1962 South African Grand Prix
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Results from the 1962 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at East London on December 29, 1962.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Graham Hill	BRM	82	2:08:03.3	2	9
2	8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	82	+ 49.8	8	6
3	9	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	82	+ 50.3	6	4
4	10	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	82	+ 53.8	3	3
5	11	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	81	+ 1 Lap	4	2
6	20	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	78	+ 4 Laps	10	1
7	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	78	+ 4 Laps	7
8	18	John Love	Cooper-Climax	78	+ 4 Laps	12
9	5	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	76	+ 6 Laps	17
10	14	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	71	+ 11 Laps	13
11	15	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	70	Fuel system	16
Ret	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	62	Oil Leak	1
Ret	21	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	62	Radiator	14
Ret	7	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	56	Fuel Leak	11
Ret	22	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	31	Wheel bearing	15
Ret	6	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	26	Engine	5
Ret	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	11	Gearbox	9
WD	12	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax		Driver killed prior to event
WD	16	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax		Car damaged
WD	17	Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax
WD	19	Sam Tingle	Lotus-Climax		Driver competing elsewhere

Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:29.3
• Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:31.0
• Graham Hill (39pts) and Jim Clark (30pts) both had championship hopes coming into this race.
  • Graham Hill needed Clark 2nd or lower
  • Clark needed to win
• BRM won the Constructors' Championship. Lotus-Climax needed to win the race to win the championship.

References

• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.