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Edgar Barth
Edgar Barth after winning the Formula 2 class at the 1957 German Grand Prix
Born
Wilfried Edgar Barth
(1917-01-26)26 January 1917
Herold, Sachsen, German Empire
Died
20 May 1965(1965-05-20) (aged 48)
Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Nationality
East German (1953) West German (1957–1964)
Relatives
Jürgen Barth (son)
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1953, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964
Teams
EMW, Porsche, Rob Walker Racing Team
Entries
7 entries (5 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1953 German Grand Prix
Last entry
1964 German Grand Prix
Wilfried Edgar Barth (German pronunciation:[ˈvɪlfriːtˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯baʁt]; 26 January 1917 in Herold – 20 May 1965 in Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German until 1957, then West German) Formula One and sports car racing driver.[1]
^"Drivers: Edgar Barth". www.grandprix.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
Wilfried EdgarBarth (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlfriːt ˈɛt.ɡaːɐ̯ baʁt]; 26 January 1917 in Herold – 20 May 1965 in Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German...
Reims that year. At the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, driver EdgarBarth placed sixth overall and second in his class. At the Berlin Grand Prix...
There were 4 Formula One drivers from East Germany, with one of them (EdgarBarth) racing for both East Germany and West Germany. No driver ever competed...
One a coupé (for ‘Jo’ Bonnier/Tony Maggs), the other a spyder (for EdgarBarth/Herbert Linge), they used the new 2-litre flat-8 Formula 1 engine. Once...
Porsche KG RS550 Porsche F4 ? ARG MON 500 FRA GBR GER PES ITA N/A N/A EdgarBarth 12* Umberto Maglioli Ret* Ecurie Maarsbergen RS550 Porsche F4 D Carel...
allowed, with Porsche turning up with a pair of 718s for Hans Herrmann and EdgarBarth. The powerful Ferraris dominated, with Phil Hill sharing the front row...
on one Porsche. EdgarBarth and Paul Thiel also achieved a highly regarded result in the 1955 Eifel race at the Nürburgring. EdgarBarth won the sports...
cars at Le Mans, capable of 280 kp/h (175 mph). Regular team drivers EdgarBarth / Herbert Linge were joined by Gerhard Mitter / Colin Davis – who had...
Ballot-Léna Colin Davis Derek Bell Dieter Glemser Dirk Werner Earl Bamber EdgarBarth Gerhard Mitter Gérard Larrousse Günter Klass Hans Herrmann Hans-Joachim...
Dick Gibson 8 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG Porsche RSK Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 ? EdgarBarth 8 High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Climax T43 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 D Ian Burgess...
Klodwig and Rudolf Krause would never race in Formula One again, while EdgarBarth would race again under a West German licence. During his tour of Europe...
made up the only entrants in the S-1500 class, the works car driven by EdgarBarth / Wolfgang Seidel alongside Dutch, French and American privateers. Colin...
two coupés were driven by the Porsche F1 team drivers Hans Herrmann / EdgarBarth and Jo Bonnier/Dan Gurney. Completing the 2-litre field, Triumph once...
550RSs for the German Grand Prix, one driven by Maglioli and the other by EdgarBarth. Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche...
driven by Jo Bonnier/Graham Hill and Hans Herrmann/ Maurice Trintignant. EdgarBarth / Wolfgang Seidel drove the regular RS60, supported again by the two...
laps ahead of Briggs Cunningham. In a race-long duel the leading, Herrmann/Barth, Porsche 2-litre GT had been chasing the smaller 1.2-litre Lotus Elite of...
PES ITA —2 EdgarBarth 121 Umberto Maglioli Ret1 1958 Porsche RSK 547/3 1.5 F4 ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR 0 NC EdgarBarth 61 1959 Porsche...
Targa Florio in the class Sports 1600 together with a German driver EdgarBarth in a Porsche 718, and won the world championship with BRM in 1962. He...
Gerhard Mitter Lotus-Climax No time No time No time 9:14.1 +35.7 20 12 EdgarBarth Cooper-Climax 10:33.6 9:27.1 9:38.0 9:14.2 +35.8 21 18 Giancarlo Baghetti...
Global Information
East German (1953)