Jürgen Barth (racing driver)

Jürgen Barth 2010

Jürgen Barth in 1980 in the Porsche 908.3 Turbo on the Nürburgring

Jürgen Barth (born December 10, 1947 in Thum ) is a former German automobile racing driver .

Career

Jürgen Barth is the son of the German racing driver Edgar Barth . He lived with his parents in the GDR for the first few years until his father's license was revoked by the General German Motorsport Association (ADMV) in East Berlin after winning a Porsche 550 in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1957 . Edgar Barth then stayed in West Germany, and his wife Gerda fled with their son from East to West Berlin on November 30, 1957. Jürgen Barth came to Porsche at an early age through his father and completed an apprenticeship as a vehicle mechanic and industrial clerk in the company.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Jürgen Barth was one of the world's best sports car drivers. During this time he also drove numerous rallies together with the Porsche development and racing engineer Roland Kussmaul . He was closely associated with the Porsche brand throughout his career. In his races he almost exclusively drove vehicles from Porsche, was also available to the company as a test driver for road vehicles and later as a race director for its automobile racing works. He celebrated his greatest successes in long-distance races, among others. a. In 1977 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (together with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood in the works Porsche 936/77 ) and in 1980 together with Rolf Stommelen the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring . The two Germans drove a Porsche 908/3 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring .

Barth drove his first race in 1969 at the Hockenheimring , where he competed in a national GT race and finished sixth. He celebrated his first victory in Diepholz in 1972 .

Together with the two Frenchmen Stéphane Ratel and Patrick Peter, Barth founded the BPR racing series (BPR for Barth, Peter, Ratel) for GT and Grand Tourismo racing cars in 1994 , from which the 1997 FIA GT championship emerged . Since 2007, Barth has been organizing the ADAC GT Masters , a racing series for sports cars based on the FIA ​​GT3 regulations, together with the ADAC .

Jürgen Barth, together with co-author Gustav Büsing, wrote the three-volume reference work “The new big book of Porsche types” (2005, ISBN 3613024381 ; the first edition by Lothar Boschen and Jürgen Barth was published in 1977) and together with Patrick Albinet and Bernhard Weigel the book “ Porsche 904 "( ISBN 3898801152 ).

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1971	René Mazzia	Porsche 911S	René Mazzia		Rank 8
1972	Louis Mezanarie	Porsche 911S	Sylvain Garant	Michael Keyser	Rank 13 and class win
1973	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Georg Loos		Rank 10
1974	Polifac Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Franz Pesch		failure	Engine failure
1975	Joest Racing Ovoro	Porsche 908/03	Reinhold Joest	Mario Casoni	Rank 4
1976	Martini Racing Joest	Porsche 936 Spider	Reinhold Joest		failure	Engine failure
1977	Martini Racing	Porsche 936/77	Jacky Ickx	Hurley Haywood	Overall victory
1978	Martini Racing	Porsche 936/78	Jacky Ickx	Bob Wollek	Rank 2 and class win
1979	Essex Motorsport Porsche AG	Porsche 936	Jacky Ickx	Brian Redman	failure	Disqualified
1980	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 924 Carrera	Manfred Schurti		Rank 6
1981	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 944LM	Walter Röhrl		Rank 7 and class win
1982	Rothmans Porsche AG	Porsche 956	Al Holbert	Hurley Haywood	Rank 3
1993	Monaco Media International	Porsche Carrera RSR	Joël Gouhier	Dominique Dupuy	15th place and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Toad Hall Racing	Porsche 911S	Michael Keyser		failure	Engine failure
1982	Herman-Miller PA	Porsche 924 Carrera	Paul Miller	Pat Bedard	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1971	Aake Andersson René Mazzia Joseph Greger	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										DNF	8th	DNF
1972	Hall Racing Porsche Club Romand Louis Mezanarie Willi Nolte	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
					DNF				10	13	13	DNF
1973	Gelo Racing	Porsche 911 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
									13	10
1974	Gelo Racing Joest Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR Porsche 908	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
				4th	12	DNF	DNF	12		9	6th	DNF
1975	Joest Racing Scuderia Brescia	Porsche 908	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
				8th	DNF	5	7th	DNF	5	4th	DNF
1976	Joest Racing Joseph Brambring Scott Racing Kremer Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR Porsche 908 VW Scirocco Porsche 934	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
			4th			3		3	8th		5	DNF		8th	4th	4th
1977	Porsche Max Moritz	Porsche 935 Porsche 934	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
				DNF				13										DNF
1978	Joest Racing Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
									5	2
1979	Whittington Brothers Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 936	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			4th								DNF
1980	Siegfried Brunn Joest Racing Porsche Atlanta Racing Barbour Racing	Porsche 908 Porsche 935 Porsche 924 Buick Skyhawk	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
						DNF	2		2	1	6th	24	5				7th	1
1981	Bayside Racing Christian Bussi Joest Racing Porsche	Porsche 935 Porsche 908 Porsche 944	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
			DNF			DNF			6th	7th
1982	Porsche	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
						3
1983	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
			4th
1988	Joest Racing	Porsche 962	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
								6th
1989	Team Davy	Porsche 962	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
			22nd
1990	Kremer Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
							18th

Web links

Commons : Jürgen Barth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Jürgen Barth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jürgen Barth at Racing Sports Cars
• Jürgen Barth in 24 hours of Le Mans

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erich Kahnt: Portrait of Jürgen Barth . In: Curbs No. 17, February 2017, pp. 76–83.
2. ↑ 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1980
3. ^ National GT race at the Hockenheimring 1969
4. ↑ GT race Diepholz 1972