39th Targa Florio 1955
Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy

 

Date: October 16, hot and sunny Fastest Practice Lap:  
Track Length: 72 km Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss, 43'07.4" = 100.187 km/h on lap 3
Attendance:     Round 6, World Sports Car Championship
Entries:   Distance: 13 laps = 936 km
Practiced: 64 Average Speed: 96.29 km/h
Starters: 47 Organizer: Cavaliere Vincenzo Florio
Classified: 20 * Class Winners  

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Entrant
Car - Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
Vol
(cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Time
Laps
Km		 Reason Out
1 1 104 Daimler Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR		 Stirling Moss, GB
Peter Collins, GB
DNS Hans Herrmann, D		 2975 S8 SC
+2000		 9:43'14.0"  
2 2 112 Daimler Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR		 Juan Manuel Fangio, RA
Karl Kling, D		 2975 S8 SC
+2000		 9:47'55.2"  
3 3 116 Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 860 Monza		 Eugenio Castellotti, I
Robert Manzon, F		 3497 S4 SC
+2000		 9:53'20.4"  
4 4 106 Daimler Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR		 J. Desmond Titterington, GB
John Fitch, USA
DNS Wolfgang von Trips, D		 2975 S8 SC
+2000		 9:54'53.4"  
5 5* 76 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati A6GCS		 Francesco Giardini, I
Carlo/Azzurri Manzini, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 10:41'15.0"  
6 6 82 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati A6GCS		 Giuseppe Musso, I
Giuseppe Rossi, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 10:48'53.2"  
7 7* 64 Automobili OSCA
OSCA MT4 1500		 Guilio Cabianca, I
Piero Carini, I		 1490 S4 SC
1500		 10:51'37.4"  
8 8 78 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati A6GCS		 Giorgio Scarlatti, I
Osvaldo Lippi, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 11:03'28"
12 laps		  
9 9 92 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati A6GCS		 Luigi Belucci, I
Contessa Maria Teresa di Filippis, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 11:22'53.2"
12 laps		  
10 10 84
Maserati A6GCS		 Prince Gaetano Starrabba, I
Salvatore La Pira, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 12 laps  
11 11* 6
Fiat 8V Zagato		 Elio Zagato, I
Ovidio Capelli, I		 1996 V8 TS
+1300		 12 laps  
12 12 72
Maserati A6GCS		 Alberico Cacciari, I
Vincenzo Sorrentino, I
Azzurro Manzini, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 12 laps  
13 13 4
Fiat 8V		 Giuseppe de Saranza, I
Clemente Ravetto, I		 1996 V8 TS
+1300		 12 laps  
14 14* 42 Automobili OSCA
OSCA MT4 1100		 Domenico Rotolo, I
Luigi di Pasquale, I
DNS Salvatore Sirchia, I		 1100 S4 SC
1100		 12 laps  
15 15* 36
Fiat 8V Zagato		 Francesco Arezzo, I
Gennaro Alterio, I		 1996 V8 GT 12 laps  
16 16 88
Alfa Romeo 1900		 Guido Perrella, I
Mario Sannino, I		 1975 S4 SC
2000		 11 laps  
17 17 86
Maserati A6GCS		 Enzo Lopez, I
Ferdinando Lopez, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 11 laps  
18 18 52
Renault 4CV 1093
CD -Renault ? Gordini -Renault?)		 Michel Guy, F
Alfredo Fondi, I		 1100 S4 GT
SC ?		 11 laps  
19 19 70
Maserati A6GCS		 Bruno Cavazzoni, I
Gastone Crepaldi, I
DNS ? Fernand Masoero, I		 1985 S6 SC
2000		 11 laps  
20 20 20
Lancia Aurelia		 Vincenzo Arena, I
Gianfernando Tomaselli, I		 2451 V6 TS
+1300		 11 laps  
                   
