Targa Florio 1966

The Ferrari Dino 206S by Jean Guichet and Giancarlo Baghetti in Collesano

Antonio Nicodemi in the Ferrari 250LM

Porsche 906 with starting number 156. Ignazio Capuano and Ferdinando Latteri drove this car to eighth place in the overall standings

The crashed Ferrari Dino 206S owned by Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti

Alpine A110. The best Alpine at the finish was the car with the number 72; in sixth place in the overall ranking by Roger Delageneste and José Rosinski

The 50th Targa Florio , also 50 ° Targa Florio, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , took place in Sicily on May 8, 1966 and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The 1965 World Sports Car Championship began with two races in the United States . A 24-hour race was held for the first time at Daytona International Speedway . The event ended with the success of Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby in Ford Mk.II . Miles and Ruby also win in the subsequent Sebring 12-hour race , which was part of the world championship 14 times. This time on a Ford X1 Roadster.

The European sports car world championship season began in April with the race in Monza . John Surtees and Mike Parkes won on a plant - Ferrari 330P3 coupe .

The race

Teams, vehicles and drivers

In the 1960s, the race on the public roads in the Sicilian mountains between Cerda and Caltavuturo , the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie , had developed into a confrontation between the Porsche and Ferrari works teams . In 1959 , Porsche celebrated its first victory in a sports car world championship race with Edgar Barth and Wolfgang Seidel at the wheel of a Porsche 718 RSK 1500 . Porsche also won 1960 , Targa Florio 1963 and 1964 . Ferrari won 1961 , 1962 and the previous year .

In 1966 it was no different. The Scuderia team management prepared four cars for training and racing, a 330P3 Spyder and three Dino 206s . Nino Vaccarella and Lorenzo Bandini drove the 330P3 , two of the dinosaurs were entrusted to Jean Guichet , Giancarlo Baghetti , Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes. The third dinosaur was reported by the Scuderia Sant Ambroeus, but was used and looked after by the Scuderia. The drivers were Giampiero Biscaldi and Mario Casoni . The three dinosaurs differ from each other technically. The 2-liter V6 - mid-engine in the car of Scarfiotti and Parkes had a direct fuel injection with dual ignition . The engine in the Coupé from Guichet and Parkes had normal carburettors in addition to the double ignition . Biscaldi and Casoni had to get along with their coupé without double ignition and injection. From the field of privately used Ferrari, two GT cars were mentioned. In the Ferrari 250LM from Antonio Nicodemi and Francesco Lessona , as well as the Ferrari 275 GTB / C from Luciano Conti and Vittorio Venturi , the conventional 3.3-liter V12 engines were replaced by 4-liter units.

Porsche had by the construction of 50 vehicles, the homologation of the Porsche 906 for the racing class of sports cars - prototypes made. Ten 906s competed in the Targa, including four works cars. Colin Davis and Günter Klass drove a 906 with a 2.2-liter eight-cylinder boxer engine that was already used in the 904/8 . Gerhard Mitter and Joakim Bonnier's vehicle had a 2.0-liter, six-cylinder boxer engine with Bosch direct injection. The only Ford GT40 at the start was reported by Ford France and driven by Guy Ligier and Henri Greder .

In the small GT and sports car classes , the racing cars from Lancia and Alpine were in the 1.3-liter class. Almost a dozen Lancia Fulvia HF competed, including a works car for Leo Cella and Achille Marzi . The Alpine A110s included two works cars registered by Renault , with Jean Vinatier , Pierre Orsini , Pauli Toivonen and Bengt Jansson at the wheel.

The course of the race

On the Saturday evening before race day, a violent thunderstorm fell over the region that lasted well after midnight. When the race started at 8 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, the dark clouds had still not cleared. First at the start was Giuseppe Garofalo with a Fulvia HF, then the remaining participants followed at intervals of 20 seconds; as the last Nino Vaccarella in the 330P3. After the first lap, Leo Cella was the first to pass the start and finish line in his Fulvia HF. He started the race in ninth place and overtook the eight competitors who started in just one lap. In the race, however, Vaccarella was three seconds ahead of Gerhard Mitter's Porsche, who took the lead on the second lap and was 18 seconds faster than Vaccarella on this lap.

