Temporada 1962 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo
# Temporada 1962 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo

La temporada de 1962 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo fue la 14.º edición del Campeonato Mundial de Motociclismo.

La temporada consistió en once pruebas en seis cilindradas: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc y Sidecars 500cc. Comenzó el 6 de mayo en el Gran Premio de España y finalizó en el Gran Premio de Argentina el 14 de octubre. El defensor del título de 350 y 500cc Gary Hocking estuvo profundamente afectado por la muerte de su amigo, Tom Phillis en el TT Isla de Man y anunció su retirada del motociclismo después de disputar esta prueba. El compañero de Hocking en MV Agusta, Mike Hailwood, sería el ganador y conseguiría su primer título mundial.

## Calendario y resultados

| Ronda | Fecha | Gran Premio | Circuito | Ganador 50cc | Ganador 125cc | Ganador 250cc | Ganador 350cc | Ganador 500cc |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 de mayo | Gran Premio de España | Circuito de Montjuïc | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Jim Redman | | | Artículo |
| 2 | 13 de mayo | Gran Premio de Francia | Circuito de Charade | Jan Huberts | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Jim Redman | | | Artículo |
| 3 | 6 de junio | TT Isla de Man | Snaefell Mountain | Mitsuo Itoh | Hugh Anderson | Jim Redman | Jim Redman | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 4 | 30 de junio | Gran Premio de los Países Bajos | TT Circuit Assen | Ernst Degner | Luigi Taveri | Jim Redman | Jim Redman | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 5 | 8 de julio | Gran Premio de Bélgica | Spa-Francorchamps | Ernst Degner | Luigi Taveri | Bob McIntyre | | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 6 | 15 de julio | Gran Premio de Alemania | Solitude | Ernst Degner | Luigi Taveri | Jim Redman | | | Artículo |
| 7 | 10 de agosto | Gran Premio del Úlster | Dundrod Circuit | | Luigi Taveri | Tommy Robb | Jim Redman | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 8 | 19 de agosto | Gran Premio de Alemania del Este | Sachsenring | Jan Huberts | Luigi Taveri | Jim Redman | Jim Redman | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 9 | 9 de septiembre | Gran Premio de las Naciones | Monza | Hans-Georg Anscheidt | Teisuke Tanaka | Jim Redman | Jim Redman | Mike Hailwood | Artículo |
| 10 | 23 de septiembre | Gran Premio de Finlandia | Circuito de Tampere | Luigi Taveri | Jim Redman | | Tommy Robb | Alan Shepherd | Artículo |
| 11 | 14 de octubre | Gran Premio de Argentina | Buenos Aires | Hugh Anderson | Hugh Anderson | Arthur Wheeler | | Benedicto Caldarella | Artículo |

