Targa Florio 1973

The victorious Porsche 911 Carrera RSR with starting number 8

The winning car at the Techno Classic 2018

Second placed Jean-Claude Andruet in the Lancia Stratos

Andrea de Adamich in the Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12

The 57th Targa Florio also 57 ° Targa Florio, Palermo, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie, Sicilia , in Sicily took place on May 13, 1973 and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

Even before the start of the race, the organizers of the Targa Florio knew that the 57th edition of this road race would be the last Targa with world championship status. The officials of the Commission Sportive Internationale had made it unequivocally clear that this decision was final. The first Targa took place in 1906 and ended with a win for Alessandro Cagno on an Itala 35 / 40HP. Itala , the company that built the winning vehicle, stopped producing automobiles in 1935. The safety precautions that were considered sufficient in the early days of motorsport had become completely unacceptable by the 1970s. While the organizers of circuit races increasingly tried to improve track safety, on the Piccolo circuito delle Madonie next to nothing happened in this regard. However, the organizer was to be credited with the fact that it was almost impossible to completely secure and cordon off a 72-kilometer street course. Again and again spectators ran onto the track, some of them used the race to test their courage , stood in the middle of the street and only jumped to the side just before the cars arrived. During training in 1973, too, vehicles, including trucks , were parked at the edge of the track and thus on the lane of the racing cars. There were hardly any run-off zones and marshals were a rarity.

The race

Charles Blyth's accident

The racing week began with the first fatal accident. The British private driver Charles Blyth had registered a Lancia Fulvia HF for himself and his friend and teammate Robert Cuthbertson . During the technical inspection before the first practice session on Wednesday, May 9th, the tank of the Lancia was declared illegal by the commissioners and the British were instructed to carry out the necessary repairs before the start of the race. Blyth and Cuthbertson drove off the track onto the road that connects Palermo with Buonfornello , which was open to normal traffic. There the Lancia collided with a Fiat 1100 that was being driven by Antonio Guagliardo . Guagliardo was in the car with his five-year-old son Domenico and the mechanic Vincenzo Sollazzo. On a trailer , the Fiat pulled a Porsche 911S that Guagliardo had registered for the race. The Lancia crashed into the Fiat at high speed and while the three Fiat occupants were only slightly injured, an emergency ambulance brought the two British people in critical condition to the Ospedale Neurochirurgico in Palermo. One of the first who arrived at the accident site, was ARTURO MERZARIO that the plant - Ferrari 312PB came from the technical inspection. He immediately provided first aid (Merzario had tried several times in his career to help fellow drivers after accidents and saved lives in the process. At the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1971 , he tried unsuccessfully to free Ignazio Giunti, who was trapped in a burning Ferrari 312PB . At the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, he freed Niki Lauda from the Ferrari 312T2, which was also burning . While Cuthbertson survived, Charles Blyth died a day later. The British racing driver Vic Elford paid for the return transport of the body .

Teams, vehicles and drivers

The absence of Matra Sports and Gulf Research made little impression on the Sicilians. According to the organizer, 700,000 spectators are said to have followed the race along the route. She was interested in the Italian works cars from Ferrari , Alfa Romeo and Lancia . Ferrari registered two 312PB for the driver pairings Arturo Merzario / Nino Vaccarella and Jacky Ickx / Brian Redman . For the Sicilians, Vaccarella, born in Palermo, was a folk hero who had won the Targa Florio twice - in 1965 with Lorenzo Bandini in the Ferrari 275P2 and in 1971 with Toine Hezemans in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 . Jacky Ickx made his Targa Florio debut in the second 312PB. Autodelta reported two Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 for Clay Regazzoni / Carlo Facetti and Rolf Stommelen / Andrea de Adamich . Lancia was also represented with a works car. Sandro Munari and Jean-Claude Andruet drove the Stratos .

The strongest competition for the Italian cars came from Porsche . Three Carrera RSR - prototypes were brought to Sicily. The Porsches were driven by Herbert Müller , Gijs van Lennep , Leo Kinnunen , Claude Haldi , Günter Steckkönig and Giulio Pucci . Giulio Pucci was the son of Baron Antonio Pucci , who won the Targa in 1964 as a partner of Colin Davis in the works Porsche 904 GTS .

