Targa Florio 1965
The 49th Targa Florio , also 49 ° Targa Florio, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , in Sicily took place on May 6, 1965 and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
Scuderia Ferrari contested the 49th edition of the Targa Florio with great commitment . In addition to new vehicles, almost all of the Scuderia works drivers were used. In Maranello it was decided in advance to forego the more powerful 330P2 sister model in favor of the 3.3-liter 275P2 . The 4-liter car had a higher engine output, but Ferrari racing director Eugenio Dragoni feared that this additional output would be almost impossible to manage on the winding route. Three prototypes were entrusted to the driver teams Nino Vaccarella / Lorenzo Bandini , Jean Guichet / Giancarlo Baghetti , Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti . The fourth vehicle reported by Scuderia was a Ferrari 275 GTB . As a partner of Giampiero Biscaldi , Bruno Deserti, born in Bologna in 1942, drove a works Ferrari in the race for the first time.
As in previous years, Ferrari's big opponent was the Porsche works team . The German team won the last two events in Sicily. 1963 won Joakim Bonnier and Carlo-Maria Abate in a Porsche 718 GTR Coupé ; The overall ranking of the previous year was secured by the Sicilian Antonio Pucci and the Brit Colin Davis in a Porsche 904 GTS . Davis competed in the 1965 race together with Gerhard Mitter . The Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder, a racing car specially developed for mountain races , was used. The two 6-cylinder 904s were driven by Umberto Maglioli , Herbert Linge and Antonio Pucci. The Italian got a new teammate in Günter Klass . The 8-cylinder 904 was in the experienced hands of Graham Hill and Joakim Bonnier. The most photographed non-Italian car, however, was the Ford GT40 that Carroll Shelby had prepared for Bob Bondurant and John Whitmore .
As always, after the training times, the vehicles took to the track at 20-second intervals, because overtaking maneuvers were difficult on the narrow track and a start in a crowd was therefore unthinkable. After Nino Vaccarella was the first driver to stay under 40 minutes for a lap on the 72 km long track in practice, he and his teammate Bandini were considered favorites to win. Vaccarella lived up to this role right from the start, and by the time he changed drivers after the fifth lap, he had established a lead of more than 5 minutes on his team-mate Baghetti after record laps. The pit stop also showed that Vaccarella fully lived up to its reputation for being a precise and material-friendly driver. Although never before has a vehicle been moved so quickly over the course, the 275P2 showed almost no signs of wear. Changing the brake pads was a precautionary measure and was only ordered by Dragoni because the lead was so great. The used tires had worn evenly all around, which led to the conclusion that Vaccarella, who was born in Palermo , had not braked a single time.
How important the big lead was for the Scuderia became clear as the race progressed. Since the other works Ferraris were canceled, only the Vaccarella / Bandini car was on the track in the final laps, while all four Porsches were still being moved by their drivers without any problems. Since the lead was so big, Lorenzo Bandini only had to manage it and was able to spare the prototype. He was the first to reach the finish line, more than four minutes ahead of Colin Davis and Gerhard Mitter's Porsche.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | P 3.0 | 198 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Nino Vaccarella Lorenzo Bandini |
Ferrari 275P2 | 10 | ||
2 | P 2.0 | 182 | Porsche System Engineering |
Colin Davis Gerhard Mitter |
Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder | 10 | ||
3 | P 2.0 | 176 | Porsche System Engineering |
Umberto Maglioli Herbert Linge |
Porsche 904/6 | 10 | ||
4th | P 2.0 | 174 | Porsche System Engineering |
Joakim Bonnier Graham Hill |
Porsche 904/8 | 10 | ||
5 | GT 2.0 | 94 | Porsche System Engineering |
Antonio Pucci Günter Klass |
Porsche 904 GTS | 10 | ||
6th | P 1.6 | 152 | Abarth & Cie |
Hans Herrmann Leo Cella |