During the third lap, the rain began to rain again, and it grew stronger as the event progressed. The Finnish rally driver Timo Mäkinen showed his driving skills and drove a spectacular race with his MGB . The rain took a toll on drivers and technology. The Ferrari Dino pilots had problems with the windshield wipers , which were too small. The race was decided by accidents. Hans Herrmann had an accident with the 906 on the seventh lap, and the race for the leading Bandini in the 330P3, who lost track and retired, also ended on the same lap. A little later, Mitter retired in the now leading Porsche when he collided with his teammate Günter Klaas while overtaking.

In the end, however, a Porsche won. Willy Mairesse and Herbert Müller won the Scuderia Filipinetti in 906 . Eight minutes behind, Guichet and Baghetti finished second in their best Ferrari.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 2.0	148	Scuderia Filipinetti	Willy Mairesse Herbert Müller	Porsche 906	10
2	P 2.0	196	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Jean Guichet Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari Dino 206S	10
3	P 2.0	144	Porsche System Engineering	Vincenzo Arena Antonio Pucci	Porsche 906	10
4th	S 1.6	126	Autodelta SpA	Enrico Pinto Nino Todaro	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	10
5	S 2.0	150	Scuderia Filipinetti	Claude Bourillot Umberto Maglioli	Porsche 906	10
6th	S 1.3	72	Alpine	Roger Delageneste José Rosinski	Alpine A110	10
7th	S 1.3	78	Directed by Renault	Jean Vinatier Pierre Orsini	Alpine A110	10
8th	S 3.0	156	Scuderia Pegaso	Ignazio Capuano Ferdinando Latteri	Porsche 906	10
9	GT + 1.6	64	British Motor Co.	Timo Mäkinen John Rhodes	MGB	10
10	S 1.6	130	Autodelta SpA	Lucien Bianchi Roberto Bussinello	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	10
11	GT 1.3	18th	HF Squadra Corse	Leo Cella Achille Marzi	Lancia Fulvia HF	10
12	S + 2.0	176	Ford France	Guy Ligier Henri Greder	Ford GT40	9
13	S 1.6	114	Autodelta SpA	Teodoro Zeccoli Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	9
14th	P 2.0	210	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Giampiero Biscaldi Mario Casoni	Ferrari Dino 206S	9
15th	S 2.0	154	Ecurie basilisk	Hans Kühnis Heini Walter	Porsche 906	9
16	S + 2.0	180	Scuderia Pegaso	Clemente Ravetto Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari 250LM	9
17th	P + 2.0	232	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Antonio Nicodemi Francesco Lessona	Ferrari 250LM 4.0	9
18th	S 1.3	74	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Jean-François Piot	Alpine A110	9
19th	GT + 1.6	66	British Motor Co.	Andrew Hedges John Handley	MGB	9
20th	P 2.0	208	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Rauno Aaltonen Clive Baker	Austin-Healey Sprite	9
21st	P 2.0	214	ASA	Silvestre Semilia Raffaele Pinto	ASA 411	9
22nd	S 1.3	98	Joseph Thomas	Joseph Thomas André Guilhaudin	Alpine A110	9
23	GT 1.3	36	HF Squadra Corse	Claudio Maglioli Marco Crosina	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
24	S 1.6	120	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Nanni Galli Girolamo Capra	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	9
25th	GT + 1.6	60	Corrado Ferlaino	Corrado Ferlaino Carlo Fabri	Porsche 911	9
26th	GT + 1.6	54	Tullio Sergio Marchesi	Tullio Sergio Marchesi Renzo Sinibaldi	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	9
27	S 1.3	100	Giovanni Rizzo	Giovanni Rizzo Stefano Alongi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	9
28	S 1.6	122	Scuderia Pegaso	Pietro Lo Piccolo Salvatore Sutera	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	9
29	S 1.6	128	Scuderia Pegaso	Bartolomeo Donato Emanuele Trapani	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	9
30th	S + 2.0	174	Epstein Enterprises Ltd.	Paul Hawkins Jackie Epstein	Ferrari 250LM	9
31	GT + 1.6	52	Jean-Loup Pellecuer	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Loup Pellecuer	Porsche 911	9
32	GT 1.3	4th	Peloritana	"Trinaccira" Giuseppe Pirrone	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
33	GT 1.3	24	Set colli	R. Tornielli Carlo Pietromarchi	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
