The 1962 United States Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1962 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Watkins Glen, United States on Sunday, 8 October 1962. Jim Clark started on pole position in the Lotus Climax and was the race winner.
1962 United States Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 100 | 2:07:13.000 | 2:07:13.000 | - | - | 1:15.000 | 70 | 174.576 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 100 | +9.200 | 2:07:22.200 | +9.200 | +9.200 | 1:15.300 | 65 | 174.366 | 6 |
| 3 | 21 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 99 | +1 lap | 2:07:46.000 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:16.200 | 69 | 172.086 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Climax | Dunlop | 99 | +1 lap | 2:08:04.900 | 1 lap | +18.900 | 1:16.100 | 64 | 171.663 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | Dan Gurney | United States | Porsche | Dunlop | 99 | +1 lap | 2:08:05.800 | 1 lap | +0.900 | 1:16.500 | 34 | 171.643 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | Masten Gregory | United States | Lotus BRM | Dunlop | 99 | +1 lap | 2:08:22.200 | 1 lap | +16.400 | 1:15.700 | 97 | 171.277 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 97 | +3 laps | 2:08:11.600 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:17.900 | 85 | 168.048 | |
| 8 | 15 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 96 | +4 laps | 2:07:29.000 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:17.000 | 60 | 167.242 | |
| 9 | 14 | Roger Penske | United States | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 96 | +4 laps | 2:07:30.700 | 4 laps | +1.700 | 1:17.200 | 60 | 167.205 | |
| 10 | 26 | Rob Schroeder | United States | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 93 | +7 laps | 2:07:34.900 | 7 laps | 3 laps | 1:20.400 | 41 | 161.891 | |
| 11 | 24 | Hap Sharp | United States | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 91 | +9 laps | 2:07:13.400 | 9 laps | 2 laps | 1:22.000 | 56 | 158.856 | |
| 12 | 9 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 85 | +15 laps | 2:07:32.600 | 15 laps | 6 laps | 1:16.600 | 81 | 148.009 | |
| 13 | 11 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Porsche | Dunlop | 79 | +21 laps | 2:07:37.800 | 21 laps | 6 laps | 1:18.000 | 76 | 137.468 | |
| DNF | 5 | Richie Ginther | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 35 | DNF | 45:27.500 | 1:16.700 | 16 | 170.995 | |||
| DNF | 6 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 32 | DNF | 48:16.800 | 1:19.100 | 17 | 147.201 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Timmy Mayer | United States | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 31 | DNF | 44:01.600 | 1:22.600 | 30 | 156.377 | |||
| DNF | 18 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | 19 | DNF | 25:25.600 | 1:18.300 | 17 | 165.956 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 9 | DNF | 12:59.500 | 1:23.600 | 7 | 153.853 | |||
| DNS | 19 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Lola Climax | Dunlop | |||||||||
| DNS | 25 | Jim Hall | United States | Climax | Dunlop |