Abarth 1600 OT Spyder | 10 | ||
7th | GT 1.6 | 70 | Autodelta SpA |
Lucien Bianchi Jean Rolland |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 10 | ||
8th | GT-N +2.5 | 132 | Scuderia Sant Ambroeus |
Luigi Taramazzo Oddone Sigala |
Ferrari 250LM | 10 | ||
9 | GT 1.6 | 58 | Scuderia Etna |
Giuseppe Sirugo Vincenzo Arena
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 10 | ||
10 | GT 1.3 | 26th | Abarth & Cie |
Salvatore Calascibetta Giuseppe Virgilio
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 10 | ||
11 | GT 1.3 | 44 | Dick Jacobs British Motor Co. |
Paddy Hopkirk Andrew Hedges |
MG Midget | 10 | ||
12 | GT 3.0 | 118 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Clemente Ravetto Gaetano Starrabba |
Ferrari 250 GTO / 64 | 10 | ||
13 | GT 1.3 | 22nd | Société Automobiles Alpine |
Jean Vinatier Roger Delageneste |
Alpine A110 | 10 | ||
14th | GT-N +2.5 | 136 | Antonio Nicodemi |
Antonio Nicodemi Francesco Lessona
|
Ferrari 250LM | 10 | ||
15th | P 1.6 | 154 | British Motor Co. |
Rauno Aaltonen Clive Baker |
Austin-Healey Sprite | 9 | ||
16 | P + 3.0 | 192 | Vita Foam Racing Team |
Peter Harper Rupert Jones
|
Sunbeam Tiger | 9 | ||
17th | GT 1.6 | 54 | Scuderia Sant Ambroeus |
Girolamo Capra Maurizio Pinchetti
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 9 | ||
18th | P 1.6 | 162 | Scuderia Sant Ambroeus |
Giorgio Pianta Giorgio Bassi |
ASA RB613 | 9 | ||
19th | P 2.0 | 178 | HF Squadra Corse |
Marco Crosina Claudio Maglioli
|
Lancia Flavia Zagato | 9 | ||
20th | GT 1.3 | 24 | Sagittario |
Pietro Laureati Carlo Fabri
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 9 | ||
21st | GT 3.0 | 108 | British Motor Co. |
Paul Hawkins Timo Mäkinen |
Austin-Healey 3000 hard top | 9 | ||
22nd | GT 1.3 | 12 | Alfonso Merendino |
Alfonso Merendino Emanuele Trapani
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 9 | ||
23 | P 1.6 | 158 | Scuderia Sant Ambroeus |
Sergio Pedretti Giuseppe Bardini
|
ASA RB613 | 9 | ||
24 | GT 1.6 | 56 | Apulia |
Paolo Gargano Ludovico Denza
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 9 | ||
25th | GT 1.6 | 60 | Apulia |
Giorgio Benini G. Frola
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 9 | ||
26th | GT 1.3 | 34 | Aretusa |
Vincenzo Messina Gianni Carpinteri
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS | 9 | ||
27 | GT 1.3 | 2 | Société Automobiles Alpine |
Joseph Thomas Claude Sage
|
Alpine A110 | 9 | ||
28 | GT 1.3 | 48 | Vittorio Orlando |
Vittorio Orlando Emanuele Benedetto
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 9 | ||
29 | GT 1.3 | 14th | Scuderia Pegaso |
Pietro Lo Piccolo Salvatore Sutera
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 9 | ||
30th | GT 3.0 | 112 | A bossa |
Luigi Mosca Tullio Sergio Marchesi
|
Ferrari 250 GTO | 9 | ||
Not classified | ||||||||
31 | P 3.0 | 184 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Franco Tagliavia Silvestre Semilia
|
Ferrari 500TRC | 9 | ||
32 | GT 3.0 | 106 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Mario Raimondo Gaetano Lo Jacono
|
Lancia Flaminia | 8th | ||
33 | P + 3.0 | 196 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Giampiero Biscaldi Bruno Deserti |
Ferrari 275 GTB | 8th | ||
34 | GT 3.0 | 116 | Robert Blouin |
Robert Blouin Jean-Claude Sauer
|
Ferrari 250 GT Lusso | 7th | ||
Failed | ||||||||
35 | GT-N +2.5 | 138 | Jolly Club |
Sergio Bettoja Andrea de Adamich Mario Casoni |
Ferrari 250 LM | 8th | ||
36 | P + 3.0 | 194 | Ford Advanced Vehicles |
Bob Bondurant John Whitmore |
Ford GT40 Roadster | 8th | ||
37 | GT 1.3 | 4th | Antonio Petruzzi |
Antonio Petruzzi Antonio Porro
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 6th | ||
38 | GT 1.3 | 28 | Abarth & Cie |
Angelo Giliberti André Knörr
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 6th | ||
39 | GT 1.6 | 64 | Autodelta SpA |
Roberto Bussinello Nino Todaro
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 | 6th | ||
40 | P + 3.0 | 204 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Jean Guichet Giancarlo Baghetti |
Ferrari 275P2 | 6th | ||
41 | GT 1.3 | 16 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Francesco Santoro Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 5 | ||
