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48e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.

08 Jul 1962Rouen-Les-Essarts353.268 km (6542 m x 54 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jim Clark, Lotus 25-Climax, 2:14.8 (174.7 km/h) Fastest Lap: Graham Hill, BRM P57, 2:16.9 (172.0 km/h lap 32) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 2:07:35.5 166.1 km/h 2 24 Tony Maggs Cooper T60-Climax -1 Lap 3 10 Richie Ginther BRM P57 -2 Laps 4 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T60-Climax -3 Laps 5 18 John Surtees Lola Mk4-Climax -3 Laps 6 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 -3 Laps 7 28 Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24-Climax -4 Laps 8 14 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax -6 Laps 9 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 -10 Laps 10 32 Jo Bonnier Porsche 804 43 Fuel system Did Not Finish: 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 34 Front suspension 42 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 28 Brakes/Collision with Hill 20 Roy Salvadori Lola Mk4-Climax 21 Oil pressure 34 Masten Gregory Lotus 24-BRM 15 Overheating 26 Jack Brabham Lotus 24-Climax 11 Rear suspension 40 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 6 Clutch 36 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 1 Puncture Did Not Appear: 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 Factory strike 4 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 Factory strike 6 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 156 Factory strike 4 Colin Davis Porsche 718 6 Carlo Abate Lotus 18-Climax 16 Peter Arundell Lotus 24-Climax No car 44 Ian Burgess Cooper T59 Aiden-Climax Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 1-29 38 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 30-32 3 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 33-41 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 42-54 13 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:16.9 172.0 32 2 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 2:18.4 170.2 22 3 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 2:18.6 169.9 37 4 18 John Surtees Lola Mk4-Climax 2:20.1 168.1 7 5 10 Richie Ginther BRM P57 2:21.0 167.0 45 6 34 Masten Gregory Lotus 24-BRM 2:21.7 166.2 9 7 26 Jack Brabham Lotus 24-Climax 2:21.9 166.0 3 8 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T60-Climax 2:21.9 166.0 4 9 32 Jo Bonnier Porsche 804 2:22.5 165.3 15 10 28 Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24-Climax 2:22.7 165.0 34 11 24 Tony Maggs Cooper T60-Climax 2:23.7 163.9 8 12 20 Roy Salvadori Lola Mk4-Climax 2:24.4 163.1 16 13 14 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 2:24.8 162.6 47 14 42 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:28.6 158.5 16 15 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:28.8 158.3 9 16 40 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 2:30.0 157.0 3 17 36 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 3:11.2 123.2 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 2:14.8 174.7 Team Lotus 2 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:15.0 174.5 Owen Racing Organisation 3 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T60-Climax 2:15.4 173.9 Cooper Car Co 4 26 Jack Brabham Lotus 24-Climax 2:16.1 173.0 Brabham Racing Organisation 5 18 John Surtees Lola Mk4-Climax 2:16.3 172.8 Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team 6 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 2:16.5 172.5 Porsche System Engineering 7 34 Masten Gregory Lotus 24-BRM 2:17.3 171.5 UDT Laystall Racing Team 8 36 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 2:17.5 171.3 UDT Laystall Racing Team 9 32 Jo Bonnier Porsche 804 2:17.9 170.8 Porsche System Engineering 10 10 Richie Ginther BRM P57 2:18.2 170.4 Owen Racing Organisation 11 24 Tony Maggs Cooper T60-Climax 2:18.6 169.9 Cooper Car Co 12 14 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 2:19.1 169.3 Team Lotus 13 28 Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24-Climax 2:20.8 167.3 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 14 20 Roy Salvadori Lola Mk4-Climax 2:21.3 166.7 Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team 15 40 Jo Siffert Lotus 21-Climax 2:23.4 164.2 Ecurie Filipinetti 16 42 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:25.5 161.9 Ecurie Galloise 17 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:26.5 160.8 Ecurie Maarsbergen Not Present: 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 - - Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 - - Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 6 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 156 - - Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 Colin Davis Porsche 718 - - Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia 6 Carlo Abate Lotus 18-Climax - - Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia 16 Peter Arundell Lotus 24-Climax - - Team Lotus 44 Ian Burgess Cooper T59 Aiden-Climax - - Anglo-American Equipe Thursday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:15.9 173.3 2 18 John Surtees Lola Mk4-Climax 2:16.3 172.8 3 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 2:16.5 172.5 4 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 2:16.7 172.3 5 26 Jack Brabham Lotus 24-Climax 2:17.5 171.3 6 10 Richie Ginther BRM P57 2:18.2 170.4 7 24 Tony Maggs Cooper T60-Climax 2:18.6 169.9 8 12 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 2:19.1 169.3 9 36T Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 2:19.1 169.3 10 34 Masten Gregory Lotus 24-BRM 2:19.4 168.9 11 32 Jo Bonnier Porsche 804 2:21.1 166.9 12 20 Roy Salvadori Lola Mk4-Climax 2:21.3 166.7 13 14 Trevor Taylor Lotus 25-Climax 2:21.5 166.4 14 28 Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24-Climax 2:23.1 164.6 15 42 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:25.5 161.9 16 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:27.2 160.0 17 40 Jo Siffert Lotus 24-BRM 2:27.9 159.2 18 36 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 2:31.0 156.0 19 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T60-Climax 2:52.0 136.9 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Jim Clark Lotus 25-Climax 2:14.8 174.7 2 8 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:15.0 174.5 3 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T60-Climax 2:15.4 173.9 4 26 Jack Brabham Lotus 24-Climax 2:16.1 173.0 5 18 John Surtees Lola Mk4-Climax 2:16.3 172.8 6 30 Dan Gurney Porsche 804 2:17.1 171.8 7 34 Masten Gregory Lotus 24-BRM 2:17.3 171.5 8 36 Innes Ireland Lotus 24-Climax 2:17.5 171.3 9 32 Jo Bonnier Porsche 804 2:17.9 170.8 10 10 Richie Ginther BRM P57 2:19.9 168.3 11 28 Maurice Trintignant Lotus 24-Climax 2:20.8 167.3 12 T Jo Siffert Lotus 21-Climax 2:23.4 164.2 13 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:26.5 160.8 14 42 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:26.5 160.8
Starting Grid: 22 Bruce McLaren 8 Graham Hill 12 Jim Clark Cooper T60-Climax BRM P57 Lotus 25-Climax 2:15.4 2:15.0 2:14.8 18 John Surtees 26 Jack Brabham Lola Mk4-Climax Lotus 24-Climax 2:16.3 2:16.1 36 Innes Ireland 34 Masten Gregory 30 Dan Gurney Lotus 24-Climax Lotus 24-BRM Porsche 804 2:17.5 2:17.3 2:16.5 10 Richie Ginther 32 Jo Bonnier BRM P57 Porsche 804 2:18.2 2:17.9 28 Maurice Trintignant 14 Trevor Taylor 24 Tony Maggs Lotus 24-Climax Lotus 25-Climax Cooper T60-Climax 2:20.8 2:19.1 2:18.6 40 Jo Siffert 20 Roy Salvadori Lotus 24-BRM Lola Mk4-Climax 2:23.4 2:21.3 38 Carel Godin de Beaufort 42 Jackie Lewis Porsche 718 Cooper T53-Climax 2:26.5 2:25.5
Notes: 1) Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
Race Review:

