Trophée d'Auvergne 1962
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 | ||
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1 | GT 3.0 | 3 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 38 | ||
2 | S 1.6 | 18th |
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Lotus 23 | 38 | ||
3 | GT 3.0 | 12 |
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Ferrari 250 GT | 38 | ||
4th | GT 3.0 | 8th |
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Ferrari 250 GTO | 38 | ||
5 | GT 3.0 | 10 |
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Ferrari 250 GT SWB | 38 | ||
6th | GT 3.0 | 9 |
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Ferrari 250 GT SWB | 37 | ||
7th | GT + 3.0 | 2 |
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Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato | 37 | ||
8th | GT 3.0 | 7th |
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Ferrari 250 GT SWB | 36 | ||
9 | S 1.0 | 44 |
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Lotus 23 | 36 | ||
10 | EXP 1.3 | 29 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 36 | ||
11 | EXP 3.0 | 16 |
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Ferrari 250TR | 36 | ||
12 | S 1.0 | 50 |
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René Bonnet Djet | 36 | ||
13 | EXP 1.3 | 25th |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 36 | ||
14th | GT 1.6 | 19th |
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Porsche 356B Carrera | 36 | ||
15th | EXP 1.3 | 26th |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 36 | ||
16 | EXP 1.0 | 51 |
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René Bonnet Djet | 35 | ||
17th | GT 1.6 | 20th |
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Porsche 356B Carrera | 34 | ||
18th | EXP 1.0 | 46 |
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René Bonnet Djet | 34 | ||
19th | GT 1.3 | 36 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ2 | 34 | ||
20th | S 1.0 | 43 |
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Fiat-Abarth 1000S | 33 | ||
21st | EXP 1.3 | 30th |
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Austin Mini Cooper | 32 | ||
22nd | S 1.6 | 24 |
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Lotus 23 | 32 | ||
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23 | GT 1.3 | 38 |
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Lotus Elite | 30th | ||
24 | S 1.3 | 40 |
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Elva Mk.6 | 29 | ||
25th | GT 1.3 | 35 |
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Lotus Elite | 27 | ||
26th | S 1.3 | 31 |
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Elva Mk.6 | 23 | ||
27 | GT 1.3 | 37 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 21st | ||
28 | EXP 1.3 | 27 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 19th | ||
29 | EXP 1.0 | 42 |
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Fiat-Abarth 1000S | 10 | ||
30th | S 2.0 | 17th |
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Porsche 718 RS60 | 7th | ||
31 | EXP 1.3 | 28 |
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Lotus Elite | 5 | ||
32 | EXP 1.0 | 41 |
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Fiat-Abarth 1000S | 4th | ||
33 | EXP 1.3 | 39 |
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Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 1 | ||
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34 | S 1.3 | 34 |
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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 |
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35 | GT 1.6 |
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Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera | |
36 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
37 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
38 | GT 1.3 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | |
39 | GT 1.3 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | |
40 | GT 1.3 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | |
41 | GT 1.3 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | |
42 | S 1.6 |
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Maserati 150S | |
43 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
44 | GT 1.6 |
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Porsche 356B S90 | |
45 | S 1.6 |
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Porsche 718 RS60 | |
46 | GT 2.0 |
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AC Ace | |
47 | S 2.0 |
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Maserati 200SI | |
48 | GT 2.0 |
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Morgan Plus 4 | |
49 | S 3.0 |
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Cegga-Ferrari 250TR | |
50 | GT 1.3 |
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |
51 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
52 | GT 1.0 |
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GSM Delta | |
53 | EXP 1.6 |
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Austin-Healey Sprite | |
54 | S 1.0 |
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Elva Mk.6 | |
55 | GT 1.6 |
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Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera | |
56 | GT 1.6 |
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Porsche 356B 1600GS Carrera | |
57 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
58 | GT + 3.0 |
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Jaguar E-Type | |
59 | GT 1.3 |
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Lotus Elite | |
60 | GT + 3.0 | 1 |
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Chevrolet Corvette |
61 | GT 3.0 | 11 |
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Ferrari 250 GTO |
62 | GT 3.0 | 14th |
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Ferrari 250 GT |
63 | GT 3.0 | 15th |
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Ferrari 250 GTO |
64 | S 1.6 | 23 |
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Porsche 718 RS |
65 | EXP 1.0 | 45 |
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Gitane 1000 |
66 | S 1.0 | 47 |
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Lotus 23 |
67 | S 1.0 | 48 |
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Fiat-Abarth 1000S |
Class winner
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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Sports car world championship |
Succession race Coppa Città di Enna 1962 |