Targa Florio 1967

Collesano, the place where the Ferrari debacle began

Nino Vaccarella next to the crashed Ferrari 330P4

The wreck of the Ferrari

Fifth placed Ford GT40 by Henri Greder and Jean-Michel Giorgi

The 51st Targa Florio , also 51 ° Targa Florio, Manifestazione Automobilistica Internazionale de Velocita, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , took place in Sicily on May 14, 1967 and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

To another overall victory on the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie to achieve the team leadership of the continued work team of Porsche in 1967 , a seven works cars. Fritz Huschke von Hanstein reported three Porsche 910s in the prototype class with more than 2 liters of displacement in order to achieve overall victory. Three more 910s should ensure success in the racing class up to 2 liters displacement. The three plus 2-liter cars each had a 2.2-liter eight-cylinder boxer engine with the type designation 771. Three 910s had the conventional 2-liter six-cylinder boxer engine type 901. The eight-cylinder models were driven by the Paul Hawkins / Rolf teams Stommelen , Jo Siffert / Hans Herrmann and Gerhard Mitter / Colin Davis . In the six-cylinder prototype sat Leo Cella / Giampiero Biscaldi , Vic Elford / Jochen Neerpasch as well as Umberto Maglioli and Udo Schütz . Due to its size, the roof of Maglioli and Schütz's car had to be opened. In the GT class, the French ski driver Jean-Claude Killy and the journalist Bernard Cahier entered the race in a Porsche 911S , finished seventh in the overall standings and clinched class victory.

Compared with the Porsche team made the racing team of Ferrari modest. There was a Ferrari 330P4 for Ludovico Scarfiotti and Nino Vaccarella and a Dino 246S for Günter Klass and Mario Casoni . Autodelta , the racing division of Alfa Romeo , organized the racing debut of the Alfa Romeo T33 , the first Tipo 33 from the long series of these Alfa Romeo prototypes. Four of the cars equipped with 2-liter V8 engines were brought to Sicily. Nanni Galli , Ignazio Giunti , Andrea de Adamich , Jean Rolland , Giacomo Russo , Nino Todaro , Joakim Bonnier and Giancarlo Baghetti were used as drivers . The Chaparral 2F was eagerly awaited. The car with the huge rear wing, powered by a Chevrolet engine, was driven this time by Hap Sharp instead of the regular driver Mike Spence . The second driver was Phil Hill . The specialist audience was particularly interested in how the drivers would get along with the fast but heavy car on the narrow Sicilian village streets.

The training on the Friday before the race day took place in sunny summer weather. The fastest in training was Nino Vaccarella in the Ferrari 330P4, who needed 37: 12.200 minutes for one lap. The usual start rules applied on the day of the race. The slowest car in practice started first; then the remaining cars followed in reverse order at intervals of 20 seconds. Pole-setter Vaccarella was the last starter to hit the slopes. For Scuderia Ferrari, the race ended in an early disaster. 500,000 spectators lined the route and most of them hoped for the victory of the local hero Vaccarella. In the first round he fulfilled the Sicilians' hopes and took the lead, which ended abruptly in the second. While driving through Collesano , the Ferrari hit a curb in a hairpin bend. The right suspensions destroyed in the process made it impossible to continue driving. Since Günter Klass also had an accident in the Dino in the second round, the debacle for the Scuderia was perfect.