More serious accidents

The race was also overshadowed by serious accidents and the death of three spectators. The first incident occurred just before the start. When approaching the start of the race, Stefano Buonapace and Matteo Sgarlata's Chevron B23 came off the track near the city of Cefalù and overturned into a group of spectators standing too close to the edge of the track. The car caught fire and burned out. While the two drivers survived with minor injuries, the two young Sicilians Sebastiano di Natale (20 years old) and Antonio di Scilipoti (17 years old) died at the scene of the accident. Several people were admitted to nearby hospitals with broken bones. Another young Sicilian, Santi Siracusa (19 years old), survived seriously injured.

On the seventh lap the Sardinian Ferruccio Deiana, who drove an Alpine A110 , left the track in the village of Scillato and also drove into a group of spectators. Two men were seriously injured: Giuseppe Bono (60 years old) and Giuseppe Mazzola (33 years old), both from Montelepre . Mazzola survived and was able to fully recover. Giuseppe Bono died that evening in Termini Imerese hospital from his injuries.

The course of the race

Alfa Romeo had to forego a vehicle on race day. Clay Regazzoni had an accident in the car with the number 7 during the final training session. He came off the road in the mountainous part of the route, the car overturned and remained with the wheels up in a field. Regazzoni was unharmed. Right from the start, the fastest in training, Arturo Merzario, led in the Ferrari 312PB ahead of Rolf Stommelen in the Alfa Romeo and his teammate Jacky Ickx. It was followed by Sandro Munari in a Lancia and Herbert Müller in a Porsche. Even before the third lap was over, both Ferrari and the remaining Alfa Romeo were eliminated. Arturo Merzario had a puncture at the end of the first lap. Instead of replacing the flat tire with the spare wheel that was carried with him, he drove on to the boxes on the rim. There the tire was finally changed. When Merzario was back on the road, the rear suspension, which had been damaged on the rim while driving, broke. Jacky Ickx hit a wall with the Ferrari on the second lap, the front end of the car being so badly damaged that he had to give up a short time later. Rolf Stommelen handed the Alfa Romeo over to Andrea de Adamich at the end of the second lap. De Adamich collided in the Alfa on lap three with Ugo Locatelli's Lancia Fulvia Sport . The suspension of the T33 / TT / 12 broke.

