500km Mugello race in 1965

The Futa Pass near Barberino di Mugello

Ferrari 250LM with chassis number 5995. The car was driven by Maurizio Grana and Cesare Toppetti in second place in the overall standings

The 500 km race of Mugello 1965 , the Mugello Grand Prix , also XII Circuito del Mugello, 500 kilometers , took place on June 6th at the Circuito stradale del Mugello and was the tenth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The Circuito Stradale del Mugello was a road circuit with a length of 66 kilometers in the Mugello region north of Florence . The start-and-finish straight was in the south of the small town of San Piero a Sieve , where temporary pit systems were set up for the duration of the race. From there the route led north over the Passo del Giogo to Firenzuola . We continued west to meet the SR 65 at Selva , which at the Mille Miglia formed the section between Bologna and Florence that led over the Futapass . The counter-clockwise round was closed via Barberino di Mugello .

The first race on this track was held in 1914, and it was very popular under different names in Italy in the 1920s and 1930s. From 1964 a sports car race was held, which was given world championship status in 1965.

The respective teams had to master eight laps, the fastest teams completed this requirement in just under five hours of driving time. The overall standings were won by Mario Casoni and Antonio Nicodemi in a Ferrari 250LM . At the finish they had a lead of four minutes and 29 seconds over teammates Maurizio Grana and Cesare Toppetti after 4: 59: 08.100 hours . The only non-Italian starters were David Piper and Mike De Udy . The Porsche 904 GTS driven by the English failed on the seventh lap after a technical defect.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GTN + 2.5	24	Montegrappa	Mario Casoni Antonio Nicodemi	Ferrari 250LM	8th
2	GTN + 2.5	123	Montegrappa	Maurizio Grana Cesare Toppetti	Ferrari 250LM	8th
3	GTN + 2.5	125	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Oddone Sigala Luigi Taramazzo	Ferrari 250LM	8th
4th	T 1.6	10	Enrico Pinto	Enrico Pinto	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	8th
5	GT 1.6	83	Autodelta	Carlo Zuccol Guido Rava	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	8th
6th	T 2.0	14th	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Ricciardo Ricci Pietro Corbellini	BMW 1800 Ti	8th
7th	P 1.6	91	Autodelta	Teodoro Zeccoli Riccardo di Bona	Alfa Romeo GTA	8th
8th	GT 2.5	104	Otello Rinaldi	Giancarlo Maestrini Carlo Fabri	Porsche 904 GTS	8th
9	T 3.0	36	Marino Bonomi	Marino Bonomi Sandro Bonomi	Alfa Romeo 2600	8th
10	T 1.6	8th	Alessandro Moncini	Alessandro Moncini Walter Dona	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	8th
11	T 2.0	11	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Luigi Raniero Romano Gozzi Paolo Renier	BMW 1800	8th
12	T 3.0	31	Paolo Bianchi	Paolo Bianchi Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	8th
13	T 1.6	6th	Piero Conte	Piero Conte Spartaco Dini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	8th
14th	T 1.6	4th	Aldo Bardelli	Aldo Bardelli Dorando Malinconi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI	8th
15th	GT 2.5	68	"Fabri Luca"	Roberto Dolfi "Fabri Luca"	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT	7th
16	GT + 2.5	16	Scuderia Montegrappa	Antonio Maglione Mario Maglione	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	7th
