The 1962 French Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1962 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Rouen les Essarts, France on Sunday, 2 July 1962. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and Dan Gurney was the race winner for Porsche.
1962 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Dan Gurney | United States | Porsche | Dunlop | 54 | 2:07:35.500 | 2:07:35.500 | - | - | 2:18.600 | 37 | 166.124 | 9 |
| 2 | 24 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 53 | +1 lap | 2:09:35.900 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:23.700 | 8 | 160.523 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 52 | +2 laps | 2:08:43.300 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:21.000 | 45 | 158.567 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 51 | +3 laps | 2:09:18.600 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:21.900 | 4 | 154.810 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 51 | +3 laps | 2:09:45.700 | 3 laps | +27.100 | 2:20.100 | 7 | 154.271 | 2 |
| 6 | 38 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 51 | +3 laps | 2:10:02.500 | 3 laps | +16.800 | 2:28.800 | 9 | 153.939 | 1 |
| 7 | 28 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 50 | +4 laps | 2:09:47.300 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:22.700 | 34 | 151.215 | |
| 8 | 14 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 48 | +6 laps | 2:09:49.000 | 6 laps | 2 laps | 2:24.800 | 47 | 145.135 | |
| 9 | 8 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 44 | DNF | 2:11:40.900 | 10 laps | 4 laps | 2:16.900 | 32 | 131.156 | |
| DNF | 32 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Porsche | Dunlop | 42 | DNF | 1:48:06.000 | 2:22.500 | 15 | 152.505 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 33 | DNF | 1:17:53.700 | 2:18.400 | 22 | 166.290 | |||
| DNF | 42 | Jackie Lewis | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 27 | DNF | 1:07:39.300 | 2:28.600 | 16 | 156.648 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 20 | DNF | 52:31.500 | 2:24.400 | 16 | 149.460 | |||
| DNF | 34 | Masten Gregory | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 14 | DNF | 33:46.700 | 2:21.700 | 9 | 162.686 | |||
| DNF | 26 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 10 | DNF | 25:24.000 | 2:21.900 | 3 | 154.535 | |||
| DNF | 40 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 12:53.800 | 2:30.000 | 3 | 152.178 | |||
| DNF | 36 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 1 | DNF | 3:11.200 | 3:11.200 | 1 | 123.175 |