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1962 Naples Grand Prix

Italy  1962 Naples Grand Prix
Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date 20 May 1962
Official name XX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.491 km (1.548 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 149.444 km (92.86 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:18.7
Fastest lap
Drivers Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari
Fastest lap Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari
Time 1:17.7
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Gilby-Climax

The 20th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 20 May 1962 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Belgian driver Willy Mairesse in a Ferrari 156.

This race was held on the same day as the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, and consequently many of the top drivers at that time were not present in Naples. Only the 10 fastest cars in qualifying were allowed to start the race, leaving a number of the more unusual entrants on the sidelines. The two Ferraris were dominant throughout the weekend, with Lorenzo Bandini leading from the start of the race until lap 24, when he was passed by Mairesse, who led until the end. Carlo Abate finished fourth in his first Formula One race, narrowly beaten by Keith Greene.



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