The 1962 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 16 September 1962. It was race 7 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 86-lap race was won by BRM driver Graham Hill after he started from second position. His teammate Richie Ginther finished second and Cooper driver Bruce McLaren came in third.
Race report Jim Clark started on pole position, but the Lotus team still looked worried as the team had gone through all of their gearboxes over the weekend. Two crates of spare parts were flown down, but nonetheless Clark and Trevor Taylor started with no more spares available. After only two laps Clark pitted with the expected transmission trouble; he made it back onto the track for another ten laps but that was it. Teammate Taylor managed 25 laps before his race ended. Hill kept stretching his lead out and finished nearly a half minute before Richie Ginther in the other BRM. Ginther had been duelling with Surtees throughout the race, but on lap 38 Surtees slowed down and five laps later he retired with engine troubles. Behind these two, there was a race long three-way fight between Dan Gurney's Porsche and the Coopers of McLaren and Maggs. The cars swapped positions constantly, coming down the straight on the fiftieth lap three abreast. Maggs had to stop for more fuel, unlike McLaren whose car had been fitted with fuel tanks to enable him to run the entire distance. Meanwhile, Willy Mairesse in the new non-sharknose Ferrari 156 had caught up to the third-place contenders and brought Jo Bonnier and Giancarlo Baghetti with him.Skyfall..., p. 5
Gurney's car was pressed too hard and he retired on the 66th lap with a broken rear differential. After this, the positions stabilized a bit, although not until after Baghetti had briefly led the pack to the appreciation of local fans. Bonnier's clutch began slipping and Baghetti also fell back. Mairesse took third on the eightieth lap, and built up a three-second lead over McLaren. Stirling Moss, who was watching from the speaker tower, began betting people that McLaren would take third and he was right: in the first curve of the last lap, McLaren passed Mairesse and he took third by only 0.4 seconds. Bonnier's clutch troubles allowed Baghetti to pass him for fifth place near the end of the race. Phil Hill had to suffer being lapped before half of the race was over, and had to make a long pit stop with engine troubles and finished twelfth. Rodríguez' Ferrari lost oil pressure, Innes Ireland had a good race until something snapped in the steering, and Masten Gregory's car was overheating and then only ran in fourth gear for the last laps. The fire extinguisher in Roy Salvadori's Bowmaker-Yeoman Lola exploded in his face during practice.
Classification
Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorGapQ1Q21 20 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax1:41.5 1:40.35—2 14 Graham Hill BRM1:40.7 1:40.38 +0.033 12 Richie Ginther BRM1:42.8 1:41.1 +0.754 28 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax1:41.8 1:41.8 +1.455 40 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax1:42.0 1:41.8 +1.456 38 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM1:41.9 No time +1.557 16 Dan Gurney Porsche1:42.2 1:41.9 +1.558 46 John Surtees Lola-Climax1:42.4 No time +2.059 18 Jo Bonnier Porsche1:43.0 1:42.6 +2.2510 8 Willy Mairesse Ferrari1:42.9 1:42.8 +2.4511 4 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari1:43.1 No time +2.7512 30 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax1:46.2 1:43.2 +2.8513 44 Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax1:43.9 1:43.3 +2.9514 24 Nino Vaccarella Lotus-Climax1:50.8 1:43.4 +3.0515 10 Phil Hill Ferrari1:43.4 No time +3.0516 22 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax1:45.4 1:44.2 +3.8517 6 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari1:44.4 1:44.3 +3.9518 2 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari1:45.1 1:44.4 +4.0519 36 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax1:44.4 No time +4.0520 32 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche1:47.4 1:46.8 +6.4521 48 Tony Settember Emeryson-Climax1:49.1 No time +8.7522 60 Tony Shelly Lotus-BRMNo time 1:51.6 +11.2523 56 Keith Greene Gilby-BRM1:52.0 No time +11.6524 52 Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax1:54.2 1:52.9 +12.5525 62 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax1:53.1 No time +12.7526 42 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM1:55.8 No time +15.4527 54 Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax1:57.7 No time +17.3528 50 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.1:58.6 No time +18.2529 26 Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax1:59.7 No time +19.3530 34 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso6:18.4 No time +4:38.05 Source:
* Grid limited to 22 cars, provided their time was within 110% of 2nd place. As only 19 drivers managed to be fulfilled the requirements, the grid was reduced to 21 cars.
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 Graham Hill BRM 86 2:29:08.4 2 9 2 12 Richie Ginther BRM 86 + 29.8 3 6 3 28 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 86 + 57.8 4 4 4 8 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 86 + 58.2 10 3 5 2 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 86 + 1:31.3 18 2 6 18 Jo Bonnier Porsche 85 + 1 Lap 9 1 7 30 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 85 + 1 Lap 12 8 6 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 84 + 2 Laps 17 9 24 Nino Vaccarella Lotus-Climax 84 + 2 Laps 14 10 32 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 81 + 5 Laps 20 11 10 Phil Hill Ferrari 81 + 5 Laps 15 12 38 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 77 + 9 Laps 6 13 16 Dan Gurney Porsche 66 Differential 7 14 4 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 63 Ignition 11 40 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 45 Suspension 5 46 John Surtees Lola-Climax 42 Engine 8 44 Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax 41 Engine 13 22 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 25 Gearbox 16 48 Tony Settember Emeryson-Climax 18 Engine 21 36 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 17 Electrical 19 20 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 12 Gearbox 1 60 Tony Shelly Lotus-BRM 56 Keith Greene Gilby-BRM 52 Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 62 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 42 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 54 Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax 50 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso-O.S.C.A. 26 Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax 34 Nasif Estéfano De Tomaso 58 Kurt Kuhnke Lotus-Borgward Car not ready
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Graham Hill 36 (37) 2 2 Bruce McLaren 22 1 3 Jim Clark 21 1 4 John Surtees 19 5 Phil Hill 14Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BRM 37 (41) 2 Lotus-Climax 27 3 Cooper-Climax 25 (27) 4 Lola-Climax 19 1 5 Ferrari 18Source:
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.
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