17th	SR 1.0	43	Massimo Natili	Massimo Natili "Terry"	Lotus 23	7th
18th	GT 2.5	107	Riccardone	Carlo Benelli	Mercedes-Benz 230 SL	7th
19th	SR 1.0	53	Pier-Luigi Muccini	Pier-Luigi Muccini Franco Boroni	Osca S1000	7th
20th	SR 1.0	46	Bruno Momigliano	Bruno Momigliano Remigio Cianfriglia	Lotus 23	7th
21st	SR 1.0	52	Antonio Benelli	Antonio Benelli	Bandini 1000	7th
22nd	T 3.0	38	Enzo Torreggiani	Enzo Torreggiani Alessandro Braga	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	7th
24	SR 1.0	50	Roberto Benelli	Roberto Benelli	De sanctis 1000	7th
25th	T 3.0	34	Leonardo Guarrasi	Leonardo Guarrasi	Lancia Flaminia	7th
26th	SR 2.0	72	Nuvolari	Luigi Malanca Luigi Foschi	Osca MT4 1500	7th
27	T 3.0	35	Romano Martini	Romano Martini	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	7th
28	SR 1.0	49	Set colli	Iolanda Malandrucco Carlo-Alberto Del Bue	De Sanctis	6th
29	SR 2.0	67	Set colli	Giuseppe Rossi "Maometto II"	Osca MT4 1350	6th
30th	GT 1.6	81	Etna	Giancarlo Galimberti Giuseppe Sirugo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	6th
31	SR 2.0	61	Giancarlo Scotti	Giancarlo Scotti Franco Zaniratti	Scotti	6th
32	T 2.0	20th	Pier-Franco Tesi	Pier-Franco Tesi Danilo Tesini	Lancia Flavia Coupe	6th
33	T 2.0	21st	Fiorenzo Genta	Fiorenzo Genta Luigi Petri	Lancia Flavia	6th
34	SR 2.0	62	Turillo Barbuscia	Turillo Barbuscia Franco Chiari	Maserati Tipo 60	6th
Failed
35	T 2.0	16	Lancia	Marco Crosina Paolo Colombo	Lancia Flavia	7th
36	GT 2.5	106	Don Moore	David Piper Mike De Udy	Porsche 904 GTS	7th
37	T 3.0	33	Giulio Bona	Giulio Bona Angelo Corio	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	6th
38	GT + 2.5	114	Pegaso	Clemente Ravetto Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari 250 GTO 64	6th
39	SR 2.0	66	Raffaello Rosati	Raffaello Rosati Guido Nicolai	Maserati Tipo 60	5
40	GT + 2.5	111	Giovanni Cecchini	Giovanni Cecchini	Ferrari 275 GTB	5
41	GT 1.6	88	Umberto Papini	Umberto Papini	Alfa Romeo Giulia SS	4th
42	T 2.0	15th	Set colli	Germano Nataloni Giovanni Marini	Lancia Flavia Z	3
43	T 3.0	37	Luciano Selva	Luciano Selva Paolo de Leonibus	Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint	3
44	T 3.0	39	Nettuno	Paolo Gardi Mauro Nesti	Fiat 2300S	3
45	SR 1.0	44	Thomas Pomeroy	Thomas Pomeroy Adolfo Nesi	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	3
46	SR 2.0	64	Alberto Luti	Alberto Luti "Waliant"	De Sanctis	3
47	SR 2.0	73	Secondo Ridolfi	Secondo Ridolfi Ugo Locatelli	De Tomaso Vallelunga	3
48	SR 1.0	48	Enrico Bettoni	Enrico Bettoni Mauro Cintolesi	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	2
49	GT 1.6	85	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Rinaldo Parmigiani Sergio Pedretti	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	2
50	T 1.6	7th	Ignazio Giunti	Ignazio Giunti "Chac"	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	1
51	T 2.0	12	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Erminio Merlo Carlo Belli	Lancia Flavia	1
52	T 2.0	22nd	Piero Corbellini	Piero Corbellini	BMW 1800 Ti	1
53	SR 2.0	65	Witting da Prato	Witting da Prato Andrea Polli	Maserati Tipo 60	1
54	SR 2.0	71	Franco Bernabei	Franco Bernabei	De Tomaso Vallelunga	1
55	P 1.6	92	Autodelta	Roberto Bussinello Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo GTA	1
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56	GTN + 2.5	121	Jolly Club	Sergio Bettoja Roberto Lippi	Ferrari 250LM	1

