(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 26.01.1917 Херольд-Эрзегеберг Умер: 20.05.1965 Людвигсбург, Штутгарт Сезонов в Ф1: 5 Лет в Ф1: 12 Гран При: 5 Старты: 5 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 6 Лучший старт: 12 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 98 - лидирования: Километры: 1633.31 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1953-1964

Год	Команда	Шасси
1953	EMW Rennkollektiv	EMW R1/53
1957	Dr Ing F Porsche KG	Porsche 550RS
1958	Dr Ing F Porsche KG	Porsche 718 RSK
1960	Dr Ing F Porsche FG	Porsche 718/2
1964	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper T66

A distinguished pre-war motor cycle racer, Barth drove the EMW sports cars between 1953 and 1956 and, by winning his class in the 1956 Coupe de Paris at Montlhéry, he attracted the attention of the Porsche team.

After a successful class-winning debut for Porsche at the 1957 Nürburgring 1000 Km, Edgar and his family defected from East Germany. He then became a mainstay of the company's Formula 2, sports and hill-climb programme. He won the Targa Florio outright in 1959 (with Seidel) and was European mountain champion in 1959,1963 and 1964, by which time he was already suffering from the cancer to which he succumbed, at the age of 48, in May 1965.

His son, Jurgen, also represented the Porsche factory team, winning the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1977.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000