The 22nd Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run for Formula One cars, held on 23 April 1962 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Lotus 18/21, run by the Rob Walker Racing Team.[1]

1962 Pau Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date 23 April 1962
Official name XXII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau Circuit, Pau
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 2.758 km (1.714 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 275.842 km (171.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:30.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:33.4
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Ferrari
Third BRM

Results

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Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1   Maurice Trintignant Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 2.39:35.5 5
2   Ricardo Rodríguez SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 156 + 33.6 s 2
3   Jack Lewis Ecurie Galloise BRM P57 + 34.6 s 7
4   Tony Marsh Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 99 laps 8
5   Lorenzo Bandini SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 156 99 laps 6
6   Nino Vaccarella Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Lotus 18/21-Climax 98 laps 11
7   Jo Siffert Ecurie Nationale Suisse Lotus 21-Climax 97 laps 14
8   Ian Burgess Anglo-American Equipe Aiden-Cooper T59[2]-Climax 95 laps 13
9   Heinz Schiller Ecurie Nationale Suisse Porsche 718/2 95 laps 15
10   Jo Schlesser Ecurie Lausanne Cooper T51-Climax 94 laps 16
11   Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus 24-Climax 72 laps 9
Ret   Jo Bonnier Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia Porsche 718/2 70 laps, crownwheel & pinion 3
Ret   Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge ENB[3]-Maserati 62 laps, rear suspension 10
Ret   Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 24-Climax 24 laps, gear linkage 1
Ret   Ludwig Heimrath Porsche System Engineering Porsche 718/2 24 laps, accident 12
Ret   Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Lotus 21-Climax 5 laps, oil pressure 4
DNQ   Maurice Caillet Ets Cegga Cegga-Maserati -
DNQ   Kurt Kuhnke Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Borgward -
WD   Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper T53-Climax Car destroyed at previous race -
WD   Michael May Michael May - -

References

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  1. ^ Thompson, John (1974). The Formula One Record Book. Frewin, London. ISBN 0856320919.
  2. ^ "The prelude to Paul Emery's last disaster". Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  3. ^ "Lucien Bianchi and the ENB-née-Emeryson". Retrieved 2022-05-05.


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