4-hour race of Pescara 1961

Route

The 4-hour race of Pescara 1961 , also Grand Prix Pescara, 4 h Testa Rosa , took place on August 15th on a street circuit near the city of Pescara and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In 1957 , a race for the Formula 1 World Championship of that year - the Pescara Grand Prix - was held on a circuit around the city of Pescara . The Grand Prix for sports cars was announced in 1961 and had the same route as the 1957 monoposto race.

In workout was Richie Ginther in the plant - Ferrari Dino 246SP the fastest. Although another works team was at the start with Porsche and large-capacity Maserati were used by private teams, the race ended with the only victory for Scuderia Centro Sud in the sports car world championship. Lorenzo Bandini and Giorgio Scarlatti won in a Ferrari 250TRI . The duo had dropped to 37th due to an early pit stop, but in the end still triumphed with a lead of 12 minutes over the second-placed Porsche.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	4th	Scuderia Centro Sud	Lorenzo Bandini Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250TRI	23
2	S 2.0	14th	Porsche	Karl Orthuber Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RS61	22nd
3	S 2.0	32	Mennato Boffa	Mennato Boffa	Maserati Tipo 60	22nd
4th	GT +2.5	44	North American Racing Team	George Arents Sterling Hamill	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	22nd
5	S 2.0	28	Pescara	Colin Davis	Osca S1600	21st
6th	GT +2.5	40	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Sergio Bettoja Sergio Pedretti	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	21st
7th	GT +2.5	38	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alberico Cacciari Luigi Bertocco	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	21st
8th	S 1.0	56	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Umberto Bini	Osca S1000	20th
9	GT 1.3	114	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Albino Buticchi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
10	GT 1.3	92	Campidoglio	Gianni Bulgari Maurizio Grana	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
11	S 1.0	62	Scuderia Serenissima	Renato Pirocchi	Fiat-Abarth 850	20th
12	S 3.0	10	Georges Gachnang	Georges Gachnang Maurice Caillet	Cegga-Ferrari 3000S	20th
13	S 2.0	30th	Pescara	Leandro Terra	Osca S1600	20th
14th	GT 1.3	110	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
15th	S 1.0	76	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Lanzo Cussini Vittorio Venturi	Fiat-Abarth 850	20th
16	GT 1.3	96	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alessandro Zafferri	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
17th	GT 1.3	90	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Hans Bauer	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	20th
18th	GT 1.3	85	Campidoglio	Renzo Sinibaldi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	20th
19th	GT 1.3	102	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Sergio Pedretti Rinaldo Parmigiani	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
20th	S 1.0	64	Clemente Biondetti	Attilio Brandi Adolfo Tedeschi	Osca S1000	20th
21st	GT 1.3	112	Pescara	Pietro Laureati Domenico Santoleri	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	19th
22nd	GT 1.3	96	Set colli	Fernando Natella	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	19th
23	GT 1.15	118	Jolly Club	Piero Frescobaldi Cesare Fiorio	Lancia Appia Zagato	19th
24	GT 1.15	128	Pescara	Corrado Ferlaino	Lancia Appia Zagato	19th
25th	S 1.3	106	Aldo Caretti	Aldo Caretti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	19th
26th	GT +2.5	34	Luigi Pisano	Luigi Pisano	Lancia Aurelia	17th
27	GT 1.3	84	Aldo Lazio	Roberto Dari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	17th
28	S 1.0	150	Etna	Gregorio Filippone	Osca MT4 1100	17th
Failed
29	GT +2.5	48	Carlo-Maria Abate	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	22nd
30th	S 3.0	6th	Camoradi USA	Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 61	14th
31	GT 1.3	88	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Gianfranco Bonetto Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	13
32	GT 1.15	116	Alec Mylonadis	Alec Mylonadis Silvano Stefani	Fairthorpe Electron	12
33	S 3.0	12	Scuderia Ferrari	Richie Ginther Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari Dino 246SP	10
34	S 3.0	2	Scuderia Serenissima	Nino Vaccarella	Maserati Tipo 63	8th
35	GT 1.3	98	Sila	Michele Allegrini	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	7th
36	S 1.0	58	Milano Racing Club	Ada Pace Roberto Lippi	Lotus Eleven	6th
37	S 2.0	20th	Porsche	Tommy Spychiger	Porsche 718 RS61	3
38	S 2.0	24	Pescara	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Osca S2000	3
39	GT +2.5	36	Willy Mairesse	Willy Mairesse Pierre Dumay	Ferrari 250 GT	2
40	S 2.0	100	David Hobbs	David Hobbs Bill Pickney	Lotus Elite	1
41	S 3.0	8th	Scuderia Serenissima	Joakim Bonnier	Maserati Tipo 63	1
42	S 2.0	16	Clemente Biondetti	Raffaello Rosati	Maserati Tipo 61	1
43	GT 1.15	120	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Gabrio Del Torre	Fairthorpe Electron	1
44	GT 1.15	124	Luciano Braccini	Luciano Braccini	Lancia Appia Zagato	1
45	S 1.0	60	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giorgio Cecchini	Bandini	1
46	S 1.0	72	Set colli	Sesto Leonardi Carlo Alberto Del Bue	Osca S1000	1
47	GT 1.3	108	Aretusa	Manlio Santuccio	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	1
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48	S 1.0	52	Set colli	Roberto Lippi	Stanguellini 750 Sport	1
49	S 1.0	68	Set colli	Camillo Giuliani	Stanguellini 750 Sport	2
50	S 1.0	74	Ilario Bandini	Ilario Bandini	Bandini	3
51	S 1.0	78	Set colli	Franco Bernabei	Giaur	4th
52	GT 1.3	82	Pescara	Checco D'Angelo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	5
53	GT 1.3	104	Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	6th

