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.

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 Circuito delle Madonie 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 June24 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 Race Circuit GT2.0 15 September 14 Double 400 km Bridgehampton Race Circuit 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 DAY SEB TGA NÜR LMS CHA GWD BHA MTY 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 DAY SEB TGA NÜR LMS CHA GWD BHA MTY 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 SEB GDA AVU PER NÜR BHA 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 SEB TGA NÜR 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 SEB TGA NÜR 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

External links 1962 World Sportscar Championship