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1962 Cape Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	South Africa
Flag_suffix	1928
Grand Prix	Cape
Official name	V Cape Grand Prix
Location	Killarney Circuit, Cape Town
Date	2 January
Year	1962
Image	[[File:Killarney Motor Racing Circuit.svg	250px	Killarney Motor Racing Circuit]]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	2.058
Course_km	3.312
Distance_laps	60
Distance_mi	123.47
Distance_km	198.71
Pole_Driver	Jim Clark
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Lotus-Climax
Pole_Time	1:28.4
Fast_Driver	Jim Clark
Fast_Team	Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time	1:29.1
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Trevor Taylor
First_Country	UK
First_Team	Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver	Jim Clark
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Lotus-Climax
Third_Driver	Jo Bonnier
Third_Country	Sweden
Third_Team	Porsche

The 5th Cape Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 2 January 1962 at Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town, South Africa. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor, in his Lotus 21.

There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings.

The race was dominated by Taylor and Jim Clark, and they swapped the lead several times during the race, after Jo Bonnier had led for the first three laps. After Clark spun, Taylor was able to keep the lead for the last ten laps to take the victory.

Local driver Vic Proctor's homebuilt car with its Alfa Romeo engine was deemed unraceworthy by the race organisers, and was excluded before Proctor set a time in practice.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
2	UK Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	1.30:54.0	2
1	UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 0.6 s	1
5	Sweden Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 6.6 s	3
6	USA Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 38.6 s	4
8	South Africa Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	+ 42.0 s	6
4	Germany Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	59 laps	5
3	South Africa Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	58 laps	8
7	South Africa Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	58 laps	9
21	Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love	A.H. Pillman	LDS-Porsche	58 laps	6
16	South Africa Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward	57 laps	11
22	South Africa Bob van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	56 laps	12
20	South Africa Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax	55 laps	13
24	South Africa Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	54 laps	16
10	South Africa Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Ford	48 laps	15
19	South Africa Bruce Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	Valve gear	19
23	South Africa Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Stub axle	10
18	South Africa Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	Engine	17
25	South Africa John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Engine	18
15	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Engine	14
17	South Africa Vic Proctor	Vic Proctor	Vic-Alfa Romeo		-
9	South Africa Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Car damaged	-
11	South Africa Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Alfa	LDS-Alfa Romeo		-
12	South Africa Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati		-
14	South Africa Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	Car not ready	-

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
Race results at www.silhouet.com http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1962/1962.html#kil

| Previous_year's_race = 1960 Cape Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1965 Cape Grand Prix

References

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.68-69

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