Le Mans 24 hour race 1962

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The Ferrari 330TRI LM with starting number 6, the winning car from Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill.
The Ferrari 250 GTO with the original starting number 22; with this car Léon Dernier and Jean Blaton finished third in the overall standings.
The Ferrari 250 Breadvan - a one-off - with the starting number 16, driven by Carlo-Maria Abate and Colin Davis.

The 30 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 30 s Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , and 24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , was held at from 23 to 24 June 1962 the Circuit des 24 Heures .

New racing classes

Months before the race, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest caused some confusion and astonishment among the regular Le Mans starters with a new classification. Winners should be chosen in no less than 18 classes - including the Index of Performance and the Index of Efficiency. The fact that this did not work in all was because some did not even have starters. The attempt to bring more prototypes to Le Mans with the experimental classes also failed. What made the Ferrari 250 GTO from Pierre Noblet and Jean Guichet, which was registered in the GT class , different from the NART -250 GTO that started in the experimental class was not entirely clear to the specialist audience either.

Before the race, there was a scandal because the ACO officials refused to approve the Lotus 23 during the technical inspection. The little Lotus had made its debut in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and was in the lead with Jim Clark at the wheel at the beginning of the race. Colin Chapman brought two 23s to Le Mans. One of the works cars had a 1-liter Ford engine. The second car, which was reported by the UDT Laystall Racing Team , but was also a works car, had a 0.7 liter Climax engine. The cars were considered favorites in their classes, and hours after acceptance it leaked that the ACO had given in to pressure from the French teams and confirmed that the car was not safe. Chapman left and carried out his announcement that he would never return to Le Mans in a works car.

The race

The 1962 24-hour race was the last Le Mans race that a front-engined racing car could win. With the sixth overall victory, Ferrari became the sole record holder for the brands. After his fourth win as a driver, Olivier Gendebien announced his retirement from Le Mans after the race. That the attempt with the experimental vehicles had failed could also be seen from the overall ranking. The first 13 vehicles included eleven GT cars.

From the first lap, Graham Hill came back in the lead in the new Aston Martin DP212 . The Aston Martin was a serious opponent of the Ferraris until the early hours of the night, when the car broke down after a broken oil pipe. During the night, the duel from the previous year was repeated. Again the two Rodríguez brothers fought a violent exchange of blows with Gendebien and Phil Hill . But the NART Ferrari failed after 14 hours with clutch damage.

By then, Mike Parkes had long since left. The Briton had buried his Ferrari in the dreaded sandbank of the Mulsanne and when attempting to free the car again - after shoveling the car for more than half an hour - the engine revved. The Maserati were fast, but not stable enough. Dick Thompson was even in the lead with the Tipo 151 after two hours before he was eliminated due to an accident. Noblet and Guichet won the GT class, and Charles Deutsch won the duel in the small classes against his former partner René Bonnet with his racing cars .

Results

Pilots by nationality

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 28 British FranceFrance 28 French United StatesUnited States 17 Americans ItalyItaly 12 Italians BelgiumBelgium 9 Belgians
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 3 Swiss GermanyGermany 2 Germans Mexico 1934Mexico 2 Mexicans NetherlandsNetherlands 2 Dutch AustraliaAustralia 1 Australian
Congo-LeopoldvilleDemocratic Republic of Congo 1 Belgian Congolese IrelandIreland 1 Irish Canada 1921Canada 1 Canadian New ZealandNew Zealand 1 New Zealander AustriaAustria 1 Austrian
SwedenSweden 1 Swede South Africa 1961South Africa 1 South African

