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1962 Brussels Grand Prix

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1962 Brussels Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date 1 April 1962
Official name IV Grand Prix de Bruxelles
Location Heysel Park, Belgium
Course Street Circuit
Course length 4.553 km (2.829 miles)
Distance 22 (x3) laps, 300.454 km (186.693 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 2:03.1
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 2:02.0
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Porsche
Third Lotus-Climax

The 1962 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 1 April 1962 at Heysel Park, Belgium. The race was run in three heats of 22 laps each and the results were aggregated. The race was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a Ferrari 156. The course was somewhat altered over previous years, as part of the area that had held spectators was now in commercial use. This was the debut for BRM's new V8 engine, as well as the first race for the upgraded Coventry-Climax V8 used in Jim Clark's Lotus.[1]

Qualifying

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Pos. Number Driver Constructor Car Lap Gap
1 6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Lotus 24 2:03.1
2 1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:03.3 +0.2
3 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM BRM P578 2:03.9 +0.6
4 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari Ferrari 156 2:04.7 +0.8
5 14 United Kingdom Tony Marsh BRM BRM P57 2:06.0 +1.3
6 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche Porsche 718 2:06.2 +0.2
7 2 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:07.7 +1.5
8 5 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax Cooper T56 2:09.2 +1.5
9 3 United States Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:09.6 +0.4
10 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Lola-Climax Lola Mk4 2:09.8 +0.2
11 21 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby-Climax Gilby 2:10.9 +1.1
12 7 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax Lotus 21 2:12.0 +1.1
13 8 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:13.0 +1.0
14 19 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 22 2:13.3 +0.3
15 20 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 2:13.7 +0.4
16 18 Switzerland Heinz Schiller Porsche Porsche 718 2:17.5 +3.8
17 17 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Porsche Porsche 718 2:19.5 +2.0
18 9 Belgium André Pilette Emeryson-Climax Emeryson 2:25.5 +6.0
19 11 Belgium Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati ENB 2:32.5 +7.0
DNQ 15 Italy Nino Vaccarella1 Lotus-Climax Lotus 18/21 2:21.2
DNQ 22 France Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Cooper T53 no time2
DNA 8 United Kingdom Peter Arundell3 Emeryson-Climax Emeryson

1Vaccarella was 'bumped' to make way for the invited home-country drivers Pilette and Bianchi
2car burnt out in practice accident
3entry taken by Campbell-Jones

Results

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Conventional Aggregate

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Heat 1 / 2 / 3
1 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 66 2:18'37.1 3rd / 1st / 1st
2 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 66 +1'50.2 6th / 2nd / 2nd
3 2 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 66 +2'40.6 7th / 3rd / 3rd
4 21 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 65 +1 Lap 9th / 5th / 5th
5 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 62 +3 Laps 13th / 7th / 6th
6 18 Switzerland Heinz Schiller Porsche 62 +3 Laps 12th / 8th / 7th

Official Aggregate

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Heat 1 / 2 / 3
1 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 66 3+1+1=5
2 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 66 6+2+2=10
3 2 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 66 7+3+3=13
4 21 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby-Climax 65 9+5+5=19
5 8 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones Emeryson-Climax 55 8+4+10=22
6 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 62 13+7+6=26
7 20 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 60 11+6+9=26
8 18 Switzerland Heinz Schiller Porsche 62 12+8+8=28
9 17 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 62 14+9+7=30
10 7 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 50 15+12+4=31
NC 5 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 34 10th/Ret, 14 laps, engine
NC 1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 33 2nd/Ret, 11 laps, valve gear
NC 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Lola-Climax 25 5th/Ret, 3 laps, engine
NC 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 24 1st/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC 14 United Kingdom Tony Marsh BRM 24 4th/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC 3 United States Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 18 Ret, 18 laps,front wishbone
NC 11 Belgium Lucien Bianchi ENB-Maserati 15 Ret, 15 laps, engine
NC 9 Belgium André Pilette Emeryson-Climax 8 Ret, 8 laps, engine
NC 6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 Ret, 1 lap, valve

References

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  1. ^ Björklund, Bengt, ed. (March 1962). "Hemmatriumf - Willy Mairesse" [Domestic Triumph: Willy Mairesse]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 3. Lerum, Sweden. p. 5.


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