Porsche also lost a car in an accident on the second lap when Gerhard Mitter fell off the track in second place and was unable to continue. In the beginning, last year's winner Herbert Müller in the Scuderia Filipinetti - Ferrari 412P was in the lead . Even if not a works car, it was at least a Ferrari at the top. Paul Hawkins in the best-placed Porsche could not follow Müller's pace. Phil Hill moved the chaparral safely over the mountain roads, he could not intervene in the lead duel. Hill had to take care of the car, as the team only had two chassis in Europe and thus had to contest the upcoming races at the Nürburgring and Le Mans . After the first driver change - Jean Guichet for Müller and Stommelen for Hawkins - the Porsche (Stommelen) passed the Ferrari (Guichet) to take first place in the overall standings. When Müller took the wheel again, he shortened the gap to Stommelen, but retired on the seventh lap due to a gearbox failure. The Chaparral, which was solidly in fourth place, also failed on the eighth lap. A puncture caused damage to the body. To avoid causing major damage, Sharp parked the car. The total failure of Alfa Romeo was sealed by the failure of Jean Rolland's car in third place, three laps before the end. For Porsche there was complete triumph, victory in the overall classification and in the 2-liter racing class. Behind the winners Stommelen / Hawkins, two other works cars finished on the podium of the top three.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 2.0	228	Porsche System Engineering	Paul Hawkins Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 910/8	10
2	P 2.0	174	Porsche System Engineering	Leo Cella Giampiero Biscaldi	Porsche 910	10
3	P 2.0	166	Porsche System Engineering	Vic Elford Jochen Neerpasch	Porsche 910	10
4th	P 2.0	198	Scuderia Nettuno	Jonathan Williams Vittorio Venturi	Ferrari Dino 206P	10
5	S + 2.0	130	Ford France SA	Henri Greder Jean-Michel Giorgi	Ford GT40	10
6th	P + 2.0	218	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910/8	9
7th	GT 2.0	46	Porsche System Engineering	Bernard Cahier Jean-Claude Killy	Porsche 911S	9
8th	GT 1.3	14th	Alberto Girardini	Alberto Girardini Zefferino Filippi	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
9	S + 2.0	128	Ted Worswick	Ted Worswick Richard Bond	Austin-Healey 3000	9
10	GT 1.6	24	Sergio Bettoja	Raffaele Restivo Vittorio Orlando	Fiat 124 Sport	9
11	GT 2.0	54	Dan Margulies	Dan Margulies Rob Mackie	Porsche 911S	9
12	GT 1.3	16	HF Squadra Corse	Claudio Maglioli Marco Crosina	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
13	GT 1.6	22nd		Michele Paratore Basilio Gusma Piccione	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT	9
14th	GT 2.0	52	San Marco	Mario Facca Erasmo Crivellari	Porsche 911S	9
15th	GT 1.3	4th	Ramon	Franco Lisitano Giovanni Rigano	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
16	GT 1.3	12	Pegaso	Eugenio Renna Giuseppe Garofalo	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
17th	GT 1.6	32	Pegaso	Giuseppe Vassalo Michele Pusateri	Fiat 124 Sport	9
18th	P 2.0	168	Coburn	Jack Wheeler Martin Davidson	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite Mk.1	9
19th	S 1.3	98	Guido Garufi	Guido Garufi Giuseppe Ferlito	Abarth 1300 OT	9
20th	GT 1.6	26th	Nord-Ovest	Francesco Cosentino Walfrido Orecchioni	Fiat 124 Sport	8th
21st	P 1.0	138	Antonio Trupia	Antonio Trupia Giuseppe Parla	Moretti 850	8th
22nd	P 1.0	152	Enzo Buzzetti	Enzo Buzzetti Secondo Ridolfi	Fiat-Abarth 1000SP	8th
Not classified
23	P + 2.0	230	British Motor Co.	Paddy Hopkirk Timo Mäkinen	MGB GT	9
24	P 2.0	178	HF Squadra Corse	Sandro Munari Ove Andersson	Lancia Fulvia HF Special	9
25th	P 2.0	192	Autodelta SpA	Nanni Galli Ignazio Giunti	Alfa Romeo T33	9
Failed
26th	P 2.0	184	Porsche System Engineering	Umberto Maglioli Udo Schütz	Porsche 910	8th
27	P + 2.0	222	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Phil Hill Hap Sharp	Chaparral 2F	8th
28	P 2.0	170	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Jean Rolland	Alfa Romeo T33	7th
29	P 2.0	172	Donald Healey	Rauno Aaltonen Clive Baker	Austin-Healey Sprite	7th
