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1962 Italian GP
1961 United States GP
1962 United States GP
1962 Mexican GP
1962 South African GP
1963 United States GP
V
United States Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 7 October 1962
Start time
14:00
Event
United States GP
Circuit
Watkins Glen
Event Format
Race of 100 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#8 of
9
in 1962
#110 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
100
Circuit Perimeter
3701 m
Race Distance
3701 × 100 = 370.100 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Dry
Participants
Entries
21
Qualifiers
21
Finishers
13
Debutants
Rob Schroeder
(
Driver
),
Tim Mayer
(
Driver
),
Dupont Team Zerex
(
Entrant
),
John Mecom
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 6
– 100th Race Entry (
Car Number
)
Lotus
– 200th Race Entry (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Most 13th Place Finishes in a Season
–
Porsche
(
3
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
74
),
2.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Bruce McLaren
(
23
),
3.
Most Retirements
–
Maurice Trintignant
(
37
),
4.
Most 11th Place Finishes
–
Cooper
(
13
),
5.
Most Consecutive Retirements
–
Lotus
(
14
),
6.
Most Consecutive 13th Place Finishes
–
Porsche
(
3
),
7.
Most Race Entries
–
Maurice Trintignant
(
76
)
World Championship standings
1
Graham Hill
39
2
Jim Clark
30
3
Bruce McLaren
24
4
John Surtees
19
5
Dan Gurney
15
6
Phil Hill
14
7
Richie Ginther
10
8
Tony Maggs
9
9
Trevor Taylor
6
10
Jack Brabham
6
11
Giancarlo Baghetti
5
12
Lorenzo Bandini
4
13
Ricardo Rodriguez
4
14
Willy Mairesse
3
15
Jo Bonnier
3
16
Carel Godin de Beaufort
2
17
Masten Gregory
1
1
BRM
/
BRM
39
2
Lotus
/
Climax
36
3
Cooper
/
Climax
27
4
Lola
/
Climax
19
5
Porsche
/
Porsche
18
6
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
18
7
Brabham
/
Climax
3
8
Lotus
/
BRM
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 8
Car 8
Car 8
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
2:07'13.0
1'15.8
1'15.0
Speed
174.553 km/h
175.773 km/h
177.648 km/h
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