1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 14th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 6 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 14 October. Defending 350cc and 500cc world champion Gary Hocking was deeply affected by the death of his friend, Tom Phillis at the 1962 Isle of Man TT and, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after winning the 1962 Senior TT.[1] Hocking's MV Agusta teammate, Mike Hailwood went on to win his first 500cc world championship.[2]
1962 Grand Prix season calendar
[edit]Standings
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 50cc, 125cc, 250cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four races were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings
[edit]350cc standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Land | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 32 | 4 | |
2 | Tommy Robb | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 22 | 1 | |
3 | Mike Hailwood | Vereinigtes Königreich | MV Agusta | 20 | 1 | |
4 | Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 16 | 0 | |
5 | Silvio Grassetti | Italien | Bianchi | 8 | 0 | |
6 | Alan Shepherd | Vereinigtes Königreich | AJS / MZ | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Gustav Havel | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 7 | 0 | |
8 | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Mike Duff | Kanada | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Roy Ingram | Vereinigtes Königreich | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
= | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Schweden | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Derek Minter | Vereinigtes Königreich | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
= | Taneli Lepo | Finnland | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Hugh Anderson | Neuseeland | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Phil Read | Vereinigtes Königreich | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C360 | 1 | 0 | |
= | Arthur Wheeler | Vereinigtes Königreich | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
250cc standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Land | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 48 | 6 | |
2 | Bob McIntyre | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 32 | 1 | |
3 | Arthur Wheeler | Vereinigtes Königreich | Moto Guzzi | 19 | 1 | |
4 | Tom Phillis | Australien | Honda | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Tarquinio Provini | Italien | Morini | 10 | 0 | |
6 | Derek Minter | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
= | Tommy Robb | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Luigi Taveri | Schweiz | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Alberto Pagani | Italien | Aermacchi | 8 | 0 | |
10 | Dan Shorey | Vereinigtes Königreich | Bultaco | 8 | 0 | |
11 | Mike Hailwood | Vereinigtes Königreich | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
= | Umberto Masetti | Italien | Morini | 6 | 0 | |
13 | Günter Beer | West Germany | Adler | 6 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
15 | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
= | Rudolph Kaiser | Argentinien | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
18 | Cas Swart | Niederlande | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Jorge Ternengo | Argentinien | Ducati | 3 | 0 | |
20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Frankreich | Morini | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Perris | Vereinigtes Königreich | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Campbell Donaghy | Vereinigtes Königreich | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C259 | 2 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italien | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Carlos Marfetan | Uruguay | Parilla | 2 | 0 | |
26 | Marcel Toussaint | Belgien | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Benjamin Savoye | Frankreich | FB-Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pierrot Vervroegen | Belgien | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Michael Schneider | West Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stuart Graham | Vereinigtes Königreich | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Paolo Campanelli | Italien | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Enrique Dietrich | Argentinien | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 |
125cc standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Land | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luigi Taveri | Schweiz | Honda | 48 | 6 | |
2 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 38 | 1 | |
3 | Tommy Robb | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 30 | 0 | |
4 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 16 | 2 | |
5 | Mike Hailwood | Vereinigtes Königreich | EMC | 12 | 0 | |
6 | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 11 | 1 | |
7 | Hugh Anderson | Neuseeland | Suzuki | 11 | 1 | |
8 | Hans Fischer | East Germany | MZ | 7 | 0 | |
9 | Raúl Kissling | Argentinien | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Paddy Driver | Südafrika | EMC | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Rex Avery | Vereinigtes Königreich | EMC | 5 | 0 | |
13 | Tom Phillis | Australien | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Alan Shepherd | Vereinigtes Königreich | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
= | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 4 | 0 | |
16 | Derek Minter | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Bob McIntyre | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Limburg Moreira | Argentinien | Bultaco | 3 | 0 | |
19 | John Grace | Gibraltar | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
= | Klaus Enderlein | East Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Alberto Pagani | Italien | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Perris | Vereinigtes Königreich | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Marzillo Chizzini | Argentinien | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
24 | Francesco Villa | Italien | FB-Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jorge Kissling | Argentinien | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stanislav Malina | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Giuseppe Visenzi | Italien | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jukka Petäjä | Finnland | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pedro Rosenthal | Argentinien | Tohatsu | 1 | 0 |
50cc standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Land | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 41 | 4 | |
2 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Kreidler | 36 | 2 | |
3 | Luigi Taveri | Schweiz | Honda | 29 | 1 | |
4 | Jan Huberts | Niederlande | Kreidler | 29 | 2 | |
5 | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 23 | 0 | |
6 | Tommy Robb | Vereinigtes Königreich | Honda | 17 | 0 | |
7 | Hugh Anderson | Neuseeland | Suzuki | 16 | 1 | |
8 | Seiichi Suzuki | Japan | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
10 | José Busquets | Spanien | Derbi | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Wolfgang Gedlich | West Germany | Kreidler | 6 | 0 | |
12 | Isao Morishita | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Michio Ichino | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Dan Shorey | Vereinigtes Königreich | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
= | Günter Beer | West Germany | Kreidler | 1 | 0 |
References
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- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
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