The French GP returned to Rouen for the first time since 1957. The weekend before the event most of the F1 regulars took part in a non-championship Reims Grand Prix, which was won by Bruce McLaren in his Cooper. At Rouen the field was rejoined by Porsche which had missed the Belgian GP because of a strike, but Ferrari failed to appear because of industrial action in Italy.

Qualifying resulted in Jim Clark setting the fastest time for Team Lotus with Graham Hill's BRM and McLaren's Cooper alongside on the front row. On the second row Jack Brabham's private Lotus was beside John Surtees's Reg Parnell Lola while the third row featured Dan Gurney's Porsche and the two British Racing Partnership Lotuses: Masten Gregory's BRM-engined car being slightly faster than Innes Ireland's Climax-engined one.

Hill took the lead with Surtees, Clark, McLaren and Brabham chasing him. McLaren dropped out after 10 laps when he spun because of a gear-selection problem and crashed. Brabham retired at the same moment when his suspension failed but McLaren did manage to get going again and spent a long time in the pits having the car repaired. On lap 13 Surtees pitted because of fuel feed problems and he dropped down to eighth place, leaving Hill to be chased by Clark, Gurney, Gregory and Jo Bonnier (Porsche). Gregory and Bonnier soon dropped out of the running with mechanical troubles.

On lap 30 Hill was hit by backmarker Jack Lewis when the privateer Cooper driver suffered brake failure. Clark took the lead but he was in trouble with his suspension and stopped three laps later. This put Hill back in the lead but in the closing laps his BRM began to misfire and he dropped quickly back, leaving Gurney to take the lead. He duly won his first and Porsche's first World Championship victory. Tony Maggs survived to get second in his Cooper while third place went to Richie Ginther's BRM, who drove the final laps controlling the throttle by hand after the cable came loose from the pedal. Surtees struggled across the line with gearbox trouble and then slowed dramatically, Maurice Trintignant was caught by surprise by this and had to swerve his Rob Walker Lotus to avoid hitting the Lola. In doing so, the Frenchman moved into the path of Trevor Taylor's Lotus and there was a nasty accident - although both drivers escaped without injury.