Edgar Barth

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Edgar Barth (January 26 1917 (Herold, Erzgebirge, Germany) – May 20 1965, Ludwigsburg, Germany) was a Formula One and sports car racing driver.

He began his career as a DKW motorcycle racer and later switched to BMW sportscars. The East German factory of BMW would become the Eisenacher Motoren Werke (EMW) after the war. He raced these Formula 2 cars even in Western Germany until politics prevented this. In 1957, he moved to the West.

Barth won the 1959, 1963 and 1964 European Mountain Championships (Hillclimb) for Porsche and also the 1959 Targa Florio.

Apart from Formula 2 races with Porsche 718, he also took part in

• 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans

He participated four times in the German Grand Prix, the last one in 1964 for Cooper. Nine months later he succumbed to cancer.

Jürgen Barth

Edgar's son Jürgen Barth became an engineer at Porsche who also went into motorsport, to win the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977 in a Porsche 936, with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood. Jürgen also wrote a detailed book about Porsche's racing history.

• 1000km Nürburgring
• 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1980 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans

Edgar Barth's complete Formula One results

Formula One Career |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Nationality | German |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Active years | 1953, 1957 - 1958, 1960, 1964 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Team(s) | EMW, Porsche, Cooper |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Grands Prix | 5 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Championships | 0 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Wins | 0 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Podium finishes    | 0 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Pole positions | 0 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Fastest laps | 0 |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! First Grand Prix | 1953German Grand Prix |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! First win | |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Last win | |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Last Grand Prix | 1964German Grand Prix |}

Edgar Barth

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Team
1953	EMW	ARG	IND	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	SWI	ITA			EMW
1958	Pors	ARG	MON	DUT	IND	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	POR	ITA	MOR	Pors
1960	Pors	ARG	MON	IND	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		Pors
1964	Coop	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX		Coop

 

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