XXX Targa Florio 1939
Circuito Parco delle Favorita, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

 

Date: May 14 Fastest Practice Lap: ---
Track Length: 5700 Fastest Lap: Lugi Villoresi, 2'24.6" = 141.808 km/h (lap 25)
Attendance:   Distance: 40 laps x 5700 = 228 km
Entries:   Average Speed: 136.445 km/h
Practiced:   Track map  
Starters: 14    
Classified: 8    

 

Sources:
(1) Targa Florio, page 159 - W. F. Bradley, 1955
(2) Settant'anni di gare automobilistiche in Italia, page 111 - Emanuele Alberto Carli
(3) A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 4, page 113 - 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) The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car Engine
type - volume		 Time
Laps		 Reason Out
1 1 18 Luigi Villoresi, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 1:40'15.4"  
2 2 16 Piero Taruffi, I Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 1:42'05.8"  
3 3 24 Guido Barbieri, I Guido Barbieri Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 1:45'56.4"  
4 4 34 Paul Pietsch, D Scuderia Torino Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 1:48'30.6"  
5 5 36 Ovidio Capelli, I Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 1:50'16.6"  
6 6 30 Enrico Platé, CH (3,4)
Luigi Platé, I (2)		 Enrico Platé Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 38  
7 7 32 Edoardo Teagno, I Scuderia Torino Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 38  
8 8 28 Egidio Gallinari, I Egidio Gallinari Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 36  
                 
9 DNF 38 Franco Cortese, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 32 Gearbox
10 DNF 4 Vico Pagliano, I Catullo Lami Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5 23 Spin
11 DNF 12 Armand Hug, CH Scuderia Torino Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5 10 Mechanical
12 DNF 26 Dioscoride Lanza, I Scuderia Subauda Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
13 DNF 8 Emilio Romano, I Emilio Romano Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
14 DNF 6 Ettore Bianco, I Ettore Bianco Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5 0 Engine
                 
15 DNA 2 Pietro Ghersi, I Scuderia Torino Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
16 DNA 10 Giovanni Rocco, I Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati 4CL S4 - 1.5    
17 DNA 14 Andrea Brezzi, I Scuderia Torino Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
18 DNA 20 Pino Baruffi, I Pino Baruffi Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
19 DNA 22 Leonardi   Maserati 4CM S4 - 1.5    
20 DNA 4 Catullo Lami, I Catullo Lami Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    
21 DNA 28 Renato Balestrero, I Scuderia Torino Maserati 6CM S6 - 1.5    

 

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