Herbert Müller and Gijs van Lennep had a problem-free race in the Porsche Carrera RSR, who won with a lead of six minutes on Sandro Munari and Jean-Claude Andruet in the Lancia Stratos.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	8th	Martini Racing	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche Carrera RSR	11
2	S 3.0	4th	Lancia Corse	Sandro Munari Jean-Claude Andruet	Lancia Stratos	11
3	S 3.0	9	Martini Racing	Leo Kinnunen Claude Haldi	Porsche Carrera RSR	11
4th	S 2.0	14th	Luigi Moreschi	Luigi Moreschi Francesco di Matteo	Chevron B21	11
5	S 2.0	25th	Antonio Nicodemi	Silvio Moser Antonio Nicodemi	Lola T290	11
6th	S 3.0	107	Martini Racing	Günter Steckkönig Giulio Pucci	Porsche Carrera RSR	11
7th	GT + 2.0	106	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giovanni Borri Mario Barone	Porsche Carrera RSR	10
8th	GT + 2.0	113	Porsche Club Romand	Peter Zbinden Mario Ilotte	Porsche Carrera RSR	10
9	S 1.6	44	Porsche Club Romand	Mauro Nesti Giovanni Morelli	Chevron B21	10
10	GT 1.6	149	Maurizio Zanetti	Maurizio Zanetti Giancarlo Galimberti	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm	10
11	S 2.0	20th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Armando Floridia Mauro Formento	Chevron B21	10
12	GT 2.0	124	Girolama Capra	Girolama Capra Angelino Lepri	Porsche 911S	10
13	S 1.6	42	Giovanni Boeris	Piero Monticone Giovanni Boeris	Chevron B21	10
14th	GT + 2.0	109	Guido Fossati	Guido Fossati Angelo Mola	Porsche 911S	10
15th	S 1.3	65	Pasquale Anastasio	Pasquale Anastasio Giovanni Lo Voi	AMS 273	10
16	S 2.0	21st	Giovanni Alberti	Giovanni Alberti Gianfranco Bonetto	Chevron B21	9
17th	GT 1.3	177	Giada car	Sergio Rombolotti Gianfranco Ricci	Alpine A110	9
18th	GT + 2.0	110	Comstock	Andrew Hedges Dan Margulies	Porsche Carrera RS	9
19th	GT 1.6	150	Citta dei Mille	Pietro Bonfanti Gilberto Balocca	Alfa Romeo GTA	9
20th	GT 1.6	167	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Litrico Ferragine	Alfa Romeo GTA	9
21st	GT 2.0	127	Giuseppe de Gregorio	Francesco Mannino Giuseppe de Gregorio	Porsche 914/6	9
22nd	GT 2.0	129	Etna	Angelo Bonaccorsi Giuseppe Panto	Opel GT	9
23	S 2.0	24	Scuderia Pegaso	Giuseppe Vassallo Girolama Caci	Abarth 2000	9
24	GT 1.3	181	Scuderia Pegaso	Giovanni Marino Salvatore Sutera	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
25th	S 1.3	64	Scuderia Pegaso	Antonio Riolo Giuseppe Garofalo	Gigi P2	9
26th	S 2.0	15th	Leandro Terra	Franco Berruto Leandro Terra	Ferrari Dino 206S	9
27	S 1.0	85	Giovanni Maggiorelli	Piero Falorni Giovanni Maggiorelli	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	9
28	GT 1.6	148	Vittoriano Cuttitta	Vittoriano Cuttitta Calogero D'Alu	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
29	S 2.0	12	Jack Wheeler	Martin Davidson Jack Wheeler	Daren Mk.3	9
30th	GT 1.6	159	Ateneo	Giovanni Rizzo Settimino Balistreri	Lancia Fulvia HF	9
31	GT 1.6	162	Giada car	Romano Ramoino Renato D'Avico	Alpine A110	9
32	S 1.6	41	Bruno Bonacina	Tulio Bottanelli Bruno Bonacina	Abarth 1600 Sport	8th
33	GT 1.3	178	Domenico Cedrati	Aldo Fasano Domenico Cedrati Gianni Varese	Alpine A110	8th
34	S 1.6	149	Marco Crosina	Marco Crosina Paolo Pogliano	Lola T290	8th
35	T + 2.0	191	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Romano Martini Alessandro Federico	BMW 3.0 CSL	8th
36	GT 2.0	123	Carlo Fabri	Antonio Nieri Carlo Fabri	Porsche 914/6	8th
37	S 1.3	79	Sant Paul	Giancarlo Barba Mario de Luca	Giliberti A112	8th
38	S 1.6	47	Sant Paul	Vito Veninata Gaetano Lo Jacono	AMS 273	8th
39	GT 1.3	184	Giada car	Gianni Vacca Ferruccio Deiana	Alpine A110	7th
40	S 1.0	84	Stefano Sebastiani	Stefano Sebastiani Antonio Palangio	AMS 273	7th
41	GT 2.0	130	Etna	Giuseppe Barbanti Giovanni Musumeci	Alfa Romeo Duetto	7th
42	T 2.0	198	Integrate	Sergio Bettoja Giuseppe de Gregorio	BMW 2002 Tii	7th
Failed
43	S 1.3	62	Krista Buchwald	Salvatore Calascibetta Alfonso Merendino	CR-CDS 134B	6th
44	GT 1.6	147	Anatoly Arutunoff	Brian Goell, not Allan Girdler	Lotus Europe	6th
45	GT 1.6	155	Scuderia Pegaso	Sergio Mantia Giuseppina Gagliano	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
46	GT 1.3	180	Ateneo	Benedetto Rosolia Antonio Adamo	Lancia Fulvia HF	6th
47	S 2.0	16	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Vincenzo Cazzago Enrico Pasolini	Lola T290	5
48	S 2.0	22nd	Eris Tondelli	Eris Tondelli Giuseppe Virgilio	Chevron B21	5
49	GT 2.0	126	Scuderia Pegaso	Vittorio Maione Mario Vigneri	Porsche 911S	5
50	S 2.0	19th	Virgilio Conrero	Giorgio Pianta Pino Pica	Momo-Conrero	4th
51	GT + 2.0	115	Carlo Pietromarchi	Carlo Pietromarchi Maurizio Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera	4th
52	S 3.0	6th	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	3
53	S 2.0	11	Giovanni Fasano	Paolo Gargano Giovanni Fasano	Abarth 2000	3
54	S 1.6	45	Maurizio Polin	Maurizio Polin L. Rogliatti	Lola T290	3
55	S 1.0	82	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Luciano Verrocchio Massimo de Antoni	AMS 273	3
56	S 1.0	83	Alberto Dona	Alberto Dona Odoardo Govoni	AMS 273	3
57	GT 2.0	131	Vittorio Benvenuti	Antonio Runfola Vittorio Benvenuti	Porsche 911T	3
