Targa Florio 1971

Pit stop of the victorious Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 . Toine Hezemans (in the car) hands over the cockpit to Nino Vaccarella, who is waiting on the right

Nino Vaccarella on his victory run

Alfa Romeo T33 / 3. The picture shows Arturo Merzario in T33 / 3 2015 in Monza

The 55th Targa Florio , also 55 ° Targa Florio, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , in Sicily took place on May 16, 1971 and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

A Targa Florio without a Scuderia Ferrari racing car became a reality for the disappointed Sicilians in 1971. Ferrari had an adequate emergency vehicle with the Ferrari 312PB , but only one car was regularly entered in the world championship . To compete against Porsche and Alfa Romeo with just one car , Enzo Ferrari seemed too risky, so he decided not to report. Nino Vaccarella was the spectators' favorite driver at the start . The teacher, born in Palermo in 1933 , had taken part in the event almost every year since 1958 and was able to win only once despite being often favorites. In 1965 he had remained victorious with Lorenzo Bandini in the factory Ferrari 275P2 . In 1971 he started for Autodelta , the Alfa Romeo racing team. Team partner in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 was Toine Hezemans . Autodelta brought four works cars to the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie , three of which took part in the race. In addition to Nino Vaccarella, Toine Hezemans, Andrea de Adamich and Rolf Stommelen , two new drivers joined the team. Gijs van Lennep and Leo Kinnunen were originally supposed to drive a Porsche 908/02 for Hans-Dieter Dechent's Martini Team . However, the car was not ready in time and both drivers were given clearance to start at Alfa Romeo. Gijs van Lennep replaced Henri Pescarolo as a partner of Andrea de Adamich, who did not want to contest the road race. Leo Kinnunen was the substitute for Nanni Galli , who was not yet operational after his accident during training for the 1000 km race in Monza .

The two Porsche teams were supported by staff and material from John Wyer and Hans-Dieter Dechent from the factory team in Zuffenhausen . Three Porsche 908/03 were used, which were developed for the Targa of the previous year from the Porsche 909 Bergspyder . Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodríguez got new teammates for the race. Siffert's partner was an old acquaintance with Brian Redman . Redman had returned to Wyer after his surprising resignation at the end of the 1970 season for the Targa. Rodríguez's teammate was Herbert Müller from Switzerland . Gérard Larrousse and Vic Elford drove the Martini-908/03 .

At Porsche there were already problems during training. Redman had a punctured tire on his first lap of practice and had to wait almost an hour for the tow truck to bring the 908/03 back to the pits. Siffert took over the car and soon had an accident. Elford also had an accident and damaged the front suspension of the Porsche. For the first time, the cars started in the order of their training times. Nino Vaccarella started first in the Alfa Romeo with the number 5. The starting flag was waved by the mother of Ignazio Giunti , who tragically died in the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires . A preliminary decision was made in the first round as three co-favorites were canceled. A few kilometers after the start, Rolf Stommelen came off the track in his Alfa Romeo and had to give up. Brian Redman had an accident in the Porsche in which the car caught fire and burned out completely. Redman suffered burn wounds on his face and neck. Pedro Rodríguez also had an accident on the first lap, so both Wyer-Porsches retired shortly after the start. Alain de Cadenet had an accident on the third lap and was rescued from the burning Lola T210 by a soldier standing at the edge of the track . The worst of the accident ended with Fulvio Tandoi in the Alpine A110 . Near Caltavuturo , the car went off the track and hit a tree on the driver's side. Tandoi was trapped in the vehicle for a long time and died in the helicopter on the flight to a hospital in Palermo .

