Paris 1000 km race in 1962

Ferrari 250 GTO with the original start number 6; Jean Guichet and Pierre Noblet achieved fourth place in the overall standings with this car

The fourth 1000 km race of Paris , also 1000 km de Paris, Montlhéry , took place on October 21, 1962 at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . The race was the 15th round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The 1962 event was the third consecutive 1000 km race in Montlhéry. After the endurance race was launched in 1956 , the organizers had difficulties in the following years to obtain the financial means necessary for a race. It was not continued until 1960 and in 1961 the race was given the status of a championship run for the first time. The FIA GT Cup , introduced in 1960, was discontinued at the end of 1961 . Part of the GT races covered by this championship went into the 1962 World Sports Car Championship . This also included the 1000 km race in Paris, which was the first world championship run.

The Linas-Montlhéry racetrack was still treacherous in the 1960s and feared by many drivers. The banked turns were still poorly secured at the top and had a bumpy surface. The entrance and exit, which connected the oval with the street course, were narrow and partially limited by a 1 meter high wall. In the oval, they always rode in the middle of the route, as the upper edge was far too unsafe. A week after the death of Henri Oreiller , who had a fatal accident at the Coupe du Salon , another driver, Paul Armagnac (during training on October 20), died. The Armagnac accident was similar to Oreiller's death. He too lost control of the racing car at the end of the steep bend before the start and finish, skidded across the street and hit a barrier hard. Armagnac was thrown out of the car and lay on the racetrack with several broken bones. Although he was quickly brought to the Linas clinic, he succumbed to serious injuries two days after the accident.

In 1962 the Mexican brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez repeated their success from the previous year. This time in front of the two Britons John Surtees and Mike Parkes , who, like the Rodríguez brothers , drove a Ferrari 250 GTO .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT + 2.0	1	North American Racing Team	Pedro Rodríguez Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari 250 GTO	129
2	GT + 2.0	11	Maranello Concessionaires Ltd.	John Surtees Mike Parkes	Ferrari 250 GTO	128
3	GT + 2.0	15th	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Ludovico Scarfiotti Colin Davis	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo	127
4th	GT + 2.0	6th	Jean Guichet	Jean Guichet Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GTO	125
5	GT + 2.0	2	Equipe Nationale Belge	Lucien Bianchi Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 250 GTO	122
6th	GT + 2.0	17th	André Simon	André Simon Georges Berger	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	121
7th	GT 2.0	21st	Gerhard Koch	Herbert Linge Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	118
8th	GT 2.0	22nd	Ben Pon	Ben Pon Rob Slotemaker	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	117
9	GT 1.3	33	Abarth	Hans Herrmann Mauro Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	116
10	GT 1.3	37	Team elite	John Wagstaff Gil Baird	Lotus Elite	115
11	EXP 1.0	42	Lotus France	José Rosinski Bernard Consten	Lotus 23	112
12	GT 1.3	34	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giancarlo Sala Alfonso Thiele	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	110
13	EXP 1.0	45	René Bonnet	Robert Bouharde Jean Vinatier	René Bonnet Djet	108
14th	EXP 1.0	48	Claude Bobrowski	Claude Bobrowski Frank Ruata	Fiat-Abarth 1000	107
15th	GT 1.3	51	Ernst Furtmayr	Ernst Furtmayr Hans-Dieter Dechent	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	105
16	GT 1.3	35	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Romolo Rossi Giampiero Biscaldi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	105
17th	GT 2.0	24	Guy Savoye	Guy Savoye Claude Savoye	Morgan Plus 4	100
18th	GT 2.0	23	Robert Buchet	Edgar Barth Robert Buchet	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	100
19th	GT 1.3	32	Abarth	Lorenzo Bandini Tommy Spychiger	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	92
20th	EXP 1.0	41	Panhard & Levassor	André Guilhaudin Alain Bertaut	CD Panhard Dyna	91
Disqualified
21st	GT + 2.0	3	Equipe Nationale Belge	Jean Blaton Léon Dernier Guy Ancez	Ferrari 250 GTO	122
Failed
22nd	GT 1.3	31	Abarth	Roger Delageneste Jean Rolland	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	90
23	GT 1.3	40	Equipe Nationale Belge	Georges Harris Claude Dubois	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	70
24	GT + 2.0	16	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Nino Vaccarella Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO	50
25th	GT + 2.0	14th	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Edgar Berney Juan Manuel Bordeu	Ferrari 250 GTO	40
26th	GT 1.3	38	Zourab Tchkotoua	Zourab Tchkotoua Tommy Hitchcock	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	40
27	GT 1.3	39	Abarth	Jo Schlesser Gianni Balzarini	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	40
28	GT + 2.0	9	Essex Racing Stable	Jim Clark John Whitmore	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	30th
29	GT 1.3	36	Team elite	Trevor Taylor Clive Hunt	Lotus Elite	30th
30th	GT + 2.0	12	Kalman from Csazy	Kalman by Csazy Hubert	Ferrari 250 GTO	21st
31	GT 1.3	53	Equipe Nationale Belge	Andre Welcker Firmin Dauwe	Lotus Elite	20th
32	GT 1.3	52	Equipe Nationale Belge	Henri Quernette Gustave Gosselin	Lotus Elite	1
33	EXP 1.0	46	Abarth	Ernst Prinoth Peter Nöcker	Fiat-Abarth 1000	1
34	EXP 1.0	47	Abarth	Roger Masson Herbert Demetz	Fiat-Abarth 1000	1
Not started
35	GT 1.3	25th	Claude Bobrowski	Claude Bobrowski Frank Ruata	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	1
36	EXP 1.0	44	René Bonnet	Paul Armagnac Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	2

¹ not started ² Armagnac had a fatal training accident

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
37	GT + 2.0	7th		Piero Frescobaldi Cesare Fiorio	Lancia Aurelia
38	GT + 2.0	8th		Luigi Cabella	Lancia Aurelia
39	GT + 2.0	10	Jean Kerguen	Jean Kerguen Jacques Dewez	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
40	GT + 2.0	18th	David Piper	David Piper Joseph Siffert	Ferrari 250 GTO
41	EXP 1.0	43	lotus	Peter Arundell Mike Spence	Lotus 23

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT + 2.0	Pedro Rodríguez	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari 250 GTO	Overall victory
GT 2.0	Herbert Linge	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Rank 7
GT 1.3	Hans Herrmann	Mauro Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 9
EXP 1.0	José Rosinski	Bernard Consten	Lotus 23	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 41
• Started: 34
• Rated: 20
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 7.784 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 21: 58.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 129
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.136 km
• Winner's average: 157.727 km / h
• Pole position: Pedro Rodríguez - Ferrari 250 GTO (# 1) - 2: 51.400
• Fastest race lap: Willy Mairesse - Ferrari 250 GTO (# 2) - 2: 52.300 = 162.637 km / h
• Racing series: 15th round of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coupes du Salon 1962

Previous race 400 km Bridgehampton race 1962, 2nd race

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 3 Hours of Daytona 1963