Sports car race Varese 1947, 2nd race
The Varese 1947 sports car race took place on June 29 on a circuit in Varese and was part of the Italian sports car championship of that year.
The race
Two weeks after his success in sports car racing in Vigevano won Franco Cortese with the plant - Ferrari 125 Spyder on the Varese Circuit Colle Campigli and secured to the triumphs in Rome and Vercelli his fourth overall victory in a race to the Italian Sports Car Championship in a row.
At this event, too, more than one race was started per day. First the racing vehicles with a displacement of up to 0.75 liters were at the start. There was victorious Sesto Leonardi on a Stanguellini S750 . Then followed the cars from 0.75 liter displacement. After a driving time of 1: 28: 52.400 hours, Cortese won ahead of Vincenzo Auricchio and Francesco Nissotti , who both drove a Stanguellini S1100 .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | S 1.5 | 22nd | Scuderia Ferrari | Franco Cortese | Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa | 40 | ||
2 | S 1.1 | Vincenzo Auricchio | Vincenzo Auricchio | Stanguellini S1100 | 40 | |||
3 | S 1.1 | Francesco Nissotti | Stanguellini S1100 | 39 | ||||
4th | Gino Torelli | Fiat 1100 | 39 | |||||
5 | S + 1.5 | 38 | Renato Balestrero | Renato Balestrero | Stanguellini 2800SN | 39 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
6th | Testi | Fiat 1100 | ||||||
7th | Dante Spreafico | Fiat 1100 | ||||||
9 | Luigi Valenzano | Fiat 1100 | ||||||
9 | Francesco Carnevali | Fiat 1100 | ||||||
10 | Giuseppe Azzi | Lancia Aprilia | ||||||
11 | Felice Bonetto | Fiat 1100 | ||||||
12 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 2000 | ||||||
13 | Nino Rovelli | BMW 328 | ||||||
14th | Giovanni Bracco | Maserati 1500 | ||||||
15th | 7th | Guido Scagliarini | Stanguellini SN1100 |
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 15
- Started: 15
- Valued: 15
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 3,600 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 1: 28: 52,400 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 40
- Total distance of the winning team: 144,000 km
- Winner's average: 97.102 km / h
- Fastest practice time: Franco Cortese - Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa (# 22)
- Fastest race lap: Franco Cortese - Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa (# 22)
- Racing series: 15th round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1947