30th	P 2.0	200	Autodelta SpA	Giacomo Russo Nino Todaro	Alfa Romeo T33	7th
31	P + 2.0	220	Scuderia Filipinetti	Herbert Müller Jean Guichet	Ferrari 412P	7th
32	GT 1.6	28	Pegaso	Francesco Troia Armando Floridia	Porsche 356	6th
33	GT 1.6	34	Giuseppe de Gregorio	Giuseppe de Gregorio Guido Marchiolo	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT	6th
34	GT 2.0	50	Robert Buchet	Robert Buchet Sylvain Garant	Porsche 911S	6th
35	GT + 2.0	74	Anatoly Arutunoff	Egon Hofer Anatoly Arutunoff	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	6th
36	S 2.0	114	Pegaso	Alfonso Vella Alfonso Merendino	Abarth 2000S	6th
37	P 2.0	188	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Henri Grandsire Giuseppe Virgilio	Alpine A210	6th
38	S 1.3	94	Etna	Alfio Gambero Angelo Bonaccorsi	Abarth 1300 OT	5
39	S 1.3	96	Directed by Renault	Roger Delageneste José Rosinski	Alpine A110	5
40	S 2.0	118	Luigi Taramazzo	Luigi Taramazzo Giulio Bona	Porsche 906	5
41	P 2.0	164	Directed by Renault	Bengt Jansson Harry Källström	Renault R8	5
42	P 2.0	196	Paul Metternich	Paul Metternich Wittigo von Einsiedel	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	5
43	S 1.0	84	Etna	Francesco Patané Cesare di Belmonte	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	4th
44	P 1.0	148	Pegaso	Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo Adriano Reale	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	4th
45	P 2.0	180	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Jean-François Piot Gérard Larrousse	Alpine A110	4th
46	P 2.0	182	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Jean Vinatier	Alpine A110	4th
47	GT 1.3	2	HF Squadra Corse	Raffaele Pinto Achille Marzi	Lancia Fulvia HF	3
48	GT 1.3	10	Pegaso	"Goldfinger" Antonio Riolo	Lancia Fulvia HF	3
49	S + 2.0	126	Ford France SA	Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier	Ford GT40	3
50	P 2.0	160	Scuderia Pegaso	Pietro Lo Piccolo Salvatore Sutera	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	3
51	P 2.0	186	North American Racing Team	Ferdinando Latteri Ignazio Capuano	Ferrari Dino 206S	3
52	P 2.0	190	Autodelta SpA	Jo Bonnier Giancarlo Baghetti	Alfa Romeo T33	3
53	P 1.0	140	Pegaso	Mariano Spadafora Salvatore Calascibetta	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	2
54	P + 2.0	216	Jackie Epstein	Jackie Epstein Hugh Dibley	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	2
55	GT 1.3	8th	Mario Costa	Mario Costa Angelo Rizzo	Angelo Rizzo	1
56	GT 2.0	48	British Motor Co.	Andrew Hedges Alec Poole	MGB	1
57	GT 2.0	58	André Wicky	Edgar Berney Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 911S	1
58	GT + 2.0	72	Tullio Sergio Marchesi	Clemente Ravetto Tullio Sergio Marchesi	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	1
59	P + 2.0	156	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Günter Klass Mario Casoni	Ferrari Dino 246S	1
60	P 2.0	176	Babea Racing	Jan-Eric Andreasson Johnny Lundberger	Marcos Mini GT	1
61	P + 2.0	224	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Nino Vaccarella Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 330P4	1
62	P + 2.0	226	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter Colin Davis	Porsche 910/8	1
Not started
63	GT 2.0	56	Carlo Cremascoli	Carlo Cremascoli Federico Giunta	Fiat Dino	1
64	S + 2.0	124	Scuderia Filipinetti	Robert Blouin André Bungener	Ferrari 275 GTB / 4	2
65	P 1.0	146	Bruno Momigliano	Bruno Momigliano Gianluigi Picchi	Lotus 23	3
66	P 1.0	150	Bardahl Italy	Filippo di Liberto Alfonso di Garbo	Fiat-Abarth 1000SP	4th
67	P 2.0	158	Nissena	Carmelo Giugno Giovanni Rizzo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	5
68	P 2.0	162	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Girolamo Capra Jacopo Trivellato	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	6th
69	GT + 2.0	210	Ford France SA	Henri Chemin Claude Lego	Shelby GT350	7th
70	P + 2.0	214	Autodelta SpA	Alessandro Federico Giancarlo Barba	Alfa Romeo GTA	8th
71	P + 2.0	232	Squadra Tartaruga	Heini Walter Cox Kocher	McLaren M1A	9
72	P + 2.0	T	Porsche System Engineering		Porsche 910	10

