The 3rd Reims Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on July 1, 1962, at the Reims-Gueux circuit, near Reims in France. The race was run over 50 laps of the 8.302 km circuit and was won by New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren in a Cooper T60.
Reims-Gueux hosted the French Grand Prix under Grand Prix regulations in 1932, 1938 and 1939 due to the popularity of the Grand Prix de la Marne, a Grand Prix racing series dating back to 1925. Post war changes in political and financial structures moved the 1962 Grand Prix de France to the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit. Reims secured a separate non-championship Formula One event instead. Most of the Formula One teams entered the competition except for Ferrari and Porsche.
Results
External links
- "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp. 96–97
- Aiden Cooper T59 Climax (photos)
49°15′14.67″N 3°55′50.02″E / 49.2540750°N 3.9305611°E / 49.2540750; 3.9305611
References
"1962 III Grand Prix de Reims". silhouet.com. Retrieved July 20, 2014. http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1962/1962.html#rei ↩
"XXVIII Grand Prix Internationale de Reims 1962". formula2.net. Retrieved July 20, 2014. http://www.formula2.net/F162_13.htm ↩
"Aiden-Cooper-Climax T59". 8w.forix.com. Retrieved July 20, 2014. http://8w.forix.com/aiden.html ↩
"Cooper Hume (Aiden-Cooper)". forums.autosport.com/. Retrieved July 20, 2014. http://forums.autosport.com/topic/88033-cooper-hume/?p=4525280 ↩