Tour de France for automobiles 1962

The 1962 Tour de France for automobiles was a stage race for automobiles from September 15 to 23 in France and Belgium .

The race

For the first time since the race was reintroduced in 1951 , the Tour Auto was not started in Nice , but in Rouen . The stage destinations of the five sections were Tours , Toulouse , Nice, the Belgian Spa and Reims , where the tour ended on September 23. 116 participants took up the 5979 km race, 46 of them reached the finish. 14 special stages had to be completed, including mountain and circuit races .

Ferrari had developed a new Gran Tursimo racing car , the Ferrari 250 GTO , which was also to become the defining racing car in the GT class on the Tour. But the fastest GTO, with Jo Schlesser at the wheel and former ski racer Henri Oreiller as co-driver, lost 54 minutes in a slip on the special stage in Le Mans . The duo had to be content with second place in the overall standings. The two GTOs of Carlo-Maria Abate and Edgar Berney failed due to technical defects and Lucien Bianchi lost his chance to win after an accident with a milk truck. André Simon celebrated a surprise victory in his Ferrari 250 GT . It was the seventh overall victory in a row for a Ferrari 250GT.

In the touring car class, Bernard Consten led a phalanx of four Jaguar Mark IIs and celebrated his third overall victory in a row. The two British ladies Rosemary Smith and Rosemary Sears won the women's touring car class on a Sunbeam Rapier and finished twelfth in the overall classification. No women's team was included in the GT class.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	GT	152	André Simon	André Simon Maurice Dupeyron	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
2	GT	156	Jo Schlesser	Jo Schlesser Henri Oreiller	Ferrari 250 GTO
3	GT	150	Ecurie Francorchamps	Robert Darville Gérard Langlois van Ophem	Ferrari 250 GTO
4th	GT	153	David Piper	David Piper Dan Margulies	Ferrari 250 GTO
5	GT	155	Roger Delageneste	Roger Delageneste Burglin	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
6th	GT	125		Laurent Roux René Barone	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
7th	GT	151	Ecurie Francorchamps	Lucien Bianchi Claude Dubois	Ferrari 250 GTO
8th	GT	116		Henri Greder Hugues Hazard	Alpine A108
9	GT			Rene Dion Julliand	Porsche 356 Super 90
10	GT	101		Maurice van der Bruwaene Hervé Queffeleant	DB HBR
11	GT	129		Jacques Lanners Branko Stoikovitch	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS
12	GT			Patrice Sanson Henry Cherruy	Porsche 356B
13	GT			Jacques Féret Guy Monraisse	Alpine 106
14th	GT			Foveau Bouvet	Porsche 356B
15th	GT			Martial Delalande Roger Campuzan	Alpine A108
16	GT			Claude Laurent Jacky Cool	DKW F11 Junior
17th	GT			Christian Roche Jacques Coste	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ
18th	T	94		Bernard Consten Jack Renel	Jaguar Mk.II
19th	T	95		José Rosinski Jean Charon	Jaguar Mk.II
20th	T	90		René Richard Philippe de Montaigu	Jaguar Mk.II
21st	T			Fernand Masoero Jean Maurin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
22nd	T	74		Keith Ballisat Ian Lewis	Sunbeam Talbot Rapier
23	T	82		Jacques Patte Georges Hacquin	Volvo 122S
24	T			Peter Harper Peter Procter	Sunbeam Talbot
25th	T	81		Jean-Pierre Ackerman's "Vic"	Volvo 122
26th	T	88		Guy Verrier Jacques Baehr	Citroën DS19
27	T	40		Mauro Bianchi Pascal Ickx	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
28	T	76		Rosemary Smith Mme. Seers	Sunbeam Talbot Rapier
29	T			Jean-George's branch Robert Jullien	Fiat Abarth
30th	T			Martin René-Philippe Faure	Fiat Abarth
31	T			Lepelletier Perisse	Fiat 1500
32	T	37		Jean-Marie Sachet Claude Levasseur	Renault 1093
33	T	31		"Tilin" "Tevi"	Renault 1093
34	T			Michel Billiards Revol	Renault 1093
35	T			Lionel Raudet Yoliana Pare	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
36	T			Christina Boulay "Ventu"	BMW 700S
37	T			Louis Chardin Bernard Pasquier	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
38	T			Cousin Georges Naneix	Mini Cooper
39	T			Pierre Tollemer Alexandre Tollemer	Mini Cooper
40	T			Roger Blain René Peyron	Renault 1093
41	T			Fernand Ancelin Gilles Flament	NSU Prince
42	T			Armand Schäfer Brifaud	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
43	T	36		Robert Wybo Jean-Francois Serpentier	Renault 1093
44	T			Jacques Somers Pat Gautot	Vauxhall Victor
45	T			Gerard Sorin Philippe Praud	Simca 1000
Disqualified
46				Nadege Ferrier Mme. De Rolland	Porsche
Failed
47				Therese Mahieuw Mme. Martino	BMW 700S
48	GT			Pierre Orsini Salomon	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato
49				Peter Procter	jaguar
50	T			Robert Dutoit	Jaguar Mk.II
51	T			Jean Rolland	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato
52				R. Dassonville Patrick Champin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
53	GT			Paul Condrillier	Abarth
54	GT			Gianni Bulgari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Zagato
55				Robert Buchet Heinz Schiller	Porsche 695GS Carrera Abarth
56	T			Bob Neyret Jacques Terramorsi	Citroën DS19
57	T			Gawaine Baillie Peter Jopp	Jaguar MK.II
58				Guy Clarou	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
59				Fernand Schliger Roland Salomon	jaguar
60	T	21st		Pierre Gelé André Guilhaudin	DKW Junior
61	T	91		Annie Soisbault Louisette Texier	Jaguar MK.II
62	T			Jack Sears Claude Lego	Jaguar MK.II
63	GT	146		Jean-Claude Magne Banville Michel Arcard	AC Ace
64	GT	148	Jean Guichet	Jean Guichet Jean Clement	Ferrari 250 GTO
65	GT	154	Bourely	René Bourrely Bourély	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
66	GT	157	Fernand Tavano	Fernand Tavano Marcel Martin	Ferrari 250 GTO
67	GT	158	Edgar Berney	Edgar Berney Jean Gretener	Ferrari 250 GTO
68	GT	160	Scuderia Serenissima	Carlo-Maria Abate Sergio Bettoja	Ferrari 250 GTO
69	GT	161	Gérard Spinedi	Gérard Spinedi Aghdass Spinedi	Ferrari 250 GT SWB
70	GT	162		Vittorio Coggiola Georges Cardi	Jaguar E-Type
71	T			Jean Laroche	BMW 700
72	T			Claudine Bouchet	Citroën DS19
73				Dassaud Zéphirin Miani	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
74				Claude Barbier	jaguar
75	GT			Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Claude Arbez	Abarth 114
76	T			Henri Marang	Citroën DS19
77	T			Jean-Pierre Gaban	Porsche 356 Carrera Abarth
78				Gerald Langlois	DB HBR5
79	T	35		Max Roughol Hans Werle	Renault 1093
80	T	57		Julien Vernaeve Georges Harris	Mini Cooper
81	GT	142		Jacques Nail Français	Sunbeam Alpine
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XXX in the table stands for participant unknown

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT	André Simon	Maurice Dupeyron	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Overall victory
T	Bernard Consten	Jack Renel	Jaguar MK.II	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 116
• Started: 116
• Rated: 46
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: unknown
• Overall laps of the winning team: none
• Total distance of the winning team: 5979,000 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

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