The 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 14th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 6 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 14 October. Defending 350cc and 500cc world champion Gary Hocking was deeply affected by the death of his friend, Tom Phillis at the 1962 Isle of Man TT and, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after winning the 1962 Senior TT. [1] Hocking's MV Agusta teammate, Mike Hailwood went on to win his first 500cc world championship. [2]
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 50cc, 125cc, 250cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four races were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 32 | 4 | |
2 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 22 | 1 | |
3 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 20 | 1 | |
4 | Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 16 | 0 | |
5 | Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Bianchi | 8 | 0 | |
6 | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | AJS / MZ | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Gustav Havel | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 7 | 0 | |
8 | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Mike Duff | Canada | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Roy Ingram | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
= | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Sweden | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
= | Taneli Lepo | Finland | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C360 | 1 | 0 | |
= | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 48 | 6 | |
2 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Honda | 32 | 1 | |
3 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 19 | 1 | |
4 | Tom Phillis | Australia | Honda | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Morini | 10 | 0 | |
6 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
= | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Aermacchi | 8 | 0 | |
10 | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 8 | 0 | |
11 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
= | Umberto Masetti | Italy | Morini | 6 | 0 | |
13 | Günter Beer | West Germany | Adler | 6 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
15 | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
= | Rudolph Kaiser | Argentina | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
18 | Cas Swart | Netherlands | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Jorge Ternengo | Argentina | Ducati | 3 | 0 | |
20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Morini | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Campbell Donaghy | United Kingdom | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C259 | 2 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Carlos Marfetan | Uruguay | Parilla | 2 | 0 | |
26 | Marcel Toussaint | Belgium | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Benjamin Savoye | France | FB-Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pierrot Vervroegen | Belgium | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Michael Schneider | West Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stuart Graham | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Paolo Campanelli | Italy | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Enrique Dietrich | Argentina | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 |
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Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Pos. | Constructor | ESP | FRA | MAN | NED | BEL | FRG | ULS | GDR | NAT | FIN | ARG | Pts |
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1 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 (80) | |
2 | Suzuki | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||||
3 | EMC | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 (16) | ||||
4 | MZ | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
5 | DKW | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
6 | Bultaco | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
7 | Mondial | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
7 | ČZ | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
7 | Ducati | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
7 | Tohatsu | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
Pos. | Constructor | ESP | FRA | MAN | NED | BEL | FRG | ULS | GDR | NAT | FIN | ARG | Pts |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 41 | 4 | |
2 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Kreidler | 36 | 2 | |
3 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 29 | 1 | |
4 | Jan Huberts | Netherlands | Kreidler | 29 | 2 | |
5 | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 23 | 0 | |
6 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 17 | 0 | |
7 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | Suzuki | 16 | 1 | |
8 | Seiichi Suzuki | Japan | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
10 | José Busquets | Spain | Derbi | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Wolfgang Gedlich | West Germany | Kreidler | 6 | 0 | |
12 | Isao Morishita | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Michio Ichino | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
= | Günter Beer | West Germany | Kreidler | 1 | 0 |
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