XVIII Targa Florio 1927
Circuito Medio delle Madonie (Circuito Polizzi), Sicily, Italy

 

Date: April 24 Fastest Practice Lap:  
Track Length: 108 km Fastest Lap: Emilio Materassi, 1:25'48.8"
Attendance:   Distance: 5 laps x 108 km = 540 km - Class 1100cc, 3 laps x 108 km = 324 km
Entries:   Average Speed: 71,065 km/h
Practiced:      
Starters: 18    
Classified: 8    

 

Sources:
(1) Targa Florio, page 156 - W. F. Bradley, 1955
(2) Settant'anni di gare automobilistiche in Italia, page 107 - Emanuele Alberto Carli 1967
(3) A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 2, page 72-73, 88-89 - Paul Sheldon 1990
(4) Data collected by Alessandro Silva
(5) Data collected by Hans Etzrodt
(6) La Targa Florio - http://www.targaflorio.it/index1.htm
(7) La Targa Florio - http://aldolg.freeweb.supereva.it/index.htm?p
(8) Automobile Quarterly Volume II No. 4 - Cullen Thomas / David Owen 1973

* 1100cc-1500cc Class

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car Engine
type - volume		 Time
Laps		 Reason Out
1 1 24 Emilio Materassi, I Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 7:35'55.4"  
2 2 6* Caberto Conelli, I Conte Conelli Bugatti Type 37A S4 - 1.5 7:39'06.0"  
3 3 26 Alfieri Maserati, I Officine Maserati Maserati 26B S8 - 2.0 8:01'36.0"  
4 4 36 André Boillot, F André Boillot Peugeot 174S   8:27'35.0"  
5 5 22 Ignazio Palacio Ignazio Palacio Bugatti Type 35 S8 - 2.0 8:33'32.2"  
6 6 38 André Dubonnet, F Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 8:37'56.6"  
7 7 14 Heinrich Eckert Heinrich Eckert Bugatti Type 35 S8 - 2.0 9:15'00.0"  
8 8 8* Salvatore Marano Salvatore Marano Fiat 509 S4 - 9:27'41.0"  
                 
9 DNF 30 Mario Lepori, CH Mario Lepori Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 4  
10 DNF 16* Aymo Maggi, I Officine Maserati Maserati 26 S8 - 1.5 4 Chassis
11 DNF 20 Renato Balestrero, I Renato Balestrero Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 2  
12 DNF 18 Saverio Candrilli, I Saverio Candrilli Steyr VI   2  
13 DNF 10* Ernesto Maserati, I Officine Maserati Maserati 26 S8 - 1.5 2 Front axle
14 DNF 34 Elisabeth Junek, CS Mme Elisabeth Junek Bugatti Type 35B S8 - 2.3 1 Steering, accident
15 DNF 32 Ferdinando Minoia, I Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 1 Torque arm
16 DNF 28 Nicolò Valdes, I Nicolo Valdes Diatto 20S - 2.0 1  
17 DNF 12* Antonio Caliri, I Antonio Caliri Bugatti Type 37 S8 - 1.5 0  
18 DNF 4* "Sabipa" (Louis Charavel), F "Sabipa" Bugatti Type 37A S4 - 1.5 0 Accident
                 
19 DNA 2* Innocenzo Ciri, I Innocenzo Ciri Bugatti Type 35 S8 - 1.5    

 

III Targa Florio Junior
Up to 1100cc (Cyclecars) - 3 laps = 324 km
4 starters - 3 finishers
Average speed: 65.003 km/h

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car Engine
type - volume		 Time
Laps		 Reason Out
1 1 44 Baconin Borzacchini, I   Salmson S4 - 1.1 4:59'03.0"  
2 2 42 Luigi Fagioli, I   Salmson S4 - 1.1 5:10'36'6"  
3 3 40 Ignazio Zubiaga, I   BNC 527   6:12'58.0"  
                 
4 DNF 46 Francesco Starabba, I   Amilcar      
                 
5 DNA 48 Ezio Rallo, I   Salmson      

 

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