Targa Florio 1960

The Ferrari 250TR59 by Cliff Allison (driving) and Richie Ginther just before the race start

Anna-Maria Peduzzi in the Osca F2 / S 1500 during training

Porsche 718 RS 60

The 44th Targa Florio , also Targa Florio, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , took place on May 8, 1960 on the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie and was the third round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

Before the Targa Florio race weekend , two races for the sports car world championship had already been held in 1960 . The championship season began in January with the Buenos Aires 1000km race . On the Autódromo Municipal Avenida Paz celebrated Scuderia Ferrari one-two. Cliff Allison and Phil Hill won ahead of their teammates Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips and Richie Ginther . Both teams contested the race in a Ferrari 250TR59 / 60 Fantuzzi Spyder .

In March, the sports car teams met in Florida and drove the 12-hour race at the Sebring International Raceway . This time Porsche celebrated a double victory. Hans Herrmann and Olivier Gendebien won in a Porsche 718 RS 60 that Joakim Bonnier had reported, ahead of the Brumos 718 from Bob Holbert , Roy Schechter and Howard Fowler .

In the world championship, Ferrari and Porsche were in first place with 12 points each.

The race

After the death of the race founder Vincenzo Florio in January of the previous year, a new racing committee took care of the implementation of the event as early as 1959 . Until 1959, the office of the committee was in Florio's Villa in Palermo . In 1960 the company moved to an apartment in Via Lombardia.

At the suggestion of those responsible for sports car racing at the Commission Sportive Internationale , the racing distance was shortened. In 1959, 14 laps had to be covered on the 72-kilometer circuit. The winning team Edgar Barth and Wolfgang Seidel in the Porsche 718 RSK needed 11: 02: 21.800 hours for this. For the teams with two drivers that were common at the time, that meant almost 5½ hours of driving time for everyone. The stewards felt this was too long and shortened the race to 10 laps and 720 kilometers to be driven. For the first time in the history of the race, the track was closed to public traffic for free practice.

After the bad performance in 1959, Enzo Ferrari sent four works cars to Sicily, with different engines and suspensions. The Ferrari Dino 246S of Wolfgang von Trips and Phil Hill Phil had a 2.4-liter V6 engine and a rear live axle . Willy Mairesse , Ludovico Scarfiotti and Giulio Cabianca's Dino 246S was powered by a 2.7 liter V6 engine and had independent suspension on all four wheels. There was also a 250TR and the completely new 250TRI , which was presented on the test day for the Le Mans 24-hour race and made its racing debut at the Targa. The greatest opposition for Ferrari this year came from Porsche. Three 718s with an extended wheelbase started on race day. With the Maserati Tipo 61 , another vehicle made its Targa debut. The car was used by Camoradi Racing , the racing team of the US racing driver Lloyd Casner . Umberto Maglioli and the young Sicilian Nino Vaccarella were signed as drivers . Vaccarella, the son of a lawyer from Palermo and a student of literature at the university there , had made his first Targa Florio in 1958 on a Lancia Aurelia .

The first Ferrari failed in practice when Cliff Allison ran over a stone in the new 250TRI. The tire burst and Allison was in an accident. The car was so badly damaged that it could not be repaired until race day. In the week before race day it had always rained, and the track was wet and slippery in places. After the start, Joakim Bonnier took the lead in the number 184 Porsche, followed by Maglioli in the Maserati. Wolfgang von Trips got off the track in the initial phase with the dinosaur and was able to continue driving after the help of spectators who pushed the Ferrari back onto the track.

On the fifth lap, Maglioli came into the Camoradi pits as the leader and handed the Maserati over to his team-mate Vaccarella. To the delight of the countless spectators in front of the pit systems and along the route, an Italian handed over an Italian racing car to a Sicilian. The Maserati was refueled and all four tires were changed. By the end of the seventh lap, a furiously driving Vaccarella had extended the narrow lead over Edgar Barth and Graham Hill's Porsche to over 3 minutes when the drama started at the beginning of the eighth lap. Unnoticed by the driver, a blown stone had torn open the Maserati's petrol tank. It was only when the four-cylinder engine began to stutter that he suspected trouble. When he stopped at the edge of the track, he was more than four minutes ahead of second-placed Graham Hill. Spectators quickly gathered around the car and cheered the desperate Vaccarella. Some time went by trying to make people understand that he urgently needed gasoline. One of them recognized the seriousness of the situation and drew fuel from his car, filled it into empty wine bottles and got the Maserati running again. However, Vaccarella only got a few kilometers. Before entering the town of Caltavuturo , the car finally broke down without fuel.

