1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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]

1962 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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Mike Hailwood (pictured in 1967) won his first 500cc World Championship title in 1962.

Jim Redman, the 1962 250cc and 350cc World Champion.

Ernst Degner (left), the inaugural 50cc World Champion.

1962 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	6 May	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Jim Redman			Deubel / Hörner	Report
2	13 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Jan Huberts	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Jim Redman			Deubel / Hörner	Report
3	6 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Derek Minter	Mike Hailwood	Gary Hocking	Vincent / Bliss	Report
4	30 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood	Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
5	8 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Bob McIntyre		Mike Hailwood	Camathias / Winter	Report
6	15 July	West German Grand Prix	Solitude	Ernst Degner	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman			Deubel / Hörner	Report
7	11 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		Luigi Taveri	Tommy Robb	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood		Report
8	19 August	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Jan Huberts	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood		Report
9	9 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Teisuke Tanaka	Jim Redman	Jim Redman	Mike Hailwood		Report
10	23 September	Finnish Grand Prix	Tampere Circuit	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman		Tommy Robb	Alan Shepherd		Report
11	14 October	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Hugh Anderson	Hugh Anderson	Arthur Wheeler		Benedicto Caldarella		Report

Standings

Scoring system

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
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos Rider Machine MAN HOL BEL ULS DDR NAC FIN ARG Pts 1 Mike Hailwood MV Agusta 12 1 1 1 1 1 40 2 Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 4 2 2 2 9 1 29 3 Phil Read Norton Ret 3 3 4 11 4 Bert Schneider Norton 4 5 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 10 5 Benedicto Caldarella Matchless 1 8 = Gary Hocking MV Agusta 1 8 7 František Šťastný Jawa 8 Ret 4 Ret 3 7 8 Tony Godfrey Norton Ret 6 3 5 7 9 Paddy Driver Norton 10 4 Ret 5 5 7 10 Sven-Olof Gunnarsson Norton 17 2 6 11 Derek Minter Norton Ret 2 Ret 6 12 Ellis Boyce Norton / Matchless 2 Ret 6 13 Juan Carlos Salatino Norton 2 6 = Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 6 15 Fred Stevens Norton 3 6 Ret 5 16 Silvio Grassetti Bianchi Ret 3 4 17 Eduardo Salatino Norton 3 4 18 Ron Langston Norton Ret Ret Ret 4 3 19 Pablo Gamberini Matchless 4 3 = Anssi Resko Matchless 4 3 21 Roy Ingram Norton 5 9 Ret 8 7 2 22 Jack Findlay Norton Ret 12 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 23 Harald Karlsson Norton 5 2 = Amleto Pomesano Norton 5 2 25 Roland Föll Matchless 18 Ret 6 8 6 2 26 Brian Setchell Norton 6 1 = Manuel Soler Norton 6 1 = Ray Spence Norton 6 1 29 Jack Ahearn Norton Ret 7 8 12 Ret 10 0 30 Gyula Marsovszky Norton 23 9 7 0 31 Rudolf Gläser Norton 11 7 0 = Ernst Hiller Matchless 11 7 0 = Tom Thorp Norton 7 11 0 33 Peter Middleton Norton Ret 7 0 34 Mike Duff Matchless Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 0 35 Chris Conn Norton 8 0 = Tauno Nurmi Norton 8 0 37 Syd Mizen Matchless Ret 15 9 0 38 William Van Leeuwen Norton Ret 9 0 39 Derek Powell Matchless 9 0 = Antero Ventoniemi Norton 9 0 41 Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 16 10 0 42 Derek Woodman Matchless 10 Ret 0 43 Ralph Bryans Norton 10 0 = Vijlo Heino Norton 10 0 = György Kurucz Norton 10 0 46 Vernon Cottle Norton Ret 11 0 47 Billy McCosh Matchless 11 0 = Raine Lampinen Norton 11 0 = Vasco Loro Norton 11 0 50 Renzo Rossi Gilera 12 0 = Graham Smith Norton 12 0 52 Alf Shaw Norton 28 13 0 53 Bo Granath Norton Ret 13 0 = Walter Scheimann Norton Ret 13 0 55 Peter Evans Matchless 13 0 = Benedetto Zambotti Norton 13 0 57 Karl Recktenwald Norton 14 14 0 58 George Purvis Matchless 14 Ret 0 59 Giuseppe Dardanello Norton 14 0 = Alfred Worel BSA 14 0 61 Dennis Fry Norton 27 15 Ret 0 62 Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 15 0 = John Simmonds Matchless 15 0 64 Brian Hornby Norton 16 0 = Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera 16 0 = Patrick Plunkett Matchless 16 0 67 Ladislaus Richter Norton 17 Ret 0 68 Tommy Holmes Matchless 17 0 69 Jimmy Jones Norton 18 0 70 Louis Carr Matchless 19 0 71 Derek Lee Matchless 20 0 72 Douglas Smith AJS 21 0 73 George Bell Norton 22 0 74 Chris Anderson BSA / Norton 24 Ret 0 75 Jimmy Morton Matchless 25 Ret 0 76 Ted Whiteside Matchless 26 0 77 Frank Reynolds Norton 29 0 - John Gabites Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Jacques Insermini Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 - Hugh Anderson Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Bob Coulter AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 - Robin Fitton Norton Ret Ret 0 - Harry Grant BSA Ret Ret 0 - Alistair King Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Stephen Murray Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Dan Shorey Norton Ret Ret 0 - Joop Vogelzang Norton Ret Ret 0 - Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 0 - Billy Andersson AJS Ret 0 - Rudolf Bergsleithner Norton Ret 0 - Ernesto Brambilla Bianchi Ret 0 - John Brown Norton Ret 0 - Jack Bullock Norton Ret 0 - Agne Carlsson Norton Ret 0 - Graham Chatterton Norton Ret 0 - Horacio Costas Matchless Ret 0 - Dick Creith Norton Ret 0 - James Cripps Norton Ret 0 - Terry Dennehy Norton Ret 0 - Alan Dugalde Matchless Ret 0 - Don Ellis Matchless Ret 0 - Jack Gow Triumph Ret 0 - Gustav Havel Jawa Ret 0 - Karl Hoppe Norton Ret 0 - Hannu Kuparinen Norton Ret 0 - Len Ireland Norton Ret 0 - Pentti Lehtelä Norton Ret 0 - Edy Lenz Norton Ret 0 - Colin Lyster Norton Ret 0 - Jorge Kissling Matchless Ret 0 - Mark McCausland Matchless Ret 0 - Robert McCracken Norton Ret 0 - Michael McStay Norton Ret 0 - Ned Minihan Norton Ret 0 - Albert Montagne Norton Ret 0 - Billie Nelson Norton Ret 0 - Eric Oliver AJS Ret 0 - Juan Carlos Perkins Norton Ret 0 - Morgan Radberg Norton Ret 0 - Johnny Rae Norton Ret 0 - Harold Riley BSA Ret 0 - Bill Robertson AJS Ret 0 - Frank Rutherford Matchless Ret 0 - Jack Shannon Matchless Ret 0 - Bill Smith Matchless Ret 0 - Werner Spinnler Norton Ret 0 - Vagn Stevnhoved Norton Ret 0 - Veikko Sulasaari Norton Ret 0 - Brian Taggart AJS Ret 0 - Rudi Thalhammer Norton Ret 0 - Pete Tomlinson Norton Ret 0 - Martinus Van Son Norton Ret 0 - Raûl Villaveiran Norton Ret 0 - Dave Wildman Matchless Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike MAN HOL BEL ULS DDR NAC FIN ARG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
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