¹ not started ² accident during training ³ not started ⁴ not started ⁵ withdrawn ⁶ withdrawn ⁷ accident during training ⁸ cylinder damage during training ⁹ not started ¹⁰ training car

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
73	GT 2.0			Jean Sage	Porsche 911S
74	P 2.0			Everardo Ostini Manrico Benedetti	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
75	P 2.0			Clemente Ravetto Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari Dino 206S
76	P 2.0			Luigi Tommasi Paolo Gargano	Fiat-Abarth 1000SP
77	S + 2.0			Emanuele Benedetto Vittorio Orlando	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2
78	S 2.0			André Wicky	Porsche 906
79	S 2.0			Carlo Facetti Giuseppe Romano Perdomi	Porsche 906
80	S 2.0		Turillo Barbuscia	Turillo Barbuscia Maurizio Micangeli	Porsche 904 GTS
81	S 1.6			Giuseppe D'Ippolito	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
82	GT 2.0			Wolf-Dieter Kniese Karl Federhofer	MGB
83	GT 2.0			Corrado Ferlaino Carlo Togni	Porsche 911S
84	GT 1.6			Licio Pardi Rolando Tarenghi	Porsche 356 SC
85	GT 1.3			Antonio Catalano	Lancia Fulvia HF
86	GT 1.3			Carlo Zuccoli Dino Morazzoni	Lancia Fulvia HF
87	P + 2.0			Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo T33
88	S 1.3			Pietro Laureati	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
89	GT + 2.0	74	Egon Hofer	Egon Hofer Anatoly Arutunoff	Ferrari 275 GTB
90	P 2.0	202		Vincenzo Arena Antonio Nicodemi	Ferrari Dino 206S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Paul Hawkins	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 910/8	Overall victory
P 2.0	Leo Cella	Giampiero Biscaldi	Porsche 910	Rank 2
P 1.0	Antonio Trupia	Giuseppe Parla	Moretti 850	Rank 21
S + 2.0	Henri Greder	Jean-Michel Giorgi	Ford GT40	Rank 5
S 2.0	no participant in the finish
S 1.3	Guido Garufi	Giuseppe Ferlito	Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 19
S 1.0	no participant in the finish
GT + 2.0	no participant in the finish
GT 2.0	Bernard Cahier	Jean-Claude Killy	Porsche 911S	Rank 6
GT 1.6	Raffaele Restivo	Vittorio Orlando	Fiat 124 Sport	Rank 10
GT 1.3	Alberto Girardini	Zefferino Filippi	Lancia Fulvia HF	Rank 8

Racing data

• Reported: 90
• Started: 62
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 11
• Spectators: 500,000
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 72,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 37: 01,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 10
• Total distance of the winning team: 720,000 km
• Winner's average: 108.812 km / h
• Pole position: Nino Vaccarella - Ferrari 330P4 (# 224) - 37: 12.200
• Fastest race lap: Herbert Müller - Ferrari 412P (# 220) - 37: 09,000 - 116.285 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the sports car world championship in 1967

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Targa Florio 1967  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race report
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Udo Schütz without a helmet on a training trip
2. ^ Vaccarella and the destroyed Ferrari
3. ↑ The parked car with the broken suspensions

Previous race 1000 km at Spa-Francorchamps in 1967

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1967