1962 Monaco Grand Prix

Report

Jim Clark claimed the first pole position of his career, ahead of Graham Hill, Bruce McLaren and Willy Mairesse. The organisers guaranteed two grid spots for each of the five works teams, leaving six spots for the remaining entries; this meant some faster qualifiers failed to qualify while slower drivers succeeded. Mairesse started well from fourth and led into the Gasworks hairpin, but braked too late and skidded. The concertina effect behind him caused a collision that eliminated Dan Gurney, Maurice Trintignant and Richie Ginther.

A marshal, Ange Baldoni, was killed by the dislodged right rear wheel of Ginther's BRM after it struck the Lotuses of Trintignant, Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor, as well as Gurney's Porsche. McLaren and Graham Hill passed Mairesse on the exit of the hairpin; McLaren ended the first lap leading from Hill. Mairesse spun at the station hairpin on lap one, dropping down the order. McLaren led until lap seven, when Graham Hill passed him.

Hill held the lead until lap 92, when an engine failure handed the lead back to McLaren, who held on to win. Phil Hill recovered from a spin to finish second, with his teammate Lorenzo Bandini completing the podium.