The 1962 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race run for cars complying with

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rules, held on 1 April 1962 at

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. The race was run in three heats of 22 laps each and the results were aggregated. The race was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a

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. The course was somewhat altered over previous years, as part of the area that had held spectators was now in commercial use. This was the debut for BRM's new V8 engine, as well as the first race for the upgraded Coventry-Climax V8 used in Jim Clark's Lotus.

Qualifying

¹Vaccarella was 'bumped' to make way for the invited home-country drivers Pilette and Bianchi
²car burnt out in practice accident
³entry taken by Campbell-Jones

Results

Conventional Aggregate Official Aggregate

References

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, Previous_year's_race = 1961 Brussels Grand Prix , Next_year's_race = — Brussels Grand Prix