Targa Florio 1932
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The 23rd Targa Florio , also XXIII Targa Florio , in Sicily was a circuit race over eight laps with a total distance of 576 kilometers on the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie . It was held on closed, otherwise public roads and took place on May 8, 1932.
The race
In 1932 the founder of the Targa Florio, Vincenzo Florio , changed the route significantly. The classic round of the Piccola Madonie was created by shortening the previous route . The route led counter-clockwise from the launch site in Cerda in the west, past the 500 meters high Caltavuturo in the south, down into the valley, in which a motorway runs today, mountain roads over 600 meters high, in a hairpin through Collesano in the east, down to the east Campofelice di Roccella , from where the carriages drove along the Buonfornello straight along the sea. One lap was 72 km and was completed eight times, with the vehicles being started individually every 20 seconds. With a few exceptions, this route was used until 1977 , when the last Targa was held.
In 1932 Tazio Nuvolari won clearly; he led the race from the start and won with a lead of six minutes on his team-mate Baconin Borzacchini . The lap at the average speed of 79,296 km / h should have lasted 20 years. It was not until 1952 that Felice Bonetto surpassed this mark on a Lancia Aurelia B20 .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S 8 | 10 |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
Tazio Nuvolari
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | 8th | ||
| 2 | S 8 | 6th |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Baconin Borzacchini
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | 8th | ||
| 3 | S 8 | 5 |
 Ettore Bugatti
|
 Louis Chiron Achille Varzi
|
Bugatti Type 51 | 8th | ||
| 4th | S 8 | 13 |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Pietro Ghersi Antonio Brivio
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | 8th | ||
| 5 | S 8 | 8th |
Officine Alfieri Maserati
|
Amedeo Ruggeri
|
Maserati 8C 2800 | 8th | ||
| 6th | S 8 | 3 |
Silvio Rondina
|
Silvio Rondina
|
OM 665 | 8th | ||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 7th | S 4 | 14th |
Emanuele de Maria
|
Emanuele de Maria
|
Fiat 509 | 5 | ||
| 8th | S 4 | 14th |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Antonio Brivio
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza | 3 | ||
| 9 | S 8 | 9 |
Archimede Rosa
|
Archimede Rosa
|
Bugatti Type 35B | 3 | ||
| 10 | S 8 | 11 |
Clemente Biondetti
|
Clemente Biondetti
|
MB Speciale | 3 | ||
| 11 | S 6 | 1 |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Guido d'Ippolito
|
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 | 2 | ||
| 12 | S 4 | 2 |
Carlo Cazzaniga
|
Carlo Cazzaniga
|
Bugatti Type 37A | 2 | ||
| 13 | S 8 | 7th |
Officine Alfieri Maserati
|
Luigi Fagioli
|
Maserati 26M | 1 | ||
| 14th | S 8 | 5 |
Ettore Bugatti
|
Achille Varzi
|
Bugatti Type 51 | 1 | ||
| 15th | S 4 | 16 |
Saltarelli
|
Bugatti Type 37A | 1 | |||
| 16 | S 4 | 15th |
Vincenzo Sciamba
|
Vincenzo Sciamba
|
Fiat 509 | 1 | ||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 8 |
Tazio Nuvolari
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | Overall victory |
| S 4 | no participant in the finish |
Racing data
- Registered: 16
- Started: 16
- Valued: 6
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 72,000 km
- Driving time of the winning team: unknown
- Overall rounds of the winning team: 8
- Total distance of the winning team: 576,000 km
- Winner's average: 79.296 km / h
- Fastest training time: unknown
- Fastest race lap: Tazio Nuvolari - Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 (# 10) - 52: 56.600 = 81.596 km / h
- Racing series: did not belong to any racing series
literature
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
- Pino Fondi: Targa Florio - 20th Century Epic. Giorgio Nada Editore Vimodrone 2006, ISBN 88-7911-270-8 .