Vic Elford led the Martini-908/03 up to the seventh lap, then a suspension damage after a collision with a curb put an end to Porsche's winning streak, which had been going on since 1966 . Vaccarella / Hezemans and de Adamich / van Lennep celebrated a double victory for Alfa Romeo. Third place went to Jo Bonnier and Richard Attwood in the Scuderia Filipinetti - Lola T212 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	5	Autodelta Spa	Nino Vaccarella Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	11
2	P 3.0	2	Autodelta Spa	Andrea de Adamich Gijs van Lennep	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	11
3	P 2.0	14th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jo Bonnier Richard Attwood	Lola T212	11
4th	GT + 2.0	42	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière Paul Keller	Porsche 911S	10
5	P 2.0	19th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes Peter Westbury	Lola T212	10
6th	GT + 2.0	40	Straehle KG	Giulio Pucci Dieter Schmid	Porsche 911S	10
7th	P 2.0	28	Antonio Nicodemi	Antonio Nicodemi Jonathan Williams	Lola T212	10
8th	GT + 2.0	47	Pierre Greub	Sylvain Garant Pierre Greub	Porsche 911S	10
9	GT 2.0	60	Conrero Squadra Corse	Salvatore Calascibetta Paolo Monti	Opel GT	9
10	GT 2.0	59	Jolly Club	Giorgio Schön Girolamo Bertoni	Porsche 911S	9
11	GT 1.6	102	Monzeglio Squadra Corse	Maurizio Zanetti Renzo Ruspa	Alfa Romeo GTA	9
12	GT 1.6	94	Erasmo Bologna	Erasmo Bologna Giuseppe Spatafora	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
13	GT 2.0	56	Straehle KG	Willi Kauhsen Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 914/6	9
14th	P 1.0	82	Mario Barone	Maurizio Campanini Mario Barone	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	9
15th	P 1.0	83	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giovanni Boeris Maurizio Roasio	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	9
16	GT 1.6	97	Giovanni Rizzo	Giovanni Rizzo Stefano Alongi	Alfa Romeo GTA	9
17th	GT 2.0	50	Porsche Club Romand	Jean Selz Jean Sage	Porsche 911S	9
18th	GT 1.3	106	Raffaele Restivo	Raffaele Restivo Alfonso Merendino	Lancia Fulvia Sport	9
19th	GT 2.0	58	Mirto Antigoni	Giovanni Marini Mirto Antigoni	Porsche 911S	9
20th	P 1.3	71	Scuderia Nettuno	Stefano Buonapace Demetrio Martino	AMS 1300	9
21st	GT 1.3	116	Pasquale Anastasio	Pasquale Anastasio Fiorenzo Genta	Lancia Fulvia Sport Competizione	9
22nd	GT + 2.0	45	Giuseppe De Gregorio	Giuseppe De Gregorio Paolo Russo	Porsche 911S	9
23	GT 1.6	105	Scuderia Nettuno	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli "Jokrysa"	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
24	GT + 2.0	41	Claude Laurent	Patrice Sanson Jacques Marché	Porsche 911S	9
25th	GT 2.0	49	Alessandro Moncini	Luigi Cabella Alessandro Moncini	Porsche 911	9
26th	GT + 2.0	36	Scuderia Pegaso	Ignazio Serse Giuseppe Pizzo	Porsche 911S	9
27	S 2.0	29	Richard Knight	Richard Knight Mike Knight	Chevron B8	8th
28	GT 1.6	99	Settimino Balistreri	Settimino Balistreri Pasquale de Francisci	Lancia Fulvia HF	8th
29	GT + 2.0	48	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Ilotte Maurizio Polish	Porsche 911S	8th
30th	GT + 2.0	38	Francesco Cosentino	Francesco Cosentino Gianluigi Verna	Ferrari Dino 246 GT	8th
31	GT 1.6	90	Scuderia Etna	"Don Pedrito" Massimo Cavatorta	Fiat 124S	8th
32	GT 1.3	115	Girolama Capra	Girolama Capra Angelino Lepri	Alpine A110	8th
33	GT + 2.0	44	V-10 glue team	Ferdi Bökmann Peter Ochs	Porsche 911S	8th
34	GT 1.3	107	Paolo Arlini	Paolo Arlini Roberto Chiaramonte Bordonaro	Lancia Fulvia HF	8th
35	S 2.0	31	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Franco Berruto Angelo Mola	Porsche 906	8th
36	GT + 2.0	43	Michele Licheri	Michele Licheri Mauro Formento	Porsche 911S	8th
37	S 1.3	76	Geatano Sidoti Abate	Geatano Sidoti Abate Francesco Fiorentino	Matra Djet 5S	8th
38	S 2.0	35	Roy Seddon	John Raffo Roy Seddon	Chevron B8	8th
39	P 3.0	8th	Martini team	Gérard Larrousse Vic Elford	Porsche 908/03	7th
40	P 1.3	23	Jack Wheeler	Martin Davidson Jack Wheeler	Jerboa SP	7th
41	GT 1.6	100	Silvestre Semilia	Giuseppe Vassalo Silvestre Semilia	Alfa Romeo GTA	7th
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42	GT 1.6	89	Salvatore Gagliano	Salvatore Gagliano Giuseppina Gagliano	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
43	P 1.0	77	Scuderia Nettuno	"Sergio" Giuseppe Bargotti	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	5
44	P 1.0	79	Francesco Patane	Francesco Patané Orazio Scaglia	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	5
45	GT 1.6	87	HF Squadra Corse Lancia	Sandro Munari Claudio Maglioli	Lancia Fulvia HF	5
46	GT 1.3	118	Romano Ramonio	Romano Ramonio Antonio Trenti	Alpine A110	5
47	P 3.0	3	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Ferdinando Latteri Nino Todaro	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	4th
48	GT + 2.0	39	Bonomelli Squadra Corse	Ennio Bonomelli Christine Beckers	Porsche 911S	4th
49	GT 2.0	52	Conrero Squadra Corse	Giuseppe Marotta Gianpaolo Benedini	Opel GT	4th
50	GT 1.6	86	HF Squadra Corse Lancia	Raffaele Pinto Jean Ragnotti	Lancia Fulvia HF	4th
51	GT 1.6	88	Scuderia Pegaso	Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo Salvatore Barraco	Alfa Romeo GTA	4th
52	P 2.0	10	Snakespeed	David Weir Alain de Cadenet	Lola T210	3
53	P 2.0	20th	Ugo Locatelli	Ugo Locatelli Giampiero Moretti	AMS	3
54	P 2.0	26th	Leandro Terra	Pietro Lo Piccolo Leandro Terra	Ferrari Dino 206S	3
55	GT 2.0	54	Conrero Squadra Corse	Pino Pica Giorgio Pianta	Opel GT	3
56	P 1.3	62	Claude Laurent	Claude Laurent Jean-Louis Haxhe	DAF 55	3
57	P 1.3	67	Scuderia Pegaso	Giancarlo Barba Antonio Garofalo	Giliberti A112	3
58	GT 1.6	101	Giuseppe di Cristoforo	Giuseppe di Cristoforo Benedetto Montecatini	Alfa Romeo GTA	3
59	GT 1.3	111	Jolly Club	Franco Lisitano "Darenz"	Lancia Fulvia HF	3
60	P 2.0	11	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Antonio Zadra Giovanni Pierobon	Lola T212	2
61	S 1.3	72	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Francesco di Matteo "Papillion"	Abarth 1300S	2
62	GT 1.3	109	Scuderia Pegaso	Domenico Cottone Girolama Caci	Lancia Fulvia HF	2
63	GT 1.3	119	Scuderia Pegaso	Sergio Mantia Gaetano Lo Jacono	Alpine A110	2
64	P 2.0	12	Scuderia Nettuno	Luigi Taramazzo Everardo Ostini	Abarth 2000 SP	1
65	P 2.0	27	Scuderia Etna	Giuseppe Virgilio "Popof"	Abarth 2000 SP	1
66	P 1.0	84	Scuderia Nettuno	Mauro Nesti Paolo Gargano	AMS SP	1
67	GT 1.6	95	Giovanni Martino	Giovanni Martino Giancarlo Galimberti	Lancia Fulvia HF	1
68	GT 1.3	117	Floriano Colombo	Fulvio Tandoi Floriano Colombo	Alpine A110	1
69	P 3.0	4th	JW Automotive Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Herbert Müller	Porsche 908/03	1
70	P 3.0	6th	Autodelta Spa	Rolf Stommelen Leo Kinnunen	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	1
71	P 3.0	7th	JW Automotive Engineering	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 908/03	1
72	GT 2.0	53	Giampaolo Baruffi	Giampaolo Baruffi Giancarlo Galmozzi	Porsche 911	1
73	GT 2.0	55	Giuseppe Aquila	Giuseppe Aquila Antonio Guagliardo	Porsche 911S	1
74	GT 2.0	61	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Piero Monticone Luigi Moreschi	Porsche 914/6	1
75	GT 1.3	108	Angelo Rizzo	Giovanni Arcovito Angelo Rizzo	Lancia Fulvia HF	1
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76	P 3.0	1	Autodelta Spa	Rolf Stommelen Nino Vaccarella	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	1
77	P 2.0	15th	Everardo Ostini	Everardo Ostini Domenico Scola	Abarth 2000 SP	2
78	P 2.0	16	V-10 glue team	Hans Boehm Peter Ochs	Chevron B16	3
79	P 2.0	18th		Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Mario Moscatelli	Chevron B19	4th
80	P 2.0	21st		Giovanni Alberti Piero Fabris	Chevron B19	5
81	P 2.0	22nd		Antonio Finiguerra Luigi Colzani	Porsche 907	6th
82	P 2.0	24	Carrodo Ferlaino	Carrodo Ferlaino Giancarlo Boscolo Antonio Castro	Chevron B19	7th
83	P 2.0	25th		Luigi Bernasconi Angelo Bonaccorsi	Abarth 2000 SP	8th
84	S 2.0	30th		Romolo Becchetti Marsilio Pasotti	Abarth 2000S	9
85	S 2.0	32		Sergio Zerbini Giuseppe Schenetti	Porsche 910	10
86	S 2.0	33		Renzo Ruspa Sergio Morando	Abarth 2000S	11
87	S 2.0	34		Paul Tuckle Mike Walton	Porsche 910	12
88	GT + 2.0	37	Anatoly Arutunoff	Anatoly Arutunoff Charles Lucas	Chevrolet Corvette	13
89	GT + 2.0	46		Jean Sage "Volpes"	Porsche 911	14th
90	GT 2.0	51		Gilberto Romano "Snoopy"	Porsche 911	15th
91	GT 2.0	57		Dan Margulies Simon Taylor	Porsche 911S	16
92	P 1.6	63	Peter Richardson	Peter Richardson Maynard Soares	Daren Mk.2	17th
93	P 1.6	64		Francesco Jemma Alfonso Vella	De Sanctis	18th
94	P 3.0	T	Autodelta Spa	Nino Vaccarella Toine Hezemans Andrea de Adamich Gijs van Lennep	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	19th
95	GT + 2.0	39T	Bonomelli Squadra Corse	Ennio Bonomelli Christine Beckers	Porsche 911S	20th
96	GT 2.0	54T	Conrero Squadra Corse	Pino Pica Giorgio Pianta	Opel GT	21st
97	GT 1.6	86T	HF Squadra Corse Lancia	Raffaele Pinto Jean Ragnotti	Lancia Fulvia HF	22nd
98	GT 1.6	87T	HF Squadra Corse Lancia	Sandro Munari Claudio Maglioli	Lancia Fulvia HF	23
99	GT 2.0	T			Porsche 914/6	24

