Sports car race Vercelli 1947, 3rd race
The Vercelli 1947 sports car race took place on June 1st on a circuit in Vercelli and was part of the Italian sports car championship of that year.
The race
After his victory at the Rome Grand Prix in 1947 , which marked the first victory of a Ferrari in a car race, Franco Cortese was also successful a week later at the Circuito delle Terme di Vercelli . There were three races that day on the 1.827 km road circuit. The event for sports cars up to 0.75 liter displacement ended after 20 laps and a driving time of 30: 45,000 minutes with a success by Sesto Leonardi on a Stanguellini S750. The race for vehicles up to 1.1 liter displacement, led over 30 laps, was won by Ferdinando Righetti , who drove a Stanguellini S1100.
The cars with a displacement of over 1.1 liters were the last to go to the start. Cortese won the plant - Ferrari 125 Spyder with a clear advantage over Renato Balestrero having another Stanguellini driving.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | S + 1.1 | 22nd |
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Ferrari 125 Spyder | 20th | ||
2 | SN + 1.5 |
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Stanguellini 2800SN | 19th | ||||
3 |
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Lancia Aprilia | 19th | |||||
4th |
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Auto Avio Costruzioni Tipo 815 | 19th | |||||
5 | SN 1.5 |
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Lancia Aprilia | 17th | ||||
Failed | ||||||||
6th |
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BMW 328 |
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 6
- Started: 6
- Valued: 5
- Race classes: 3
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 1.827 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 0: 27: 57.400 hours
- Overall laps of the winning team: 20
- Total distance of the winning team: 36.540 km
- Winner's average: 78.430 km / h
- Fastest training time: Franco Cortese - Ferrari 125 Spyder (# 22) - 1: 20.400 = 81.806 km / h
- Fastest race lap:
- Racing series: Round 12 of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1947