1962 Brussels Grand Prix

1962 Brussels Grand Prix
1962 Brussels Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date	1 April 1962
Official name	IV Grand Prix de Bruxelles
Location	Heysel Park, Belgium
Course	Street Circuit
Course length	4.553 km (2.829 miles)
Distance	22 (x3) laps, 300.454 km (186.693 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark;
Time	2:03.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss
Time	2:02.0
Podium
First	Willy Mairesse;
Second	Jo Bonnier;
Third	Innes Ireland;

The 1962 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 1 April 1962 at Heysel Park, Belgium. The race was run in three heats of 22 laps each and the results were aggregated. The race was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a Ferrari 156. The course was somewhat altered over previous years, as part of the area that had held spectators was now in commercial use. This was the debut for BRM's new V8 engine, as well as the first race for the upgraded Coventry-Climax V8 used in Jim Clark's Lotus.^[1]

Qualifying

Pos.	Number	Driver	Constructor	Car	Lap	Gap
1	6	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 24	2:03.1
2	1	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 18/21	2:03.3	0.2
3	12	Graham Hill	BRM	BRM P578	2:03.9	0.6
4	10	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	Ferrari 156	2:04.7	0.8
5	14	Tony Marsh	BRM	BRM P57	2:06.0	1.3
6	16	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	Porsche 718	2:06.2	0.2
7	2	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 18/21	2:07.7	1.5
8	5	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T56	2:09.2	1.5
9	3	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 18/21	2:09.6	0.4
10	4	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	Lola Mk4	2:09.8	0.2
11	21	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	Gilby	2:10.9	1.1
12	7	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 21	2:12.0	1.1
13	8	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson-Climax	Emeryson	2:13.0	1.0
14	19	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Cosworth	Lotus 22	2:13.3	0.3
15	20	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T53	2:13.7	0.4
16	18	Heinz Schiller	Porsche	Porsche 718	2:17.5	3.8
17	17	Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche	Porsche 718	2:19.5	2.0
18	9	André Pilette	Emeryson-Climax	Emeryson	2:25.5	6.0
19	11	Lucien Bianchi	ENB-Maserati	ENB	2:32.5	7.0
DNQ	15	Nino Vaccarella¹	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 18/21	2:21.2
DNQ	22	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T53	no time²
DNA	8	Peter Arundell³	Emeryson-Climax	Emeryson

¹Vaccarella was 'bumped' to make way for the invited home-country drivers Pilette and Bianchi
²car burnt out in practice accident
³entry taken by Campbell-Jones

Results

Conventional Aggregate

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Heat 1 / 2 / 3
1	10	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	66	2:18'37.1	3rd / 1st / 1st
2	16	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	66	1'50.2	6th / 2nd / 2nd
3	2	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	66	2'40.6	7th / 3rd / 3rd
4	21	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	65	1 Lap	9th / 5th / 5th
5	14	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Cosworth	62	3 Laps	13th / 7th / 6th
6	18	Heinz Schiller	Porsche	62	3 Laps	12th / 8th / 7th

Official Aggregate

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Heat 1 / 2 / 3
1	10	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	66	3 1 1=5
2	16	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	66	6 2 2=10
3	2	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	66	7 3 3=13
4	21	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	65	9 5 5=19
5	8	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson-Climax	55	8 4 10=22
6	14	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Cosworth	62	13 7 6=26
7	20	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	60	11 6 9=26
8	18	Heinz Schiller	Porsche	62	12 8 8=28
9	17	Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche	62	14 9 7=30
10	7	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	50	15 12 4=31
NC	5	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	34	10th/Ret, 14 laps, engine
NC	1	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	33	2nd/Ret, 11 laps, valve gear
NC	4	John Surtees	Lola-Climax	25	5th/Ret, 3 laps, engine
NC	12	Graham Hill	BRM	24	1st/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC	14	Tony Marsh	BRM	24	4th/DSQ - push start, 2 laps
NC	3	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	18	Ret, 18 laps,front wishbone
NC	11	Lucien Bianchi	ENB-Maserati	15	Ret, 15 laps, engine
NC	9	André Pilette	Emeryson-Climax	8	Ret, 8 laps, engine
NC	6	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	Ret, 1 lap, valve

References

^ Björklund, Bengt, ed. (March 1962). "Hemmatriumf - Willy Mairesse" [Domestic Triumph: Willy Mairesse]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 3. Lerum, Sweden. p. 5.

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[IMS362-1] Björklund, Bengt, ed. (March 1962). "Hemmatriumf - Willy Mairesse" [Domestic Triumph: Willy Mairesse]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 3. Lerum, Sweden. p. 5.

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