Edgar Barth is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-Climax. Barth has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,658 ranks Barth 601th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1964-08-02 | Nürburgring | DNF | −71 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −71 | 4,658 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −197 | 4,729 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +33 | 4,926 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +94 | 4,893 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +14 | 4,799 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | EMW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −15 | 4,785 |
Edgar Barth was a German racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1953 and 1964, accumulating seven starts across that period without securing a podium finish. He drove exclusively for Cooper-Climax during his Grand Prix career, a period that spanned eleven years but saw only occasional race appearances. His average finishing position of eighth across his classified starts places him among the broader field of professional drivers from that era rather than among the front-runners of the day.[1]
Beyond single-seaters, Barth established himself as a capable sportscar competitor; he won the 1959 Targa Florio alongside Wolfgang Seidel, a significant result in the endurance racing calendar of the period. His main association in Formula 1 was with Porsche, for which he drove five of his seven Grand Prix starts. The team itself recorded only one race win across its entire index history while fielding sixteen drivers, suggesting a modest competitive standing in the grid's upper echelon. During his occasional Grand Prix outings, Barth defeated drivers of intermediate professional calibre in isolated races, including Carel Godin de Beaufort, Cliff Allison, and Ivor Bueb, though these victories were scattered encounters rather than sustained competitive advantages.[2]