## Resultados

### 500cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | MAN | HOL | BEL | ULS | RDA | NAC | FIN | ARG | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 40 |
| 2 | Alan Shepherd | Matchless | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | | 29 |
| 3 | Phil Read | Norton | Ret | 3 | | 3 | | 4 | | | 11 |
| 4 | Bert Schneider | Norton | 4 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 6 | | Ret | 10 |
| 5 | Benedicto Caldarella | Matchless | | | | | | | | 1 | 8 |
| = | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 1 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 7 | František Šťastný | Jawa | | 8 | | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | | 7 |
| 8 | Tony Godfrey | Norton | Ret | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | 7 |
| 9 | Paddy Driver | Norton | | 10 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 5 | | | 7 |
| 10 | Sven-Olof Gunnarsson | Norton | 17 | | | | | | 2 | | 6 |
| 11 | Derek Minter | Norton | Ret | 2 | | Ret | | | | | 6 |
| 12 | Ellis Boyce | Norton / Matchless | 2 | | | Ret | | | | | 6 |
| 13 | Juan Carlos Salatino | Norton | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
| = | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | | | | | | 2 | | | 6 |
| 15 | Fred Stevens | Norton | 3 | | 6 | Ret | | | | | 5 |
| 16 | Silvio Grassetti | Bianchi | | Ret | | | | 3 | | | 4 |
| 17 | Eduardo Salatino | Norton | | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Ron Langston | Norton | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | | | | | 3 |
| 19 | Pablo Gamberini | Matchless | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| = | Anssi Resko | Matchless | | | | | | | 4 | | 3 |
| 21 | Roy Ingram | Norton | 5 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 7 | | | | 2 |
| 22 | Jack Findlay | Norton | Ret | 12 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 2 |
| 23 | Harald Karlsson | Norton | | | | | | | 5 | | 2 |
| = | Amleto Pomesano | Norton | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 25 | Roland Föll | Matchless | 18 | | Ret | | 6 | 8 | 6 | | 2 |
| 26 | Brian Setchell | Norton | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| = | Manuel Soler | Norton | | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| = | Ray Spence | Norton | | | | 6 | | | | | 1 |
| 29 | Jack Ahearn | Norton | Ret | 7 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 10 | | | 0 |
| 30 | Gyula Marsovszky | Norton | 23 | | 9 | | | 7 | | | 0 |
| 31 | Rudolf Gläser | Norton | | | 11 | | | | 7 | | 0 |
| = | Ernst Hiller | Matchless | | 11 | 7 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Tom Thorp | Norton | 7 | | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Peter Middleton | Norton | Ret | | | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Mike Duff | Matchless | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | | Ret | | 0 |
| 35 | Chris Conn | Norton | 8 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Tauno Nurmi | Norton | | | | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 37 | Syd Mizen | Matchless | Ret | 15 | | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | William Van Leeuwen | Norton | | | | Ret | 9 | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Derek Powell | Matchless | 9 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Antero Ventoniemi | Norton | | | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 41 | Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | | 16 | 10 | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Derek Woodman | Matchless | 10 | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Ralph Bryans | Norton | | | | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Vijlo Heino | Norton | | | | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| = | György Kurucz | Norton | | | | | 10 | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Vernon Cottle | Norton | | Ret | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| 47 | Billy McCosh | Matchless | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Raine Lampinen | Norton | | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| = | Vasco Loro | Norton | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| 50 | Renzo Rossi | Gilera | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| = | Graham Smith | Norton | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| 52 | Alf Shaw | Norton | 28 | | | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Bo Granath | Norton | | | | Ret | 13 | | | | 0 |
| = | Walter Scheimann | Norton | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 55 | Peter Evans | Matchless | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Benedetto Zambotti | Norton | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 57 | Karl Recktenwald | Norton | | 14 | | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | George Purvis | Matchless | 14 | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Giuseppe Dardanello | Norton | | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| = | Alfred Worel | BSA | | | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Dennis Fry | Norton | 27 | | | 15 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Emanuele Maugliani | Gilera | | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| = | John Simmonds | Matchless | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 64 | Brian Hornby | Norton | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Giuseppe Mantelli | Gilera | | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| = | Patrick Plunkett | Matchless | | | | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 67 | Ladislaus Richter | Norton | | 17 | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 68 | Tommy Holmes | Matchless | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Jimmy Jones | Norton | | | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Louis Carr | Matchless | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 71 | Derek Lee | Matchless | 20 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Douglas Smith | AJS | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | George Bell | Norton | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Chris Anderson | BSA / Norton | 24 | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 75 | Jimmy Morton | Matchless | 25 | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Ted Whiteside | Matchless | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 77 | Frank Reynolds | Norton | 29 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Gabites | Norton | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Jacques Insermini | Norton | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Hugh Anderson | Matchless | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bob Coulter | AJS / Norton | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Robin Fitton | Norton | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Grant | BSA | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alistair King | Matchless | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Stephen Murray | Matchless | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dan Shorey | Norton | Ret | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joop Vogelzang | Norton | | Ret | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | Ret | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Billy Andersson | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rudolf Bergsleithner | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ernesto Brambilla | Bianchi | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Brown | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Bullock | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Agne Carlsson | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Graham Chatterton | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Horacio Costas | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Dick Creith | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | James Cripps | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Terry Dennehy | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alan Dugalde | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Don Ellis | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Gow | Triumph | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gustav Havel | Jawa | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Karl Hoppe | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hannu Kuparinen | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Len Ireland | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Pentti Lehtelä | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Edy Lenz | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Colin Lyster | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jorge Kissling | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Mark McCausland | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Robert McCracken | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Michael McStay | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ned Minihan | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Albert Montagne | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Billie Nelson | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eric Oliver | AJS | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Juan Carlos Perkins | Norton | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Morgan Radberg | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Johnny Rae | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harold Riley | BSA | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Robertson | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Rutherford | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Shannon | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Smith | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Werner Spinnler | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Vagn Stevnhoved | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Veikko Sulasaari | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Brian Taggart | AJS | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rudi Thalhammer | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Pete Tomlinson | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Martinus Van Son | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Raûl Villaveiran | Norton | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Dave Wildman | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Piloto | Moto | MAN | HOL | BEL | ULS | RDA | NAC | FIN | ARG | Pts |
