500km Mugello race in 1967

Günter Klass had a fatal accident in training on a Ferrari Dino 206SP

The 500 km race of Mugello 1967 , also the Trofeo Frescobaldi, Mugello, Circuito del Mugello , took place on July 23 at the Circuito stradale del Mugello and was the ninth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

Car races have been held on the Circuito stradale del Mugello since 1914. With a track length of 66.200 kilometers, it was the race with the longest circuit of the season. As with the Targa Florio , in the 500 km race, the drivers started the race with their vehicles at the same time, but at intervals. In training on the Saturday before the race day, the organizers were confronted with the tragic consequences of a fatal accident for the first time since the event was held in 1914.

Günter Klass was registered from Scuderia Ferrari with team partner Jonathan Williams in a Ferrari Dino 206P . A second works car, a Dino 206S , was prepared for Ludovico Scarfiotti and Nino Vaccarella . A Dino 206SP was used as a training car , with which Klass had a fatal accident. On a fast stretch between Firenzuola and the approach to Passo del Giogo , the Ferrari came off the road in a left curve and hit a tree with the right side of the vehicle. The Ferrari tradition of right-hand drive was the undoing , as parts of the tree rose from the right to the center of the vehicle. Klass was quickly rescued by spectators, and a rescue team was quickly on hand to take the seriously injured man to a helicopter . Klass was flown with it to a hospital in Florence , but succumbed to serious injuries during transport.

