Giro di Sicilia 1953

Ferrari 340MM; Here Gianni Marzotto's winning car at the 1953 Mille Miglia . Villoresi won the race with a 340MM

The 13th Giro di Sicilia in motorsport , also 13 ° Giro di Sicilia , took place on April 12, 1953 and led over 1,080 km from Palermo to Trapani and back to Palermo.

The race

The Giro di Sicilia was a road race that was first held in Sicily in 1912. As with the Targa Florio , Vincenzo Florio was the founder and promoter of the race. In contrast to the Targa, which was driven over several laps on the circuit of the Grande Madonie, the Giro was a road race on public roads similar to the Mille Miglia .

In 1953 Luigi Villoresi won the Ferrari 340MM's racing debut .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 2.0	444	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Villoresi Piero Cassani	Ferrari 340MM Vignale Spider	10: 59: 30,100
2	GT + 2.0	352	Scuderia Lancia	Gino Valenzano S. Ramella	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5	11: 13: 19,000
3	T 2.0			Piero Carini Arciso Artesiani	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	11: 27: 25,000
4th	GT + 2.0		Scuderia Lancia	Roberto Piodi Paltrinieri	Lancia Aurelia B22 GT	11: 33: 23,000
5	T 2.0			Pietro Palmieri F. Pianta	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	11: 36: 42,000
6th	T 2.0			Nicola Musmeci Alessandro Perrone	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	11: 39: 44,000
7th				Luigi Bordonaro C. Giorlando	Ferrari 225S	11: 45: 52,300
8th	S 2.0			Giulio Musitelli Ferruccio Musitelli	Ferrari 166MM	11: 46: 38,000
9				Diego Capelli Giuseppe Veronelli	Fiat 8V	11: 46: 48,000
10	GT + 2.0		Scuderia Lancia	Enrico Anselmi Maruffi	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5	11: 49: 18,300
11	GT 2.0			"Serano" O. Frigerio	Ferrari 166MM	12: 07: 29,000
12	serS 2.0	401	Enrico Sterzi	Enrico Sterzi Enzo Pinzero	Ferrari 166MM / 53	12: 09: 24,000
13	S 1.1			Attilio Brandi Nello Taddei	Ferrari 166MM / 53	12: 35: 16,000
14th	T 1.1			Guido Mancini Carlo Mancini	Fiat 1100/103	12:50: 00,000
15th	GT 1.1	143		Elio Zagato Franco Martinengo	Fiat 1100EZ Zagato	12: 52: 45,000
16	serS + 2.0			Bruno Sterzi Nino Rovelli	Ferrari 225S	12: 54: 00,000
17th	S 750			Mario Piccolo E. Gugliotta	Nardi Danese 750	13: 14: 56,000
18th	T 1.5			O. Monaco Saverio Fortuna	Fiat 1400	13: 22: 43,000
19th	T 1.5			Gianni Brichetti Campisino	Panhard Dyna	13: 48: 22,000
20th	T 750			Nicolino La Rosa Vito Sabbia	Fiat 500C	14: 06: 41,000
21st	S 1.1		Giuseppe Rossi	Giuseppe Rossi Dante Fizialetti	Stanguellini S1100
22nd	S 750			Gaetano Starrabba B. Morpurgo	Patriarchal 750
23	S 750		Anna Maria Peduzzi	Anna Maria Peduzzi Augusto Zocca	Stanguellini S750
24	GT 1.1			Giuseppe Rosati Francesco Santovetti	Stanguellini GT1100
25th	S 1.1			Gaetano Casales Michele Lanzarotta	Cisitalia
26th	S 750			Ernesto Saccani	Patriarchal 750
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85	serS 2.0	416		Ignazio Consiglio Savarese	Siata Gran Sport
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101			Scuderia Lancia	Felice Bonetto	Lancia Aurelia B22 GT 2.5
102				Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari
103				Umberto Masetti	Ferrari 250MM
104				Paolo Marzotto Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari 250 MM
105				Emilio Giletti	Maserati A6GCS / 53
106			Scuderia Lancia	Piero Taruffi Enrico Anselmi	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5
107				Franco Cortese	Alfa Romeo 1900TI
108			Scuderia Ferrari	Giulio Cabianca	Ferrari 250MM
109				Sergio Mantovani	Maserati A6GCS / 53
110			Scuderia Lancia	Umberto Maglioli	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5
111			Piero Scotti	Piero Scotti	Ferrari 166MM / 53
112		429		Franco Rol Adolfo Macchieraldo	Ferrari 250MM
113		436		Franco Cornacchia Gino Bronzoni	Ferrari 250S
114		155		Francesco Sartarelli Salvatore Cancellieri	Siata 750
115		208		Domenico Li Volsi Giuseppe Li Volsi	Siata 750
116		50		Giuseppe Chinnici Franco Bongiorno	Fiat 1100
117				E. Mantovani	Alfa Romeo 1900TI
118					Allard
119				Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo 1900TI
120				Mario Alborghetti	Lancia Aurelia
121				Ferdinando Gatta	Lancia Aurelia
122			Scuderia Lancia	Vittorio Marzotto	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5
123				Giancarlo Bornigia	Lancia Aurelia B21
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125				Salvatore Ammendola	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5
126				Emilio Christillin	Lancia Aurelia B21
127		417		Michelangelo Leonardi Regalini	Ferrari 166MM / 53
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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Luigi Villoresi	Piero Cassani	Ferrari 340MM Vignale Spider	Overall victory
S 2.0	Giulio Musitelli	Ferruccio Musitelli	Ferrari 166MM	Rank 8
S 1.1	Attilio Brandi	Nello Taddei	Ermini	not clear
S 750	Mario Piccolo	E. Gugliotta	Nardi Danese 750	not clear
GT + 2.0	Gino Valenzano	S. Ramella	Lancia Aurelia B20 GT 2.5	Rank 2
GT 2.0	"Serano"	O. Frigerio	Ferrari 166MM	Rank 11
GT 1.1	Elio Zagato	Franco Martinengo	Fiat 1100EZ Zagato	not clear
GT 750	Gianni Brichetti	Campisino	Panhard Dyna	not clear
serS + 2.0	Bruno Sterzi	Nino Rovelli	Ferrari 225S	not clear
serS 2.0	Enrico Sterzi	Enzo Pinzero	Ferrari 166MM / 53	Rank 12
T 2.0	Piero Carini	Arciso Artesiani	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	Rank 3
T 1.5	O. Monaco	Saverio Fortuna	Fiat 1400	not clear
T 1.1	Guido Mancini	Carlo Mancini	Fiat 1100/103	not clear
T 750	Nicolino La Rosa	Vito Sabbia	Fiat 500C	not clear

Racing data

• Registered: 198
• Started: 198
• Valued: 100
• Race classes: 14
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 1080,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 10: 59: 30,100 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 1
• Total distance of the winning team: 10890,000 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

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