1959 Targa Florio


24 May 1959 - Circuit di Madonie (I): Round 2, World Sports Car Championship
14 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 626.343 miles/1008.000 kms
Weather: warm, dry. Rain at the end.


Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps Group Group Pos
1 112 Edgar Barth/Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK 14 Sports 1500 1
2 118 Eberhard Mahle/Paul-Ernst Strähle/Herbert Linge/Guido Scaglierini^ Porsche 550 RS 14 Sports 1500 2
3 102 Huschke von Hanstein/Antonio Pucci Porsche 356A Carrera 14 Grand Touring 2600 1
4 96 Paul-Ernst Strähle/Herbert Linge/Eberhard Mahle Porsche 356A Carrera 14 Grand Touring 2600 2
5 134 Mennato Boffa/Piero Drogo Maserati A6G 14 Sports 2000 1
6 38 Dario Sepe/Colin Davis/Mario Sannino Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato 14 Grand Touring 1300 1
7 84 Umberto Bini/Luciano Mantovani OSCA S1100 [1184] 14 Sports 1100 1
8 132 Mario Cammarata/Domenico Tramontana Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa C [0670MDTR] 14 Sports 2000 2
9 120 Salvatore La Pira/Francesco Siracusa Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta 14 Grand Touring +2600 1
10 138 Giuseppe Allotta/Nino Vaccarella Maserati A6GCS [2064] 14 Sports 2000 3
11 72 Domenico Rotolo/Gaspare Cavaliere/Franco Tagliavia^ OSCA 1100S [1106] 14 Sports 1100 2
12 30 Antonio Picone/Franco Tagliavia/Sergio Mantia Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 14 Grand Touring 1300 2
13 46 Vito Coco/Vito Sabbia Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV 14 Grand Touring 1300 3
14 8 Enrico Carini/Ernesto Prinoth Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato 14 Grand Touring 750 1
15 24 Carlo Bartocelli/Giuseppe Parla/Salvatore Panepinto Fiat 1200 Boano 14 Grand Touring 1300 4
16 20 Pietro Laureati/Pompei Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV 14 Grand Touring 1300 5
17 50 Sesto Leonardi/Alfredo Tinazzo OSCA Sports 750 [765] 14 Sports 750 1
18 70 Tommy Wisdom/Bernard Cahier Austin-Healey Sprite 14 Sports 1100 3
19 60 Gustavo Laureati/Giuseppe Celani OSCA Sports 750 [753] 14 Sports 750 2
20 56 Giancarlo Rigamonti/Anna Maria Peduzzi OSCA Sports 750 [759] 14 Sports 750 3
21 28 José Rosinski/Claude Bobrowski Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato 14 Grand Touring 1300 6
NC 6 Carmelo Giugno/Salvatore Giuffrida Fiat 500 14 Grand Touring 750  
NC 92 Giovanni Giordano/Carlo Fulci Fiat 8V Zagato 14 Grand Touring 2600  
NRF 130 Jo Bonnier/Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 718 RSK 13 Sports 2000  
DNF 80 Antonio di Salvo/Silvestre Semilia Raor - Fiat 1100   Sports 1100  
DNF 122 Nino Todaro/Gennaro Alterio Ferrari 250 GT   Grand Touring +2600  
DNF 94 Alfonso Vella/Pietro Termini Fiat 8V   Grand Touring 2600  
DNF 40 Ada Pace/Carlo Peroglio Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato [01849]   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 74 Francesco La Mattina/Armando Soldano/Francesco Soldano OSCA 1100S   Sports 1100  
DNF 58 Giacomo Marino/Salvatore Sirchia Fiat-Abarth 750   Sports 750  
DNF 78 Emanuele Trapani/Bartolomeo Donato OSCA 1100S   Sports 1100  
DNF 36 Sergio Bettoja/P. Feroldi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato [02308]   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 90 Rosario Montalbano/Gaspare Bologna Fiat 8V [000099]   Grand Touring 2600  
DNF 34 Jean-Pierre Hanrioud/Beniatt D.B. HBR5 Panhard   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 26 Teodoro Zeccoli/Roberto Rosignoli Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 42 Enrico Giaccone/Vincenzo Ribaudo Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 44 Francesco de Leonibus/Carlo Peroglio Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato [02289]   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 52 Amerigo Brachetti/Elio Pandolfo Giaur   Sports 750  
DNF 76 Enrico Manzini/Attilio Brandi Ermini   Sports 1100  
DNF 4 Gérard Laureau/François Jaeger D.B. HBR4 Panhard   Grand Touring 750  
DNF 82 Enzo Buzzetti/Giuseppe Rossi^/Giuseppe Maria Favero^ OSCA 1100S [1156]   Sports 1100  
DNF 136 Umberto Maglioli/Hans Herrmann Porsche 718 RSK   Sports 2000  
DNF 154 Dan Gurney/Cliff Allison^ Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 [0770]   Sports 3000  
DNF 150 Jean Behra/Tony Brooks Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 [0768]   Sports 3000  
DNF 142 Giulio Cabianca/Giorgio Scarlatti^ Ferrari Dino 196S [0740]   Sports 2000  
DNF 140 Gaetano Starrabba/Domenico Lo Coco^ Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa C [0682MDTR]   Sports 2000  
DNF 152 Olivier Gendebien/Phil Hill^ Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 [0766] 1 Sports 3000  
DNF 32 Giuseppe Ruggero/Ciro Monaci Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 100 Rocco Finocchiaro/Ignazio Consiglio Fiat 8V   Grand Touring 2600  
DNF 14 Edoardo Lualdi/Ludovico Scarfiotti OSCA MT4   Sports 1500  
DNF 116 Christian Goethals Porsche 550 RS   Sports 1500  
DNF 104 Vincenzo Sorrentino/Franco Pisano Lancia Flaminia   Grand Touring 2600  
DNS 2 Elio Lenza/Filippo Golia Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato   Grand Touring 750  
DNS 10 Aldo Tine/Gianni Carpinteri/Matteo Sgarlata Fiat-Abarth 750   Grand Touring 750  
DNS 22 Francesco Gambi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV   Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 54 Gaetano Spampinato Fiat-Abarth 750   Sports 750  
DNS 98 Sergio Mantia/Giovanni Napoli Lancia Flaminia   Grand Touring 2600  
DNS 110 Henri Perrier/Binachon/Gilles Nebon Carle OSCA MT4   Sports 1500  
DNA 86 John Campbell-Jones/Keith Hall Lotus Eleven Climax   Sports 1100  
Winning Time: 11h02m21.8, 56.737 mph/91.309 kph
Fastest Lap: Jo Bonnier #130 (Porsche 718 RSK), 43m11.6, 62.147 mph/100.015 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 04/04/01
By Darren Galpin
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