Season 1962 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1962-07-08 · Rouen-Les-Essarts · France · French Grand Prix · 54Lap · 353.268km
10 Dan Gurney
Porsche 2:07:05.500
Team win 10pt P1 · P6 · P10 · P20
9 Tony Maggs
Cooper-Climax
4 Richie Ginther
BRM
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Jo Bonnier L43 Jim Clark L34 Jackie Lewis L28 Roy Salvadori L21 Masten Gregory L15 Jack Brabham L11 Jo Siffert L6 Innes Ireland L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Rouen-Les-Essarts Rouen, France
54Lap 353.268km 5 races held (1952–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P7 Jim Clark 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L54 Gurney · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Gurney GUR 1 Gurney GUR Maggs · P11 → P2 · +9 11 Maggs MAG 2 Maggs MAG Ginther · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Ginther GIN 3 Ginther GIN McLaren · P3 → P4 · -1 3 McLaren MCL 4 McLaren MCL Surtees · P5 → P5 5 Surtees SUR 5 Surtees SUR de Beaufort · P17 → P6 · +11 17 de Beaufort DE 6 de Beaufort DE Trintignant · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Trintignant TRI 7 Trintignant TRI Taylor · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Taylor TAY 8 Taylor TAY Hill · P2 → P9 · -7 2 Hill HIL 9 Hill HIL Bonnier · P9 → retired L43 Bonnier · retired L43 9 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Clark · P1 → retired L34 Clark · retired L34 1 Clark CLA R Clark CLA Lewis · P16 → retired L28 Lewis · retired L28 16 Lewis LEW R Lewis LEW Salvadori · P14 → retired L21 Salvadori · retired L21 14 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Gregory · P7 → retired L15 Gregory · retired L15 7 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Brabham · P4 → retired L11 Brabham · retired L11 4 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Siffert · P15 → retired L6 Siffert · retired L6 15 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Ireland · P8 → retired L1 Ireland · retired L1 8 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Arundell · pit lane → P18 · +5 — Arundell ARU 18 Arundell ARU Marsh · pit lane → P19 · +5 — Marsh MAR 19 Marsh MAR Davis · pit lane → P20 · +5 — Davis DAV 20 Davis DAV Abate · pit lane → P21 · +5 — Abate ABA 21 Abate ABA Burgess · pit lane → P22 · +5 — Burgess BUR 22 Burgess BUR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 10 Dan Gurney Porsche 6 54 2:07:05.500 9
2 9 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 11 53 +1 Lap 6
3 4 Richie Ginther BRM 10 52 +2 Laps 4
4 8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 3 51 +3 Laps 3
5 6 John Surtees Lola 5 51 +3 Laps 2
6 15 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 17 51 +3 Laps 1
7 6 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 13 50 +4 Laps
8 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 12 48 +6 Laps
9 3 Graham Hill BRM 2 44 +10 Laps
R 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 9 43 Fuel system
R 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 34 Suspension
R 20 Jackie Lewis Cooper 16 28 Accident
R 7 Roy Salvadori Lola 14 21 Oil pressure
R 16 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 7 15 Overheating
R 10 Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 4 11 Suspension
R 19 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 15 6 Clutch
R 11 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 8 1 Puncture
W 16 Peter Arundell Team Lotus 0 0 Withdrew
W 33 Tony Marsh BRM 0 0 Withdrew
W Colin Davis Porsche 0 0 Withdrew
W Carlo Abate Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 25 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
3 Graham Hill
3
8 Bruce McLaren
4
10 Jack Brabham
5
6 John Surtees
6
10 Dan Gurney
7
16 Masten Gregory
8
11 Innes Ireland
9
11 Jo Bonnier
10
4 Richie Ginther
11
9 Tony Maggs
12
2 Trevor Taylor
13
6 Maurice Trintignant
14
7 Roy Salvadori
15
19 Jo Siffert
16
20 Jackie Lewis
17
15 Carel Godin de Beaufort
PIT
16 Peter Arundell pit lane start
PIT
33 Tony Marsh pit lane start
PIT
Colin Davis pit lane start
PIT
Carlo Abate pit lane start
PIT
25 Ian Burgess pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15