1962 Rand Grand Prix

Background[]

Entry List[]

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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
3	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P57	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
4	Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P57	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
5	Innes Ireland	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
6	Gary Hocking	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
7	Ernie Pieterse	Privateer	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lola	Mk4	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
9	Neville Lederle	Privateer	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
10	Sam Tingle	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
11	Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
12	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Romeo	Special	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
14	Syd van der Vyver	Privateer	Lotus	24	Climax	FWMV V8 1.5	D
15	Tony Maggs	John Love	Cooper	T55	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Mike Harris	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
17	Bernard Podmore	Grosvenor Motors	Lotus	20	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
18	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS	Mk1	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
19	Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper	T59	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
20	Ray Cresp	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper	T59	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
21	Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus	22	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
22	Neville Austin	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
24	Adrian Pheiffer	Privateer	Cooper	T52	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
25	Gene Bosman	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
26	Bruce Johnstone	Privateer	BRM	P48/57	BRM	P56 V8 1.5	D
27	Bill Dunlop	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
28	Tony Kotze	Bond Cars	Assegai	F1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
30	Vern McWilliams	Privateer	Lotus	18	Borgward	1500 RS L4 1.5	D
31	Peter van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus	22	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
32	Brausch Niemann	Privateer	Lotus	Seven	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
33	Errol Hammon	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
34	Lionel Wilmot	Privateer	Lotus	20	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
35	Clive Trundell	Privateer	Cooper	T51	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
36	Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus	20	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
37	Dave Riley	Privateer	Cooper	T59	BMC	L4 1.5	D
38	Eric Glasby	Privateer	Cooper	T44	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
39	Jack Holme	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
40	Rauten Hartmann	Privateer	Netuar	Mk1	Peugeot	L6 1.5	D
41	Gary Hocking	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:35.0	—
2	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:35.2	+0.2s
3	3	Graham Hill	BRM	1:35.4	+0.4s
4	8	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	1:36.3	+1.3s
5	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	1:36.4	+1.4s
6	5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:36.9	+1.9s
7	14	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	1:38.1	+3.1s
8	9	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	1:38.8	+3.8s
9	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:39.1	+4.1s
10	15	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:39.2	+4.2s
11	6	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax	1:39.3	+4.3s
12	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	1:40.0	+5.0s
13	12	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	1:40.6	+5.6s
14	21	Bob van Niekerk	Lotus-Climax	1:41.6	+6.6s
15	18	Fanie Viljoen	LDS-Climax	1:42.1	+7.1s
16	24	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:42.8	+7.8s
17	17	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	1:42.9	+7.9s
18	25	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:43.3	+8.3s
19	10	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:43.9	+8.9s
20	16	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:44.3	+9.3s
21	32	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	1:44.5	+9.5s
DNQ	19	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	27	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	28	Tony Kotze	Assegai-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	30	Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward
DNQ	31	Peter van Niekerk	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	33	Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford
DNQ	34	Lionel Wilmot	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	35	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati
DNQ	36	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	37	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC
DNQ	38	Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	39	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	40	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot
WD	20	Ray Cresp	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Withdrawn
WD	22	Neville Austin	Cooper-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	26	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	Withdrawn
WD	41	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax	Drove #6

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
Jim Clark		2		______________
		Trevor Taylor		3
				Graham Hill
	______________
	4		______________
	John Surtees		5
			Richie Ginther
______________
6		______________
Innes Ireland		7		______________
		Syd van der Vyver		8
				Neville Lederle
	______________
	9		______________
	Doug Serrurier		10
			Tony Maggs
______________
11		______________
Gary Hocking		12		______________
		Ernie Pieterse		13
				Peter de Klerk
	______________
	14		______________
	Bob van Niekerk		15
			Fanie Viljoen
______________
16		______________
Adrian Pheiffer		17		______________
		Bernard Podmore		18
				Gene Bosman
	______________
	19		______________
	Sam Tingle		20
			Mike Harris
______________
21		______________
Brausch Niemann		22		______________
				23

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	50	1:20:47.42	1
2	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	50	+0.05s	2
3	8	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	50	+50.18s	4
4	6	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax	49	+1 lap	11
5	9	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	49	+1 lap	8
6	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	48	+2 laps	9
7	12	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Romeo	47	+3 laps	13
8	10	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	47	+3 laps	19
9	18	Fanie Viljoen	LDS-Climax	46	+4 laps	15
10	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	46	+4 laps	12
11	32	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	46	+4 laps	21
12	17	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	45	+5 laps	17
13	25	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	43	+7 laps	18
14	21	Bob van Niekerk	Lotus-Climax	40	+10 laps	14
Ret	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	36	Gearbox	5
Ret	15	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	34	Gear selectors	10
Ret	14	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	33	Clutch	7
Ret	5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	26	Suspension	6
Ret	3	Graham Hill	BRM	15	Gearbox	3
Ret	16	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	13	Puncture	20
Ret	24	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	7	Gearbox	16
DNQ	19	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	27	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	28	Tony Kotze	Assegai-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	30	Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward
DNQ	31	Peter van Niekerk	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	33	Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford
DNQ	34	Lionel Wilmot	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	35	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati
DNQ	36	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford
DNQ	37	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC
DNQ	38	Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
DNQ	39	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	40	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot
WD	20	Ray Cresp	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
WD	22	Neville Austin	Cooper-Climax
WD	26	Bruce Johnstone	BRM
WD	41	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax

Milestones[]

Rand Grand Prix
Circuits	Kyalami
Races	1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965