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1962 Lavant Cup

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	UK
Grand Prix	Lavant Cup
Official name	XIV Lavant Cup
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Image	Goodwood track map.svg
Date	23 April
Year	1962
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	2.4
Course_km	3.862
Distance_laps	21
Distance_mi	50.4
Distance_km	81.1
Pole_Driver	Bruce McLaren
Pole_Country	New Zealand
Pole_Team	Cooper-Climax
Pole_Time	1:37.0
Fast_Driver	Bruce McLaren
Fast_Team	Cooper-Climax
Fast_Time	1:25.4
Fast_Country	New Zealand
First_Driver	Bruce McLaren
First_Country	New Zealand
First_Team	Cooper-Climax
Second_Driver	Roy Salvadori
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Lola-Climax
Third_Driver	Tony Shelly
Third_Country	New Zealand
Third_Team	Lotus-Climax

The 14th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run for Formula One cars, held on 23 April 1962 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 21 laps of the circuit, and was won by New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren in a Cooper T55.

This race was held directly before the 1962 Glover Trophy, on the same day at the same circuit, with some drivers taking part in both events. Another Formula One race, the 1962 Pau Grand Prix, was also held on the same day. The Lavant Cup was normally a Formula Two race, but for 1962 it was open to Formula One cars with four-cylinder engines, thus excluding the BRMs and those cars using the Climax V8 engine. The V6 Ferraris were at the Pau event, so they were not affected by this rule.

McLaren won the race comfortably after John Surtees' car was hit by Günther Seiffert at the chicane while the Briton was lapping him.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
22	New Zealand Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	30:31.8	1
6	UK Roy Salvadori	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	+ 45.8 s	5
17	New Zealand Tony Shelly	John Dalton	Lotus-Climax	+ 56.2 s	2
18	UK Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	20 laps	9
16	USA Jay Chamberlain	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	19 laps	7
15	UK Graham Eden	Gerry Ashmore	Emeryson-Climax	19 laps	10
11	Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche	19 laps	8
14	UK Gerry Ashmore	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	Oil pipe	12
10	USA Tony Settember	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Oil / water leaks	4
21	UK John Surtees	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	Accident	3
12	Germany Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	Accident	11
19	UK John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Engine on grid	(6)
24	New Zealand Ross Greenville	Ross Greenville	Cooper-Climax	Driver unfit	-

Team Lotus entered a car for this race and was given No. 3, but withdrew without designating a driver.

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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