1962 Brussels Grand Prix

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1962 Brussels Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date1 April 1962
Official name IV Grand Prix de Bruxelles
Location Heysel Park, Belgium
Course Street Circuit
Course length 4.553 km (2.829 miles)
Distance 22 (x3) laps, 300.454 km (186.693 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 2:03.1
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 2:02.0
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Porsche
Third Lotus-Climax

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. [1]

Contents

Qualifying

Pos.NumberDriverConstructorCarLapGap
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Lotus 24 2:03.1
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:03.3+0.2
312 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM BRM P578 2:03.9+0.6
410 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Ferrari Ferrari 156 2:04.7+0.8
514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Marsh BRM BRM P57 2:06.0+1.3
616 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Porsche Porsche 718 2:06.2+0.2
72 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:07.7+1.5
85 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax Cooper T56 2:09.2+1.5
93 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:09.6+0.4
104 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Lola-Climax Lola Mk4 2:09.8+0.2
1121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby-Climax Gilby 2:10.9+1.1
127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax Lotus 21 2:12.0+1.1
138 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:13.0+1.0
1419 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 22 2:13.3+0.3
1520 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 2:13.7+0.4
1618 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Heinz Schiller Porsche Porsche 718 2:17.5+3.8
1717 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel Porsche Porsche 718 2:19.5+2.0
189 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:25.5+6.0
1911 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati ENB 2:32.5+7.0
DNQ15 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Vaccarella 1 Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:21.2
DNQ22 Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 no time2
DNA8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Arundell 3 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

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredHeat 1 / 2 / 3
110 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Ferrari 662:18'37.13rd / 1st / 1st
216 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Porsche 66+1'50.26th / 2nd / 2nd
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 66+2'40.67th / 3rd / 3rd
421 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 65+1 Lap9th / 5th / 5th
514 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 62+3 Laps13th / 7th / 6th
618 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Heinz Schiller Porsche 62+3 Laps12th / 8th / 7th

Official Aggregate

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsHeat 1 / 2 / 3
110 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Ferrari 663+1+1=5
216 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Porsche 666+2+2=10
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 667+3+3=13
421 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 659+5+5=19
58 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax 558+4+10=22
614 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 6213+7+6=26
720 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 6011+6+9=26
818 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Heinz Schiller Porsche 6212+8+8=28
917 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 6214+9+7=30
107 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 5015+12+4=31
NC5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 3410th/Ret, 14 laps, engine
NC1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 332nd/Ret, 11 laps, valve gear
NC4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Lola-Climax 255th/Ret, 3 laps, engine
NC12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM 241st/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Marsh BRM 244th/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC3 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 18Ret, 18 laps,front wishbone
NC11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati 15Ret, 15 laps, engine
NC9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette Emeryson-Climax 8Ret, 8 laps, engine
NC6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1Ret, 1 lap, valve

References

  1. Björklund, Bengt, ed. (March 1962). "Hemmatriumf - Willy Mairesse" [Domestic Triumph: Willy Mairesse]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 3. Lerum, Sweden. p. 5.
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