Trophée d'Auvergne 1962

Ferrari 250 GTO 1962; Carlo-Maria Abate drove a 1962 GTO to victory

The 1962 Trophée d'Auvergne took place on July 15 at the Circuit de Charade and was the ninth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In order to be able to take part in this year's Trophée d'Auvergne, 67 teams submitted their entries within the registration period. It was actually only 65 participants; the two British John Gaston and David Hobbs each reported two different vehicles. While both reports from Gaston were not accepted by the organizer, Hobbs was allowed to start with a Lotus Elite . 34 vehicles were allowed to take part in the race, with Tony Lanfranchi having an engine failure on his Elva Mk.6 during training, which ultimately resulted in 33 vehicles at the start.

Porsche , Abarth and Bonnet were represented with factory cars. Porsche went Edgar Barth on a Porsche 356B Carrera at the start. Abarth had brought five vehicles to the Auvergne , which were driven by Tommy Spychiger and Hans Herrmann , among others . The René Bonnet Djets were piloted by Gérard Laureau , Jean Vinatier and Paul Armagnac .

The best training time was achieved by Peter Arundell on a Lotus 23 with a time of 3,54,300 minutes . Arundell was unable to take part in the race due to illness and was replaced by Alan Rees , who drove the Lotus to second place in the overall standings. The winner was Carlo-Maria Abate in a Ferrari 250 GTO from Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT 3.0	3	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO	38
2	S 1.6	18th	Essex Racing Team	Alan Rees	Lotus 23	38
3	GT 3.0	12	André Simon	André Simon	Ferrari 250 GT	38
4th	GT 3.0	8th	Jean Guichet	Jean Guichet	Ferrari 250 GTO	38
5	GT 3.0	10	Henri Oreiller	Henri Oreiller	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	38
6th	GT 3.0	9	Pierre Noblet	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	37
7th	GT + 3.0	2	Essex Racing Team	Anthony Maggs	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	37
8th	GT 3.0	7th	Roger Delageneste	Roger Delageneste	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	36
9	S 1.0	44	Bernard Consten	Bernard Consten	Lotus 23	36
10	EXP 1.3	29	Ecurie Francorchamps	Lucien Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	36
11	EXP 3.0	16	Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 250TR	36
12	S 1.0	50	René Bonnet	Gérard Laureau	René Bonnet Djet	36
13	EXP 1.3	25th	Abarth	Tommy Spychiger	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	36
14th	GT 1.6	19th	Porsche	Edgar Barth	Porsche 356B Carrera	36
15th	EXP 1.3	26th	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	36
16	EXP 1.0	51	René Bonnet	Jean Vinatier	René Bonnet Djet	35
17th	GT 1.6	20th	Robert Buchet	Robert Buchet	Porsche 356B Carrera	34
18th	EXP 1.0	46	René Bonnet	Paul Armagnac	René Bonnet Djet	34
19th	GT 1.3	36	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Karl Foitek	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ2	34
20th	S 1.0	43	Claude Bobrowski	Claude Bobrowski	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	33
21st	EXP 1.3	30th	Daniel Richmond	Jimmy Blumer	Austin Mini Cooper	32
22nd	S 1.6	24	Ian Walker	Paul Hawkins	Lotus 23	32
Failed
23	GT 1.3	38	Richard Melville	Richard Melville	Lotus Elite	30th
24	S 1.3	40	Biennoise	Jörg Wyssbrod	Elva Mk.6	29
25th	GT 1.3	35	Louis Morand	Louis Morand	Lotus Elite	27
26th	S 1.3	31	Biennoise	Sidney Charpilloz	Elva Mk.6	23
27	GT 1.3	37	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Oscar Cabalan	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	21st
28	EXP 1.3	27	Abarth	Mauro Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	19th
29	EXP 1.0	42	Abarth	Frank Ruata	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	10
30th	S 2.0	17th	Régis Fraissinet	Régis Fraissinet	Porsche 718 RS60	7th
31	EXP 1.3	28	David Hobbs	David Hobbs	Lotus Elite	5
32	EXP 1.0	41	Abarth	Eberhard Mahle	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	4th
33	EXP 1.3	39	Ecurie Lausannoise	André Wicky	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	1
Not started
34	S 1.3	34	Tony Lanfranchi	Tony Lanfranchi	Elva Mk.6	1

