1962 Natal Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date	22 December 1962
Official name	II Natal Grand Prix
Location	Westmead Circuit, Durban
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:22.11
Fastest lap
Driver	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:24.2
Podium
First	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Third	Richie Ginther	BRM

The 2nd Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 22 December 1962 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The field was split into two heats, with a subsequent final. The heats consisted of 22 laps, and the final was run over 33 laps, and was won by British driver Trevor Taylor in his Lotus 25.

The event was marred by the death of Rhodesian driver Gary Hocking, who was killed in practice driving the Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 24.

Jim Clark posted the fastest time in practice, and was on pole position for the first heat. However, after exchanging the lead several times with Richie Ginther, he experienced problems during the heat and was classified 12th. Ginther won the heat with local driver Bruce Johnstone finishing second. Graham Hill was on pole for the second heat, which was won by Taylor with Hill second, after a battle throughout the race.

Clark started at the back of the grid for the final, with Ginther, Taylor and Hill forming the front row. Hill's car suffered ignition failure, but Clark raced through the field to beat Ginther and take second behind Taylor, who led throughout.^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:22.11	-
2	3	Graham Hill	BRM	1:22.67	+ 0.56
3	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:22.79	+ 0.68
4	4	Richie Ginther	BRM	1:24.06	+ 1.95
5	6	Gary Hocking	Lotus-Climax	1:25.10	+ 2.99
6	26	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	1:25.95	+ 3.84
7	9	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	1:26.20	+ 4.09
8	14	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	1:26.62	+ 4.51
9	15	John Love	Cooper-Climax	1:27.35	+ 5.24
10	12	Peter de Klerk	Alfa Special-Alfa Romeo	1:27.92	+ 5.81
11	7	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	1:27.96	+ 5.85
12	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:28.89	+ 6.78
13	17	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Climax	1:29.27	+ 7.16
14	10	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:30.17	+ 8.06
15	18	Fanie Viljoen	LDS-Climax	1:30.22	+ 8.11
16	21	Bob van Niekerk	Lotus-Climax	1:30.35	+ 8.24
17	16	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:31.38	+ 9.27
18	25	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:31.43	+ 9.32
19	31	Peter van Niekerk	Lotus-Ford	1:32.59	+ 10.48
20	35	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati	1:33.54	+ 11.43
21	32	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford	1:33.65	+ 11.54
22	19	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:33.80	+ 11.69
23	29	Gordon Henderson	Scorpion-Alfa Romeo	1:34.28	+ 12.17
24	37	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC	1:34.97	+ 12.86
25	30	Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward	1:36.44	+ 14.33
26	39	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	1:36.46	+ 14.35
27	33	Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford	1:36.61	+ 14.50
28	36	Dave Charlton	Lotus-Ford	1:36.83	+ 14.72
29	27	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:37.13	+ 15.02
30	5	Bill Scheepers	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	1:37.23	+ 15.12
31	20	Ray Cresp	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:37.94	+ 15.83
32	38	Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:40.30	+ 18.19
33	24	Tony Neave	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:45.82	+ 23.71

Non-starters

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor
DNS	6	Gary Hocking	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax
WD	8	John Guthrie	John Guthrie	Cooper-Alfa Romeo
WD	22	Neville Austin	Neville Austin	Cooper-Climax
WD	23	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati
WD	28	Tony Kotze	Bond Cars	Assegai-Alfa Romeo
WD	34	Lionel Wilmot	Lionel Wilmot	Lotus-Ford
WD	40	Peter Bosch	Windhoek Motor Club	Heron-Alfa Romeo
WD	41	Peter Bosch	Windhoek Motor Club	Cooper-Climax

• Car #23 was withdrawn by Serrurier, who drove #11 in the race. The withdrawn car was ultimately driven by Trundell and wore #35.

Results

Heat one

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	31:56.8	2
2	Bruce Johnstone	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	+ 53.5 s	3
3	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:00.9	4
4	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo		8
5	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax		9
6	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati		10
7	John Love	John Love	Cooper-Climax		5
8	Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax		14
9	Peter van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford		11
10	Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo		6
11	Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
12	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax		1
13	Bernard Podmore	Grosvenor Motors	Lotus-Climax		7
14	Vern McWilliams	Vern McWilliams	Lotus-Borgward		13
Ret	Brausch Niemann	Brausch Niemann	Lotus-Ford		12
Ret	Eric Glasby	Eric Glasby	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		16

Heat two

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	32:19.6	2
2	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 2.2 s	1
3	Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	+ 51.0 s	3
4	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Special	+ 1:15.6	4
5	Ernie Pieterse	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:22.2	5
6	Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Climax		6
7	Gene Bosman	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo		8
8	Ray Cresp	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
9	Dave Riley	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC		11
10	Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		9
11	Gordon Henderson	Gordon Henderson	Scorpion-Alfa Romeo		10
Ret	Mike Harris	Mike Harris	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		7
Ret	Errol Hammon	Errol Hammon	LDS-Ford		12
Ret	Dave Charlton	Ecurie Tomahawk	Lotus-Ford		13
Ret	Bill Scheepers	H. Muller	Lotus-Alfa Romeo		14
Ret	Tony Neave	A & G Conversions	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		16

Final

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	48:08.7	2
2	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 6.1 s	22
3	Richie Ginther	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 22.1 s	1
4	Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Climax	32 laps	6
5	Ernie Pieterse	Ernie Pieterse	Lotus-Climax	32 laps	8
6	John Love	John Love	Cooper-Climax	32 laps	13
7	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Alfa Special	32 laps	7
8	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	31 laps	9
9	Gene Bosman	Gene Bosman	LDS-Alfa Romeo		14
10	Doug Serrurier	Otelle Nucci	LDS-Alfa Romeo		18
11	Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Climax		12
12	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax		10
13	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Maserati		11
14	Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax		16
15	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM		3
16	Ray Cresp	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		15
Ret	Dave Riley	Dave Riley	Cooper-BMC		19
Ret	Peter van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford		17
Ret	Trevor Blokdyk	Hoffman Racing Team	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		20
Ret	Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		21
Ret	Bruce Johnstone	Bruce Johnstone	BRM	Oil leak	4
Ret	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	Accident	5

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com