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Motor car race
The
III Grote Prijs van Danske
(or
3rd Danish Grand Prix
) was held on 25?26 August 1962, at the
Roskilde Ring
circuit,
Roskilde
,
Denmark
. The race was a non-Championship
Formula One
race. It was run over three heats: one of 20 laps and two of 30 laps, and was won overall by
Jack Brabham
, who won all three heats in his
Lotus 24
. This race was the first Formula One event for successful
Rhodesian
motorcycle rider
Gary Hocking
, who finished 4th overall.
This was the second and last Formula One event to be held at the Roskildering, which was eventually closed in 1969.
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Race summary
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The first heat saw Brabham win from American
Masten Gregory
, with
Innes Ireland
in third. The main incident was an accident involving the
Lotus 18
of
Jay Chamberlain
. Brabham also took the second heat, with Ireland in second this time and
John Surtees
in third, with
Roy Salvadori
crashing out this time. Chamberlain returned for the third and final heat, and the first three home in the first heat crossed the line in the same order in the third heat, with a comfortable overall win for Brabham, who also drove the fastest lap.
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Overall results
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References
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- ^
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
- ^
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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