Coppa Messina 1932
The Coppa Messina 1932 took place on May 15, 1932 on a circuit near the Sicilian city of Messina .
The race
Just three days after the Coppa della Colonnetta , which ended with the overall victory of Mario Tadini , the Coppa Messina took place in 1932. The long-distance race on public roads was the second sports car race of its kind in Sicily alongside the Targa Florio in 1932 . The circuit near Messina was 52 kilometers long and had to be tackled eight times. The Scuderia Ferrari , for Tadini in Chieti was at the start, had only two days to bring four works cars to Messina. In the small starting field, the Scuderia-Alfa-Romeo could not be beaten. After almost five hours of driving, Pietro Ghersi won ahead of his teammates Antonio Brivio and Guido d'Ippolito .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18th |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
Pietro Ghersi
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza | 8th | |||
| 2 | 12 |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Antonio Brivio
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300MM | 8th | |||
| 3 | 6th |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Guido d'Ippolito
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300MM | 8th | |||
| 4th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 5 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 6th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 7th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 8th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 9 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 10 | 24 |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Eugenio Siena
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300MM | ||||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
No class winners are known for this race.
Racing data
- Registered: 10
- Started: 10
- Rated: 9
- Racing classes: unknown
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 52,000 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 4: 55: 47,000 hours
- Overall rounds of the winning team: 8
- Total distance of the winning team: 416,000 km
- Winner's average: 84.390 km / h
- Pole position: unknown
- Fastest race lap: Pietro Ghersi - Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza (# 18) - 35.57.800 - 86.770 km / h
- Racing series: did not belong to any racing series