1962 World Sportscar Championship

The 1962 World Sportscar Championship season was the 10th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions, and the 1962 Coupe des Sports, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions. The season ran from 11 February 1962 to 21 September 1962 over 15 events. For this season the FIA shifted the focus to production based GT cars and the World Sportscar Championship title was discontinued. This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a single overall title.

1962 World Sportscar Championship
Previous: 1961 Next: 1963
Ferrari won the over 2.0 litre GT class award with its 250 and 250 GTO (pictured)

Schedule

Although composed of 15 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Round Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date
1 3 Hours of Daytona Continental Daytona International Speedway Both 11 February
2 Sebring 3 Hours Sebring International Raceway GT 23 March
3 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway Both 24 March
4 Coppa Maifredi Circuito del Garda GT 1 May
5 Targa Florio Palermo Both 6 May
6 Berlin Grand Prix AVUS GT 13 May
7 International ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring Both 27 May
8 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe Both 23 June
24 June
9 Trophée d'Auvergne Charade Circuit Both 15 July
10 Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa GT 15 August
11 RAC Tourist Trophy Goodwood Circuit GT 18 August
12 International ADAC 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring GT 2 September
13 Double 400 km Bridgehampton GT2.0 15 September
14 Double 400 km Bridgehampton GT+2.0 16 September
15 1000 km de Paris Autodrome de Montlhéry GT 21 October

Season results
Round Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona #96 Frank Arciero #18 NART Results
Dan Gurney Stirling Moss
2 Sebring Did Not Participate #8 Briggs Cunningham Results
Bruce McLaren
3 Sebring #23 Scuderia SSS Venezia #24 NART Results
Jo Bonnier
Lucien Bianchi		 Phil Hill
Olivier Gendebien
4 Circuito del Garda Did Not Participate #56 No Team Name Results
Ludovico Scarfiotti
5 Palermo #152 SEFAC Ferrari #86 San Marco Results
Willy Mairesse
Olivier Gendebien
Ricardo Rodríguez		 Giorgio Scarlatti
Pietro Ferraro
6 AVUS Did Not Participate #40 No Team Name Results
Robert Jenny
7 Nürburgring #92 SEFAC Ferrari #51 Peter Nöcker Results
Phil Hill
Olivier Gendebien		 Peter Nöcker
Wolfgang Seidel
8 Le Mans #6 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #19 Pierre Noblet Results
Phil Hill
Olivier Gendebien		 Pierre Noblet
Jean Guichet
9 Charade #18 Essex Racing Team #3 Scuderia SSS Venezia Results
Alan Rees Carlo Maria Abate
10 Pergusa Did Not Participate #58 Abarth Results
"Pam"
Giancarlo Scotti
11 Goodwood Did Not Participate #15 UDT-Laystall Results
Innes Ireland
12 Nürburgring Did Not Participate #86 Abarth Results
Eberhard Mahle
13 Bridgehampton (2.0) Did Not Participate #31 Chuck Cassel Results
Bob Holbert
14 Bridgehampton (+2.0) #3 NART #17 Bob Grossman Results
Pedro Rodríguez Bob Grossman
15 Montlhéry Did Not Participate #1 NART Results
Pedro Rodríguez
Ricardo Rodríguez

Manufacturers' Championship

All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Only the best 5 results counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

GT +2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars over 2000 cc. GT +2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 11 Rd 14 Rd 15 Total
1 Ferrari 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 45
2 Jaguar 2 3 4 3 4 16
3 Chevrolet 4 2 3 9
4 Lancia 4 4
5 Aston Martin 1 1

GT 2.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc. GT 2.0 did not participate in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 14.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 11 Rd 13 Rd 15 Total
1 Porsche 6 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 45
2 Alfa Romeo 9 4 6 2 4 4 4 2 27
3 Lotus 2 1 6 9 3 21
4 Morgan 1 6 7
5 Abarth-Simca 4 4
6 Sunbeam 2 1 3
7 TVR 2 2
8 MG 1 1

GT 1.0

This championship was for all GT class cars under 1000 cc. GT 1.0 only participated in Rounds 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, and 13.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 2 Rd 4 Rd 6 Rd 10 Rd 12 Rd 13 Total
1 Fiat-Abarth 9 9 9 9 9 9 45
2 GSM 2 3 5
3 Austin-Healey 4 4

Coupe des Sports

S 3.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 3000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7. The last two rounds were won by the Ferrari 246 SP.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 7 Total
1 Ferrari 9 9 9 27
2= Cooper 6 6
2= Aston Martin 6 6
4 Cegga-Ferrari 4 4

S 2.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 2000 cc but above 1000 cc.

Porsche was the only manufacturer to finish a race in this class in the three scoring rounds, and were declared the champion.

S 1.0

This championship was for all Sportscar class cars under 1000 cc. Sportscars only scored points in Rounds 3, 5, and 7.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 3 Rd 5 Rd 7 Total
1 Fiat-Abarth 9 4 13
2 Lotus 9 9
3= O.S.C.A. 6 6
3= Austin-Healey 6 6
5 D.B. 4 4
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