1962 Mexican Grand Prix

The 1962 Mexican Grand Prix was a non-championship race, held as the 'dress rehearsal' for a full championship event in 1963. The race was held on November 4, and was won by Jim Clark and Trevor Taylor sharing the drive in a factory Lotus. Second place went to Jack Brabham in one of his own cars; this was the first ever podium for a Brabham car. And third place went to Innes Ireland in a UDT Leystall privateer Lotus.

The weekend was marred by the death of local favorite Ricardo Rodríguez in practice. He had been entered in a Rob Walker Lotus, and the right rear suspension broke in the banked high-speed Peraltada corner, pitching him head-on into the barrier. He died instantly of a basal skull fracture.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entreat	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Ricardo Rodríguez	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
2	Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Seidel	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
4	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/6 F4 1.5	D
5	Alan Connell	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
9	Moisés Solana	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T58	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
10	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	804	Porsche	753 F8 1.5	D
11	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	804	Porsche	753 F8 1.5	D
14	Roger Penske	Dupont Team Zerex	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
15	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
16	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	24	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
17	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham	BT3	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
18	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lola	Mk4	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
19	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
21	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T60	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
24	Homer Rader	Jim Hall	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
25	Jim Hall	Privateer	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
29	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
52	Jay Chamberlain	Ecurie Excelsior	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
60	Walt Hansgen	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
77	Rob Schroeder	John Mecom	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2:00.1	—
2	15	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	2:01.1	+1.0s
3	29	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	2:02.0	+1.9s
4	19	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	2:02.1	+2.0s
5	21	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:02.1	+2.0s
6	14	Roger Penske	Lotus-Climax	2:03.0	+2.9s
7	17	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	2:03.0	+2.9s
8*	1	Ricardo Rodríguez	Lotus-Climax	2:04.0	+3.9s
9	18	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	2:04.1	+4.0s
10	16	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	2:06.1	+6.0s
11	25	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax	2:06.1	+6.0s
12	77	Rob Schroeder	Lotus-Climax	2:07.0	+6.9s
13	4	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:07.1	+7.0s
14	60	Walt Hansgen	Lotus-Climax	2:12.0	+11.9s
15	24	Homer Rader	Lotus-Climax	2:12.1	+12.0s
16	5	Alan Connell	Cooper-Climax	2:16.1	+16.0s
17	52	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	2:21.1	+21.0s
18	2	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	2:23.1	+23.0s
DNQ	9	Moisés Solana	Cooper-BRM	Too slow
DNA	10	Dan Gurney	Porsche	Did not arrive
DNA	11	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	Did not arrive

*Ricardo would not take the start when he was killed in the Thursday practice session.

Grid[]

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Jim Clark
	Innes Ireland	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Trevor Taylor
	John Surtees	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Bruce McLaren
	Roger Penske	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Jack Brabham
	Roy Salvadori	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Masten Gregory
	Jim Hall	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Rob Schroeder
	Carel Godin de Beaufort	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Walt Hansgen
	Homer Rader	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Alan Connell
	Jay Chamberlain	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Wolfgang Seidel
		______________

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	29	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	12	2:03:50.9	3
1	29	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	48	2:03:50.9	3
2	17	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax	60	+ 1:01.9	7
3	15	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	59	+ 1 lap	2
4	25	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax	59	+ 1 lap	10
5	16	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM	59	+ 1 lap	9
6	77	Rob Schroeder	Lotus-Climax	57	+ 3 laps	11
7	4	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	57	+ 3 laps	12
8	24	Homer Rader	Lotus-Climax	57	+ 3 laps	14
9	52	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	53	+ 7 laps	16
Ret	60	Walt Hansgen	Lotus-Climax	45	Ignition	13
Ret	14	Roger Penske	Lotus-Climax	39	Gearbox	6
Ret	21	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	36	Engine	5
DSQ	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	10	Push start	1
Ret	18	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax	9	Accident	8
Ret	5	Alan Connell	Cooper-Climax	4	Suspension	15
Ret	2	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-BRM	2	Engine	17
Ret	19	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	0	Ignition	4
DNS	1	Ricardo Rodríguez	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	9	Moisés Solana	Cooper-BRM
DNA	10	Dan Gurney	Porsche
DNA	11	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

Milestones[]

Final Formula One race to be won with a shared drive.

References[]

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V T E	Mexican Grand Prix / Mexico City Grand Prix
Circuits	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (1963-1970, 1986-1992, 2015-present)
Races (Mexican GP)	1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971–1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993–2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
Races (Mexico City GP)	~~2020~~ • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
Non-Championship Races	1962

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