Season 1962 · Round 9

South African Grand Prix

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1962-12-29 · Prince George Circuit · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 82Lap · 321.415km
3 Graham Hill
BRM 2:08:03.300
8 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax +49.800
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 · P8 2-3
9 Tony Maggs
Cooper-Climax +50.300
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
6
Jim Clark L62 Doug Serrurier L62 Roy Salvadori L56 Mike Harris L31 John Surtees L26 Trevor Taylor L11
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Circuit Info
Prince George Circuit Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
82Lap 321.415km 3 races held (1962–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Jim Clark 3 wins · GP #1
P6 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P3 Jack Brabham 2 · → Jackie Stewart -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P4 Jim Clark 3 · → Alain Prost -1
P10 John Surtees 2 · → Jody Scheckter -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P6 John Love 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P12 John Surtees 8 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Hill · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Hill HIL 1 Hill HIL McLaren · P8 → P2 · +6 8 McLaren MCL 2 McLaren MCL Maggs · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Maggs MAG 3 Maggs MAG Brabham · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Ireland · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Ireland IRE 5 Ireland IRE Lederle · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Lederle LED 6 Lederle LED Ginther · P7 → P7 7 Ginther GIN 7 Ginther GIN Love · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Love LOV 8 Love LOV Johnstone · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Johnstone JOH 9 Johnstone JOH Pieterse · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Pieterse PIE 10 Pieterse PIE de Beaufort · P16 → P11 · +5 16 de Beaufort DE 11 de Beaufort DE Clark · P1 → retired L62 Clark · retired L62 1 Clark CLA R Clark CLA Serrurier · P14 → retired L62 Serrurier · retired L62 14 Serrurier SER R Serrurier SER Salvadori · P11 → retired L56 Salvadori · retired L56 11 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Harris · P15 → retired L31 Harris · retired L31 15 Harris HAR R Harris HAR Surtees · P5 → retired L26 Surtees · retired L26 5 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Taylor · P9 → retired L11 Taylor · retired L11 9 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Hocking · pit lane → P18 · +4 — Hocking HOC 18 Hocking HOC van der Vyver · pit lane → P19 · +4 — van der Vyver VAN 19 van der Vyver VAN Settember · pit lane → P20 · +4 — Settember SET 20 Settember SET Tingle · pit lane → P21 · +4 — Tingle TIN 21 Tingle TIN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Graham Hill BRM 2 82 2:08:03.300 9
2 8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 82 +49.800 6
3 9 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 6 82 +50.300 4
4 10 Jack Brabham Brabham 3 82 +53.800 3
5 11 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 4 81 +1 Lap 2
6 20 Neville Lederle Lotus-Climax 10 78 +4 Laps 1
7 4 Richie Ginther BRM 7 78 +4 Laps
8 18 John Love Cooper-Climax 12 78 +4 Laps
9 5 Bruce Johnstone BRM 17 76 +6 Laps
10 14 Ernie Pieterse Lotus-Climax 13 71 +11 Laps
11 15 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 16 70 Fuel system
R 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 62 Oil leak
R 21 Doug Serrurier LDS 14 62 Radiator
R 7 Roy Salvadori Lola 11 56 Fuel leak
R 22 Mike Harris Cooper-Alfa Romeo 15 31 Wheel bearing
R 6 John Surtees Lola 5 26 Engine
R 2 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 9 11 Gearbox
W 12 Gary Hocking Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 16 Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 17 Tony Settember Emeryson 0 0 Withdrew
W 19 Sam Tingle Lotus-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
10 Jack Brabham
4
11 Innes Ireland
5
6 John Surtees
6
9 Tony Maggs
7
4 Richie Ginther
8
8 Bruce McLaren
9
2 Trevor Taylor
10
20 Neville Lederle
11
7 Roy Salvadori
12
18 John Love
13
14 Ernie Pieterse
14
21 Doug Serrurier
15
22 Mike Harris
16
15 Carel Godin de Beaufort
17
5 Bruce Johnstone
PIT
12 Gary Hocking pit lane start
PIT
16 Syd van der Vyver pit lane start
PIT
17 Tony Settember pit lane start
PIT
19 Sam Tingle 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