The 1962 South African Grand Prix was Round 9 of the 1962 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Prince George Circuit in South Africa on Sunday, 8 October 1962. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and Graham Hill was the race winner for BRM.
1962 South African Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 82 | 2:08:03.300 | 2:08:03.300 | - | - | 1:32.000 | 55 | 150.598 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 82 | +49.800 | 2:08:53.100 | +49.800 | +49.800 | 1:32.300 | 71 | 149.628 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 82 | +50.300 | 2:08:53.600 | +50.300 | +0.500 | 1:32.400 | 77 | 149.619 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 82 | +53.800 | 2:08:57.100 | +53.800 | +3.500 | 1:31.800 | 77 | 149.551 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 81 | +1 lap | 2:09:03.600 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:33.600 | 52 | 147.603 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Neville Lederle | South Africa | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 78 | +4 laps | 2:08:08.700 | 4 laps | 3 laps | 1:35.800 | 4 | 143.151 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 78 | +4 laps | 2:08:37.200 | 4 laps | +28.500 | 1:33.400 | 3 | 142.623 | |
| 8 | 18 | John Love | Zimbabwe | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 78 | +4 laps | 2:09:29.100 | 4 laps | +51.900 | 1:37.100 | 65 | 141.670 | |
| 9 | 5 | Bruce Johnstone | South Africa | BRM | Dunlop | 76 | +6 laps | 2:08:37.600 | 6 laps | 2 laps | 1:36.500 | 67 | 138.958 | |
| 10 | 14 | Ernie Pieterse | South Africa | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 71 | +11 laps | 2:08:13.000 | 11 laps | 5 laps | 1:38.000 | 43 | 130.232 | |
| 11 | 15 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 70 | DNF | 2:00:52.500 | 12 laps | 1 lap | 1:40.700 | 48 | 136.196 | |
| DNF | 21 | Doug Serrurier | South Africa | LDS Alfa Romeo | Dunlop | 62 | DNF | 1:59:22.800 | 1:38.600 | 36 | 122.141 | |||
| DNF | 1 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 61 | DNF | 1:34:35.000 | 1:31.000 | 3 | 151.676 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 56 | DNF | 1:30:55.800 | 1:34.900 | 54 | 144.838 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Mike Harris | South Africa | Cooper Alfa Romeo | Dunlop | 31 | DNF | 53:17.500 | 1:40.000 | 14 | 136.806 | |||
| DNF | 6 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 26 | DNF | 41:04.300 | 1:33.000 | 6 | 148.879 | |||
| DNF | 2 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 11 | DNF | 17:30.900 | 1:32.900 | 6 | 147.702 |