21 DNF 16 Daimler Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		 Armando Zampiero, I
Luigi Villotti, I		 2975 S8 GT 12 laps  
22 DNF 30
Fiat 8V		 Ottavio Guarducci, I
Mario Lietti, I		 1996 V8 GT 11 laps  
23 DNF 120 Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Umberto Maglioli, I
Sergio Sighinolfi, I		 2999 S4 SC
+2000		 10 laps Lost wheel
24 DNF 100
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Luigi Piotti, I
Franco Cornacchia, I		 2999 S4 SC
+2000		 9 laps  
25 DNF 12
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Guido Cestelli-Guidi, I
Guerci, I
DNS Aldo Berardi, I		 1884 S4 TS
+1300		 8 laps  
26 DNF 56
Kieft - Coventry Climax		 Hans Finke, D
Kornekauer		   S4 SC
1100		 8 laps  
27 DNF 22
Lancia Aurelia		 Domenico Tramontana, I
Guiseppe Alotta, I		   V6 GT 7 laps  
28 DNF 74
Ferrari 500 Mondial		 Franco Cortese, I
Baron Antonio Pucci, I		 1985 S4 SC
2000		 7 laps Accident
29 DNF 40
Siata 1100 GT - Fiat		 Francesco Spinel, I
Armando Soldano, I		 1100 S4 SC
1100		 6 laps  
30 DNF 54
OSCA MT 1100		 Bruno Ricciardi, I
Angelo Sbordone, I		 1100 S4 SC
1100		 6 laps  
31 DNF 62
Ermini - Fiat		 Giovanni Buoncristiani, I
Piero Altini, I
DNS Pasquale Ermini, I		   S4 SC
1500		 6 laps  
32 DNF 102
Gordini T24 S		 Mario Ricci, I
Scotti, I (Piero ?)		 2982 S8 SC
+2000		 6 laps  
33 DNF 24
Jaguar XK120		 Alfonso Vella, I
Piero Termini, I		 3441 S6 GT 5 laps  
34 DNF 48
Cisitalia 202		 Francesco Mentesana, I
Gaetano Marotta, I		     SC
1100		 5 laps  
35 DNF 110 Scuderia Ferrari
(Tony Parravano)
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Carroll Shelby, USA
Gino Munaron, I		 2999 S4 SC
+2000		 5 laps Accident
36 DNF 10
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Baldassare Taormina, I
Pasquale Tacci, I		 1884 S4 TS
+1300		 4 laps  
37 DNF 28
Lancia Aurelia		 Mennato Boffa, I
Guiseppe Ruggero, I		   V6 GT 4 laps  
38 DNF 94 Tony Parravano
Maserati 200 SI		 Fernando Mancini, I
Benoit Musy, CH		 1994 S4 SC
2000		 4 laps Oil pipe / accident
39 DNF 118 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati 300 S		 Luigi Villoresi, I
Luigi Musso, I		 2991 S6 SC
+2000		 4 laps Rear axle
40 DNF 2
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Nicola Musmeci, I
Alessandro Perrone, I		 1884 S4 TS
+1300		 2 laps  
41 DNF 14
Peugeot 203 (403 ?)		 Charles de Cortanze, F
"Eldé" (Leon Dernier), B		   S4 TS
+1300		 2 laps  
42 DNF 38
Siata 1100 GT - Fiat		 Ugo Mauthe, I
Rosario Montalbano, I		   S4 SC
1100		 2 laps  
43 DNF 44
Stanguellini Bialbero - Fiat		 Francesco di Roberto, I
Pietro Fiordelisi, I		 1100 S4 SC
1100		 2 laps Accident
44 DNF 58
Stanguellini Bialbero - Fiat		 Francesco Siracusa, I
Pasquale Placido, I		 1100 S4 SC
1100		 2 laps  
45 DNF 32
Lancia Aurelia		 Vittorio Colocci, I
Giacchino Vari, I, (DND)		   V6 GT 1 lap  
46 DNF 80
Lotus Mk 8/Lister/Connaught - Lea Francis		 Mike Young, GB
Geoff Richardson, GB, (DND)		     SC
2000		 1 lap  
47 DNF 90 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati 200 SI		 Giovanni Bracco, I
Franco Bordoni, I, (DND)		 1994 S4 SC
2000		 1 lap Accident
                   
  DNF
?		   ? Daimler Benz AG
? Mercedes-Benz 190 SLR		            
                   
48 DNS 8
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Raffaele Matteucci, I
Alfonso Thiele, I/USA		 1884 S4 TS
+1300		    
49 DNS 18
Alfa Romeo Giulietta		 Franco Bertani, I
-		 1290 S4 GT    
50 DNS 26
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		 Natale Gotelli, I
Bensi, I		 2975 S8 GT    
51 DNS 34
Fiat 8V		 Ignazio Consiglio, I
Rocco Finocchiaro, I		 1996 V8 GT    
52 DNS 46
Ermini - Fiat		 Otello Adriano Biagiotti, I
Piero Altini, I		   S4 SC
1100		    
53 DNS 50
Giaur		 Mario Piccolo, I
Guiseppe Sapienza, I		     SC
1100		    
54 DNS 60
Porsche 550		 Ernst Lautenschlager, D
Rudi Schöll, D		 1498 F4 SC
1500		    
55 DNS 66
OSCA MT4		 Wolgang Seidel, D
-		   S4 SC
1500		    
56 DNS 96
Maserati A6GCS		 Azzurro Manzini, I
-		 1985 S6 SC
2000		    
57 DNS 98
Talbot Sport		 Hauret, F
-		   S6 SC
+2000		    
58 DNS 108
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Luigi Bordonaro, I
Enrico Anselmi, I		 2999 S4 SC
+2000		    
59 DNS 114
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Melchiore Scaminaci, I
Antonio di Salvo, I		 2999 S4 SC
+2000		    
                   
60 DNA 68
Porsche 550		 Luigi Messedaglia, I
Diego Capelli, I		 1498 F4 SC
1500		    

 

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