¹ engine failure during training

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
35	GT 1.6		Jean Lemmonier	Jean Lemmonier	Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera
36	GT 1.3		William MacQuaker	William MacQuaker	Lotus Elite
37	GT 1.3		Peter Jopp	Peter Jopp	Lotus Elite
38	GT 1.3		Horst Estler	Horst Estler Fritz Jüttner	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
39	GT 1.3		André Knörr	André Knörr	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
40	GT 1.3		Romano Sacchi	Romano Sacchi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
41	GT 1.3		Kurt Rost	Kurt Rost	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
42	S 1.6		Robert Gerbout	Robert Gerbout	Maserati 150S
43	GT 1.3		Lionel Goei	Lionel Goei	Lotus Elite
44	GT 1.6		Jack Lucas	Jack Lucas	Porsche 356B S90
45	S 1.6		Albert Cognet	Albert Cognet	Porsche 718 RS60
46	GT 2.0		Francis van Lysbeth	Francis van Lysbeth	AC Ace
47	S 2.0		Ecurie Lausannoise	A. Leuenberger Guido Haberthur	Maserati 200SI
48	GT 2.0		Christopher J. Lawrence	Richard Shepherd-Barron	Morgan Plus 4
49	S 3.0		Georges Gachnang	Georges Gachnang Edouard Grob	Cegga-Ferrari 250TR
50	GT 1.3		Jean Pons	Jean Pons	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
51	GT 1.3		Les Leston	Les Leston	Lotus Elite
52	GT 1.0		Holland & Scott	Keith Holland John Clyde Walker	GSM Delta
53	EXP 1.6		John Gaston	John Gaston	Austin-Healey Sprite
54	S 1.0		John Gaston	John Gaston	Elva Mk.6
55	GT 1.6		Scuderia Filipinetti	Gérard Pittet	Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera
56	GT 1.6		Scuderia Filipinetti	Nadege Ferrier	Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera
57	GT 1.3		André Welcker	André Welcker	Lotus Elite
58	GT + 3.0		David Hobbs	David Hobbs	Jaguar E-Type
59	GT 1.3		Christian Deframse	Christian Deframse	Lotus Elite
60	GT + 3.0	1	Roy Winkelmann	Dan Collins Roy Winkelmann	Chevrolet Corvette
61	GT 3.0	11	David Piper	David Piper Chris Kerrison	Ferrari 250 GTO
62	GT 3.0	14th	Gérard Spinedi	Gérard Spinedi	Ferrari 250 GT
63	GT 3.0	15th	Fernand Tavano	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO
64	S 1.6	23	Henri Perrier	Henri Perrier	Porsche 718 RS
65	EXP 1.0	45	Gitane	Gordon Powell	Gitane 1000
66	S 1.0	47	Ian Walker	Mike Spence Peter Ryan	Lotus 23
67	S 1.0	48	Edgar Rollin	Edgar Rollin Marcel Picard	Fiat-Abarth 1000S

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Experimental up to 3000 cm³	Nina Vaccarella	Ferrari 250TR	Rank 11
Experimental up to 1300 cm³	Lucien Bianchi	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 10
Experimental up to 1000 cm³	Jean Vinatier	René Bonnet Djet	Rank 16
Sports car up to 2000 cm³	no participant in the finish
Sports car up to 1600 cm³	Alan Rees	Lotus 23	Rank 2
Sports car up to 1300 cm³	no participant in the finish
Sports car up to 1000 cm³	Bernard Consten	Lotus 23	Rank 9
GT over 3000 cm³	Anthony Maggs	Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato	Rank 7
GT up to 3000 cm³	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GTO	Overall victory
GT up to 1600 cm³	Edgar Barth	Porsche 356B Carrera	Rank 14
GT up to 1300 cm³	Karl Foitek	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ2	Rank 19

Racing data

• Registered: 67
• Started: 33
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 11
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot, rain showers in between
• Route length: 8.055 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 35: 25,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 38
• Total distance of the winning team: 306.090 km
• Winner's average: 118.169 km / h
• Pole position: Peter Arundell - Lotus 23 (# 18) - 3: 54.300 = 123.764 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Nino Vaccarella - Ferrari 250TR (# 16) - 3: 57.100 = 122.203 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data at wspr-racing.com ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

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