Season 1962 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1962-07-21 · Aintree · UK · British Grand Prix · 75Lap · 362.100km
1 Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax 2:26:20.800
Team win 11pt P1 · P5 · P7 · P8 · P15 · P16 · P21 · P23
6 John Surtees
Lola +49.200
8 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax +1:44.800
Fastest Lap
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DNF
5
Phil Hill L47 Roy Salvadori L35 Jo Bonnier L27 Wolfgang Seidel L11 Tony Shelly L6
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark active 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Closest finish · all-time P11
Circuit Info
Aintree Liverpool, UK
75Lap 362.100km 5 races held (1955–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Jim Clark 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P5 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Jo Siffert 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Clark · P1 → P1 1 Clark CLA 1 Clark CLA Surtees · P2 → P2 2 Surtees SUR 2 Surtees SUR McLaren · P4 → P3 · +1 4 McLaren MCL 3 McLaren MCL Hill · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Hill HIL 4 Hill HIL Brabham · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Brabham BRA 5 Brabham BRA Maggs · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Maggs MAG 6 Maggs MAG Gregory · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Gregory GRE 7 Gregory GRE Taylor · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Taylor TAY 8 Taylor TAY Gurney · P6 → P9 · -3 6 Gurney GUR 9 Gurney GUR Lewis · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Lewis LEW 10 Lewis LEW Settember · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Settember SET 11 Settember SET Burgess · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Burgess BUR 12 Burgess BUR Ginther · P8 → P13 · -5 8 Ginther GIN 13 Ginther GIN de Beaufort · P17 → P14 · +3 17 de Beaufort DE 14 de Beaufort DE Chamberlain · P20 → P15 · +5 20 Chamberlain CHA 15 Chamberlain CHA Ireland · P3 → P16 · -13 3 Ireland IRE 16 Ireland IRE Hill · P12 → retired L47 Hill · retired L47 12 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Salvadori · P11 → retired L35 Salvadori · retired L35 11 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Bonnier · P7 → retired L27 Bonnier · retired L27 7 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Seidel · P21 → retired L11 Seidel · retired L11 21 Seidel SEI R Seidel SEI Shelly · P18 → retired L6 Shelly · retired L6 18 Shelly SHE R Shelly SHE Trintignant · pit lane → P23 · +4 — Trintignant TRI 23 Trintignant TRI Campbell-Jones · pit lane → P24 · +4 — Campbell-Jones CAM 24 Campbell-Jones CAM Greene · pit lane → P25 · +4 — Greene GRE 25 Greene GRE Siffert · pit lane → P26 · +4 — Siffert SIF 26 Siffert SIF
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 75 2:26:20.800 9
2 6 John Surtees Lola 2 75 +49.200 6
3 8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 4 75 +1:44.800 4
4 3 Graham Hill BRM 5 75 +1:56.800 3
5 10 Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 9 74 +1 Lap 2
6 9 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 13 74 +1 Lap 1
7 16 Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 14 74 +1 Lap
8 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 10 74 +1 Lap
9 10 Dan Gurney Porsche 6 73 +2 Laps
10 20 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 15 72 +3 Laps
11 17 Tony Settember Emeryson 19 71 +4 Laps
12 25 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 16 71 +4 Laps
13 4 Richie Ginther BRM 8 70 +5 Laps
14 15 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 17 69 +6 Laps
15 46 Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax 20 64 +11 Laps
16 11 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3 61 +14 Laps
R 10 Phil Hill Ferrari 12 47 Engine
R 7 Roy Salvadori Lola 11 35 Battery
R 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 7 27 Differential
R 44 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-BRM 21 11 Brakes
R 48 Tony Shelly Lotus-Climax 18 6 Engine
W 6 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 38 John Campbell-Jones Emeryson 0 0 Withdrew
W 27 Keith Greene Gilby 0 0 Withdrew
W 19 Jo Siffert Lotus-BRM 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
6 John Surtees
3
11 Innes Ireland
4
8 Bruce McLaren
5
3 Graham Hill
6
10 Dan Gurney
7
11 Jo Bonnier
8
4 Richie Ginther
9
10 Jack Brabham
10
2 Trevor Taylor
11
7 Roy Salvadori
12
10 Phil Hill
13
9 Tony Maggs
14
16 Masten Gregory
15
20 Jackie Lewis
16
25 Ian Burgess
17
15 Carel Godin de Beaufort
18
48 Tony Shelly
19
17 Tony Settember
20
46 Jay Chamberlain
21
44 Wolfgang Seidel
PIT
6 Maurice Trintignant pit lane start
PIT
38 John Campbell-Jones pit lane start
PIT
27 Keith Greene pit lane start
PIT
19 Jo Siffert 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