The 1962 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 1 April 1962 at Heysel Park, Belgium. The race was run in three heats of 22 laps each and the results were aggregated. The race was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a Ferrari 156. The course was somewhat altered over previous years, as part of the area that had held spectators was now in commercial use. This was the debut for BRM's new V8 engine, as well as the first race for the upgraded Coventry-Climax V8 used in Jim Clark's Lotus.
Qualifying Pos. Number Driver Constructor Car Lap Gap 1 6 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Lotus 24 2:03.1 2 1 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:03.3 +0.2 3 12 Graham Hill BRM BRM P578 2:03.9 +0.6 4 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari Ferrari 156 2:04.7 +0.8 5 14 Tony Marsh BRM BRM P57 2:06.0 +1.3 6 16 Jo Bonnier Porsche Porsche 718 2:06.2 +0.2 7 2 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:07.7 +1.5 8 5 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax Cooper T56 2:09.2 +1.5 9 3 Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:09.6 +0.4 10 4 John Surtees Lola-Climax Lola Mk4 2:09.8 +0.2 11 21 Keith Greene Gilby-Climax Gilby 2:10.9 +1.1 12 7 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax Lotus 21 2:12.0 +1.1 13 8 John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:13.0 +1.0 14 19 Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 22 2:13.3 +0.3 15 20 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 2:13.7 +0.4 16 18 Heinz Schiller Porsche Porsche 718 2:17.5 +3.8 17 17 Wolfgang Seidel Porsche Porsche 718 2:19.5 +2.0 18 9 André Pilette Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:25.5 +6.0 19 11 Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati ENB 2:32.5 +7.0 DNQ 15 Nino Vaccarella1 Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:21.2 DNQ 22 Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 no time2 DNA 8 Peter Arundell3 Emeryson-Climax Emeryson
1Vaccarella was 'bumped' to make way for the invited home-country drivers Pilette and Bianchi 2car burnt out in practice accident 3entry taken by Campbell-Jones
Results
Conventional Aggregate
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Heat 1 / 2 / 3 1 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 66 2:18'37.1 3rd / 1st / 1st 2 16 Jo Bonnier Porsche 66 +1'50.2 6th / 2nd / 2nd 3 2 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 66 +2'40.6 7th / 3rd / 3rd 4 21 Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 65 +1 Lap 9th / 5th / 5th 5 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 62 +3 Laps 13th / 7th / 6th 6 18 Heinz Schiller Porsche 62 +3 Laps 12th / 8th / 7th
Official Aggregate
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Heat 1 / 2 / 3 1 10 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 66 3+1+1=5 2 16 Jo Bonnier Porsche 66 6+2+2=10 3 2 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 66 7+3+3=13 4 21 Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 65 9+5+5=19 5 8 John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax 55 8+4+10=22 6 14 Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 62 13+7+6=26 7 20 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 60 11+6+9=26 8 18 Heinz Schiller Porsche 62 12+8+8=28 9 17 Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 62 14+9+7=30 10 7 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 50 15+12+4=31 NC 5 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 34 10th/Ret, 14 laps, engine NC 1 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 33 2nd/Ret, 11 laps, valve gear NC 4 John Surtees Lola-Climax 25 5th/Ret, 3 laps, engine NC 12 Graham Hill BRM 24 1st/DSQ - push start, 2 laps NC 14 Tony Marsh BRM 24 4th/DSQ - push start, 2 laps NC 3 Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 18 Ret, 18 laps, front wishbone NC 11 Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati 15 Ret, 15 laps, engine NC 9 André Pilette Emeryson-Climax 8 Ret, 8 laps, engine NC 6 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 Ret, 1 lap, valve
References
http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1962/1962.html#bru http://www.formula2.net/F162_3.htm