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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
57	T 1.6	1	Sergio Piana	Sergio Piana	Ford Cortina Lotus
58	T 1.6	2	Pietro Pupeschi	Pietro Pupeschi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI
59	T 1.6	3	Sagittario	Silvio Mandato Luigi Tommasi	Ford Cortina Lotus
60	T 1.6	5	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Giovanni Bauer Umberto Bini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TI
61	T 1.6	9	Alfonso Merendino	Alfonso Merendino Nicolo Lombardo	Alfa Romeo Giulia
62	T 2.0	18th	Armeno degli Innocenti	Armeno degli Innocenti	Lancia Flavia
63	T 2.0	19th	Chimera	"Raniero Luigi" Romano Gozzi	BMW 1800
64	T 2.0	23	Andrea Saltari	Andrea Saltari Franco Chiari	BMW 1800
65	T 3.0	32	Gentlemen's Club	"Silver Wing" Renato Milla	Fiat 2300
66	SR 1.0	41	Set colli	Sesto Leonardi Attilio Brandi	Osca 1000S
67	SR 1.0	42	Lino Giacomini	Lino Giacomini	Lotus 23
68	SR 1.0	45	Giorgio Cecchini	Giorgio Cecchini Ilario Bandini	Bandini
69	SR 1.0	47	Giorgio Tossi	Giorgio Tossi	Osca 1000S
70	SR 1.0	51	Paolo Senni	Paolo Senni Giovanni Brancadori	Morris Mini Cooper
71	SR 2.0	63	Gianfranco Padoan	Gianfranco Padoan Rosario Buondonno	Maserati Tipo 60
72	SR 2.0	63	Montegrappa	Mario Cristofori	Porsche
73	SR 2.0	70	Franco Lisitano	Franco Lisitano	Fiat 8V Zagato
74	SR 2.0	74	Francesco Battibocca	Francesco Battibocca Giancarlo Battibocca	Alfa Romeo special
75	GT 1.6	82	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Giorgio Pianta	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
76	GT 1.6	84	Autodelta	Andrea de Adamich Guido Rava	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
77	GT 1.6	86	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Girolamo Capra Luciano Galli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
78	GT 1.6	87	Rosario Buondonno	Rosario Buondonno	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
79	GT 2.5	101	Kind Swanson	Art Swanson Robert Ennis	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT
80	GT 2.5	102	Alberto Bianchetti	Alberto Bianchetti	Porsche 904 GTS
81	GT 2.5	103	Gianni Lado	Gianni Lado Jacopo Trivellato	Abarth-Simca 2000 GT
82	GT 2.5	105	Aldo Bruni	Aldo Bruni	Porsche 904 GTS
83	GT + 2.5	112	Luigi Mosca	Luigi Mosca "Notorius"	Ferrari 250 GTO
84	GT + 2.5	115	Settocelli	Carlo Pietromarchi	Ferrari 250 GTO
85	GTN + 2.5	122	David Piper	David Piper Fairfax Dunn	Ferrari 250LM

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GTN + 2.5	Mario Casoni	Antonio Nicodemi	Ferrari 250LM	Overall victory
GT + 2.5	Antonio Maglione	Mario Maglione	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	Rank 16
GT 2.5	Giancarlo Maestrini	Carlo Fabri	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 8
GT 1.6	Carlo Zuccoli	Guido Riva	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 5
P 1.6	Teodoro Zeccoli	Riccardo Di Bona	Alfa Romeo GTA	Rank 7
SR 2.0	Luigi Malanca	Luigi Foschi	Osca MT4 1500	Rank 26
SR 1.0	Massimo Natili	"Terry"	Lotus 23	Rank 17
T 3.0	Marino Bonomi	Sandro Bonomi	Alfa Romeo 2300	Rank 9
T 2.0	Ricciardo Ricci	Pietro Corbellini	Pietro Corbellini	Rank 6
T 1.6	Enrico Pinto		Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super	Rank 4

Racing data

• Registered: 85
• Started: 55
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 9
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hazy, fog in the mountains
• Route length: 66,200 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 59: 08.100 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 8
• Total distance of the winning team: 539,600 km
• Winner's average: 106.226 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Antonio Nicodemi - Ferrari 250LM (# 124) - 3: 53.100 = 110.687 km / h
• Racing series: 10th round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About the Circuito Stradale
2. ↑ Parts of the route

Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965

Sports car world championship

Successor mountain race Rossfeld 1965