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1962 Natal Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	South Africa
Flag_suffix	1928
Grand Prix	Natal
Official name	II Natal Grand Prix
Location	Westmead Circuit, Durban
Date	22 December
Year	1962
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	2.27
Distance_laps	22 (heats), 33 (final)
Distance_mi	49.94 (heats), 74.91 (final)
Pole_Driver	Jim Clark
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Lotus-Climax
Pole_Time	1:22.11
Fast_Driver	Trevor Taylor
Fast_Team	Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time	1:24.2
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	Richie Ginther
Third_Country	USA
Third_Team	BRM

The 2nd Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 22 December 1962 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The field was split into two heats, with a subsequent final. The heats consisted of 22 laps, and the final was run over 33 laps, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor in his Lotus 25.

The event was marred by the death of Rhodesian driver Gary Hocking, who was killed in practice driving the Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 24.

Jim Clark posted the fastest time in practice, and was on pole position for the first heat. However, after exchanging the lead several times with Richie Ginther, he experienced problems during the heat and was classified 12th. Ginther won the heat with local driver Bruce Johnstone finishing second. Graham Hill was on pole for the second heat, which was won by Taylor with Hill second, after a battle throughout the race.

Clark started at the back of the grid for the final, with Ginther, Taylor and Hill forming the front row. Hill's car suffered ignition failure, but Clark raced through the field to beat Ginther and take second behind Taylor, who led throughout.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap
1	UK Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:22.11	-
3	UK Graham Hill	BRM	1:22.67	+ 0.56
2	UK Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:22.79	+ 0.68
4	USA Richie Ginther	BRM	1:24.06	+ 1.95
6	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax	1:25.10	+ 2.99
26	South Africa Bruce Johnstone	BRM	1:25.95	+ 3.84
9	South Africa Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	1:26.20	+ 4.09
14	South Africa Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	1:26.62	+ 4.51
15	Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love	Cooper-Climax	1:27.35	+ 5.24
12	South Africa Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo	1:27.92	+ 5.81
7	South Africa Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	1:27.96	+ 5.85
11	South Africa Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:28.89	+ 6.78
17	South Africa Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Climax	1:29.27	+ 7.16
10	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:30.17	+ 8.06
18	South Africa Fanie Viljoen	LDS-Climax	1:30.22	+ 8.11
21	South Africa Bob van Niekerk	Lotus-Climax	1:30.35	+ 8.24
16	South Africa Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:31.38	+ 9.27
25	South Africa Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:31.43	+ 9.32
31	South Africa Peter van Niekerk	Lotus-Ford	1:32.59	+ 10.48
35	South Africa Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati	1:33.54	+ 11.43
32	South Africa Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	1:33.65	+ 11.54
19	South Africa Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:33.80	+ 11.69
29	South Africa Gordon Henderson	Scorpion-Alfa Romeo	1:34.28	+ 12.17
37	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC	1:34.97	+ 12.86
30	South Africa Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward	1:36.44	+ 14.33
39	South Africa Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	1:36.46	+ 14.35
33	South Africa Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford	1:36.61	+ 14.50
36	South Africa Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford	1:36.83	+ 14.72
27	South Africa Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:37.13	+ 15.02
5	South Africa Bill Scheepers	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	1:37.23	+ 15.12
20	Australia Ray Cresp	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:37.94	+ 15.83
38	South Africa Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:40.30	+ 18.19
24	South Africa Tony Neave	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:45.82	+ 23.71

Non-starters

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant
6	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax
8	South Africa John Guthrie	John Guthrie	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
22	South Africa Neville Austin	Neville Austin	Cooper-Climax
23	South Africa Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati
28	South Africa Tony Kotze	Bond Cars	Assegai-Alfa Romeo
34	South Africa Lionel Wilmot	Lionel Wilmot	Lotus-Ford
40	South Africa Peter Bosch	Windhoek Motor Club	Heron-Alfa Romeo
41	South Africa Peter Bosch	Windhoek Motor Club	Cooper-Climax

Car #23 was withdrawn by Serrurier, who drove #11 in the race. The withdrawn car was ultimately driven by Trundell and wore #35.

Results

Heat one

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
USA Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	31:56.8	2
South Africa Bruce Johnstone	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	+ 53.5 s	3
South Africa Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:00.9	4
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo		8
South Africa Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax		9
South Africa Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati		10
Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love	John Love	Cooper-Climax		5
South Africa Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax		14
South Africa Peter van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford		11
South Africa Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo		6
South Africa Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax		1
South Africa Bernard Podmore	Grosvenor Motors	Lotus-Climax		7
South Africa Vern McWilliams	Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward		13
South Africa Brausch Niemann	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford		12
South Africa Eric Glasby	Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		16

Heat two

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
UK Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	32:19.6	2
UK Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 2.2 s	1
South Africa Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	+ 51.0 s	3
South Africa Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Special	+ 1:15.6	4
South Africa Ernie Pieterse	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:22.2	5
South Africa Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Climax		6
South Africa Gene Bosman	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo		8
Australia Ray Cresp	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC		11
South Africa Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		9
South Africa Gordon Henderson	Gordon Henderson	Scorpion-Alfa Romeo		10
South Africa Mike Harris	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		7
South Africa Errol Hammon	Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford		12
South Africa Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus-Ford		13
South Africa Bill Scheepers	H. Muller	Lotus-Alfa Romeo		14
South Africa Tony Neave	A & G Conversions	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		16

Final

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
UK Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	48:08.7	2
UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 6.1 s	22
USA Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 22.1 s	1
South Africa Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	32 laps	6
South Africa Ernie Pieterse	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	32 laps	8
Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love	John Love	Cooper-Climax	32 laps	13
South Africa Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Special	32 laps	7
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	31 laps	9
South Africa Gene Bosman	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo		14
South Africa Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo		18
South Africa Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Climax		12
South Africa Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax		10
South Africa Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati		11
South Africa Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax		16
UK Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM		3
Australia Ray Cresp	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Dave Riley	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC		19
South Africa Peter van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford		17
South Africa Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		20
South Africa Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		21
South Africa Bruce Johnstone	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	Oil leak	4
South Africa Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	Accident	5

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#nat

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References

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.64-65

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