Edgar Barth

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Edgar Barth
Nationality German^[1]

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1953, 1957 - 1958, 1960, 1964
Teams	EMW, Porsche, Rob Walker Racing Team
Races	5
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1953 German Grand Prix
Last race	1964 German Grand Prix

Edgar Barth (January 26, 1917, Herold-Erzgebirge – May 20, 1965, Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German until 1957, then West German) 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 Motorenwerk (EMW) after the war. He raced these Formula 2 cars even in Western Germany until politics prevented this. In 1957, he defected 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 the 24 Hours of Le Mans on numerous occasions.

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

Edgar Barth's son Jürgen Barth became an engineer at Porsche who also went into motorsport, to win the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977.

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC
1953	Rennkollektiv EMW	EMW	EMW Straight-6	ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	SUI	ITA			-
1957	Dr Ing F Porsche KG	Porsche 550RS (F2)	Porsche Flat-4	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER 12	PES	ITA				-
1958	Dr Ing F Porsche KG	Porsche RSK (F2)	Porsche Flat-4	ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 6	POR	ITA	MOR	-
1960	Dr Ing F Porsche KG	Porsche 718 (F2)	Porsche Flat-4	ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA 7	USA		-
1964	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T66	Climax V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX		-

[edit] Notes

^ East German until 1957, then West German. Only the flag of West Germany is used here, because until 1959, the flag of East Germany looked exactly the same.