1962 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E

1962 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Date	3 June 1962
Official name	XX Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	3.145 km (1.954 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 314.500 km (195.421 miles)
Weather	Cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:35.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:35.5 on lap 42
Podium
First	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Second	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Third	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Lap leaders

Crash at the Gasworks Hairpin on the opening lap

The 1962 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 3 June 1962. It was race 2 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 100-lap race was won by Cooper driver Bruce McLaren after he started from third position. Phil Hill finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Lorenzo Bandini came in third.

Report

Lotus's Jim Clark claimed the first pole position of his career, ahead of BRM's Graham Hill, Cooper's Bruce McLaren and Ferrari's Willy Mairesse. The organisers guaranteed two spots on the grid for each of the 5 works teams, leaving six grid spots for the remaining entries to fight over. This explains why some drivers with faster qualifying times failed to qualify whereas drivers with slower times qualified.^[1]

Mairesse got an excellent start from fourth on the grid and led into the first corner, the Gasworks hairpin, but braked too late and skidded around it. The concertina effect of the cars behind trying to avoid Mairesse's skidding car led to a collision further behind which eliminated Dan Gurney, Maurice Trintignant and Richie Ginther. A marshal, Ange Baldoni, was killed by the dislodged right rear wheel of Richie Ginther's BRM when it collided with the Lotuses of Maurice Trintignant, Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor, as well as Dan Gurney's Porsche at the Gasometer hairpin on lap 1.

McLaren and Graham Hill both passed Mairesse on the exit of Gasworks hairpin; the New Zealander ended the first lap in the lead from the Englishman. Meanwhile, Mairesse spun at the station hairpin on the first lap, dropping down the order.

McLaren led until the seventh lap when he was passed by Graham Hill; the BRM driver held the lead all the way until lap 92, when an engine failure handed the lead back to McLaren who held on to win ahead of Ferrari's Phil Hill, who recovered from a spin earlier in the race. Hill's Ferrari team mate Lorenzo Bandini completed the podium places.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Gap
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	18	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:37.4	2:07.2	1:35.4	—
2	10	Graham Hill	BRM	1:37.7	1:58.3	1:35.8	+0.4
3	14	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:39.1	2:23.7	1:36.4	+1.0
4	40	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	1:48.2	1:59.4	1:36.4	+1.0
5	4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	1:38.2	2:22.4	1:36.4	+1.0
6	22	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	1:39.1	No time	1:36.5	+1.1
7	30	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	1:41.8	2:04.7	1:36.8	+1.4
8	34	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:39.9	2:07.4	1:37.0	+1.6
9	36	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:38.0	2:01.0	1:37.1	+1.7
10	38	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:42.2	2:01.3	1:37.2	+1.8
11	28	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	1:37.9	2:22.3	1:44.9	+2.5
12	26	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	1:40.1	No time	1:38.5	+3.1
13	46	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Climax	1:48.0	2:01.3	1:38.9	+3.5
14	8	Richie Ginther	BRM	1:44.9	2:04.5	1:39.0	+3.6
15	24	Jackie Lewis	BRM	1:40.5	2:23.9	1:39.0	+3.6
16	32	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	1:39.8	2:03.5	1:39.2	+3.8
17	20	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:40.0	2:11.0	1:43.2	+4.6
18	38	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	1:40.1	2:00.8	No time	+4.7
19	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:43.5	2:05.7	1:42.4	+7.0
20	16	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:43.3	2:05.5	1:42.7	+7.3
21	44	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:45.9	2:07.4	1:44.4	+9.0
22	42	Nino Vaccarella	Lotus-Climax	No time	2:01.8	No time	+26.4
Source:[3]

  Drivers that had to qualify on speed: only the six fastest would race.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	100	2:46:29.7	3	9
2	36	Phil Hill	Ferrari	100	+ 1.3	9	6
3	38	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	100	+ 1:24.1	10	4
4	28	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	99	+ 1 Lap	11	3
5	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	93	+ 7 Laps	18	2
6	10	Graham Hill	BRM	92	Engine	2	1
7	40	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	90	Oil Pressure	4
8	22	Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax	77	Accident	6
Ret	34	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	64	Fuel Pump	8
Ret	18	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	55	Clutch	1
Ret	26	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	44	Suspension	12
Ret	16	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	43	Gearbox	19
Ret	20	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	24	Oil Leak	17
Ret	4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	0	Accident	5
Ret	30	Maurice Trintignant	Lotus-Climax	0	Accident	7
Ret	8	Richie Ginther	BRM	0	Accident	14
DNQ	46	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	24	Jackie Lewis	BRM
DNQ	32	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM
DNQ	44	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche
DNQ	42	Nino Vaccarella	Lotus-Climax
DNS	38	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari		Practice only
WD	6	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo		Car not ready
WD	12	Tony Marsh	BRM		Left the team
Source:[4]

Notes

• This was the first of many pole positions for Jim Clark in a Formula One World Championship race.
• Future Formula One World Championship Grand Prix winner Jo Siffert made his debut in this race.
• This was the third win of a Monaco Grand Prix for Cooper; thereby breaking the old record of two wins set by Maserati at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix.
• It was also a fifth win of a Monaco Grand Prix for a Coventry Climax-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Graham Hill 10 1 2 Phil Hill 10 8 3 Bruce McLaren 9 2 4 Trevor Taylor 6 16 5 Lorenzo Bandini 4 Source: [5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 3 1 Cooper-Climax 11 1 2 BRM 10 3 Ferrari 10 2 4 Lotus-Climax 6 2 5 Lola-Climax 3 Source: [5]

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.