The 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race for Experimental cars and Grand Touring cars, staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 23 and 24 June 1962. It was the 30th Grand Prix of Endurance and the eighth round of the 1962 International Championship of Manufacturers.
The winning Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, pictured in 2004
The René Bonnet Djet of Consten/Rosinski, which won the Experimental 1 liter class.
The Ferrari 250 GTO which placed third overall and second in the Grand Touring 3000 class. The car is pictured in 2009.
Panhard CD Dyna of Guilhaudin/Bertaut, which won the Experimental 850cc class and the Index of Performance
1962 World Sportscar Championship
The 1962 World Sportscar Championship season was the 10th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1962 International Championship for GT Manufacturers, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions, and the 1962 Coupe des Sports, which was contested in three engine capacity divisions. The season ran from 11 February 1962 to 21 September 1962 over 15 events.
For this season the FIA shifted the focus to production based GT cars and the World Sportscar Championship title was discontinued.
This was also the first year that each class had its own championship, instead of a single overall title.
Ferrari won the over 2.0 litre GT class award with its 250 GT Berlinetta SWB and 250 GTO (pictured)