34	GT 1.3	34	Nord-Ovest	Francesco Cosentino Walfrido Orecchioni	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
35	GT 1.3	2	Scuderia Pegaso	Giuseppe Garofalo Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
36	P 2.0	206	Scuderia Pegaso	Franco Tagliavia Pietro Termini	Ferrari 500TRC	8th
37	S 1.3	82	Aretusa	"Tio Pepe" "Sancho"	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	8th
38	S 1.3	84	Scuderia Etna	Mauro Battista Alfio Monaco	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	8th
39	S + 2.0	168	Scuderia Pegaso	Marsala Adriano Reale	Ferrari 250 GTO 64	8th
40	S 1.3	88	Nissena	Salvatore Maggiore Giuseppe Valenza	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	8th
41	S 1.6	116	Nissena	Carmelo Guigno Giuseppe Parla	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	8th
42	P + 2.0	224	Porsche System Engineering	Günter Klass Colin Davis	Porsche 906-8	7th
43	S 1.3	86	Vittorio Orlando	Vittorio Orlando Emanuele Benedetto	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	7th
44	GT 1.6	48	Set colli	Rolando Tarenghi Licio Pardi	Porsche 356 SC	7th
Failed
45	S 2.0	146	Turillo Barbuscia	Turillo Barbuscia Secondo Ridolfi	Porsche 904 GTS	6th
46	P 2.0	202	ASA	Giorgio Pianta Sir Ortensio	ASA 411	6th
47	P 2.0	204	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes	Ferrari Dino 206S	6th
48	P 2.0	218	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter Joakim Bonnier	Porsche 906E	6th
49	P + 2.0	230	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Nino Vaccarella Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder	6th
50	GT 1.3	10	Peloritana	Franco Lisitano Giuseppe Calarese	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	5
51	GT 1.3	14th	Giuseppe de Gregorio	Giuseppe de Gregorio Libero Marchiolo	Lancia Fulvia HF	5
52	S 1.6	124	Autodelta SpA	Alessandro Federico Romano Martini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	5
53	P 2.0	200	Porsche System Engineering	Hans Herrmann Dieter Glemser	Porsche 906	5
54	P 2.0	216	ASA	Spartaco Dini Giuseppe Dalla Torre	ASA 411	5
55	GT 1.3	26th	Scuderia Pegaso	"Goldfinger" Mario Raimondo	Lancia Fulvia HF	3
56	S 1.3	90	Scuderia Pegaso	Enzo Buzzetti Giuseppe Virgilio	Abarth 1300 OT	3
57	GT 1.3	12	Scuderia Pegaso	Sergio Mantia Renzo Lumetta	Lancia Fulvia HF	2
58	S 1.3	76	Directed by Renault	Pauli Toivonen Bengt Jansson	Alpine A110	2
59	S 1.3	96	Peloritana	B. Gumina Toti Fenga	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	2
60	P 2.0	192	Bardahl Italy	Filippo di Liberto Antonino Ciccia	Osca MT4 1500	2
61	P + 2.0	228	Nettuno	Luciano Conti Vittorio Venturi	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	2
62	GT 1.3	32	Scuderia Pegaso	Salvatore Gagliano Cucina	Glass 1304 TS	1
63	S 2.0	152	Scuderia Filipinetti	Dieter Spoerry André Bungener	Porsche 906	1
64	S + 2.0	162	Ted Worswick	Ted Worswick Alan Minshaw	Austin-Healey 3000	1
65	S + 2.0	178	Ecurie Cinquante Cinq	Ed Freutel Tony Settember	Shelby Cobra 427	1
66	P + 2.0	226	Bizzarrini Prototipi	Edgar Berney Antonio Nieri	Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300	1
67	S 1.3	92	Scuderia Etna	Alfio Gambero Francesco Patané	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	1
68	S 2.0	142	Alfonso Merendino	Alfonso Merendino Gaetano Lo Jacono	Porsche 356B Carrera 2	1
69	S + 2.0	170	Squadra Bardahl	Art Swanson Robert Ennis	Ferrari 250LM	1
70	P 2.0	220	AFN Porsche Cars Great Britain	Mike De Udy Peter de Klerk	Porsche 906	1
Not started
71	S 1.3	80	Sucderia Pegaso	Vito Tipa "rope"	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	1
72	P 2.0	194	Coburn improvements	Harry Martin Jack Wheeler	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite Coupe	2
73	GT + 1.6	T	British Motor Co.	Timo Mäkinen John Rhodes Andrew Hedges John Handley	MGB	3
74	P 2.0	T	Porsche System Engineering	Vincenzo Arena Antonio Pucci Gerhard Mitter Joakim Bonnier Hans Herrmann Dieter Glemser	Porsche 904/6	4th
75	P 2.0	T	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter Joakim Bonnier Hans Herrmann Dieter Glemser Vincenzo Arena Antonio Pucci	Porsche 906	5
76	GT 1.6	42		Marco Svedi Vito Sabbia	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
77	GT 1.6	44	Mario de Tommasi	Mario de Tommasi Carlo Ardizzone	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th

