1962 - Le Mans 24 Hours

24 June 1962 - Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

Edgar Barth and Hans Herrman finish 7th and first in class in Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL, 44 laps behind the winning Ferrari

For 1962 the FIA began to shift its class structure towards production-based GT cars, so Porsche entered just thre Carrera Abarths

No.	Car	#	Class	Drivers	Entrant	Pos	Class	Grid	Notes
34	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	356-1018	GT1.6	Edgar Barth (DDR)/Hans Herrmann (D)	Porsche System Engineering (D)	7th	1st		287 laps
35	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	356-1013	GT1.6	Robert Buchet (F)/Heinz Schiller (CH)	Auguste Veuillet	12th	2nd		272 laps
30	Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL	356-1010	GT1.6	Ben Pon (NL)/Carel Godin de Beaufort (NL)	Porsche System Engineering (D)	DNF			35 laps - Ignition