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver chassis engine tires Round
1 E +3.0 6th ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa BelgiumBelgium Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 330TRI LM Spyder Ferrari 4.0L V12 331
2 GT 3.0 19th BelgiumBelgium Pierre Noblet BelgiumBelgium Pierre Noblet Jean Guichet
FranceFrance
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 326
3 GT 3.0 22nd BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge BelgiumBelgium Léon Dernier Jean Blaton
BelgiumBelgium
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 314
4th GT +3.0 10 United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham Roy Salvadori
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Jaguar E-Type FHC Jaguar 3.8L I6 310
5 GT 3.0 9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom PJ Sargent United KingdomUnited KingdomPeter Sargent Peter Lumsden
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Coupe Jaguar 3.8L I6 310
6th E 3.0 17th United StatesUnited States North American Racing Team United StatesUnited States Bob Grossman Fireball Roberts
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 297
7th GT 1.6 34 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering GermanyGermany Edgar Barth Hans Herrmann
GermanyGermany
Porsche 356B Abarth Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 287
8th GT 1.3 44 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus Engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Hobbs Frank Gardner
AustraliaAustralia
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 286
9 GT 3.0 21st ItalyItaly Ed Hugus United StatesUnited States Ed Hugus George Reed
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Bertone Ferrari 3.0L V12 281
10 GT 1.3 39 ItalyItaly Scuderia St. Ambroeus ItalyItaly Giancarlo Sala Marcello de Luca di Lizzano
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato SVZ Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4 281
11 GT 1.3 45 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus engineering United KingdomUnited KingdomClive Hunt Dr. John Wyllie
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Mk14 Coventry Climax 1.2L I4 278
12 GT 1.6 35 FranceFrance Auguste Veuillet FranceFrance Robert Buchet Heinz Schiller
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Porsche 356B Abarth Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 272
13 GT 2.0 29 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Morgan Motor Company United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Lawrence Richard Shepard-Baron
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Morgan Plus 4 Triumph 2.0L I4 270
14th E 1.3 43 BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge BelgiumBelgium Claude Dubois Georges Harris
BelgiumBelgium
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4 268
15th GT 1.6 32 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam Talbot United KingdomUnited KingdomPeter Harper Peter Procter
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam 1.6L I4 268
16 E 850 53 FranceFrance Panhard & Levassor FranceFrance André Guilhaudin Alain Bertaut
FranceFrance
CD Dyna Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 255
17th E 1.15 46 FranceFrance Société Automobiles René Bonnet FranceFrance Bernard Consten José Rosinski
FranceFrance
René Bonnet Djet Renault 1.0L I4 255
18th E 850 50 FranceFrance Société Automobiles René Bonnet FranceFrance Paul Armagnac Gérard Laureau
FranceFrance
René Bonnet Djet 2 Spider Renault 0.7L I4 253
Failed
19th E 3.0 27 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti Ludovico Scarfiotti
ItalyItaly
Ferrari Dino 268SP Ferrari 2.6L V8 230
20th E 1.6 37 ItalyItaly Automobili OSCA United StatesUnited States George Arents José Behra
FranceFrance
OSCA 1600GT Zagato OSCA 1.6L I4 227
21st GT 1.3 40 ItalyItaly Scuderia St. Ambroeus SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karl Foitek Riccardo Ricci
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato SVZ Alfa Romeo 1.3L I4 225
22nd GT 3.0 24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Chiltern United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir John Whitmore Bob Olthoff
South Africa 1961South Africa
Austin-Healey 3000 BMC 2.9L I6 212
23 GT 3.0 23 FranceFrance Fernand Tavano FranceFrance Fernand Tavano André Simon
FranceFrance
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 202
24 GT 1.6 33 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam Talbot IrelandIreland Paddy Hopkirk Peter Jopp
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam 1.6L I4 187
25th E +3.0 2 United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren Walt Hansgen
United StatesUnited States
Maserati Tipo 151/1 Maserati 3.9L V8 177
26th E 3.0 28 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Mexico 1934Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez Pedro Rodríguez
Mexico 1934Mexico
Ferrari Dino 246SP Ferrari 2.4L V6 174
27 GT 3.0 58 ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia ItalyItaly Nino Vaccarella Giorgio Scarlatti
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 172
28 E 850 56 FranceFrance Roger Masson FranceFrance Roger Masson Teodoro Zeccoli
ItalyItaly
Fiat-Abarth 700 TwinCam Fiat 0.7L I4 171
29 GT 3.0 20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom UDT Laystall Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom Innes Ireland masts Gregory
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 3.0L V12 165
30th E +3.0 4th FranceFrance Maserati France FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant Lucien Bianchi
BelgiumBelgium
Maserati Tipo 151/1 Maserati 3.9L V8 152
31 GT +3.0 1 United StatesUnited States Scirocco Powell Racing Cars United StatesUnited States Tony Settember John Turner
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevrolet Corvette C2 Chevrolet 5.4L V8 150
