1962 Rand Grand Prix

5th Rand Grand Prix
Kyalami Circuit layout for 1962
Race details
Date	December 15, 1962
Official Name	5th Rand Grand Prix
Location	Kyalami Circuit Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.104km (2.551mi)
Distance	50 laps, 205.2km (127.533 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time	1:35.0
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time	1:35.3
Podium
First	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Second	Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax
Third	John Surtees Lola-Climax
Lap Leaders
No data available

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

Qualifying

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

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