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1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

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. Defending 350cc and 500cc world champion Gary Hocking was deeply affected by the death of his friend, Tom Phillis at the 1962 Isle of Man TT and, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing after winning the 1962 Senior TT. Hocking's MV Agusta teammate, Mike Hailwood went on to win his first 500cc world championship.

1962 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	50cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
6 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman			DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
13 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	NLD Jan Huberts	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman			DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
6 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	FRG Ernst Degner	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Derek Minter	GBR Mike Hailwood	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR Vincent / Bliss	Report
30 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	FRG Ernst Degner	CHE Luigi Taveri	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Scheidegger / Robinson	Report
8 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	FRG Ernst Degner	CHE Luigi Taveri	SCO Bob McIntyre		GBR Mike Hailwood	CHE GBR Camathias / Winter	Report
15 July	FRG West German Grand Prix	Solitude	FRG Ernst Degner	CHE Luigi Taveri	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman			DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
11 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		CHE Luigi Taveri	NIR Tommy Robb	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
19 August	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	NLD Jan Huberts	CHE Luigi Taveri	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
9 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
23 September	FIN Finnish Grand Prix	Tampere Circuit	CHE Luigi Taveri	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman		NIR Tommy Robb	GBR Alan Shepherd		Report
14 October	ARG Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	NZL Hugh Anderson	NZL Hugh Anderson	GBR Arthur Wheeler		ARG Benedicto Caldarella		Report

