1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix

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1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date19 August 1962
Official name I Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.803 km (2.985 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 240.15 km (149.3 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:21.5
Fastest lap
Drivers Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari
Fastest lap Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari
Time 1:20.9
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Porsche

The 1st Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race, run for Formula One cars, held on 19 August 1962 at the Autodromo di Pergusa, Sicily. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Ferrari. The winner was Lorenzo Bandini in a Ferrari 156. [1]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bandini SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 1.09:25.81
2 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari + 32.5 s2
3 Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Abate Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Porsche 49 laps4
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg Jo Siffert Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-Climax 48 laps3
5 Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 45 laps8
6 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Lippi Scuderia Settecolli De Tomaso-O.S.C.A. 44 laps11
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-BRM 41 laps7
8 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM 40 laps10
9 Flag of Germany.svg Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 20 laps12
Ret Flag of Switzerland.svg Heinz Schiller Ecurie Filipinetti Porsche Oil leak5
Ret Flag of Italy.svg Nino Vaccarella Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Lotus-Climax Engine6
Ret Flag of Italy.svg "Wal Ever" "Wal Ever" Cooper-O.S.C.A. Engine13
DNS Flag of Switzerland.svg Heini Walter Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus-BRM Withdrawn after practice(9)
WD Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Filotico Umberto Filotico Cooper-Climax -
WD Flag of the United States.svg Jay Chamberlain Ecurie Excelsior Lotus-Climax Car in Sweden-
WD Flag of Germany.svg Kurt Kuhnke Kurt Kuhnke Lotus-Borgward Car not ready-
WD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-BRM -

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References

  1. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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