1962 German Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 9 in the 1962 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 5 August 1962 | ||
| Official name | XXIV Grosser Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location |
Nürburgring Nürburg, West Germany |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 22.810 km (14.173 mi) | ||
| Distance | 15 laps, 342.150 km (212.602 mi) | ||
| Weather | Heavy rain showers | ||
| Attendance | 350,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Porsche | ||
| Time | 8:47.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Graham Hill
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BRM | |
| Time | 10:12.2 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | BRM | ||
| Second | Lola-Climax | ||
| Third | Porsche | ||
The 1962 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on 5 August 1962. It was the sixth race of the 1962 Formula One season. The 15-lap race was won by BRM driver Graham Hill after he started from second position. John Surtees finished second for the Lola team and Porsche driver Dan Gurney came in third. The race was notable for having six different constructors taking the first six positions.
After a heavy midday downpour, the race was delayed by over an hour as streams of water and mud covered parts of the track. It never dried fully, and the race was ran in wet conditions.Graham Hill drove masterfully in the wet conditions, followed by John Surtees who was gradually proving himself a great driver. He reached third position in the championship with this race, but was not to score any more points in 1962. Gurney's Porsche had less than impressive handling but he finished third after having passed Phil Hill, whose Ferrari was doing much better than at Aintree. Hill, however, had to pit with oil on his visor and retired with a broken rear suspension soon thereafter. Back after a disastrous strike had kept them out of the last two races Ferrari had shown up in force with four 156s built to different specifications. Hill had the newest version, with a six-speed transmission mounted fore of the engine. Giancarlo Baghetti drove a car with the usual transmission and finished tenth, whereas Ricardo Rodriguez drove last year's model with the 65 degree Tipo 188 engine - and got the best result of the team, with a sixth. Lorenzo Bandini used a development car, with a regular nosecone, smaller radiator, and modified front and rear suspension. He crashed on the third lap, while in eleventh position.
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