42 | GT 1.3 | 30th | Scuderia Etna |
Alfio Gambero Angelo Bonaccorsi
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 5 | ||
43 | GT 1.3 | 36 | Scuderia Etna |
Mauro Battista Alfio Monaco
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 5 | ||
44 | GT 3.0 | 114 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Ignazio Capuano Ferdinando Latteri
|
Ferrari 250 GTO | 5 | ||
45 | GT 1.3 | 20th | Guido Garufi |
Guido Garufi Antonio di Salvo
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 4th | ||
46 | GT 1.6 | 72 | Salvatore Panepinto |
Salvatore Panepinto Giuseppe Parla
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 4th | ||
47 | GT-N +2.5 | 104 | Cesare Toppetti |
Cesare Toppetti Maurizio Grana
|
Ferrari 250LM | 4th | ||
48 | P 1.6 | 164 | Société Automobiles Alpine |
Mauro Bianchi Henri Grandsire |
Alpine M65 | 4th | ||
49 | P 1.6 | 166 | Autodelta SpA |
Alessandro Federico Mário de Araújo Cabral |
Alfa Romeo GTA | 4th | ||
50 | GT 1.3 | 42 | Franco Lisitano |
Franco Lisitano Domenico Patti
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS | 2 | ||
51 | GT 1.6 | 52 | Autodelta SpA |
Carlo Zuccoli Teodoro Zeccoli |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 2 | ||
52 | GT 2.0 | 96 | Arthur Swanson |
Robert Ennis Arthur Swanson
|
Abarth-Simca 2000GT | 2 | ||
53 | GT 3.0 | 102 | Scuderia Filipinetti |
Michel de Bourbon-Parma Claude Bourillot
|
Ferrari 250 GTO | 2 | ||
54 | P + 3.0 | 202 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes |
Ferrari 275P2 | 2 | ||
55 | GT 1.3 | 10 | Scuderia Pegaso |
"Bit" Giuseppe Garofalo
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 1 | ||
56 | GT 1.3 | 40 | Giuseppe Asciutto |
Giuseppe Asciutto Antonio Gagliardo
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint | 1 | ||
57 | GT 1.3 | 46 | Abarth & Cie |
Herbert Demetz Anzio Zucchi
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 1 | ||
58 | GT 1.3 | 6th | Société Automobiles Alpine |
Jacques Cheinisse Jean-Pierre Hanrioud |
Alpine A110 | 1 | ||
59 | GT 2.0 | 82 | Giancarlo Maestrini |
Giancarlo Maestrini Luigi Rinaldi
|
Porsche 904 GTS | 1 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
60 | GT 1.3 | 8th | Aretusa |
Cesare di Belmonte Francesco Piccione
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ | 1 | ||
61 | GT 1.3 | 38 | Nettuno |
Bartolomeo Donato Rosario Montalbano
|
Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 2 | ||
62 | GT 2.0 | 90 | Porsche System Engineering | Andrea Vianini | Porsche 904 GTS | 3 | ||
63 | GT 3.0 | 110 | Scuderia Pegaso |
Antonio Scimone Sergio Mantia
|
Lancia Flaminia | 4th | ||
64 | P + 3.0 | T | Ferrari SEFAC Spa |
Nino Vaccarella Lorenzo Bandini Jean Guichet Giancarlo Baghetti Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes
|
Ferrari 275 GTB | 5 | ||
65 | P 2.0 | T | Porsche System Engineering |
Antonio Pucci Günter Klass
|
Porsche 904/6 | 6th | ||
66 | GT 2.0 | T | Porsche System Engineering |
Umberto Maglioli Herbert Linge
|
Porsche 911 | 7th |
1 not started 2 not started 3 training accident 4 not started 5 training trolley 6 training trolley 7 training trolley
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 66
- Started: 59
- Rated: 30
- Race classes: 9
- Spectators: 250,000
- Race day weather: hot and dry
- Route length: 72,000 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 7:01:12, 200 hours
- Overall rounds of the winning team: 10
- Total distance of the winning team: 720,000 km
- Winner's average: 102.563 km / h
- Pole position: Nino Vaccarella - Ferrari 275P2 (# 198) - 39: 30,000 = 109,367 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Nino Vaccarella - Ferrari 275P2 (# 198) - 39: 21,000 = 109,784 km / h
- Racing series: 7th round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship
- Racing series: 2nd round of the Challenge Mondiale 1965
- Racing series: 4th round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1965
literature
- Pino Fondi: Targa Florio - 20th Century Epic. Giorgio Nada Editore Vimodrone 2006, ISBN 88-7911-270-8 .
Web links
Predecessor race RAC Tourist Trophy 1965 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor 500 km race from Spa-Francorchamps 1965 |