32 E 3.0 18th United StatesUnited States North American Racing Team Canada 1921Canada Peter Ryan John Fulp
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250TRI / 61 Ferrari 3.0L V12 150
33 GT +3.0 12 FranceFrance Jean Kerguen FranceFrance Jean Kerguen Jacques Dewez
FranceFrance
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Aston Martin 3.8L I6 134
34 E 850 55 FranceFrance Panhard & Levassor FranceFrance Guy Verrier Bernard Boyer
FranceFrance
CD Dyna Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 128
35 GT +3.0 14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Salmon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Salmon Ian Baille
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Aston Martin 3.8L I6 124
36 E 850 51 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie FranceFranceRégis Fraissinet Paul Condrillier
FranceFrance
Fiat-Abarth 700S TwinCam Fiat 0.7L I4 115
37 E 1.6 38 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marcos Cars United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Hine Richard Prior
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Marcos GT Gullwing Ford 1.5L I4 81
38 E 3.0 25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Fairman Tom Dickson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Tojeiro EE Coventry Climax 2.5L I4 80
39 E 3.0 11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Brown Racing Dept. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill Richie Ginther
United StatesUnited States
Aston Martin DP212 Aston Martin 4.0L I6 78
40 E 850 54 FranceFrance Panhard & Levassor FranceFrance Pierre Lelong Jean-Pierre Hanrioud
FranceFrance
CD Dyna Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 73
41 E +3.0 3 United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham United StatesUnited States William Kimberly Dick Thompson
United StatesUnited States
Maserati Tipo 151/1 Maserati 3.9L V8 62
42 E 1.3 41 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie FranceFrance Roger Delageneste Jean Rolland
FranceFrance
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4 60
43 E +3.0 7th ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Parkes Lorenzo Bandini
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 330LM GTO Ferrari 4.0L V12 56
44 GT +3.0 8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maurice Charles United KingdomUnited KingdomMaurice Charles John Coundley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Jaguar E-Type Jaguar 3.8L I6 53
45 GT 2.0 60 FranceFrance Andres Chardonnet FranceFranceJean-Claude Magne Maurice Martin
FranceFrance
AC Ace Bristol 2.0L I6 49
46 E 3.0 59 BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge BelgiumBelgium Georges Berger Robert Darville
Congo-LeopoldvilleDemocratic Republic of Congo
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Ferrari 3.0L V12 35
47 GT 1.6 30th GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering NetherlandsNetherlands Ben Pon Carel Godin de Beaufort
NetherlandsNetherlands
Porsche 356B Abarth Porsche 1.6L Flat-4 35
48 E 3.0 16 ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia ItalyItaly Carlo-Maria Abate Colin Davis
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 250 GT SWB breadvan Ferrari 3.0L V12 30th
49 E 3.0 15th ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia SwedenSweden Joakim Bonnier Dan Gurney
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250TRI / 61 Ferrari 3.0L V12 30th
50 E 1.3 62 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie ItalyItaly Gianni Balzarini Franz Albert
AustriaAustria
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4 30th
51 E 1.3 42 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie FranceFrance Henri Oreiller Tommy Spychiger
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4 21st
52 E 850 61 FranceFrance Automobiles René Bonnet FranceFrance Jean-Claude Vidilles Jean Vinatier
FranceFrance
René Bonnet Djet Renault 0.7L I4 13
53 E 850 52 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie ItalyItaly Herbert Demetz Mauro Bianchi
BelgiumBelgium
Fiat-Abarth 700S TwinCam Fiat 0.7L I4 12
54 E 1.6 36 ItalyItaly Automobili OSCA United StatesUnited StatesJohn Bentley John S. Gordon
United StatesUnited States
OSCA 1600GT Zagato OSCA 1.6L I4 12
55 E 2.0 31 United KingdomUnited Kingdom TVR Cars United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Bolton Ninian Sanderson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
TVR Grantura BMC 1.6L I4 3
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56 E 850 49 FranceFrance Automobiles René Bonnet FranceFrance Robert Bouharde Jean Vinatier Gérard Laureau
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
René Bonnet Djet Renault 0.7L I4 1
57 GT 1.6 64 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sunbeam Talbot United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Ballisat Jackie Lewis
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam 1.6L I4 2
58 GT 1.6 65 United KingdomUnited Kingdom TVR Cars NetherlandsNetherlands Rob Slotemaker Ted Lund
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
TVR Grantura BMC 1.6L I4 3
59 E 1.0 68 FranceFrance Guy Flayac FranceFranceGuy Flayac Georges Alexandrovitch Lucien Barthe
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Fiat-Abarth 1000S Fiat 1.0L I4 4th
60 E 850 70 FranceFrance Panhard & Levassor FranceFrance Bob Neyret Robert Mougin
FranceFrance
CD Dyna Panhard 0.7L Flat-2 5
Did not take part in the training
61 E 1.0 47 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Clark Trevor Taylor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus 23 Ford 1.0L I4 6th
62 E 850 48 United KingdomUnited Kingdom UDT Laystall Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom Les Leston Tony Shelly
New ZealandNew Zealand
Lotus 23 Coventry Climax 0.7L I4 7th

