1962 Pau Grand Prix

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1962 Pau Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
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Race details
Date23 April 1962
Official name XXII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau Circuit, Pau
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 2.758 km (1.714 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 275.842 km (171.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:30.6
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:33.4
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Ferrari
Third BRM

The 22nd Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run for Formula One cars, held on 23 April 1962 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Lotus 18/21, run by the Rob Walker Racing Team. [1]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 2.39:35.55
2 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Ricardo Rodríguez SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 156 + 33.6 s2
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Lewis Ecurie Galloise BRM P57 + 34.6 s7
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Marsh Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 99 laps8
5 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bandini SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 156 99 laps6
6 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Vaccarella Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Lotus 18/21-Climax 98 laps11
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg Jo Siffert Ecurie Nationale Suisse Lotus 21-Climax 97 laps14
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Anglo-American Equipe Aiden-Cooper T59 [2] -Climax 95 laps13
9 Flag of Switzerland.svg Heinz Schiller Ecurie Nationale Suisse Porsche 718/2 95 laps15
10 Flag of France.svg Jo Schlesser Ecurie Lausanne Cooper T51-Climax 94 laps16
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus 24-Climax 72 laps9
Ret Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Porsche 718/2 70 laps, crownwheel & pinion3
Ret Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge ENB [3] -Maserati 62 laps, rear suspension10
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 24-Climax 24 laps, gear linkage1
Ret Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Ludwig Heimrath Porsche System Engineering Porsche 718/2 24 laps, accident12
Ret Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Lotus 21-Climax 5 laps, oil pressure4
DNQ Flag of France.svg Maurice Caillet Ets Cegga Cegga-Maserati -
DNQ Flag of Germany.svg Kurt Kuhnke Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Borgward -
WD Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper T53-Climax Car destroyed at previous race-
WD Flag of Switzerland.svg Michael May Michael May--

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