1962 French Grand Prix

1962 French Grand Prix
Race details
Date 8 July 1962
Official name XLVIII Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
Location Rouen-Les-Essarts
Rouen, France
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 6.542 km (4.065 miles)
Distance 54 laps, 353.268 km (219.511 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 2:14.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM
Time 2:16.9 on lap 32
Podium
First Porsche
Second Cooper-Climax
Third BRM
Lap leaders

The 1962 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Rouen-Les-Essarts on 8 July 1962. It was race 4 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Dan Gurney, his first Formula One victory, driving a Porsche, that company's only win as a constructor in a Formula One championship race coming after three years of racing. It was the third time that the French Grand Prix was held at Rouen, the previous time being 1957.[1]

  1. ^ Blunsden, John (September 1962). "Porsche-sensation i Frankrikes G.P." [Porsche Sensation in French G.P.]. Illustrerad Motor Sport (in Swedish). No. 9. Lerum, Sweden. p. 15.