1 Accident during training 2 First reserve 3 Second reserve 4 Third reserve 5 Fourth reserve 6 Technical inspection not passed 7 Technical inspection not passed

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item class No. team driver chassis engine tires
63 P 4.0 5 FranceFrance René Marchand FranceFranceRené Marchand Lloyd Casner Pierre Monneret
United StatesUnited States
FranceFrance
Maserati Tipo 151 Maserati 3.9L V8
64 P 4.0 10 United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham United StatesUnited StatesBriggs Cunningham Walt Hansgen
United StatesUnited States
Maserati Tipo 151 Maserati 3.9L V8
65 P 3.0 11 ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia Maserati Tipo 64 Maserati 3.0L V12
66 S 2.5 26th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruce Halford Frank Gardner Tom Dickson
AustraliaAustralia
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Tojeiro EE Climax 2.5L L4
67 P 2.0 30th GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering SwedenSwedenJoakim Bonnier Dan Gurney
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 718 Porsche 2.0L Flat-4
68 P 2.0 30th GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering SwedenSweden Joakim Bonnier Porsche 718 Porsche 2.0L Flat-4
69 P 3.0 57 United StatesUnited States North American Racing Team United StatesUnited StatesBob Grossman Fireball Roberts
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 250TRI Ferrari 3.0L V12
70 GT 1.6 63 NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort NetherlandsNetherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL Porsche 1.6L Flat-4
71 GT 1.3 66 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus engineering United KingdomUnited KingdomClive Hunt Pat Fergusson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elite Climax 1.2L L4
72 P 850 67 ItalyItaly Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia De Tomaso
73 P 1.3 69 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4
74 P 850 70 FranceFrance Panhard & Levassor FranceFrancePierre Lelong Bernard Boyer Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Robert Mougin
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
CD Dyna Panhard 0.7L Flat-2
75 P 1.3 71 ItalyItaly Abarth Corse & Cie Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Simca 1.3L I4
76 P 4.0 United StatesUnited States Holman & Moody Ford Falcon Challenger
77 P 1.15 Lola MK1
78 DKW Junior
79 P 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ted Lund United KingdomUnited KingdomTed Lund Mike Reid
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
MG A
80 P 1.0 FranceFrance Gitane Gitane 1000

Class winner

class driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
Index of Performance FranceFrance André Guilhaudin FranceFrance Alain Bertaut CD Dyna Coupé Rank 16
Index of Thermal Efficiency United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Hobbs AustraliaAustralia Frank Gardner Lotus Elite MK14 Rank 8
Experimental 3001-4000 cc BelgiumBelgium Olivier Gendebien United StatesUnited States Phil Hill Ferrari 330 TRI LM Spyder Overall victory
Experimental 2501-3000 cc United StatesUnited States Bob Grossman United StatesUnited States Fireball Roberts Ferrari 250 GTO Rank 6
Experimental 2001-2500 cc no participant in the finish
Experimental 1601-2000 cc no participant in the finish
Experimental 1301-1600 cc no participant in the finish
Experimental 1151-1300 cc BelgiumBelgium Claude Dubois BelgiumBelgium George Harris Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Rank 14
Experimental 1001-1150 cc no participant in the finish
Experimental 851-1000 cc FranceFrance Bernard Consten FranceFrance José Rosinski René Bonnet Djet Rank 17
Experimental 701-850 cc FranceFrance André Guilhaudin FranceFrance Alain Bertaut CD Dyna Coupé Rank 16
GT car 3001–4000 cm³ United StatesUnited States Briggs Cunningham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori Jaguar E-Type HFC Rank 4
GT car 2501-3000 cm³ BelgiumBelgium Pierre Noblet FranceFrance Jean Guichet Ferrari 250 GTO Rank 12
GT car 2001-2500 cc no participant in the finish
GT car 1601–2000 cm³ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Lawrence United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Shepard Baron Morgan Plus 4 Rank 13
GT car 1301–1600 cm³ GermanyGermany Edgar Barth GermanyGermany Hans Herrmann Porsche 356B Abarth Rank 7
GT car 1151-1300 cm³ United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Hobbs AustraliaAustralia Frank Gardner Lotus Elite MK14 Rank 8
GT car 1101–1150 cm³ no participant in the finish

Racing data

  • Registered: 80
  • Started: 55
  • Valued: 18
  • Race classes: 18
  • Spectator: unknown
  • Honorary starter of the race: Wilfried Baumgartner, President of the CSI
  • Race weekend weather: hot and dry
  • Route length: 13.461 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
  • Total laps of the winning team: 331
  • Total distance of the winning team: 4451.255 km
  • Winner's average: 185.469 km / h
  • Pole position: unknown
  • Fastest race lap: Phil Hill - Ferrari 330TRI LM Spyder (# 6) - 3: 57.700 = 204.202 km / h
  • Racing series: Round 8 of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Le Mans 24 Hours 1962  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Predecessor race
1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1962
Sports car world championship Successor race
Trophée d'Auvergne 1962