After Klass' death, Ferrari withdrew the two registered cars from the race. The factory team of Porsche thus lost its main competitors. The two eight-cylinder - 910 of Udo Schütz / Gerhard Mitter and Jochen Neerpasch / Rolf Stommelen the German team celebrated a superior double victory.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 2.0	1	Porsche system	Udo Schütz Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910 2.2	8th
2	P + 2.0	2	Porsche system	Jochen Neerpasch Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 910 2.2	8th
3	P 2.0	30th	Porsche system	Gijs van Lennep Vic Elford	Porsche 911R	8th
4th	P + 2.0	4th	Ford France	Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier	Ford Mk IIB	7th
5	S 2.0	63		Leo Cella Giampiero Biscaldi	Porsche 906	7th
6th	S 2.0	65		Carlo Facetti Antonio Nicodemi	Porsche 906	7th
7th	T + 1.3	154		Aldo Horvat Silvio Moser	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th
8th	T + 1.3	148		Carlo Benelli Giuseppe Virgilio	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th
9	P 2.0	27		Sandro Munari	Lancia Fulvia HF	7th
10	S 2.0	64	Antonio Zadala	Antonio Zadala Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Porsche 906	7th
11	S 1.3	90	Abarth Corse	Mauro Nesti Ernst Furtmayr Toine Hezemans	Abarth 1300 OT	7th
12	P 2.0	14th		Mark Konig	Nomad Mk.1	7th
13	S + 2.0	49	Edward Nelson	Edward Nelson	Ford GT40	7th
14th	T + 1.3	143		Terry Hunter Roy Pierpoint	Porsche 911	7th
15th	T 1.3	158		Giuliano Facetti Marco Crosina	Lancia Fulvia HF	7th
16	T + 1.3	147		Enrico Bettoni Giorgio Pianta	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th
17th	T + 1.3	155		Fiorenzo Genta Giuseppe Trombetta	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th
18th	S 1.3	86		Gianni Lado Giorgio Danieli	Abarth 1300 OT	7th
19th	T 1.3	165		Germano Nataloni Pauli Toivonen	Lancia Fulvia HF	7th
20th	P 2.0	35		Clive Baker	Austin-Healey Sprite	7th
21st	T 1.3	166		Giuseppe Giacomini Ugo Barillaro	Renault R8	7th
22nd	T + 1.3	139		Moreno Baldi Raffaello Rosati	Porsche 911	7th
23	GT 1.3	133		Luigi Cabella Giovanni Marini	Lancia Fulvia HF / R	7th
24	P + 2.0	5		Roger Enever Alec Poole	MGB	7th
25th	S 1.6	76		Aldo Bersano Mario Regis	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	7th
26th	S 1.6	71		Aldo Bardelli Francesco Cerri	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	7th
27	S 1.3	88		Andrew Hedges	Austin-Healey Sprite	6th
28	T 1.3	167		Giorgio Cecchini Luigi Cecchini	Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior	6th
29	T + 1.3	156		Giovanni Palombo Mario Radicella	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
30th	GT + 1.6	109		Dan Margulies Rob Mackie	Porsche 911S	6th
31	GT + 1.6	119		Giuseppe Ceccato Franco Pianezzola	Fiat 124	6th
32	T 1.3	168		Alfredo Riolo Stefano Dolce	Lancia Fulvia HF	6th
33	GT + 1.6	105		Giancarlo Scotti Attilio Brandi	Fiat Dino	6th
34	GT 1.6	120		Ansano Cecchini Cornelio Bardoni	Alfa Romeo Giulia S.	6th
35	P 2.0	22nd		Alessandro Ragazzi Amos Cecchi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	6th
36	GT 1.3	130		Cristiano Del Balzo	Lancia Fulvia HF / R	6th
37	P 2.0	24		Jackie Bond-Smith Joey Cook	Marcos Mini GT	6th
38	GT 1.3	136		Antonio Catalano	Lancia Fulvia	6th
39	P 2.0	20th		Tim Lalonde Mike Garton	Marcos Mini GT	6th
40	P 1.0	41		Enzo Buzzetti Secondo Ridolfi	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	6th
41	GT 1.3	125		Michel Pilet Maurizio Masini	Triumph Spitfire	6th
42	P + 2.0	6th		Giancarlo Naddeo	Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300	6th
43	GT 1.6	121		Pierre Papazian	Lotus Elan	6th
44	GT 1.6	114		Salvatore Ferrera	Alfa Romeo Giulia S.	6th
45	T + 1.3	149		Romano Martini Alessandro Federico	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
46	GT 1.3	129		Giuseppe Mariella Arturo Merzario	Lancia Fulvia HF / R	6th
47	T + 1.3	153		Angelo Corio	Alfa Romeo GTA	5
48	S + 2.0	48		Nicholas Granville-Smith	Shelby Cobra	5
49	S 1.0	95		Mauro Baldo Claudio Margoni	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	5
Failed
50	P 2.0	15th		Jack Wheeler Mike Franey	Austin-Healey Sprite	6th
51	S 2.0	56		Gerhard Koch Dieter Glemser	Porsche 906	6th
52	GT + 1.6	101		Paus Vestey	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	6th
53	GT 1.3	134		Raffaele Pinto	Lancia Fulvia Rallye HF	6th
54	GT 1.3	135		Alberto Girardini Zefferino Filippi	Lancia Fulvia Rallye HF	6th
55	P 2.0	11		Steve Neal John Moore	Austin-Healey Sprite	5
56	T + 1.3	150		Alessandro Moncini Walter Dona	Alfa Romeo GTA	5
57	P 2.0	18th		Mike Twite Ian Tea	Ginetta G12	4th
58	P 2.0	23	Porsche system	Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910	4th
59	S 1.3	89		Giuseppe Rebaudi Romano Ramonio	Abarth 1300 OT	4th
60	GT 1.6	116		Raffaele Restivo Francesco Jemma	Fiat 124	4th
61	T + 1.3	146		Luigi Raniero Bartolomeo Badii	Alfa Romeo GTA	4th
62	P 2.0	16	Autodelta	Colin Davis Spartaco Dini	Alfa Romeo T33	3
63	P 2.0	21st		Peter Bryan Peter Taggart	Ginetta G12	3
64	P 2.0	26th	Autodelta	Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33	3
65	P 1.0	38		Peter de Meritt Jean Blanc	Lotus 23	3
66	S 2.0	58	Luigi Taramazzo	Riccardo Di Bona Luigi Taramazzo	Porsche 906	3
67	S 1.6	69		Marino Bonomi Sandro Bonomi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	3
68	S 1.6	70		Vittorio Mascari Roberto Giardi	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	3
69	S 1.6	73		Girolamo Capra Andrea Polli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	3
70	S 1.3	81		Carlo Zuccoli Sergio Morando	Abarth 1300 OT	3
71	S 1.3	85	Abarth Corse	Achille Marzi Toine Hezemans	Abarth 1300 OT	3
72	GT 1.6	112		James Bernard Fortmann Mauro Cintolesi	Lotus Elan	3
73	GT 1.6	118		Giuseppe de Gregorio	Alfa Romeo Duetto	3
74	T + 1.3	142		Ennio Bonomelli Giambattista Guarnieri	Porsche 911	3
75	S 2.0	57		David Piper Mike De Udy	Porsche 906	2
76	S 2.0	57		John Morris Martin Hone	Porsche 904 GTS	2
77	S 1.0	98		Francesco Patané Orazio Scaglia	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	2
78	GT 1.3	128		Ugo Locatelli "Nef"	Lancia Fulvia HF / R	2
79	GT 1.3	161		Rinaldo Parmigiani Bob Anderson	Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior	2
80	T 1.3	169		Franco Zaniratti	Morris Mini Cooper S.	2
81	P 2.0	28		Corrado Ferlaino Antonio Maglione	Ferrari Dino 206SP	1
82	S 2.0	61		Alberto Luti Bruno Zavagli	Porsche 906	1
83	S 1.6	68		Urs-Peter Dietrich Silvano Stefani	Lotus Elan	1
84	S 1.6	75		Willy Elsinger	Lotus Elan 26R	1
85	S 1.3	82		Richard Joseph John Green	Diva GT	1
86	S 1.3	83		Guido Nicolai Anzio Zucchi	Abarth 1300 OT	1
87	S 1.3	91		John Bloomfield John Corfield	Diva GT	1
88	GT + 1.6	106		Bjorn Rothstein Boo Johansson	Porsche 911S	1
89	GT + 1.6	107		Tom Frazier	Porsche 911S	1
90	T + 1.3	151		Roberto Dolfi Roberto Nerini	Alfa Romeo GTA	1
91	T 1.3	171		Furlan Silvano Pittini	Morris Mini Cooper	1
92	P + 2.0	3	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mario Casoni Herbert Müller	Ferrari 412P	1
93	P 1.0	39		Albert Powell Norman Abbott	Costin-Nathan Hillman GT	1
94	P 1.0	44		Guy Edwards Peter Anslow	Marcos Mini GT	1
95	S 1.6	74		Don Marriott Bobby George	Lotus Elan	1
96	S 1.3	84		Franco Pilone Eris Tondelli	Abarth 1300 OT	1
97	T + 1.3	141		Ricciardo Ricci "Sergio"	Porsche 911	1
98	T 1.3	163		Domenico Cedrati Giancarlo Galimberti	Morris Mini Cooper S.	1
99	P 2.0	33	Autodelta	Lucien Bianchi Ignazio Giunti	Alfa Romeo T33	1
Not started
100	P 2.0	12	SEFAC Ferrari	Ludovico Scarfiotti Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari Dino 206S	1
101	P 2.0	19th	SEFAC Ferrari	Günter Klass Jonathan Williams	Ferrari Dino 206P	2
102	S 2.0	62	Sten Axelsson	Sten Axelsson Ben Pon	Porsche 906	3
103	GT + 1.6	100		Asheton Cross Roger Taylor	AC Cobra	4th
104	P 2.0	T	Porsche system	Jo Siffert	Porsche 910	5
105	P + 2.0	T	Porsche system	Gerhard Mitter Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 910 2.2	6th
106	Size 7. 2.0	T	SEFAC Ferrari	Günter Klass	Ferrari Dino 206SP	7th

