Targa Florio 1965

Nino Vaccarella was the fourth Sicilian to win the Targa Florio after Vincenzo Truck, Francesco Ciuppa and Antonio Pucci

The winning Ferrari 275P2 by Vaccarella and Lorenzo Bandini in the town of Collesano

Lancia Flavis Zagato , which Marco Crosina and Claudio Maglioli drove to 19th place overall

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
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

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 3.0	Nino Vaccarella	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 275P2	Overall victory
P 3.0	no participant in the finish
P 2.0	Colin Davis	Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder	Rank 2
P 1.6	Hans Herrmann	Leo Cella	Abarth 1600OT Spyder	Rank 6
GT-N +2.5	Luigi Taramazzo	Oddone Sigala	Ferrari 250LM	Rank 8
GT 3.0	Clemente Ravetto	Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64	Rank 12
GT 2.0	Antonio Pucci	Günter Klass	Porsche 904 GTS	Rank 5
GT 1.6	Lucien Bianchi	Jean Rolland	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 7
GT 1.3	Salvatore Calascibetta	Giuseppe Virgilio	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 10

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

Commons : Targa Florio 1965  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results

Predecessor race RAC Tourist Trophy 1965

Sports car world championship

Successor 500 km race from Spa-Francorchamps 1965