1962 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 30th 24 -hour Le Mans race, the Grand Prix d' Endurance les 30e 24 Heures du Mans, took place from 23 to June 24, 1962 held at the Circuit des 24 Heures.

New racing classes

Months before the race caused the Automobile Club de l' Ouest with a new classification for some confusion and amazement at the regular Le Mans starters. In no less than 18 classes - including the Index of Performance and the Index of Efficiency - should be crowned winner. That this is not successful in all, was that there were not even starters in some. Even the attempt to bring the experimental classes more prototypes to Le Mans failed. What reported in the GT class Ferrari 250 GTO by Pierre Noblet and Jean Guichet of the NART -250 GTO, which was launched in the experimental class, difference, and the professional audience was not very clear.

Before the race, it came to a head because the officials at the ACO the Lotus 23 refused admission at scrutineering. The Little Lotus had its debut at the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring, and was located with Jim Clark at the wheel at the start of the race lead. Colin Chapman brought two 23 to Le Mans. One factory car had a 1 -liter Ford engine. The second car, which was reported by UDT Laystall Racing team, but also a work car was, had a 0.7 -liter Climax engine. The cars were considered favorites in their classes, and hours after acceptance transpired that the ACO had yielded to the pressure of the French team and the lack of security 23 attested. Chapman departed and made his announcement true, never again with a factory car to Le Mans to come.

The race

The 24 -hour race of 1962 was the last Le Mans race, which was won by a front-engined race car. With the sixth overall victory Ferrari became the sole record holder for the brands. After his fourth win as a driver Olivier Gendebien after the race its withdrawal from Le Mans. Was that the attempt failed with the experimental vehicles, could also be found in the overall standings. Among the first 13 vehicles were found eleven GT cars.

From the first round Graham Hill came in the new Aston Martin DP212 as the leader back. Until the early night hours of the Aston Martin was a serious rival to the Ferrari, then the car was made after a broken oil line from. During the night, repeated the duel from the previous year. Again the two - Rodríguez brothers delivered a fierce exchange of blows with Gendebien and Phil Hill. But the NART Ferrari fell after 14 hours with clutch failure.

At this time Mike Parkes had long since retired. The Briton had buried his Ferrari in the dreaded sand bank of the Mulsanne and the attempt to free the car back - after more than half an hour the car dug out - the engine turns over. The Maserati were fast, but not stable enough. Dick Thompson was even briefly located with the Tipo 151 after two hours in the lead, before retiring due to an accident. The GT class win Noblet and Guichet, and Charles German won with his racing car, the duel in the small classes against his former partner René Bonnet.

Results

Pilot after Nations

Final ranking

1 accident in training 2 First Reserve 3 Reserve 4 Second Third Fourth Reserve 5 Reserve 6 Scrutineering failed failed 7 Scrutineering

Only in the message list

Here are the teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the competition, but it did not participate for various reasons.

Class winner

Race data

  • Reported: 80
  • Starter: 55
  • Weather during the race weekend: hot and dry
  • Distance: 13.461 km
  • Honorary starter of the race: Wilfried Baumgartner, President of CSI
  • Distance of the winning team: 4451.255 km
  • Winners section: 185.255 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Phil Hill - Ferrari 330TRI LM Spyder (# 6) - 3.57.700 = 204.202 km / h
Circuit de la Sarthe Sports prototype Grand tourer British Racing Partnership Front-engine design Dick Thompson (racing driver) Maserati Tipo 151 Charles Deutsch France Italy Australia New Zealand Briggs Cunningham Roy Salvadori Jaguar Cars Edgar Barth Hans Herrmann Lotus Cars David Hobbs (racing driver) Frank Gardner (racing driver) Lotus Elite Alfa Romeo Giulietta Heinz Schiller Chris Lawrence (racing driver) Triumph Motor Company Sunbeam (car company) Sunbeam Alpine Renault Giancarlo Baghetti Ludovico Scarfiotti O.S.C.A. John Whitmore (racing driver) Austin-Healey 3000 Bruce McLaren Nino Vaccarella Giorgio Scarlatti Innes Ireland Masten Gregory Maurice Trintignant Lucien Bianchi Scirocco-Powell Chevrolet Peter Ryan (racing driver) Ferrari 250 TR 61 Spyder Fantuzzi Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Marcos (automobile) Jack Fairman Lorenzo Bandini Bristol Cars Ben Pon Carel Godin de Beaufort Carlo-Maria Abate Colin Davis (racing driver) Joakim Bonnier Dan Gurney Henri Oreiller Jean Vinatier TVR Ninian Sanderson TVR Grantura Jackie Lewis Rob Slotemaker Trevor Taylor Tony Shelly Pierre Monneret Bruce Halford Porsche 718 Ford Falcon (North America) DKW Junior MG MGA World Sportscar Championship 1923 24 Hours of Le Mans 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans 1925 24 Hours of Le Mans 1926 24 Hours of Le Mans 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans 1930 24 Hours of Le Mans 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans 1936 24 Hours of Le Mans 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans 1980 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans
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