¹ not started ² Accident during training ³ Training car ⁴ Training car ⁵ Training car ⁶ Start refused by the organizer ⁷ Start refused by the organizer

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	GT 1.3	6th		Carlo Facetti	Lancia Fulvia HF
79	GT 1.3	8th		Dino Morazzoni Giuliano Facetti	Lancia Fulvia HF
80	GT 1.3	16		Giovanni Rigano Antonio Romano	Lancia Fulvia HF
81	GT 1.3	20th		Ansano Cecchini Ansano Cecchini	Lancia Fulvia HF
82	GT 1.3	22nd		Luigi Foschi	Lancia Fulvia HF
83	GT 1.3	28		Gregorio Garzone Giorgio Benini	Lancia Fulvia HF
84	GT 1.3	30th		Ivanhoe Avorio "Terry"	Lancia Fulvia HF
85	GT 1.6	46		Angelo Bonaccorsi Perseo	Alfa Romeo Giulia
86	GT + 1.6	56		Mike De Udy Peter de Klerk	Porsche 911
87	GT + 1.6	58		Rolando Tarenghi	Porsche 911
88	GT + 1.6	62		Giovanni Pessina Piero Botalla	Porsche 911
89	S 1.3	94		Jean Valabregue Michel Moisset	Alpine A110
90	S 1.6	112		Vittorio Mascari	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
91	S 1.6	118		Giuseppe Sirugo "Gordon"	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
92	S + 2.0	164		Antonio Nicodemi	Ferrari 250LM
93	S + 2.0	166	Scuderia St. Ambroeus	Luigi Taramazzo	Ferrari 250LM
94	S + 2.0	172		Roberto Dari Fabio Cinesi	Lancia Flaminia Zagato
95	P 2.0	198		Baldassare Taormina Pasquale Tacci	Alfa Romeo
96	P 2.0	212		Guido Garufi Antonio di Salvo	Alfa Romeo

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Antonio Nicodemi	Francesco Lessona	Ferrari 250LM	Rank 17
P 2.0	Jean Guichet	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari Dino 206S	Rank 2
S + 2.0	Guy Ligier	Henri Greder	Ford GT40	Rank 12
S 2.0	Willy Mairesse	Herbert Mueller	Porsche 906	Overall victory
S 1.6	Enrico Pinto	Nino Todaro	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Rank 4
S 1.3	Roger Delageneste	José Rosinski	Alpine A110	Rank 6
GT + 1.6	Timo Mäkinen	John Rhodes	MGB	Rank 9
GT 1.6	Rolando Tarenghi	Licio Pardi	Porsche 356 SC	Rank 44
GT 1.3	Leo Cella	Achille Marzi	Lancia Fulvia HF	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 96
• Started: 70
• Rated: 44
• Race classes: 9
• Spectators: 300,000
• Race day weather: rain from the middle of the race
• Route length: 72,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 7:16: 32,300 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 10
• Total distance of the winning team: 720,000 km
• Winner's average: 98.960 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: Gerhard Mitter - Porsche 906E (# 218) - 4: 19,000 = 107.152 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1966 World Sports Car Championship

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Targa Florio 1966  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results

Previous race at Monza 1000 km race in 1966

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps 1966