The thirtieth edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on 23-24 June 1962. It was in many ways a record edition: attendance, atmospheric temperature, lap times. Next to the GTs, the "experimental" cars had replaced the "Sports" but the result did not change and Ferrari achieved another victory, with Olivier Gendebien, in his fourth success at Le Mans, and Phil Hill. The winning car was a strange hybrid, known as the 330 LM TRI and equipped with a V12 engine based on a 400SA producing 390 horsepower. 1962 was the last year in which a front engined car won at Le Mans.