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
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

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike ESP FRA MAN NED BEL FRG ULS GDR NAT FIN ARG Pts 1 Luigi Taveri Honda 3F 4 1F 1F 1F 1F 1 1F 2F 2 48 (67) 2 Jim Redman Honda 2 2 5 2 2 3 2 4 1 38 (47) 3 Tommy Robb Honda 3 2 3 2 2F 4 3 30 (33) 4 Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 1 1F 16 5 Mike Hailwood EMC 4 5 4 3 12 6 Teisuke Tanaka Honda 4 1 11 7 Hugh Anderson Suzuki 6 5 1F 11 8 Hans Fischer MZ 3 4 7 9 Raúl Kissling DKW 2 6 10 Paddy Driver EMC 3 6 6 6 11 Ernst Degner Suzuki 5 4 5 12 Rex Avery EMC 5 6 5 5 13 Tom Phillis Honda 3 4 13 Alan Shepherd MZ 3F 4 13 Mitsuo Itoh Suzuki 3 4 16 Derek Minter Honda 4 3 16 Bob McIntyre Honda 4 3 16 Limburg Moreira Honda 4 3 19 John Grace Bultaco 5 2 19 Klaus Enderlein MZ 5 2 19 Alberto Pagani Honda 5 2 19 Frank Perris Suzuki 5 2 19 Marzillo Chizzini Bultaco 5 2 24 Francesco Villa Mondial 6 1 24 Jorge Kissling Bultaco 6 1 24 Stanislav Malina ČZ 6 1 24 Giuseppe Visenzi Ducati 6 1 24 Werner Musiol MZ 6 1 24 Jukka Petäjä MZ 6 1 24 Pedro Rosenthal Tohatsu 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike ESP FRA MAN NED BEL FRG ULS GDR NAT FIN ARG Pts

Race key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap Rider key Colour Meaning Light blue Rookie rider

Constructors' standings

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
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

50cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
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