58	GT 1.6	157	Scuderia Pegaso	Raffaele Restivo Francesco Jemma	Alfa Romeo GTA	3
59	GT 1.3	179	Giada car	Paolo Monti Ferruccio Caliceti	Alpine A110	3
60	GT 1.3	182	Giovanni Martino	Ugo Locatelli Giovanni Martino	Lancia Fulvia Sport	3
61	GT 1.3	186	Scuderia Pegaso	Libero Marchiolo Giuseppe Spatafora	Alpine A110	3
62	S 3.0	3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Arturo Merzario Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 312PB	2
63	S 3.0	5	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	2
64	S 1.6	43	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Arrigo Cocchetti Antonio Vimercati	AMS 273	2
65	S 1.0	69	Mille Miglia	Ignazio Manzo Egidio Nicolosi	AMS 273	2
66	GT 2.0	121	Ricciardo Ricci	Ricciardo Ricci Vito Coco	Opel GT	2
67	S 1.0	86	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Antonio Bramen "Jokrysa"	AMS 273	1
68	GT + 2.0	112	Max Moritz Racing Team	Gerd Quist Jürgen Zink	Porsche Carrera RSR	1
69	GT 2.0	125	Giada car	Emilio Paleari Giorgio Nice	Alpine A110	1
70	GT 1.6	158	Scuderia Pegaso	Paolo de Luca Giovanni La Mantia	Alfa Romeo GTA	1
71	S 2.0	18th	Scuderia Pegaso	Eugenio Renna Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo	Chevron B23	1
72	S 1.3	63	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giuseppe di Cristofaro Pietro Lo Piccolo	AMS 273	1
73	S 1.3	66	Giotto Bizzarrini	Massimo Larini Giotto Bizzarrini	Bizzarrini	1
74	GT + 2.0	111	Mario Radicella	Marco Micangeli Mario Radicella	Porsche 911	1
75	GT + 2.0	114	Salvatore Patamia	Salvatore Patamia "Carab"	Porsche 911	1
76	GT 1.3	183	Scuderia Pegaso	Roberto Chiaramonte Bordonaro Gualberto Carducci	Alpine A110	1
Not started
77	S 3.0	1	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 908/03	1
78	S 3.0	7th	Autodelta SpA	Clay Regazzoni Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	2
79	S 1.6	46	Aretusa	Stefano Buonapace Matteo Sgarlata	Chevron B23	3
80	GT + 2.0	116	Gabriele Gottifredi	Gabriele Gottifredi Gianni Dall'Olio	De Tomaso Pantera	4th
81	S 3.0	2	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3	5
82	GT + 2.0	108	Martini Racing	Giulio Pucci Günter Steckkönig	Porsche Carrera RSR	6th
83	GT 1.6	152		Charles Blyth Robert Cuthbertson	Lancia Fulvia HF	7th
84	S 3.0		Lancia Corse	Sandro Munari Jean-Claude Andruet	Lancia Stratos	8th
85	GT + 2.0	T	Martini Racing	Gijs van Lennep Herbert Müller	Porsche Carrera RS	9
86	S 3.0	3T	Racing marabout	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman Arturo Merzario Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 312PB	10
Not qualified
87	S 2.0	23	Abele Tanghetti	Abele Tanghetti Antonio Zadra	Chevron B21	11
88	S 1.6	48		Francesco Virzi Mario Battistiol	Alfa Romeo Giulia SZ	12
89	S 1.6	50		Domenico Lo Bello Florindo Mollica	Lancia Fulvia F&M Special	13
90	S 1.3	61		Mirto Antigoni Luciano Marini	Alfa Romeo 1300 Special	14th
91	S 1.3	67		Silvestre Semilia Piero Donato	Giliberti A112	15th
92	S 1.3	68		Salvatore Barraco Giuseppe Virgilio	AMS 273	16
93	S 1.0	81		Mario Savona Francesco Lauria	Fiat-Abarth 1000	17th
94	S 1.0	87		Gianfranco La Mazza Massimo Cavatorta	AMS 273	18th
95	S 1.0	88		Mariano Notaro P. Randazzo	Fiat-Abarth 1000	19th
96	S 1.0	89		Ernesto Li Mandri Paolo Ferrari	Abarth 1000	20th
97	S 1.0	90		Emanuele Fichera Cosimo Bonaccorso	Abarth 1000	21st
98	S 1.0	91		"Noel" Silvano Gravina	AMS 1000	22nd
99	S 1.0	92		Francesco Patané Orazio Scaglia	Abarth 1000	23
100	S 1.0	93		Giampaolo Ceraolo Luigi Sartorio	AMS 1000	24
101	S 1.0	94		Erasmo Bologna Vincenzo Ferlito	AMS 1000	25th
102	GT 2.0	122		Giuseppe Pizzo Ignazio Serse	Porsche 911	26th
103	GT 2.0	128		Vittorio Coppola Gianni Mussolo	Opel GT	27
104	GT 2.0	132		Gaetano Lo Jacono Fulvio Lauricella	Fiat 124 Spider	28
105	GT 2.0	133		Roberto Manno Pio Pollicino	Matra Djet	29
106	GT 1.6	146		Paolo Russo Salvatore Pirrello	Alfa Romeo GTA	30th
107	GT 1.6	151		Alberto Librizzi R. Barraja	Lancia Fulvia HF	31
108	GT 1.6	153		Luciano Trombotto Antonio Fassina	Alpine A110	32
109	GT 1.6	154		Angelo Giordano Antonio La Luce	Alfa Romeo GTA	33
110	GT 1.6	156		Roberto Fioravanti Mario Spataro	Alpine A110	34
111	GT 1.6	160		S. Ganci, M. La Licata	Alfa Romeo GTA	35
112	GT 1.6	161		Salvatore Cucinotta Salvatore Consolo	Lancia Fulvia HF	36
113	GT 1.6	163		Alfonso di Garbo Claudio Mazza	Lancia Fulvia HF	37
114	GT 1.6	164		Vincenzo Seminara "Jimmy"	Alfa Romeo GTA	38
115	GT 1.6	165		Alfio Gambero Rosario papa	Alfa Romeo GTA	39
116	GT 1.6	166		Paolo Massai Francesco Varese	Alfa Romeo GTA	40
117	GT 1.6	168		Girolamo Perniciaro "Le Cabotine"	Alfa Romeo GTA	41
118	GT 1.3	176		Guido Garufi Franco Tagliavia	Lancia Fulvia HF	42
119	GT 1.3	185		A. Ferrara Giuseppe Valenza	Lancia Fulvia HF	43
120	T 2.0	194		Salvatore de Simone Giuseppe Perico	Ford Escort Mexico	44
121	T 2.0	195		Vittorio Anselmi Francesco di Matteo	BMW 2002	45
122	T 2.0	196		Girolama Gulotta Pasquale di Monaco	BMW 2002	46
123	T 2.0	197		Domenico Cottone F. Pileri	Alfa Romeo GTV	47
124	T 2.0	199		"Drambuie" Gianni Platania	BMW 2002	48
125	T 2.0	200		Giuseppe Virzi Salvatore Trapani	Ford Escort RS	49

