The 1962 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 16 September 1962. It was race 7 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 86-lap race was won by BRM driver Graham Hill after he started from second position. His teammate Richie Ginther finished second and Cooper driver Bruce McLaren came in third.
Race report
Jim Clark started on pole position, but the Lotus team still looked worried as the team had gone through all of their gearboxes over the weekend. Two crates of spare parts were flown down, but nonetheless Clark and Trevor Taylor started with no more spares available. After only two laps Clark pitted with the expected transmission trouble; he made it back onto the track for another ten laps but that was it. Teammate Taylor managed 25 laps before his race ended. Hill kept stretching his lead out and finished nearly a half minute before Richie Ginther in the other BRM. Ginther had been duelling with Surtees throughout the race, but on lap 38 Surtees slowed down and five laps later he retired with engine troubles.
Gurney's car was pressed too hard and he retired on the 66th lap with a broken rear differential. After this, the positions stabilized a bit, although not until after Baghetti had briefly led the pack to the appreciation of local fans.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Grid limited to 22 cars, provided their time was within 110% of 2nd place. As only 19 drivers managed to be fulfilled the requirements, the grid was reduced to 21 cars.
Race
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 14
| Graham Hill
| BRM
| 86
| 2:29:08.4
| 2
| 9
|-
! 2
| 12
| Richie Ginther
| BRM
| 86
| + 29.8
| 3
| 6
|-
! 3
| 28
| Bruce McLaren
| Cooper-Climax
| 86
| + 57.8
| 4
| 4
|-
! 4
| 8
| Willy Mairesse
| Ferrari
| 86
| + 58.2
| 10
| 3
|-
! 5
| 2
| Giancarlo Baghetti
| Ferrari
| 86
| + 1:31.3
| 18
| 2
|-
! 6
| 18
| Jo Bonnier
| Porsche
| 85
| + 1 Lap
| 9
| 1
|-
! 7
| 30
| Tony Maggs
| Cooper-Climax
| 85
| + 1 Lap
| 12
|
|-
! 8
| 6
| Lorenzo Bandini
| Ferrari
| 84
| + 2 Laps
| 17
|
|-
! 9
| 24
| Nino Vaccarella
| Lotus-Climax
| 84
| + 2 Laps
| 14
|
|-
! 10
| 32
| Carel Godin de Beaufort
| Porsche
| 81
| + 5 Laps
| 20
|
|-
! 11
| 10
| Phil Hill
| Ferrari
| 81
| + 5 Laps
| 15
|
|-
! 12
| 38
| Masten Gregory
| Lotus-BRM
| 77
| + 9 Laps
| 6
|
|-
! 13
| 16
| Dan Gurney
| Porsche
| 66
| Differential
| 7
|
|-
! 14
| 4
| Ricardo Rodríguez
| Ferrari
| 63
| Ignition
| 11
|
|-
!
| 40
| Innes Ireland
| Lotus-Climax
| 45
| Suspension
| 5
|
|-
!
| 46
| John Surtees
| Lola-Climax
| 42
| Engine
| 8
|
|-
!
| 44
| Roy Salvadori
| Lola-Climax
| 41
| Engine
| 13
|
|-
!
| 22
| Trevor Taylor
| Lotus-Climax
| 25
| Gearbox
| 16
|
|-
!
| 48
| Tony Settember
| Emeryson-Climax
| 18
| Engine
| 21
|
|-
!
| 36
| Maurice Trintignant
| Lotus-Climax
| 17
| Electrical
| 19
|
|-
!
| 20
| Jim Clark
| Lotus-Climax
| 12
| Gearbox
| 1
|
|-
!
| 60
| Tony Shelly
| Lotus-BRM
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 56
| Keith Greene
| Gilby-BRM
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 52
| Gerry Ashmore
| Lotus-Climax
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 62
| Ian Burgess
| Cooper-Climax
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 42
| Jo Siffert
| Lotus-BRM
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 54
| Ernesto Prinoth
| Lotus-Climax
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 50
| Roberto Lippi
| De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 26
| Jay Chamberlain
| Lotus-Climax
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 34
| Nasif Estéfano
| De Tomaso
|
|
|
|
|-
!
| 58
| Kurt Kuhnke
| Lotus-Borgward
|
| Car not ready
|
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|-
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Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
!Pos
!Driver
!Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| Graham Hill
|align=left| 36 (37)
|-
|align="left"| 10px 2
|align="center"| 2
| Bruce McLaren
|align=left| 22
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 3
| Jim Clark
|align=left| 21
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 4
| John Surtees
|align=left| 19
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 5
| Phil Hill
|align=left| 14
|-
!colspan=4|Source:
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;Constructors' Championship standings
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 1
| BRM
|align=left| 37 (41)
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 2
| Lotus-Climax
|align=left| 27
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 3
| Cooper-Climax
|align=left| 25 (27)
|-
|align="left"| 10px
|align="center"| 4
| Lola-Climax
|align=left| 19
|-
|align="left"| 10px 1
|align="center"| 5
| Ferrari
|align=left| 18
|-
!colspan=4|Source: