1955 Targa Florio

16 October 1955 - Circuit di Madonie (I): Round 6, World Sports Car Championship
13 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 581.604 miles/936.000 km
Weather: warm, dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps Group Group Pos
1 104 Stirling Moss/Peter Collins/Hans Herrmann^ Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0004/55] 13 Sports +2000 1
2 112 Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0003/55] 13 Sports +2000 2
3 116 Eugenio Castellotti/Robert Manzon Ferrari 860 Monza [0570M] 13 Sports +2000 3
4 106 Desmond Titterington/John Fitch Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0005/55] 13 Sports +2000 4
5 76 Carlo Manzini/Francesco Giardini Maserati A6GCS [2089] 13 Sports 2000 1
6 82 Giuseppe Musso/Giuseppe Rossi Maserati A6GCS 13 Sports 2000 2
7 64 Giulio Cabianca/Piero Carini OSCA MT4 13 Sports 1500 1
8 78 Giorgio Scarlatti/Osvaldo Lippi Maserati A6GCS 13 Sports 2000 3
9 92 Luigi Bellucci/Maria-Theresa de Filippis Maserati A6GCS [2097] 13 Sports 2000 4
NRF 16 Armando Zampiero/Luigi Villotti Mercedes-Benz 300SL 12 Grand Touring  
10 84 Gaetano Starrabba/Salvatore La Pira Maserati A6GCS [2085] 12 Sports 2000 5
11 6 Elio Zagato/Ovidio Capelli Fiat 8V Zagato [000084] 12 Special Touring +1300 1
12 72 Alberico Cacciari/Vincenzo Sorrentino/Azzurro Manzini Maserati A6GCS [2066] 12 Sports 2000 6
13 4 Giuseppe de Saranza/Clemente Ravetto Fiat 8V [000032] 12 Special Touring +1300 2
14 42 Domenico Rotolo/Luigi di Pasquale/Salvatore Sirchia* OSCA MT4 [1106] 12 Sports 1100 1
15 36 Francesco Arezzo/Gennaro Alterio Fiat 8V Zagato [000070] 12 Grand Touring 1
NRF 30 Ottavio Guarducci/Mario Lietti Fiat 8V 11 Grand Touring  
16 88 Guido Perrella/Mario Sannino Alfa Romeo 1900 11 Sports 2000 7
17 86 Enzo Lopez/Ferdinando Lopez Maserati A6GCS [2090] 11 Sports 2000 8
18 52 Michel Guy/Alfredo Fondi Renault 4CV 11 Grand Touring 2
19 70 Bruno Cavazzoni/Gastone Crepaldi Maserati A6GCS 11 Sports 2000 9
20 20 Vincenzo Arena/Gianfernando Tomaselli Lancia Aurelia 11 Special Touring +1300 3
NRF 120 Umberto Maglioli/Sergio Sighinolfi Ferrari 750 Monza [0486M] 10 Sports +2000  
NRF 100 Luigi Piotti/Franco Cornacchia Ferrari 750 Monza [0514M] 9 Sports +2000  
DNF 12 Guido Cestelli-Guidi/Guerci/Aldo Berardi* Alfa Romeo 1900TI 8 Special Touring +1300  
DNF 56 Hans Finke/Kornekauer Kieft-Climax 1100 8 Sports 1100  
DNF 74 Antonio Pucci/Franco Cortese Ferrari 500 Mondial [0452MD] 7 Sports 2000  
DNF 22 Domenico Tramontana/Giuseppe Alotta Lancia Aurelia 7 Grand Touring  
DNF 54 Bruno Ricciardi/Angelo Sbordone OSCA MT4 [1166] 6 Sports 1100  
DNF 102 Mario Ricci/Scotti Gordini T24S [0037] 6 Sports +2000  
DNF 62 Giovanni Buoncristiani/Piero Altini/Pasquale Ermini* Ermini-Fiat 6 Sports 1500  
DNF 40 Francesco Spinel/Armando Soldano Siata 1100GT 6 Sports 1100  
DNF 110 Carroll Shelby/Gino Munaron Ferrari 750 Monza [0538M] 5 Sports +2000  
DNF 24 Alfonso Vella/Pietro Termini Jaguar XK120 5 Grand Touring  
DNF 48 Francesco Mentesana/Gaetano Marotta Cisitalia 202 5 Sports 1100  
DNF 118 Luigi Musso/Luigi Villoresi Maserati 300S [3054] 4 Sports +2000  
DNF 94 Fernando Mancini/Benoit Musy Maserati 200SI 4 Sports 2000  
DNF 28 Mennato Boffa/Giuseppe Ruggero Lancia Aurelia 4 Grand Touring  
DNF 10 Baldassare Taormina/Pasquale Tacci Alfa Romeo 1900TI 4 Special Touring +1300  
DNF 58 Francesco Siracusa/Pasquale Placido Stanguellini Bialbero 2 Sports 1100  
DNF 2 Nicola Musmeci/Alessandro Perrone Alfa Romeo 1900TI 2 Special Touring +1300  
DNF 14 Charles de Cortanze/Leon Dernier Peugeot 403 2 Special Touring +1300  
DNF 38 Ugo Mauthre/Rosario Montalbano Siata 1100GT 2 Sports 1100  
DNF 44 Francesco de Roberto/Pietro Fiordelisi Stanguellini Bialbero 2 Sports 1100  
DNF 90 Giovanni Bracco/Franco Bordoni^ Maserati 200SI 1 Sports 2000  
DNF 32 Vittorio Colocci/Gioacchino Vari^ Lancia Aurelia 1 Grand Touring  
DNF 80 Michael Young/Geoff Richardson^ Lotus Connaught-Le Francis Mk VIII 1 Sports 2000  
DNS 8 Raffaello Matteucci/Alfonso Thiele Alfa Romeo 1900TI   Special Touring +1300  
DNS 18 Franco Bertani Alfa Romeo Giulietta   Grand Touring  
DNS 26 Natale Gotelli/Bensi Mercedes-Benz 300SL   Grand Touring  
DNS 34 Ignazio Consiglio/Rocco Finocchiaro Fiat 8V [0007/55]   Grand Touring  
DNS 46 Otello Adriano Biagiotti/Piero Altini Ermini   Sports 1100  
DNS 50 Mario Piccolo/Giuseppe Sapienza Giaur [BT-038]   Sports 1100  
DNS 60 Ernst Lautenschlager/Rudi Scholl Porsche 550   Sports 1500  
DNS 66 Wolfgang Seidel OSCA MT4   Sports 1500  
DNS 96 Azzurro Manzini Maserati A6GCS   Sports 2000  
DNS 98 Hauret Talbot Sport   Sports +2000  
DNS 108 Luigi Bordonaro/Enrico Anselmi Ferrari 750 Monza [0530M]   Sports +2000  
DNS 114 Melchiorre Scaminaci/Antonio di Salvo Ferrari 750 Monza   Sports +2000  
DNS T Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling/Desmond Titterington/Hans Hermann* Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0002/55]   Sports +2000  
DNS T Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling/Desmond Titterington/Hans Hermann*/Stirling Moss/Peter Collins Mercedes-Benz 300SLR [0007/55]   Sports +2000  
DNS T Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling/Desmond Titterington/Hans Hermann*/Stirling Moss/Peter Collins Mercedes-Benz 300SL   Grand Touring  
DNS T Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling/Desmond Titterington/Hans Hermann*/Stirling Moss/Peter Collins Mercedes-Benz 190SL   Grand Touring  
DNS T Juan Manuel Fangio/Karl Kling/Desmond Titterington/Hans Hermann*/Stirling Moss/Peter Collins Mercedes-Benz 200   Special Touring +1300  
DNA 68 Luigi Messedaglia/Diego Capelli Porsche 550   Sports 1500  

 
Winning Time: 9h43m14.0, 59.832 mph/96.291 kph
Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss #104 (Mercedes-Benz 300SLR), 43m07.4, 62.248 mph/100.178 kph

 
 
* Driver listed for car, but did not participate in race meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted


Last Updated on 25/11/00
By Darren Galpin
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