XX Targa Florio 1929
Circuito Medio delle Madonie (Circuito Polizzi), Sicily, Italy

 

Date: May 5, sunshine, warm Fastest Practice Lap:  
Track Length: 108 km Fastest Lap: Ferdinando Minoia, 1:25'17.0" (first lap)
Attendance:   Distance: 5 laps x 108 km = 540 km
Entries: 29 Average Speed: 74.366 km/h
Practiced:      
Starters: 15    
Classified: 5    

 

Sources:
(1) Targa Florio, page 157 - W. F. Bradley, 1955
(2) Settant'anni di gare automobilistiche in Italia, page 108 - Emanuele Alberto Carli, 1967
(3) A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 2, page 173 - 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
(9) Data collected by Martin Krejci

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car Engine
type - volume		 Time
Laps		 Start
order		 Reason Out
1 1 10 Albert Divo, F Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 7:15'41.7" 3  
2 2 36 Ferdinando Minoia, I Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 7:17'43.8" 13  
3 3 20 Gastone Brilli-Peri, I Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 SS S6 - 1.7 7:25'32.4"
7:23'52.4"		 6  
4 4 2 Giuseppe Campari, I Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 SS S6 - 1.7 7:34'45.0" 1  
5 5 4 Giulio Foresti, I Giulio Foresti Bugatt Type 35B S8 - 2.3 9:13'27.0" 2 Out of time limit
                   
6 DQ 38 Ottakar Bittmann, CS / Mario Lepori, CH Ottakar Bittmann Bugatti Type 35B S8 - 2.3 8:43'42.0" 14 Change of driver, out of time limit
                   
7 DNF 14 Baconin Borzacchini, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 26B S8 - 2.0 4 4 Mechanical
8 DNF 40 Caberto Conelli, I Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 3 15 Accident
9 DNF 34 Amedeo Ruggeri, I Amedeo Ruggeri Maserati 26 S8 - 1.5 3 12 Mechanical
10 DNF 30 Achille Varzi, I Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 S6 - 1.7 3 10 Engine
11 DNF 24 Mario Lepori, CH Mario Lepori Bugatti Type 35B S8 - 2.3 3 8 Mechanical
12 DNF 32 Saverio Candrilli, I Saverio Candrilli Bugatt Type 35C S8 - 2.0 1 11 Engine
13 DNF 26 Giuseppe Tranchini, I
Granchina		 Giuseppe Candrilli Alfa Romeo RL S6 - 3.0 1 9 Engine
14 DNF 22 Louis Wagner, F Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 - 2.0 1 7 Engine
15 DNF 18 Ernesto Maserati, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 26B S8 - 2.0 0 5 Engine
                   
16 DNS 6 Aymo Maggi, I Conte Aymo Maggi Maserati 26 S8 -      
17 DNS 8 Epifani, I   Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 S6 - 1.5      
                   
18 DNA 12 Amedeo Sillitti, I Amedeo Sillitti          
19 DNA 16 Schermi   Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 S6 - 1.5      
20 DNA 28 Federico Fisauli, I Federico Fisauli Maserati 26 S8 -      
21 DNA 42 Archimede Rosa, I Archimede Rosa OM 665 S6 - 2.2      
22 DNA 44 Giuseppe Morandi, I Giuseppe Morandi OM 665 S6 - 2.2      
                   
23 DNA 42? "W Williams" (Williams Grover-Williams), GB Usines Bugatti Bugatti Type 35C S8 -     Reserve driver

 

V Targa Florio Junior
Up to 1100cc (Cyclecars) - 3 laps = 324 km
7 starters - No finishers

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car - Engine Engine
Vol. -
type		 Time, Laps Start
order		 Reason Out
1 DNF   Antonio Jacono, I   Fiat 509 S4 - 1.0 1 17  
2 DNF   Clemente Biondetti, I   Salmson S4 - 1.1 1 19  
3 DNF   Giacinto Palmeri, I   Fiat 509 S4 - 1.0 1 16  
4 DNF   Luigi Fagioli, I   Salmson S4 - 1.1 0 18  
                   
5 DNS   Gioacchino Vigo, I   Fiat 509 S4 - 1.1      
                   
6 DNA   Enzo Rollo, I   Salmson S4 - 1.1      
7 DNA   Luciano Bianchi, I   Lombard AL3        

 

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