1962 Drivers Championship Final Standings
Points towards the 1962 World Championship of Drivers were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six finishers in each race with the best five race results retained by each driver.
| Pos. |
Driver |
NED
|
MON
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
USA
|
RSA
|
Pts. |
| 1 |
Graham Hill |
1 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
42 (52) |
| 2 |
Jim Clark |
9 |
Ret |
1 |
Ret |
1 |
4 |
Ret |
1 |
Ret |
30 |
| 3 |
Bruce McLaren |
Ret |
1 |
Ret |
4 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
27 (32) |
| 4 |
John Surtees |
Ret |
4 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
19 |
| 5 |
Dan Gurney |
Ret |
Ret |
DNS |
1 |
9 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
|
15 |
| 6 |
Phil Hill |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
11 |
DNS |
|
14 |
| 7 |
Tony Maggs |
5 |
Ret |
Ret |
2 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
| 8 |
Richie Ginther |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
3 |
13 |
8 |
2 |
Ret |
7 |
10 |
| 9 |
Jack Brabham |
Ret |
8 |
6 |
Ret |
5 |
Ret |
|
4 |
4 |
9 |
| 10 |
Trevor Taylor |
2 |
Ret |
Ret |
8 |
8 |
Ret |
Ret |
12 |
Ret |
6 |
| 11 |
Giancarlo Baghetti |
4 |
|
Ret |
|
|
10 |
5 |
|
|
5 |
| 12 |
Lorenzo Bandini |
|
3 |
|
|
|
Ret |
8 |
|
|
4 |
| 13 |
Ricardo Rodríguez |
Ret |
DNS |
4 |
|
|
6 |
14 |
|
|
4 |
| 14 |
Willy Mairesse |
|
7 |
Ret |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
3 |
| 15 |
Joakim Bonnier |
7 |
5 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
3 |
| 16 |
Innes Ireland |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
16 |
|
Ret |
8 |
5 |
2 |
| 17 |
Carel Godin de Beaufort |
6 |
DNQ |
7 |
6 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
Ret |
11 |
2 |
| 18 |
Masten Gregory |
Ret |
DNQ |
|
Ret |
7 |
|
12 |
6 |
|
1 |
| 19 |
Neville Lederle |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
1 |
| — |
Maurice Trintignant |
|
Ret |
8 |
7 |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Jackie Lewis |
8 |
DNQ |
|
Ret |
10 |
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
John Love |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
0 |
| — |
Nino Vaccarella |
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
15 |
9 |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Lucien Bianchi |
|
|
9 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Roger Penske |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
0 |
| — |
Bruce Johnstone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
0 |
| — |
Jo Siffert |
|
DNQ |
10 |
Ret |
|
12 |
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Rob Schroeder |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
0 |
| — |
Ernie Pieterse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
0 |
| — |
Ian Burgess |
|
|
|
|
12 |
11 |
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Tony Settember |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
John Campbell-Jones |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Hap Sharp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
0 |
| — |
Heini Walter |
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jay Chamberlain |
|
|
|
|
15 |
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Wolfgang Seidel |
NC |
|
|
|
Ret |
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Roy Salvadori |
Ret |
Ret |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
DNS |
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Tony Shelly |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
DNQ |
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Keith Greene |
|
|
|
|
DNS |
Ret |
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ben Pon |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Heinz Schiller |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Bernard Collomb |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Timmy Mayer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Doug Serrurier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Mike Harris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Günther Seiffert |
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Gerry Ashmore |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ernesto Prinoth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Roberto Lippi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Nasif Estéfano |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNQ |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jim Hall |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DNS |
|
0 |
| Pos. |
Driver |
NED
|
MON
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
USA
|
RSA
|
Pts. |
|
Key
| Colour |
Result |
| Gold |
Winner |
| Silver |
2nd place |
| Bronze |
3rd place |
| Green |
Points finish |
| Blue |
Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret) |
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White |
Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Light blue |
Practiced only (PO) |
Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards) |
| Blank |
Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
| Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
- Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- Italics indicate fastest lap
- Bold indicates pole position