1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 14th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 6 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 14 October.
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1962 Grand Prix season calendar
Standings
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 50cc, 125cc, 250cc championships, best of five in 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four races were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings
350cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 32 | 4 | |
2 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 22 | 1 | |
3 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 20 | 1 | |
4 | Frantisek Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 16 | 0 | |
5 | Silvio Grassetti | Italy | Bianchi | 8 | 0 | |
6 | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | AJS / MZ | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Gustav Havel | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 7 | 0 | |
8 | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Mike Duff | Canada | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Roy Ingram | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
= | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Sweden | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
= | Taneli Lepo | Finland | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Phil Read | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C360 | 1 | 0 | |
= | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
250cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 48 | 6 | |
2 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Honda | 32 | 1 | |
3 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 19 | 1 | |
4 | Tom Phillis | Australia | Honda | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Morini | 10 | 0 | |
6 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
= | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Aermacchi | 8 | 0 | |
10 | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 8 | 0 | |
11 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
= | Umberto Masetti | Italy | Morini | 6 | 0 | |
13 | Günter Beer | West Germany | Adler | 6 | 0 | |
= | Moto Kitano | Japan | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
15 | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
= | Rudolph Kaiser | Argentina | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
18 | Cas Swart | Netherlands | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Jorge Ternengo | Argentina | Ducati | 3 | 0 | |
20 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | France | Morini | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Campbell Donaghy | United Kingdom | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
= | Nicolaï Sevostianov | USSR | CKEB C259 | 2 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Carlos Marfetan | Uruguay | Parilla | 2 | 0 | |
26 | Marcel Toussaint | Belgium | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Benjamin Savoye | France | FB-Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pierrot Vervroegen | Belgium | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Michael Schneider | West Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stuart Graham | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 | |
= | Paolo Campanelli | Italy | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
= | Enrique Dietrich | Argentina | Aermacchi | 1 | 0 |
125cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 48 | 6 | |
2 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 38 | 1 | |
3 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 30 | 0 | |
4 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 16 | 2 | |
5 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | EMC | 12 | 0 | |
6 | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 11 | 1 | |
7 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | Suzuki | 11 | 1 | |
8 | Hans Fischer | East Germany | MZ | 7 | 0 | |
9 | Raúl Kissling | Argentina | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Paddy Driver | South Africa | EMC | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Rex Avery | United Kingdom | EMC | 5 | 0 | |
13 | Tom Phillis | Australia | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
= | Alan Shepherd | United Kingdom | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
= | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 4 | 0 | |
16 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
= | Limburg Moreira | Argentina | Bultaco | 3 | 0 | |
19 | John Grace | Gibraltar | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
= | Klaus Enderlein | East Germany | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Marzillo Chizzini | Argentina | Bultaco | 2 | 0 | |
24 | Francesco Villa | Italy | FB-Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jorge Kissling | Argentina | Bultaco | 1 | 0 | |
= | Stanislav Malina | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Giuseppe Visenzi | Italy | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jukka Petäjä | Finland | MZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pedro Rosenthal | Argentina | Tohatsu | 1 | 0 |
50cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | Suzuki | 41 | 4 | |
2 | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | West Germany | Kreidler | 36 | 2 | |
3 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 29 | 1 | |
4 | Jan Huberts | Netherlands | Kreidler | 29 | 2 | |
5 | Mitsuo Itoh | Japan | Suzuki | 23 | 0 | |
6 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | Honda | 17 | 0 | |
7 | Hugh Anderson | New Zealand | Suzuki | 16 | 1 | |
8 | Seichi Suzuki | Japan | Suzuki | 10 | 0 | |
9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 7 | 0 | |
10 | 23x15px José Busquets | Spain | Derbi | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Wolfgang Gedlich | West Germany | Kreidler | 6 | 0 | |
12 | Isao Morishita | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
= | Teisuke Tanaka | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Michio Ichino | Japan | Suzuki | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Dan Shorey | United Kingdom | Kreidler | 1 | 0 | |
= | Günter Beer | West Germany | Kreidler | 1 | 0 |
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
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