was 10:40.7, nearly two minutes slower.[4] Most importantly,Jack Brabham's newBT3 finally appeared after a marathon effort by his mechanics. He spun themain bearings on the first day practice, and qualified with an engine built using parts fromTrevor Taylor's car (his engine bent a valve). He started the race from the rear of the field, with theClimax engine from hisLotus 24. He climbed to ninth place by the end of the first lap, but then his throttle broke and he had to retire after nine laps. Nonetheless, Brabham was happy with the car, particularly the handling.[3]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Gap | Grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||||||
| 1 | 7 |  Dan Gurney | Porsche | 9:08.8 | 8:47.2 | 9:20.5 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Graham Hill | BRM | 9:01.8 | 8:50.2 | 9:15.3 | +3.0 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 9:17.2 | 8:51.2 | 9:51.7 | +4.0 | 3 |
| 4 | 14 | John Surtees | Lola-Climax | 9:08.6 | 8:57.5 | 9:45.0 | +10.3 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 |  Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 9:08.4 | 9:00.7 | 9:28.1 | +13.5 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 |  Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 9:10.8 | 9:04.0 | 9:12.2 | +16.8 | 6 |
| 7 | 12 | Richie Ginther | BRM | 9:05.9 | 9:06.1 | 9:16.1 | +18.7 | 7 |
| 8 | 18 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 9:12.9 | 9:17.5 | 9:31.8 | +25.7 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Roy Salvadori | Lola-Climax | 9:29.1 | 9:14.1 | 10:36.7 | +26.9 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 |  Ricardo Rodríguez | Ferrari | No time | 9:14.2 | 9:20.3 | +27.0 | 10 |
| 11 | 17 |  Maurice Trintignant | Lotus-Climax | 9:27.1 | 9:19.0 | 9:30.7 | +31.8 | 11 |
| 12 | 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | No time | 9:33.0 | 9:24.7 | +37.5 | 12 |
| 13 | 2 |  Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | No time | 9:28.1 | 10:07.3 | +40.9 | 13 |
| 14 | 32 |  Heini Walter | Porsche | No time | 9:30.0 | 10:16.1 | +42.8 | 14 |
| 15 | 26 | Nino Vaccarella | Porsche | 9:33.8 | 9:35.7 | 10:21.4 | +46.6 | 15 |
| 16 | 25 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax | 10:20.1 | 9:42.6 | 9:39.2 | +52.0 | 16 |
| 17 | 19 | Jo Siffert | Lotus-Climax | 10:04.0 | 9:39.3 | 9:56.7 | +52.1 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | No time | 9:39.7 | 10:26.4 | +52.5 | 18 |
| 19 | 27 | Keith Greene | Gilby-BRM | 10:08.1 | 10:22.7 | 9:47.1 | +59.9 | 19 |
| 20 | 28 | Heinz Schiller | Lotus-BRM | 11:20.4 | 9:51.5 | 9:55.0 | +1:04.7 | 20 |
| 21 | 6 | Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | No time | No time | 9:57.0 | +1:09.8 | 261 |
| 22 | 20 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 9:58.0 | No time | 10:35.4 | +1:10.8 | 21 |
| 23 | 31 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 10:09.7 | 10:11.9 | 14:09.4 | +1:22.5 | 22 |
| 24 | 29 | Tony Shelly | Lotus-Climax | No time | No time | 10:18.6 | +1:31.4 | DNQ1 |
| 25 | 10 |  Tony Maggs | Cooper-Climax | (9:12.7) | (9:04.8) | 10:21.2† | +1:34.0 | 23 |
| 26 | 16 |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Climax | No time | No time | 10:21.6 | +1:34.4 | 24 |
| 27 | 34 |  Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-BRM | 10:38.2 | No time | 10:44.1 | +1:51.0 | DNQ1 |
| 28 | 21 |  Lucien Bianchi | ENB-Maserati | 11:55.5 | 10:42.5 | 10:40.7 | +1:53.5 | 25 |
| 29 | 30 | Jay Chamberlain | Lotus-Climax | 11:36.2 | No time | 11:12.9 | +2:25.7 | DNQ1 |
| - | 34 | Günther Seiffert | Lotus-BRM | No time | 11:38.9 | 12:54.1 | +2:51.7 | |
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