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
54	2.0	18th	Odoardo Govoni	Odoardo Govoni	Maserati Tipo 60
55	2.0	22nd	Taylor & Crawley	Douglas Graham	Lotus 15
56	2.0	26th	Graham Whitehead	Peter Heath	Lotus 15
57	GT + 2.5	42	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Luciano Conti	Ferrari 250 GT
58	GT + 2.5	46	Set colli	Luigi Bertocco	Ferrari 250 GT
59	S 1.0	54	Pescara	Ermete Bosco	Giaur
60	S 1.0	66	Alto Lazio	Massimo Natili	Giaur
61	S 1.0	70	Milano Racing Club	Enzo Osella	Osca S1000
62	GT 1.3	80	Antonio Accardi	Antonio Accardi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
63	GT 1.15	122	Racing Club 19th	Gianni Lado	Lancia Appia Zagato
64	GT 1.3	126	Silvano Stefani	Silvano Stefani	Lancia Appia Zagato

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Lorenzo Bandini	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250TRI	Overall victory
S 2.0	Edgar Barth	Karl Orthuber	Porsche 718 RS61	Rank 2
S 1.0	Umberto Bini		Osca S1000	Rank 8
GT +2.5	George Arents	Sterling Hamill	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Rank 4
GT 1.3	Albino Buticchi		Alfa Romeo Giulietta	Rank 9
GT 1.15	Piero Frescobladi	Cesare Fiorio	Lancia Appia Zagato	Rank 23

Racing data

• Registered: 64
• Started: 47
• Rated: 28
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 25.579 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 00: 00,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 23
• Distance of the winning team: 572.878 km
• Winner's average: 143.220 km / h
• Pole position: Giancarlo Baghetti - Ferrari Dino 246SP (# 12) - 9: 49.600 = 154.634 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Richie Ginther - Ferrari Dino 246SP (# 12) - 9: 55.500 = 154.634 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the sports car world championship in 1961
• Racing series: Round 8 of the FIA GT Cup 1961

literature

• Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at wspr

Previous race 24 Hours of Le Mans 1961

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 3 Hours of Daytona 1962