Il Gran Premio degli Stati Uniti 1962 si è svolto domenica 7 ottobre 1962 sul circuito di Watkins Glen. La gara è stata vinta da Jim Clark su Lotus, seguito da Graham Hill su BRM e da Bruce McLaren su Cooper.

Qualifiche PosN.PilotaAutoSquadraTempoDistacco18 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Team Lotus1:15.8 -25 Richie Ginther BRM Owen Racing Organisation1:16.6 +0.834 Graham Hill BRM Owen Racing Organisation1:16.7 +0.9410 Dan Gurney Porsche Porsche System Engineering1:16.9 +1.1517 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax Brabham Racing Organisation1:16.9 +1.1621 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax Cooper Car Company1:17.3 +1.5716 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM UDT Laystall Racing Team1:17.9 +2.189 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax Team Lotus1:18.0 +2.2911 Jo Bonnier Porsche Porsche System Engineering1:19.0 +3.21022 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax Cooper Car Company1:19.7 +3.91119 Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax Yeoman Credit Racing Team1:19.8 +4.01223 Timmy Mayer Cooper-Climax Cooper Car Company1:20.7 +4.91314 Roger Penske Lotus-Climax Dupont Team Zerex1:21.3 +5.51412 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche Ecurie Maarsbergen1:21.8 +6.01524 Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax Privato1:22.4 +6.61615 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax UDT Laystall Racing Team1:24.0 +8.21726 Rob Schroeder Lotus-Climax John Mecom1:24.0 +8.21825 Jim Hall Lotus-Climax Privato1:24.7 +8.9196 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax Rob Walker Racing Team1:25.8 +10.02018 John Surtees Lola-Climax Yeoman Credit Racing Team1:29.2 +13.42111 Phil Hill Porsche Porsche System Engineering1:32.6 +16.8

Gara Pos N. Pilota Costruttore/Motore Giri Tempo/Ritiro Griglia Punti 1 8 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 100 2:07:13.0 1 9 2 4 Graham Hill BRM 100 + 9.2 3 6 3 21 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 99 + 1 giro 6 4 4 17 Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax 99 + 1 giro 5 3 5 10 Dan Gurney Porsche 99 + 1 giro 4 2 6 16 Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM 99 + 1 giro 7 1 7 22 Tony Maggs Cooper-Climax 97 + 3 giri 10   8 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 96 + 4 giri 16   9 14 Roger Penske Lotus-Climax 96 + 4 giri 13   10 26 Rob Schroeder Lotus-Climax 93 + 7 giri 17   11 24 Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 91 + 9 giri 15   12 9 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 85 + 15 giri 8   13 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 79 + 21 giri 9   Rit 5 Richie Ginther BRM 35 Motore 2   Rit 6 Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 32 Freni 19   Rit 23 Timmy Mayer Cooper-Climax 31 Iniezione 12   Rit 18 John Surtees Lola-Climax 19 Motore 20   Rit 12 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 9 Incidente 14  DNS 19 Roy Salvadori Lola-Climax 11DNS 25 Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 18DNS11 Phil Hill PorscheAuto guidata da Bonnier21

Statistiche

Piloti 3ª vittoria per Jim Clark 1º e ultimo Gran Premio per Timmy Mayer e Rob Schroeder Ultimo Gran Premio per Roger Penske

Costruttori 8° vittoria per la Lotus 10ª pole position per la Lotus

Motori 22ª vittoria per il motore Climax

Giri al comando Jim Clark (1-11, 19-100) Graham Hill (12-18)

Classifiche Mondiali

Piloti PosPilotaPunti1 Graham Hill39 (43)2 Jim Clark303 Bruce McLaren24 (26)4 John Surtees195 Dan Gurney156 Phil Hill147 Richie Ginther108 Tony Maggs99 Trevor Taylor6 Jack Brabham611 Giancarlo Baghetti512 Lorenzo Bandini4 Ricardo Rodriguez414 Willy Mairesse3 Jo Bonnier316 Carel Godin de Beaufort217 Masten Gregory1

Costruttori PosTeamPunti1 BRM39 (47)2 Lotus-Climax363 Cooper-Climax27 (31)4 Lola-Climax195 Ferrari18 Porsche18 (19)7 Brabham-Climax38 Lotus-BRM1

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