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1962 Solitude GP
1962 ACF GP
1961 British GP
1962 British GP
1962 German GP
1963 British GP
XV
RAC British Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Saturday 21 July 1962
Start time
14:00
Event
British GP
Circuit
Aintree
Event Format
Race of 75 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#5 of
9
in 1962
#107 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
75
Circuit Perimeter
4828 m
Race Distance
4828 × 75 = 362.100 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
21
Qualifiers
21
Finishers
16
Debutants
Jay Chamberlain
(
Driver
),
Tony Settember
(
Driver
),
Aiden-Cooper
(
Car Manufacturer
),
Aiden-Cooper T59 Special
(
Car Model
),
Anglo-American Equipe
(
Entrant
),
Ecurie Excelsior
(
Entrant
),
John Dalton
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 2
– 100th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
BRM
– 100th Race Entry (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Porsche
– 50th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Bruce McLaren
(
20
),
2.
Most 14th Place Finishes
–
Carel Godin de Beaufort
(
4
),
3.
Most Consecutive 8th Place Finishes
–
Lotus
(
4
),
4.
Highest 12th Place Finish Ratio
–
Aiden-Cooper
(
100.00%
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
71
),
2.
Most 15th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
24
),
3.
Most 17th Place Qualifications
–
Carel Godin de Beaufort
(
6
)
World Championship standings
1
Graham Hill
19
2
Jim Clark
18
3
Bruce McLaren
16
4
Phil Hill
14
5
John Surtees
13
6
Dan Gurney
9
7
Tony Maggs
9
8
Trevor Taylor
6
9
Richie Ginther
4
Lorenzo Bandini
4
11
Giancarlo Baghetti
3
Ricardo Rodriguez
3
13
Jack Brabham
3
14
Jo Bonnier
2
15
Carel Godin de Beaufort
2
1
Lotus
/
Climax
24
2
BRM
/
BRM
23
3
Cooper
/
Climax
21
4
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
14
5
Lola
/
Climax
13
6
Porsche
/
Porsche
12
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 20
Car 20
Car 20
Entrant
Team Lotus
Team Lotus
Team Lotus
Driver
Jim Clark
Jim Clark
Jim Clark
Car
Lotus
25
Lotus
25
Lotus
25
Engine
Climax
1.5 V8
Climax
1.5 V8
Climax
1.5 V8
Time
2:26'20.8
1'53.6
1'55.0
Speed
148.456 km/h
153.000 km/h
151.137 km/h
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