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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
S 3.0	Herbert Mueller	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche Carrera RSR	Overall victory
S 2.0	Luigi Moreschi	Francesco di Matteo	Chevron B21	Rank 4
S 1.6	Mauro Nesti	Giovanni Morelli	Chevron B21	Rank 9
S 1.3	Pasquale Anastasio	Giovanni Lo Voi	AMS 273	Rank 15
S 1.0	Piero Falorni	Giovanni Maggiorelli	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	Rank 27
GT + 2.0	Giovanni Borri	Mario Barone	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 7
GT 2.0	Girolamo Capra	Angelino Lepri	Porsche 911S	Rank 12
GT 1.6	Maurizio Zanetti	Giancarlo Galimberti	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm	Rank 10
GT 1.3	Sergio Rombolotti	Gianfranco Ricci	Alpine A110	Rank 17
T + 2.0	Romano Martini	Alessandro Federico	BMW 3.0 CSL	Rank 35
T 2.0	Sergio Bettoja	Giuseppe de Gregorio	BMW 2002 Tii	Rank 42

Racing data

• Registered: 125
• Started: 76
• Rated: 42
• Race classes: 11
• Spectators: 700,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 72,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 54: 19.900 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 11
• Total distance of the winning team: 792,000 km
• Winner's average: 114.691 km / h
• Pole position: Arturo Merzario - Ferrari 312PB (# 2) - 33: 38.500 = 128.412 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Rolf Stommelen - Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 (# 6) - 34: 13.100 = 126.248 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1973 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 1973 Italian Sports Car Championship

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Targa Florio 1973  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race report at Speedwweek
• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Blyth at Motorsport Memorial
2. ↑ Jacky Ickx and the Targa Florio (Italian)
3. ^ Giuseppe Bono at Motorsport Memorial

Previous race 1000 km at Spa-Francorchamps in 1973

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1973