In the meantime, Joakim Bonnier had taken the lead again, who won the race with racing partner Hans Herrmann for Porsche by a large margin over the Ferrari of Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 2.0	184	Porsche KG	Joakim Bonnier Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 RS 60	10
2	S 3.0	194	Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang von Trips Phil Hill	Ferrari Dino 246S	10
3	S 2.0	176	Porsche KG	Olivier Gendebien Hans Herrmann	Porsche 718 RS 60	10
4th	S 3.0	198	Scuderia Ferrari	Willy Mairesse Ludovico Scarfiotti Giulio Cabianca	Ferrari Dino 246S	10
5	S 1.6	160	Porsche KG	Edgar Barth Graham Hill	Porsche 718 RS 60	10
6th	GT 2.5	116	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Paul-Ernst Straehle Dieter Lissmann Herbert Linge	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	10
7th	S 2.0	172	North American Racing Team	Ricardo Rodríguez Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari Dino 196S	10
8th	GT 2.5	120	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Herbert Linge Dieter Lissmann Paul-Ernst Straehle	Porsche 356B Carrera	10
9	S 3.0	208	Partenopea	Elio Lenza Antonio Maglione	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	10
10	GT + 2.5	134	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Edoardo Lualdi Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	10
11	S 1.15	74	Nineteen Racing Club	Ada Pace Giancarlo Castellina	Osca S1100	10
12	S 3.0	204	Scuderia Serenissima	Gerino Gerini Salvatore La Pira	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	10
13	GT 1.3	50	Monte Pellegrino	Vincenzo Riolo Alessandro Federico	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS	10
14th	GT 1.3	42	Baldassare Taormina	Baldassare Taormina "Saica"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	10
15th	S 1.6	156	Madunina	Gianni Brichetti Corrado Manfredini	Osca S1500	10
16	GT 1.15	156	Gérard Laureau	Gérard Laureau Bernard Cahier	DB Coupé	10
17th	S 1.6	14th	Aspromonte	Francesco Siracusa Anna Maria Peduzzi	Osca F2 / S 1500	10
18th	S 3.0	206	San Marco	Pietro Ferraro Armando Zampiero	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	10
19th	GT 1.3	60	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Massimo Leto di Priolo Ottavio Prandoni	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	10
20th	GT 1.3	48	Etna	Vito Coco Vito Sabbia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	10
21st	GT 2.5	118	Montegrappa	Luigi Mosca Giuseppe Cucchiarelli	Fiat 8V	10
22nd	GT 2.5	92	Lloyd Casner	Lloyd Casner Nino Todaro	Porsche 356B 1600	10
23	GT 1.3	36	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Pietro Laureati Giorgio Scarlatti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	10
24	S 1.15	84	Set colli	Attilio Brandi Ilfo Minzoni	Osca S1100	10
25th	GT 1.3	34	La Clessidra	Emanuele Checo D'Angelo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	10
26th	GT 1.3	56	Etna	Giulio Pernice Salvatore Russo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider	10
27	S 2.0	180	Monte Pellegrino	Franco Pisano Salvatore Sirchia	Maserati 200SI	10
28	GT 1.3	54	Partenopea	Silvio Mandato Giuseppe Ruggero	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	10
29	GT 2.5	108	Monte Pellegrino	Sergio Mantia Giuseppe D'Amico	Alfa Romeo 2500	10
30th	GT 2.5	106	Aldo Mancini	Aldo Mancini Rosario Buondonno	Alfa Romeo 2500	10
31	GT 2.5	114	Ovidio Capelli	Ovidio Capelli Ottavio Prandoni	Fiat 1500	10
32	GT 1.3	32	Set colli	Fernando Natella Raffaele Fiordelisi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	10
33	GT 1.15	16	Scuderia Castellotti	Cesare Largaioli Teodoro Zeccoli	Lancia Appia	10
34	GT 2.5	98	Etna	Marco Vannucci Gian-Carlo Carfi	Lancia Aurelia B	10
35	S 850	24	Monte Pellegrino	Francesco Soldano Giuseppe Ramirez	Fiat-Abarth 750S	10
36	S 850	26th	Guido Garufi	Guido Garufi Franco Tagliavia	Fiat-Abarth 850	10
37	GT 1.15	12	San Rizzo	Francesco Fiorentino Gregorio Rizzotti	Lancia Appia	10
Failed
38	GT 2.5	96	Montegrappa	Antonio Diomaiuta Giancarlo Presciutti	Fiat 8V Zagato	8th
39	GT 2.5	104	Balarm	Francesco di Benedetto Francesco Mentesana	Alfa Romeo 2000	8th
40	GT 1.3	44	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Sergio Pedretti Alfonso Thiele	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	7th
41	S 1.15	82	Monte Pellegrino	Domenico Rotolo Gaspare Cavaliere	Osca MT4	7th
42	GT 2.5	112	Guido Perrella	Guido Perrella Antonio Covino	Alfa Romeo 2000	7th
43	S 3.0	200	Camoradi USA	Umberto Maglioli Nino Vaccarella	Maserati Tipo 61	7th
44	GT 1.3	62	Balarm	Emanuele Trapani Guercia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS	6th
45	GT 2.5	102	Partenopea	Renato Monaci Forlanini	Lancia Aurelia	6th
46	GT 2.5	110	Porsche KG	Huschke by Hanstein Antonio Pucci	Porsche 356B Carrera	6th
47	S 2.0	188	Scuderia Serenissima	Colin Davis Raffaele Cammarota	Cooper Monaco T49	6th
48	S 3.0	192	Partenopea	Domenico Tramontana Giuseppe Alotta	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	6th
49	GT 1.3	46	Monte Pellegrino	Antonio Picone Antonio di Salvo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider	5
50	S 1.6	154	Scuderia Serenissima	Giovanni Giordano Gaetano Starrabba	Osca MT4	5
51	S 3.0	202	Scuderia Ferrari	Cliff Allison Richie Ginther	Ferrari 250TRI60	5
52	GT 1.3	38	Partenopea	Dario Sepe Sergio Bettoja	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	4th
53	S 1.15	76	Balarm	Mario Raimondo Salvatore Calascibetta	Osca MT4	4th
54	GT 850	4th	Monte Pellegrino	Roberto Bonomi Arnaldo Cavalieri	Fiat-Abarth 750	3
55	S 850	22nd	Etna	Gaetano Spampinato Giuseppe Matera	Fiat-Abarth 750	3
56	GT 2.5	94	Balarm	Bartolomeo Donato Giuseppe Pizzo	Alfa Romeo 2000	3
57	GT 1.3	64	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Sergio Bettoja "Sagitttario"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS	2
58	S 1.15	72	Virgilio Conrero	Francesco de Leonibus Gino Munaron	Conrero-Alfa Romeo 1150	2
59	S 1.15	80	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Umberto Bini Hans Bauer	Osca S1100	2
60	GT 2.5	124	Monte Pellegrino	Rosario Montalbano Gaspare Bologna	Fiat 8V	2
61	GT 850	8th	Trinacria	Michele Paratore Benedetto Manasseri	Fiat-Abarth 750	1
62	GT 1.3	40	Etna	Giuseppe Grasso Vito Sabbia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint	1
63	GT 1.3	58	Partenopea	Paolo Samona "Dracula"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	1
64	S 1.15	78	Monte Pellegrino	Giovanni Napoli Angelo Marino	Ermini	1
65	S 1.6	162	Vincenzo Arena	George Bauer Carroll Smith	Osca 1500S	1
66	S 2.0	178	Luigi Bellucci	Odoardo Govoni Mennato Boffa	Maserati Tipo 60	1
67	S 2.0	186	Luigi Bellucci	Mennato Boffa Adolfo Tedeschi	WRE	1
68	GT 2.5	122	Monte Pellegrino	Alfonso Vella Pietro Termini	Fiat 8V	1
69	S 1.6	158	Set colli	Raffaele Fiordelisi Bartolomeo Donato	Alfa Romeo 1500 Sport	1
Not started
70	GT 850	6th	Madunina	Michele Perillo Angelo Ambrogio	Fiat-Abarth 750	1
71	GT 1.3	52	Aretusa	Aldo Tine Matteo Sgarlata	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint	2
72	GT 2.5	100	Aretusa	Manlio Santuccio Matteo Sgarlata	Fiat 8V	3
73	GT + 2.5	132	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Casimiro Toselli Nino Todaro	Ferrari 250 GT	4th
74	GT + 2.5	138	Partenopea	Giuseppe Allotta Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250 GT	5
75	S 2.0	182	Luigi Bellucci	Luigi Bellucci Vincenzo Sorrentino	WRE	6th
76	S 3.0	196	Scuderia Ferrari	Cliff Allison Phil Hill	Ferrari 250TRI / 60	7th
77	S 3.0	T	Scuderia Ferrari	Paul Brother	Ferrari 250TR	8th