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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
100	P 3.0		Martini International Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 908/02
101	P 1.6	65		Antonio Garofalo Roberto Chiaramonte Bordonaro	Giliberti A112
102	P 1.6	66		Moreno Baldi Paolo Gonfiantini	ATS 1600 SP
103	P 1.6	68		Giorgio Danieli Jacopo Trivellato	AMS
104	P 1.6	69		Ignazio Capuano Giancarlo Barba	Giliberti A112
105	P 1.6	70		Stefano Sebastiani Roberto Nardini	lotus
106	S 1.3	73		Mario Spataro Claudio Bruschi	Abarth 1300 OT
107	S 1.3	74	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Felice Marenco Franco Capietti	Abarth 1300 OT
108	S 1.3	75		Rolando Tinghi Mino Codeluppi	Abarth 1300 OT
109	P 1.0	78		Piero Falorni "Berman"	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP
110	P 1.0	80		Mario Nardari Erasmo Crivellari	AMS SP
111	P 1.0	81		Romano Martini Alessandro Federico	Raymond
112	GT 1.6	85		Luigi Rinaldi Spartaco Dini	Alfa Romeo GTA
113	GT 1.6	91		Giuseppe D'Amico Girolamo Perniciaro	Alfa Romeo GTA
114	GT 1.6	92		Vincenzo Traina Domenico Lo Bello	Lancia Fulvia HF
115	GT 1.6	93		Domenico Patti Salvatore Cucinotta	Lancia Fulvia HF
116	GT 1.6	96		Giancarlo Galimberti Domenico Cedrati	Lancia Fulvia HF
117	GT 1.6	98		Antonio Catalano "Zino"	Alfa Romeo GTA
118	GT 1.6	103		Gianni Scalera Salvatore Lo Jacono	Porsche
119	GT 1.6	104		Gianfranco Trombetti Gianfranco Papetti	Alfa Romeo GTA
120	GT 1.3	110		Antonio Romano "Record"	Lancia Fulvia HF
121	GT 1.3	113		Horst Klauke Hans Schuller	Alpine A110 1300S
122	GT 1.3	113		Adolfo Nesi Fabio Lucarelli	Alpine A110

