The 1962 British Grand Prix was Round 5 of the 1962 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Aintree Racecourse, United Kingdom on Sunday, 15 July 1962. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1962 British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 75 | 2:26:20.800 | 2:26:20.800 | - | - | 1:55.000 | 36 | 148.455 | 9 |
| 2 | 24 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 75 | +49.200 | 2:27:10.000 | +49.200 | +49.200 | 1:55.800 | 46 | 147.628 | 6 |
| 3 | 16 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 75 | +104.800 | 2:28:05.600 | +1:44.800 | +55.600 | 1:56.200 | 46 | 146.704 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 75 | +116.800 | 2:28:17.600 | +1:56.800 | +12.000 | 1:56.400 | 42 | 146.506 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 2:26:41.400 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:56.400 | 28 | 146.133 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 2:27:08.200 | 1 lap | +26.800 | 1:56.400 | 60 | 145.689 | 1 |
| 7 | 34 | Masten Gregory | United States | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 2:27:44.600 | 1 lap | +36.400 | 1:57.400 | 32 | 145.091 | |
| 8 | 22 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 2:28:16.200 | 1 lap | +31.600 | 1:56.600 | 45 | 144.576 | |
| 9 | 8 | Dan Gurney | United States | Porsche | Dunlop | 73 | +2 laps | 2:26:55.000 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:57.200 | 21 | 143.936 | |
| 10 | 42 | Jackie Lewis | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 72 | +3 laps | 2:27:35.000 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:00.200 | 19 | 141.323 | |
| 11 | 40 | Tony Settember | United States | Emeryson Climax | Dunlop | 71 | +4 laps | 2:26:50.000 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:02.200 | 62 | 140.072 | |
| 12 | 36 | Ian Burgess | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 71 | +4 laps | 2:27:48.400 | 4 laps | +58.400 | 1:59.600 | 64 | 139.149 | |
| 13 | 14 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 70 | +5 laps | 2:27:17.000 | 5 laps | 1 lap | 1:57.400 | 39 | 137.677 | |
| 14 | 54 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 69 | +6 laps | 2:27:26.200 | 6 laps | 1 lap | 2:04.400 | 68 | 135.569 | |
| 15 | 46 | Jay Chamberlain | United States | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 64 | +11 laps | 2:27:26.200 | 11 laps | 5 laps | 2:07.600 | 6 | 125.745 | |
| 16 | 32 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 61 | +14 laps | 2:26:44.000 | 14 laps | 3 laps | 2:05.000 | 55 | 120.425 | |
| DNF | 2 | Phil Hill | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 46 | DNF | 1:32:11.200 | 1:58.400 | 39 | 144.546 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 34 | DNF | 1:19:28.400 | 1:58.200 | 33 | 123.929 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Porsche | Dunlop | 26 | DNF | 53:09.800 | 1:58.000 | 21 | 141.670 | |||
| DNF | 44 | Wolfgang Seidel | Germany | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 10 | DNF | 23:04.800 | 2:14.000 | 9 | 125.511 | |||
| DNF | 48 | Tony Shelly | New Zealand | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 11:14.400 | 2:10.400 | 5 | 128.861 |