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

Pos	Rider	Machine	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	DDR
DDR	NAC
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	=	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	=	15	16	17	18	19	=	21	22	23	=	25	26	=	=	29	30	31	=	=	33	34	35	=	37	38	39	=	41	42	43	=	=	46	47	=	=	50	=	52	53	=	55	=	57	58	59	=	61	62	=	64	=	=	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	DDR
DDR	NAC
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts
GBR Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	12	1	1	1	1	1			40
GBR Alan Shepherd	Matchless	Ret	4	2	2	2	9	1		29
GBR Phil Read	Norton	Ret	3		3		4			11
AUT Bert Schneider	Norton	4	5	Ret	Ret	3	6		Ret	10
ARG Benedicto Caldarella	Matchless								1	8
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	1								8
CZE František Šťastný	Jawa		8		Ret	4	Ret	3		7
GBR Tony Godfrey	Norton	Ret	6	3	5					7
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton		10	4	Ret	5	5			7
SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson	Norton	17						2		6
GBR Derek Minter	Norton	Ret	2		Ret					6
GBR Ellis Boyce	Norton / Matchless	2			Ret					6
ARG Juan Carlos Salatino	Norton								2	6
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta						2			6
GBR Fred Stevens	Norton	3		6	Ret					5
ITA Silvio Grassetti	Bianchi		Ret				3			4
ARG Eduardo Salatino	Norton								3	4
GBR Ron Langston	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret	4					3
CHI Pablo Gamberini	Matchless								4	3
FIN Anssi Resko	Matchless							4		3
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton	5	9	Ret	8	7				2
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton	Ret	12	5	Ret	Ret	Ret			2
SWE Harald Karlsson	Norton							5		2
ARG Amleto Pomesano	Norton								5	2
DEU Roland Föll	Matchless	18		Ret		6	8	6		2
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton	6								1
ARG Manuel Soler	Norton								6	1
GBR Ray Spence	Norton				6					1
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton	Ret	7	8	12	Ret	10			0
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Norton	23		9			7			0
DEU Rudolf Gläser	Norton			11				7		0
DEU Ernst Hiller	Matchless		11	7						0
NIR Tom Thorp	Norton	7			11					0
GBR Peter Middleton	Norton	Ret			7					0
CAN Mike Duff	Matchless	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8		Ret		0
GBR Chris Conn	Norton	8								0
FIN Tauno Nurmi	Norton							8		0
GBR Syd Mizen	Matchless	Ret	15		9					0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland William Van Leeuwen	Norton				Ret	9				0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless	9								0
FIN Antero Ventoniemi	Norton							9		0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton		16	10						0
GBR Derek Woodman	Matchless	10			Ret					0
NIR Ralph Bryans	Norton				10					0
FIN Vijlo Heino	Norton							10		0
HUN György Kurucz	Norton					10				0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton		Ret			11				0
NIR Billy McCosh	Matchless	11								0
FIN Raine Lampinen	Norton							11		0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton						11			0
ITA Renzo Rossi	Gilera						12			0
GBR Graham Smith	Norton					12				0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton	28			13					0
SWE Bo Granath	Norton				Ret	13				0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton	Ret	13							0
GBR Peter Evans	Matchless	13								0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Norton						13			0
DEU Karl Recktenwald	Norton		14		14					0
IRL George Purvis	Matchless	14			Ret					0
ITA Giuseppe Dardanello	Norton						14			0
AUT Alfred Worel	BSA					14				0
AUS Dennis Fry	Norton	27			15	Ret				0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera						15			0
GBR John Simmonds	Matchless	15								0
GBR Brian Hornby	Norton	16								0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera						16			0
IRL Patrick Plunkett	Matchless				16					0
AUT Ladislaus Richter	Norton		17			Ret				0
NIR Tommy Holmes	Matchless				17					0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton				18					0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless	19								0
GBR Derek Lee	Matchless	20								0
GBR Douglas Smith	AJS	21								0
GBR George Bell	Norton	22								0
GBR Chris Anderson	BSA / Norton	24			Ret					0
GBR Jimmy Morton	Matchless	25			Ret					0
GBR Ted Whiteside	Matchless	26								0
GBR Frank Reynolds	Norton	29								0
NZL John Gabites	Norton	Ret			Ret	Ret				0
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
NZL Hugh Anderson	Matchless	Ret			Ret					0
GBR Bob Coulter	AJS / Norton				Ret	Ret				0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton		Ret		Ret					0
GBR Harry Grant	BSA	Ret			Ret					0
SCO Alistair King	Matchless	Ret			Ret					0
GBR Stephen Murray	Matchless		Ret		Ret					0
GBR Dan Shorey	Norton	Ret			Ret					0
NLD Joop Vogelzang	Norton		Ret			Ret				0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi	Ret							Ret	0
SWE Billy Andersson	AJS	Ret								0
AUT Rudolf Bergsleithner	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Ernesto Brambilla	Bianchi		Ret							0
NIR John Brown	Norton				Ret					0
GBR Jack Bullock	Norton	Ret								0
SWE Agne Carlsson	Norton							Ret		0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Graham Chatterton	Norton	Ret								0
URY Horacio Costas	Matchless								Ret	0
NIR Dick Creith	Norton				Ret					0
GBR James Cripps	Norton	Ret								0
AUS Terry Dennehy	Norton				Ret					0
GBR Alan Dugalde	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Don Ellis	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Jack Gow	Triumph	Ret								0
CZE Gustav Havel	Jawa				Ret					0
DEU Karl Hoppe	Norton		Ret							0
FIN Hannu Kuparinen	Norton							Ret		0
NIR Len Ireland	Norton				Ret					0
FIN Pentti Lehtelä	Norton							Ret		0
AUT Edy Lenz	Norton					Ret				0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Colin Lyster	Norton				Ret					0
ARG Jorge Kissling	Matchless								Ret	0
NIR Mark McCausland	Matchless				Ret					0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton				Ret					0
GBR Michael McStay	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Ned Minihan	Norton	Ret								0
FRA Albert Montagne	Norton					Ret				0
GBR Billie Nelson	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Eric Oliver	AJS				Ret					0
ARG Juan Carlos Perkins	Norton								Ret	0
SWE Morgan Radberg	Norton				Ret					0
GBR Johnny Rae	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Harold Riley	BSA	Ret								0
GBR Bill Robertson	AJS	Ret								0
GBR Frank Rutherford	Matchless	Ret								0
NIR Jack Shannon	Matchless				Ret					0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless						Ret			0
CHE Werner Spinnler	Norton					Ret				0
DNK Vagn Stevnhoved	Norton					Ret				0
FIN Veikko Sulasaari	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Brian Taggart	AJS				Ret					0
AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Norton						Ret			0
GBR Pete Tomlinson	Norton	Ret								0
NLD Martinus Van Son	Norton					Ret				0
ARG Raûl Villaveiran	Norton								Ret	0
CAN Dave Wildman	Matchless	Ret								0