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Nino Vaccarella	Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	Overall victory
P 2.0	Jo Bonnier	Richard Attwood	Lola T212	Rank 3
P 1.6	no participant in the finish
P 1.3	Stefano Buonapace	Demetrio Martino	AMS 1300	Rank 20
P 1.0	Maurizio Campanini	Mario Barone	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	Rank 14
S 2.0	Richard Knight	Mike Knight	Chevron B8	Rank 27
S 1.3	Geatano Sidoti Abate	Francesco Fiorentino	Matra Djet 5S	Rank 37
GT + 2.0	Bernard Chenevière	Paul Keller	Porsche 911S	Rank 4
GT 2.0	Salvatore Calascibetta	Paolo Monti	Opel GT	Rank 9
GT 1.6	Maurizio Zanetti	Renzo Ruspa	Alfa Romeo GTA	Rank 11
GT 1.3	Raffaele Restivo	Alfonso Merendino	Lancia Fulvia Sport	Rank 18

Racing data

• Reported: 122
• Started: 75
• Rated: 41
• Race classes: 11
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 72,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 35: 46,200 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 11
• Total distance of the winning team: 792,000 km
• Winner's average: 120.070 km / h
• Pole position: Nino Vaccarella - Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 (# 20) - 34: 14.200 = 126.181 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Vic Elford - Porsche 908/03 (# 8) - 33: 45.600 = 127.962 km / h
• Racing series: 7th round of the Sports Car World Championship in 1971
• Racing series: 3rd round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1971

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 1971  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fulvio Tandoi at Motorsport Memorial

Previous race 1000 km at Spa-Francorchamps 1971

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1971