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1962 Standings

Graham Hill won the 1962 Drivers' Championship for BRM. Final 1962 standings — every driver and constructor ranked by points and wins.

Driver Leader
Graham Hill
42 pts · BRM
Title Gap
12 pts
Graham Hill over Jim Clark
Constructors
BRM
42 pts · gap 6
Most Wins
4
Graham Hill
Control Tower
Drivers Championship
Season
1962 Season Report

Graham Hill won the 1962 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for BRM, finishing on 42 points, 12 clear of Jim Clark. Hill won 4 races that season.

BRM took the Constructors' Championship with 42 points, 6 ahead of Lotus-Climax.

4 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 19 drivers scored championship points.

Championships in this era were decided on a "best results" basis — drivers counted only their highest-scoring finishes towards the title, so season totals can differ from the sum of every race result. Dropped scores were abolished from 1991.

Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.

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1962 Driver Order

Pos
Driver
Form
Points
Wins
P1
Graham Hill
BRM
Championship Pace100%
Championship Leader
42
Points
4
Wins
P2
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace71%
12 pts off the lead.
30
Points
3
Wins
P3
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace64%
15 pts off the lead.
27
Points
1
Wins
P4
John Surtees
Lola
Championship Pace45%
23 pts off the lead.
19
Points
0
Wins
P5
Dan Gurney
Porsche
Championship Pace36%
27 pts off the lead.
15
Points
1
Wins
P6
Phil Hill
Ferrari
Championship Pace33%
28 pts off the lead.
14
Points
0
Wins
P7
Tony Maggs
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace31%
29 pts off the lead.
13
Points
0
Wins
P8
Richie Ginther
BRM
Championship Pace24%
32 pts off the lead.
10
Points
0
Wins
P9
Jack Brabham
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace21%
33 pts off the lead.
9
Points
0
Wins
P10
Trevor Taylor
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace14%
36 pts off the lead.
6
Points
0
Wins
P11
Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari
Championship Pace12%
37 pts off the lead.
5
Points
0
Wins
P12
Lorenzo Bandini
Ferrari
Championship Pace10%
38 pts off the lead.
4
Points
0
Wins
P13
Ricardo Rodríguez
Ferrari
Championship Pace10%
38 pts off the lead.
4
Points
0
Wins
P14
Willy Mairesse
Ferrari
Championship Pace7%
39 pts off the lead.
3
Points
0
Wins
P15
Jo Bonnier
Porsche
Championship Pace7%
39 pts off the lead.
3
Points
0
Wins
P16
Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace5%
40 pts off the lead.
2
Points
0
Wins
P17
Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche
Championship Pace5%
40 pts off the lead.
2
Points
0
Wins
P18
Masten Gregory
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace2%
41 pts off the lead.
1
Points
0
Wins
P19
Neville Lederle
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace2%
41 pts off the lead.
1
Points
0
Wins
P20
Maurice Trintignant
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P21
Jackie Lewis
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P22
John Love
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P23
Nino Vaccarella
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P24
Lucien Bianchi
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P25
Roger Penske
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P26
Bruce Johnstone
BRM
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P27
Jo Siffert
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P28
Rob Schroeder
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P29
Ernie Pieterse
Lotus-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
P30
Ian Burgess
Cooper-Climax
Championship Pace0%
42 pts off the lead.
0
Points
0
Wins
About the 1962 championships · How F1 points work

Graham Hill leads the 1962 Drivers Championship with 42 points, holding a 12-point advantage over Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax). A gap of fewer than 25 points — one race win — means the title race remains mathematically open every single weekend.

In the 1962 Constructors Championship, BRM leads with 42 points — a 6-point margin over Lotus-Climax. The Constructors title is decided by the combined points haul of a team's two drivers from every race, making car reliability, pit stop execution, and strategic pairing as important as raw pace.

The current FIA points system awards points to the top ten finishers in every Grand Prix: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1. An additional point goes to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race, provided they finish inside the top ten. Sprint events — held on Saturday at select rounds — offer a separate points structure: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the top eight finishers, counting toward both championships independently of the main race result.

A driver must hold an FIA Super Licence and score at least one championship point to register on the standings. DNFs score zero, but a classified finish — completing at least 90% of the race distance — earns the driver’s finishing position even without a points reward.