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350cc standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	32	4
2	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Honda	22	1
3	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	20	1
4	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	16	0
5	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Bianchi	8	0
6	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	AJS / MZ	7	0
7	CSK Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	7	0
8	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	6	0
9	CAN Mike Duff	Canada	AJS	5	0
10	GBR Roy Ingram	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	SWE Sven-Olof Gunnarsson	Sweden	Norton	3	0
12	GBR Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	FIN Taneli Lepo	Finland	AJS	2	0
14	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	AJS	1	0
=	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	SUN Nicolaï Sevostianov	USSR	CKEB C360	1	0
=	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	JPN Moto Kitano	Japan	Honda	1	0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	48	6
2	GBR Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	Honda	32	1
3	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	19	1
4	AUS Tom Phillis	Australia	Honda	12	0
5	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Morini	10	0
6	GBR Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Honda	8	1
=	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Honda	8	1
8	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	8	0
9	ITA Alberto Pagani	Italy	Aermacchi	8	0
10	GBR Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	Bultaco	8	0
11	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MZ	6	0
=	ITA Umberto Masetti	Italy	Morini	6	0
13	FRG Günter Beer	West Germany	Adler	6	0
=	JPN Moto Kitano	Japan	Honda	6	0
15	JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Japan	Honda	4	0
=	DDR Werner Musiol	East Germany	MZ	4	0
=	ARG Rudolph Kaiser	Argentina	NSU	4	0
18	NLD Cas Swart	Netherlands	Honda	3	0
=	ARG Jorge Ternengo	Argentina	Ducati	3	0
20	FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise	France	Morini	2	0
=	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Suzuki	2	0
=	GBR Campbell Donaghy	United Kingdom	Ducati	2	0
=	SUN Nicolaï Sevostianov	USSR	CKEB C259	2	0
=	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Aermacchi	2	0
=	URY Carlos Marfetan	Uruguay	Parilla	2	0
26	BEL Marcel Toussaint	Belgium	Benelli	1	0
=	FRA Benjamin Savoye	France	FB-Mondial	1	0
=	BEL Pierrot Vervroegen	Belgium	Aermacchi	1	0
=	FRG Michael Schneider	West Germany	NSU	1	0
=	GBR Stuart Graham	United Kingdom	Aermacchi	1	0
=	ITA Paolo Campanelli	Italy	Benelli	1	0
=	ARG Enrique Dietrich	Argentina	Aermacchi	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRG
FRG	ULS
NIR	GDR
GDR	NAT
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	48 (67)	2	38 (47)	3	30 (33)	4	16	5	12	6	11	7	11	8	7	9	6	10	6	11	5	12	5	13	4	13	4	13	4	16	3	16	3	16	3	19	2	19	2	19	2	19	2	19	2	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	24	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRG
FRG	ULS
NIR	GDR
GDR	NAT
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts
CHE Luigi Taveri	Honda	3F	4	1F	1F	1F	1F	1	1F	2F	2
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Honda	2	2	5	2	2		3	2	4	1
GBR Tommy Robb	Honda		3	2	3		2	2F	4	3
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	1	1F
GBR Mike Hailwood	EMC	4			5	4	3
JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Honda							4		1
NZL Hugh Anderson	Suzuki						6	5				1F
DDR Hans Fischer	MZ								3		4
ARG Raúl Kissling	DKW											2
ZAF Paddy Driver	EMC					3		6		6
FRG Ernst Degner	Suzuki		5		4
GBR Rex Avery	EMC	5		6		5
AUS Tom Phillis	Honda			3
GBR Alan Shepherd	MZ										3F
JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Suzuki											3
GBR Derek Minter	Honda			4
GBR Bob McIntyre	Honda						4
ARG Limburg Moreira	Honda											4
GIB John Grace	Bultaco						5
DDR Klaus Enderlein	MZ								5
ITA Alberto Pagani	Honda									5
GBR Frank Perris	Suzuki										5
ARG Marzillo Chizzini	Bultaco											5
ITA Francesco Villa	Mondial	6
ARG Jorge Kissling	Bultaco		6
CSK Stanislav Malina	ČZ				6
ITA Giuseppe Visenzi	Ducati					6
DDR Werner Musiol	MZ								6
FIN Jukka Petäjä	MZ										6
ARG Pedro Rosenthal	Tohatsu											6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRG
FRG	ULS
NIR	GDR
GDR	NAT
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	48 (80)	2	18	3	15 (16)	4	8	5	6	6	6	7	1	7	1	7	1	7	1	Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRG
FRG	ULS
NIR	GDR
GDR	NAT
ITA	FIN
FIN	ARG
ARG	Pts
JPN Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JPN Suzuki		5		4		6	5			5	1
GBR EMC	4		6	5	3	3	6		6
GDR MZ								3		3
FRG DKW											2
ESP Bultaco		6				5					4
ITA Mondial	6
CSK ČZ				6
ITA Ducati					6
JPN Tohatsu											6

50cc standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	FRG Ernst Degner	West Germany	Suzuki	41	4
2	FRG Hans-Georg Anscheidt	West Germany	Kreidler	36	2
3	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	29	1
4	NLD Jan Huberts	Netherlands	Kreidler	29	2
5	JPN Mitsuo Itoh	Japan	Suzuki	23	0
6	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	Honda	17	0
7	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Suzuki	16	1
8	JPN Seiichi Suzuki	Japan	Suzuki	10	0
9	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	7	0
10	ESP José Busquets	Spain	Derbi	6	0
11	FRG Wolfgang Gedlich	West Germany	Kreidler	6	0
12	JPN Isao Morishita	Japan	Suzuki	2	0
=	JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Japan	Honda	2	0
14	JPN Michio Ichino	Japan	Suzuki	2	0
15	GBR Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	Kreidler	1	0
=	FRG Günter Beer	West Germany	Kreidler	1	0

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

Zuehlke, Jeffrey. (2008). "Motorcycle Road Racing".
(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.

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