| abstract | - During the combined practice and qualifying sessions, Graham Hill had hit a T.V. camera that had come away from Carel Godin de Beaufort's car which sent the Englishman off the circuit and into the trees. Emerging uninjured, Hill would start the race from second in a car that had been built overnight, taking on maiden pole sitter Dan Gurney for the race lead at the start. In a race staged in wet, but slowly drying conditions, Hill battled to the lead of the race and won for the second time in 1962 to extend his lead in the Championship. Gurney, for his part, would finish third after his qualifying success, losing out to John Surtees for second in the opening stages. Jim Clark finished fourth for Team Lotus, although his race was hampered by a terrible start caused by the Scot when he forgot to switch on the fuel pumps on the grid. Bruce McLaren and Ricardo Rodríguez completed the scorers with sixteen finishers in total.
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