1962 Naples Grand Prix

  1962 Naples Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	20 May 1962
Official name	XX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location	Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.491 km (1.548 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 149.444 km (92.86 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Time	1:18.7
Fastest lap
Drivers	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari
Fastest lap	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Time	1:17.7
Podium
First	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari
Second	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Third	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax

The 20th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 20 May 1962 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a Ferrari 156.

This race was held on the same day as the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, and consequently many of the top drivers at that time were not present in Naples. Only the 10 fastest cars in qualifying were allowed to start the race, leaving a number of the more unusual entrants on the sidelines. The two Ferraris were dominant throughout the weekend, with Lorenzo Bandini leading from the start of the race until lap 24, when he was passed by Mairesse, who led until the end. Carlo Abate finished fourth in his first Formula One race, narrowly beaten by Keith Greene.^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	6	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	1:18.7	—
2	10	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	1:18.9	+0.2
3	12	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	1:21.2	+2.5
4	14	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:21.2	+2.5
5	4	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:22.4	+3.7
6	2	Tony Shelly	Lotus-Climax	1:22.9	+4.2
7	32	Carlo Abate	Porsche	1:23.3	+4.6
8	24	Tony Settember	Emeryson-Climax	1:23.4	+4.7
9	46	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	1:24.4	+5.7
10	26	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	1:25.1	+6.4
11	42	Graham Eden	Emeryson-Climax	1:26.8	+8.1
12	18	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	1:27.0	+8.3
13	8	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax	1:27.1	+8.4
14	40	Heinz Schiller	Porsche	1:27.2	+8.5
15	34	Maurice Caillet	Cegga-Maserati	1:28.1	+9.4
16	38	Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	1:29.6	+10.9
17	48	Günther Seiffert	Lotus-Climax	1:33.0	+14.3

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Willy Mairesse	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	1.19:36.1	2
2	6	Lorenzo Bandini	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	+3.3 s	1
3	12	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	59 laps	3
4	32	Carlo Abate	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Porsche	59 laps	7
5	4	Ian Burgess	Anglo-American Equipe	Cooper-Climax	58 laps	5
6	2	Tony Shelly	John Dalton	Lotus-Climax	58 laps	6
7	14	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	55 laps	4
8	46	David Piper	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	51 laps	9
9	24	Tony Settember	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	50 laps	8
Ret	26	Gaetano Starrabba	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	Half-shaft - 0 laps	10
DNQ	42	Graham Eden	Graham Eden	Emeryson-Climax		-
DNQ	18	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.		-
DNQ	8	Jay Chamberlain	Jay Chamberlain	Lotus-Climax		-
DNQ	40	Heinz Schiller	Scuderia Filipinetti	Porsche		-
DNQ	34	Maurice Caillet	Ets Cegga	Cegga-Maserati		-
DNQ	38	Gastone Zanarotti	Scuderia Tomaso	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.		-
DNQ	48	Günther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax		-
DNA	16	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Car at Zandvoort	-
DNA	20	Dino Govoni	Dino Govoni	Emeryson-Maserati	Withdrew	-
DNA	22	Umberto Filotico	Umberto Filotico	Cooper-Climax	Withdrew	-
DNA	28	"Wal Ever"	"Wal Ever"	Cooper	Withdrew	-
DNA	36	Jo Siffert	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lotus-Climax	Withdrew	-

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp. 86–87.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com