1947 Rome Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Rome 1947 , also IX Gran Premio Roma, Circuito delle Terme di Caracalla, Roma , took place on May 25th on a circuit in Caracalla and was part of the Italian sports car championship of that year.
The race
The sports car race on the Circuito delle Terme di Caracalla near Rome is historically significant in terms of motorsport, as the race marks Ferrari's first success as a manufacturer of racing cars, driven out with a vehicle that was used by the Scuderia's own factory . After the end of the Second World War , there was also a partially uncoordinated amount of car races in Italy. In 1947, the sports car races began to be combined in a separate racing series. One of these races took place in Caracalla. The race track consisted of public roads that were cordoned off for the purpose of the event and poorly secured.
According to the entry list, 13 vehicles entered the race. However, only the classified vehicles are recorded in the tables; nothing is known about the failed vehicles.
The first victory for a factory Ferrari celebrated Franco Cortese , who on his Ferrari 125 Spyder at the finish a lead of nine seconds on the Maserati 1500 by Guido Barbieri had.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S 1.5 | 56 |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
Franco Cortese
|
Ferrari 125 Spyder | 40 | ||
| 2 | S 1.5 |
Guido Barbieri
|
Maserati 1500 | 40 | ||||
| 3 | S 1.1 |
Guido Scagliarini
|
Stanguellini SN1100 | 39 | ||||
| 4th | S 1.5 |
Francesco Nissotti
|
Stanguellini S1500 | 38 | ||||
| 5 | S 1.5 |
Guido De Martino
|
Lancia | 37 | ||||
| 6th | S 1.5 |
Francesco Urbani
|
Lancia | 37 | ||||
| 7th | S 1.5 |
Pasquale Ermini
|
Fiat | 35 | ||||
| Not classified | ||||||||
| 8th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 9 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 10 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 11 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 12 | XXX | XXX | ||||||
| 13 | S 1.5 |
Ferdinando Righetti
|
Stanguellini S1100 | |||||
| Not started | ||||||||
| 14th | XXX | XXX | ||||||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1.5 |
Franco Cortese
|
Ferrari 125 Spyder | Overall victory |
| S 1.1 |
Guido Scagliarini
|
Stanguellini SN1100 | Rank 3 |
Racing data
- Registered: 14
- Started: 13
- Valued: 7
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 3.425 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 1:33: 17.400 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 40
- Total distance of the winning team: 137,000 km
- Winner's average: 88.501 km / h
- Fastest training time: unknown
- Fastest race lap: Ferdinando Righetti - Stanguellini S1100 (# 56) - 2.15.600 = 91.327 km / h
- Racing series: Round 9 of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1947
