The 7th Aintree 200 was a Formula One motor race held on 28 April 1962 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 24-Climax. Clark also set pole position and fastest lap. Bruce McLaren in a Cooper-Climax was second and Ferrari driver Phil Hill was third.

1962 Aintree 200
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date 28 April 1962
Official name VII Aintree 200
Location Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.828 km (3 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 241.4 km (150 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:53.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:54.0
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Ferrari

Results

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Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1   Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1.37.08.2 1
2   Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 30.2 s 6
3   Phil Hill SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari + 34.2 s 8
4   Giancarlo Baghetti SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari + 35.0 s 9
5   Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 49 laps 20
6   John Campbell-Jones Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax 48 laps 11
7   Tony Shelly John Dalton Lotus-Climax 48 laps 13
8   Tony Settember Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax 48 laps 19
9   Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 46 laps 16
10   Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax 40 laps 12
11   David Piper Speed Sport Lotus-Climax 38 laps 17
12   Günther Seiffert Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 37 laps 22
13   Ian Burgess Anglo-American Equipe Cooper Special-Climax 24 laps 21
Ret   Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM Piston 2
Ret   John Surtees Bowmaker Racing Team Lola-Climax Valve gear 3
Ret   Masten Gregory UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Valve 7
Ret   Innes Ireland UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Valve 5
Ret   Richie Ginther Owen Racing Organisation BRM Gearbox 4
Ret   Wolfgang Seidel Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Porsche Differential 14
Ret   Roy Salvadori Bowmaker Racing Team Lola-Climax Throttle linkage 15
Ret   Tony Marsh Owen Racing Organisation BRM Oil leak 10
Ret   Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Lotus-Climax Gearbox 23
DSQ   Jay Chamberlain Jay Chamberlain Lotus-Climax Push-start 18
WD   Stirling Moss UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Driver injured -
WD   Jack Lewis Ecurie Galloise BRM Car not ready -
WD   Ross Greenville Ross Greenville Cooper-Climax -

References

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  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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