¹ withdrawn from Klass after fatal accident ² withdrawn from Klass after fatal accident ³ not started ⁴ not started ⁵ training car ⁶ training car ⁷ fatal accident during training

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
107	S + 2.0	51		Cox cooker Peter Mattli	Ferrari 250 GTO
108	S 1.6	72		Massimo de Antoni Gilberto Romano	Osca 1600 GT
109	GT 1.3	131		Cesare Poretti	Lancia Fulvia HF / R
110	T + 1.3	140		Henri Chemin D'Anna	Ford Mustang
111	T 1.3	170		Henri Chemin D'Anna	Renault R8

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Udo Schütz	Gerhard Mitter		Porsche 910 2.2	Overall victory
P 2.0	Gijs van Lennep	Vic Elford		Porsche 911R	Rank 3
P 1.0	Enzo Buzzetti	Secondo Ridolfi		Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	Rank 40
S + 2.0	Edward Nelson			Ford GT40	Rank 13
S 2.0	Leo Cella	Giampiero Biscaldi		Porsche 906	Rank 5
S 1.6	Aldo Bersano	Mario Regis		Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 25
S 1.3	Mauro Nesti	Ernst Furtmayr	Toine Hezemans	Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 11
S 1.0	Mauro Baldo	Claudio Margoni		Fiat-Abarth 1000S	Rank 49
GT + 1.6	Dan Margulies	Rob Mackie		Porsche 911S	Rank 30
GT 1.6	Giuseppe Ceccato	Franco Pianezzola		Fiat 124	Rank 31st
GT 1.3	Luigi Cabella	Giovanni Marini		Lancia Fulvia HF / R	Rank 23
T + 1.3	Antonio Zadala	Silvio Moser		Alfa Romeo GTA	Rank 7
T 1.3	Giuliano Facetti	Marco Crosina		Lancia Fulvia HF	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 111
• Started: 99
• Rated: 49
• Race classes: 13
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 66,200 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:18: 59,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 8
• Total distance of the winning team: 529,600 km
• Winner's average: 122.695 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: Gerhard Mitter - Porsche 910 2.2 (# 1) - 31: 50.600 = 124.736 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1967 Sports Car World Championship

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günter Klass at Motorsport Memorial

Previous race of the Hockenheim Grand Prix in 1967

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch in 1967