1962 Lavant Cup

  1962 Lavant Cup

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	23 April 1962
Official name	XIV Lavant Cup
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.862 km (2.4 mi)
Distance	21 laps, 81.1 km (50.4 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:37.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:25.4
Podium
First	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Second	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax
Third	Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax

The 14th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 23 April 1962 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 21 laps of the circuit, and was won by New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren in a Cooper T55.

This race was held directly before the 1962 Glover Trophy, on the same day at the same circuit, with some drivers taking part in both events. Another Formula One race, the 1962 Pau Grand Prix, was also held on the same day. The Lavant Cup was normally a Formula Two race, but for 1962 it was open to Formula One cars with four-cylinder engines, thus excluding the BRMs and those cars using the Climax V8 engine. The V6 Ferraris were at the Pau event, so they were not affected by this rule.

McLaren won the race comfortably after John Surtees' car was hit by Günther Seiffert at the chicane while the Briton was leading.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	22	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	30:31.8	1
2	6	Roy Salvadori	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	+ 45.8 s	5
3	17	Tony Shelly	John Dalton	Lotus-Climax	+ 56.2 s	2
4	18	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	20 laps	9
5	16	Jay Chamberlain	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	19 laps	7
6	15	Graham Eden	Gerry Ashmore	Emeryson-Climax	19 laps	10
7	11	Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche	19 laps	8
Ret	14	Gerry Ashmore	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	Oil pipe	12
Ret	10	Tony Settember	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Oil / water leaks	4
Ret	21	John Surtees	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	Accident	3
Ret	12	Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	Accident	11
DNS	19	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Engine on grid	(6)
WD	24	Ross Greenville	Ross Greenville	Cooper-Climax	Driver unfit	-

• Team Lotus entered a car for this race and was given No. 3, but withdrew without designating a driver.

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.