Photography Getty Images. Taken from Motor Sport, August 1962

Every five years the Grand Prix de l’ACF leaves the Reims circuit and is held at Rouen-Les-Essarts, having done so in 1952, 1957 and now in 1962. The Rouen circuit does not have the amenities nor the grandness and atmosphere of Reims, but the circuit itself is one of the best in Europe from the point of view of driving and spectating.

All the British teams that had been at Reims the previous week were present and, in addition, the works Porsche team turned up, at last satisfied with its 8-cylinder cars. The Scuderia Ferrari was absent, the industrial strike in Italy still preventing the Ferrari mechanics from preparing the cars.