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
78	S 3.0		Camoradi USA	Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 61

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Wolfgang von Trips	Phil Hill		Ferrari Dino 246S	Rank 2
S 2.0	Joakim Bonnier	Hans Herrmann		Porsche 718 RS 60	Overall victory
S 1.6	Edgar Barth	Graham Hill		Porsche 718 RS 60	Rank 5
S 1.15	Ada Pace	Giancarlo Castellina		Osca S1100	Rank 11
S 850	Francesco Soldano	Giuseppe Ramirez		Fiat-Abarth 750S	Rank 35
GT + 2.5	Edoardo Lualdi	Giorgio Scarlatti		Ferrari 250 GT LWB	Rank 10
GT 2.5	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Dieter Lissmann	Herbert Linge	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Rank 6
GT 1.3	Vincenzo Riolo	Alessandro Federico		Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS	Rank 13
GT 1.15	Gérard Laureau	Bernard Cahier		DB	Rank 16
GT 850	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 78
• Started: 69
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 9
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot, rain in the mountains
• Route length: 72,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 7: 33: 08,200 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 10
• Total distance of the winning team: 720,000 km
• Winner's average: 95.335 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: Wolfgang von Trips - Ferrari Dino 246S (# 94) - 40: 39.210
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 1959 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Pino Fondi: Targa Florio - 20th Century Epic. Giorgio Nada Editore Vimodrone 2006, ISBN 88-7911-270-8 .
• 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 .

Web links

Commons : Targa Florio 1960  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Previous race, the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1960

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1960