The 2nd Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 22 December 1962 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The field was split into two heats, with a subsequent final. The heats consisted of 22 laps, and the final was run over 33 laps, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor in his Lotus 25.
The event was marred by the death of Rhodesian driver Gary Hocking, who was killed in practice driving the Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 24.
Jim Clark posted the fastest time in practice, and was on pole position for the first heat. However, after exchanging the lead several times with Richie Ginther, he experienced problems during the heat and was classified 12th. Ginther won the heat with local driver Bruce Johnstone finishing second. Graham Hill was on pole for the second heat, which was won by Taylor with Hill second, after a battle throughout the race.
Clark started at the back of the grid for the final, with Ginther, Taylor and Hill forming the front row. Hill's car suffered ignition failure, but Clark raced through the field to beat Ginther and take second behind Taylor, who led throughout."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.64-65
Qualifying Pos No. Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:22.11 - 2 3 Graham Hill BRM 1:22.67 + 0.56 3 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 1:22.79 + 0.68 4 4 Richie Ginther BRM 1:24.06 + 1.95 5 6 Gary Hocking Lotus-Climax 1:25.10 + 2.99 6 26 Bruce Johnstone BRM 1:25.95 + 3.84 7 9 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 1:26.20 + 4.09 8 14 Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax 1:26.62 + 4.51 9 15 John Love Cooper-Climax 1:27.35 + 5.24 10 12 Peter de Klerk Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo 1:27.92 + 5.81 11 7 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 1:27.96 + 5.85 12 11 Doug Serrurier LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:28.89 + 6.78 13 17 Bernard Podmore Lotus-Climax 1:29.27 + 7.16 14 10 Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:30.17 + 8.06 15 18 Fanie Viljoen LDS-Climax 1:30.22 + 8.11 16 21 Bob van Niekerk Lotus-Climax 1:30.35 + 8.24 17 16 Mike Harris Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:31.38 + 9.27 18 25 Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 1:31.43 + 9.32 19 31 Peter van Niekerk Lotus-Ford 1:32.59 + 10.48 20 35 Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 1:33.54 + 11.43 21 32 Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 1:33.65 + 11.54 22 19 Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:33.80 + 11.69 23 29 Gordon Henderson Scorpion-Alfa Romeo 1:34.28 + 12.17 24 37 Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 1:34.97 + 12.86 25 30 Vern McWilliams Lotus-Borgward 1:36.44 + 14.33 26 39 Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 1:36.46 + 14.35 27 33 Errol Hammon LDS-Ford 1:36.61 + 14.50 28 36 Dave Charlton Lotus-Ford 1:36.83 + 14.72 29 27 Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:37.13 + 15.02 30 5 Bill Scheepers Lotus-Alfa Romeo 1:37.23 + 15.12 31 20 Ray Cresp Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:37.94 + 15.83 32 38 Eric Glasby Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:40.30 + 18.19 33 24 Tony Neave Cooper-Alfa Romeo 1:45.82 + 23.71
Non-starters Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor DNS 6 Gary Hocking Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax WD 8 John Guthrie John Guthrie Cooper-Alfa Romeo WD 22 Neville Austin Neville Austin Cooper-Climax WD 23 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati WD 28 Tony Kotze Bond Cars Assegai-Alfa Romeo WD 34 Lionel Wilmot Lionel Wilmot Lotus-Ford WD 40 Peter Bosch Windhoek Motor Club Heron-Alfa Romeo WD 41 Peter Bosch Windhoek Motor Club Cooper-Climax
Car #23 was withdrawn by Serrurier, who drove #11 in the race. The withdrawn car was ultimately driven by Trundell and wore #35.
Results Heat one Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM 31:56.8 2 2 Bruce Johnstone Bruce Johnstone BRM + 53.5 s 3 3 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax + 1:00.9 4 4 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 8 5 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 9 6 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 10 7 John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 5 8 Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 14 9 Peter van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 11 10 Doug Serrurier Otelle Nucci LDS-Alfa Romeo 6 11 Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 12 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1 13 Bernard Podmore Grosvenor Motors Lotus-Climax 7 14 Vern McWilliams Vern McWilliams Lotus-Borgward 13 Ret Brausch Niemann Brausch Niemann Lotus-Ford 12 Ret Eric Glasby Eric Glasby Cooper-Alfa Romeo 16
Heat two Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 32:19.6 2 2 Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 2.2 s 1 3 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax + 51.0 s 3 4 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Alfa Special + 1:15.6 4 5 Ernie Pieterse Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax + 1:22.2 5 6 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus-Climax 6 7 Gene Bosman Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 8 8 Ray Cresp Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 9 Dave Riley Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 11 10 Trevor Blokdyk Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 9 11 Gordon Henderson Gordon Henderson Scorpion-Alfa Romeo 10 Ret Mike Harris Mike Harris Cooper-Alfa Romeo 7 Ret Errol Hammon Errol Hammon LDS-Ford 12 Ret Dave Charlton Ecurie Tomahawk Lotus-Ford 13 Ret Bill Scheepers H. Muller Lotus-Alfa Romeo 14 Ret Tony Neave A & G Conversions Cooper-Alfa Romeo 16
Final Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48:08.7 2 2 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 6.1 s 22 3 Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 22.1 s 1 4 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 32 laps 6 5 Ernie Pieterse Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 32 laps 8 6 John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 32 laps 13 7 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Alfa Special 32 laps 7 8 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 31 laps 9 9 Gene Bosman Gene Bosman LDS-Alfa Romeo 14 10 Doug Serrurier Otelle Nucci LDS-Alfa Romeo 18 11 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus-Climax 12 12 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 10 13 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Maserati 11 14 Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus-Climax 16 15 Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 3 16 Ray Cresp Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 Ret Dave Riley Dave Riley Cooper-BMC 19 Ret Peter van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 17 Ret Trevor Blokdyk Hoffman Racing Team Cooper-Alfa Romeo 20 Ret Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 21 Ret Bruce Johnstone Bruce Johnstone BRM Oil leak 4 Ret Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax Accident 5
References
"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at www.silhouet.com