1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Race details
Date	19 August 1962
Official name	I Gran Premio del Mediterraneo
Location	Autodromo di Pergusa , Sicily
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.803 km (2.985 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 240.15 km (149.3 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Time	1:21.5
Fastest lap
Drivers	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Fastest lap	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Time	1:20.9
Podium
First	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari
Second	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Third	Carlo Abate	Porsche

The 1st Mediterranean Grand Prix was a motor race , run for Formula One cars, held on 19 August 1962 at the Autodromo di Pergusa , Sicily . The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by Ferrari . The winner was Lorenzo Bandini in a Ferrari 156 . ^[1]

Results [ edit ]

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Lorenzo Bandini	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	1.09:25.8	1
2	Giancarlo Baghetti	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	+ 32.5 s	2
3	Carlo Abate	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Porsche	+ 1 Lap	4
4	Jo Siffert	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus - Climax	+ 2 Laps	3
5	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper - Climax	+ 5 Laps	8
6	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso - O.S.C.A.	+ 6 Laps	11
7	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby - BRM	+ 9 Laps	7
8	Wolfgang Seidel	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus - BRM	+ 10 Laps	10
9	Gunther Seiffert	Autosport Team Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus - Climax	+ 30 Laps	12
Ret	Heinz Schiller	Ecurie Filipinetti	Porsche	Oil leak	5
Ret	Nino Vaccarella	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Lotus - Climax	Engine	6
Ret	Wal Ever	Wal Ever	Cooper - O.S.C.A.	Engine	13
DNS	Heini Walter	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus - BRM	Withdrawn after practice	(9)
WD	Umberto Filotico	Umberto Filotico	Cooper - Climax		-
WD	Jay Chamberlain	Ecurie Excelsior	Lotus - Climax	Car in Sweden	-
WD	Kurt Kuhnke	Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus - Borgward	Car not ready	-
WD	Peter Arundell	Team Lotus	Lotus - BRM		-

References [ edit ]