Race · Round 4 of 9 · 8 July 1962

1962 French Grand Prix

Dan Gurney won for Porsche from 6th on the grid at Rouen-les-Essarts. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Dan Gurney and for Porsche, and the first championship podium for Tony Maggs.

Circuit: Rouen-les-EssartsRouen, France
Winner: Dan GurneyPorsche
Pole: Jim Clark
Fastest lap: Graham Hill
Entries: 1710 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Dan Gurney	Porsche	—	6	54	Finished	9
2	Tony Maggs	Cooper	—	11	53	Finished	6
3	Richie Ginther	BRM	—	10	52	Finished	4
4	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	—	3	51	Finished	3
5	John Surtees	Lola	Mk 4	5	51	Finished	2
6	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	—	17	51	Finished	1
7	Maurice Trintignant	Team Lotus	24	13	50	Finished	0
8	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	—	12	48	Finished	0
9	Graham Hill	BRM	—	2	44	Finished	0	fastest lap
10	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	—	9	42	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	—	1	33	Suspension	0
DNF	Jackie Lewis	Cooper	T53	16	27	Accident	0
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Lola	Mk 4	14	20	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Masten Gregory	Team Lotus	24	7	14	Overheating	0
DNF	Sir Jack Brabham	Team Lotus	24	4	10	Suspension	0
DNF	Jo Siffert	Team Lotus	24	15	5	Clutch	0
DNF	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	—	8	1	Puncture	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout rouen-2 · 6.542 km · 12 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Dan Gurney	6	1	54
Tony Maggs	11	2	53
Richie Ginther	10	3	52
Bruce McLaren	3	4	51
John Surtees	5	5	51
Carel Godin de Beaufort	17	6	51
Maurice Trintignant	13	7	50
Trevor Taylor	12	8	48
Graham Hill	2	9	44
Jo Bonnier	9	10	42
Jim Clark	1	DNF	33
Jackie Lewis	16	DNF	27
Roy Salvadori	14	DNF	20
Masten Gregory	7	DNF	14
Sir Jack Brabham	4	DNF	10
Jo Siffert	15	DNF	5
Innes Ireland	8	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	12	2:14.800	—	—
2	Graham Hill	BRM	8	2:15.000	+0.200	+0.200
3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	22	2:15.400	+0.600	+0.400
4	Sir Jack Brabham	Team Lotus	26	2:16.100	+1.300	+0.700
5	John Surtees	Lola	18	2:16.300	+1.500	+0.200
6	Dan Gurney	Porsche	30	2:16.500	+1.700	+0.200
7	Masten Gregory	Team Lotus	34	2:17.300	+2.500	+0.800
8	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	36	2:17.500	+2.700	+0.200
9	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	32	2:17.900	+3.100	+0.400
10	Richie Ginther	BRM	10	2:18.200	+3.400	+0.300
11	Tony Maggs	Cooper	24	2:18.600	+3.800	+0.400
12	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	14	2:19.100	+4.300	+0.500
13	Maurice Trintignant	Team Lotus	28	2:20.800	+6.000	+1.700
14	Roy Salvadori	Lola	20	2:21.300	+6.500	+0.500
15	Jo Siffert	Team Lotus	40	2:23.400	+8.600	+2.100
16	Jackie Lewis	Cooper	42	2:25.500	+10.700	+2.100
17	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	38	2:26.500	+11.700	+1.000

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 1962
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Jul 1962
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Porsche
Entrant: Porsche
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.