1961 Pescara 4 Hours

15 August 1961 - Pescara (I): Round 5, World Sports Car Championship. Round 5, FIA GT Cup (Divisions IV to VI)
4 hour duration event in which 22 laps of a 15.894 mile/25.579 km circuit - 355.971 miles/572.878 kms were completed
Weather: hot, dry

 
Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos
1 4 Lorenzo Bandini/Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 61 [0780] Scuderia Centro Sud 23   2 10:17,100 Sports 3000 1
NRF 48 Carlo Maria Abate Ferrari 250 GT SWB [2733] Scuderia Serenissima 22 Engine 6 10:42,400 Grand Touring +2500  
2 14 Karl Orthuber/Edgar Barth Porsche 718 RS61 Porsche 22   10 11:08,100 Sports 2000 1
3 32 Mennato Boffa Maserati Tipo 60 [2465] Mennato Boffa 22   9 10:56,800 Sports 2000 2
4 44 George Arents/Sterling Hamill Ferrari 250 GT SWB [2725] North American Racing Team 22   12 11:09,200 Grand Touring +2500 1
5 28 Colin Davis OSCA S1600 [1601] Pescara 21   11 11:08,900 Sports 2000 3
6 40 Sergio Bettoja/"Kim" Ferrari 250 GT SWB [2767] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 21   13 11:13,900 Grand Touring +2500 2
7 38 Alberico Cacciari/Liugi Bertocco Ferrari 250 GT SWB [2095] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 21   17 12:01,900 Grand Touring +2500 3
8 56 Umberto Bini OSCA S1000 [1184] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   21 12:10,500 Sports 1000 1
9 114 Albino Buticchi/Elio Zagato^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00035] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   15 11:55,200 Grand Touring 1300 1
10 92 Gianni Bulgari/Maurizio Grana Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00043] Campidoglio 20   20 12:09,500 Grand Touring 1300 2
11 62 Renato Pirocchi Fiat-Abarth 850 Scuderia Serenissima 20   18 12:03,300 Sports 1000 2
12 10 Georges Gachnang/Maurice Caillet Cegga-Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa [0742] Georges Gachnang 20   14 11:29,800 Sports 3000 2
13 30 Leandro Terra OSCA S1600 [1602] Pescara 20   19 12:08,900 Sports 2000 4
14 110 Carlo Facetti/Albino Buticchi^/Elio Zagato^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   32 12:50,300 Grand Touring 1300 3
15 76 Lanzo Cussini/Vittorio Venturi Fiat-Abarth 850 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   27 12:30,400 Sports 1000 3
16 96 Alessandro Zafferri Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00018] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   25 12:25,600 Grand Touring 1300 4
17 90 Hans Bauer Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   31 12:41,200 Grand Touring 1300 5
18 86 Renzo Sinibaldi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Campidoglio 20   30 12:36,300 Grand Touring 1300 6
19 102 "Kim"/Rinaldo Parmigiani Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00033] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 20   28 12:31,400 Grand Touring 1300 7
20 64 Attilio Brandi/Adolfo Tedeschi OSCA S1000 [1193] Clemente Biondetti 20   22 12:10,900 Sports 1000 4
21 112 Pietro Laureati/Domenico Santoleri Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00041] Pescara 19   37 13:02,000 Grand Touring 1300 8
22 96 Fernando Natella Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Settecolli 19   42 14:06,050 Grand Touring 1300 9
23 118 Piero Frescobaldi/Cesare Fiorio Lancia Appia Zagato Jolly Club 19   34 12:57,600 Grand Touring 1150 1
24 128 Corrado Ferlaino Lancia Appia Zagato Pescara 19   38 13:06,600 Grand Touring 1150 2
25 106 Aldo Caretti Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ Aldo Caretti 19   41 14:04,900 Grand Touring 1300 10
26 34 Luigi Pisano Lancia Aurelia Luigi Pisano 17   44 14:11,600 Grand Touring +2500 4
27 84 Roberto Dari Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Alto Lazio 17   43 14:08,020 Grand Touring 1300 11
28 50 Gregorio Filippone OSCA MT4 [1101] Etna 17   46 16:03,400 Sports 1000 5
DNF 6 Lloyd Casner Maserati Tipo 61 [2472] Camoradi USA 14 Accident 4 10:20,100 Sports 3000  
NC 72 Sesto Leonardi/Carlo Alberto Del Bue OSCA S1000 Settecolli     23 12:13,900 Sports 1000  
NC 60 Giorgio Cecchini Bandini Scuderia Sant Ambroeus     33 12:51,000 Sports 1000  
DNF 88 Gianfranco Bonetto/Giuseppe Dalla Torre Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 13 Gearbox 29 12:33,600 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 116 Alec Mylonadis/Silvano Stefani Fairthorpe Electron Alec Mylonadis 12   45 15:03,200 Grand Touring 1150  
DNF 12 Richie Ginther/Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari Dino 246SP [0796] SEFAC Ferrari 10 Steering 1 9:49,600 Sports 3000  
DNF 2 Nino Vaccarella Maserati Tipo 63 [004] Scuderia Serenissima 8 Gearbox 5 10:25,900 Sports 3000  
DNF 98 Michele Allegrini Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Sila 7 Fire 39 13:09,500 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 108 Manlio Santuccio Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Aretusa     36 13:01,100 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 58 Ada Pace/Roberto Lippi Lotus Eleven OSCA [524] Milano Racing Club 6 Engine 24 12:22,300 Sports 1000  
DNF 24 Ludovico Scarfiotti OSCA S2000 [2007] Pescara 3 Water pipe 8 10:53,800 Sports 2000  
DNF 20 Tommy Spychinger/Edgar Barth^ Porsche 718 RS61 Porsche 3 Accident 48 0:00,000 Sports 2000  
DNF 36 Willy Mairesse/Pierre Dumay^ Ferrari 250 GT SWB [2729] Willy Mairesse 2 Accident 7 10:46,000 Grand Touring +2500  
DNF 100 David Hobbs/Bill Pickney^ Lotus Elite [1460] David Hobbs 1 Accident 16 11:59,000 Sports 2000  
DNF 8 Jo Bonnier Maserati Tipo 63 [008] Scuderia Serenissima 0 Drive shaft 3 10:13,600 Sports 3000  
DNF 16 Raffaello Rosati Maserati Tipo 60 Clemente Biondetti 0 Mechanical 26 12:25,700 Sports 2000  
DNF 124 Luciano Braccini Lancia Appia Zagato Luciano Braccini 0 Engine 40 13:58,100 Grand Touring 1150  
DNF 120 Gabrio Del Torre Fairthorpe Electron Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 0 Electrics 47 23:33,100 Grand Touring 1150  
DNS 52 Roberto Lippi Stanguellini 750 Sport Settecolli   Gearbox 35 13:00,400 Sports 1000  
DNS 78 Franco Bernabei Giaur Settecolli   Accident   12:26,900 Sports 1000  
DNS 104 Giuseppe Dalla Torre Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Giuseppe Dalla Torre       12:42,300 Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 74 Ilario Bandini Bandini Ilario Bandini       13:13,400 Sports 1000  
DNS 82 Checco D'Angelo Alfa Romeo Giulietta Pescara       14:52,020 Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 68 Camillo Giuliani Stanguellini 750 Sport Settecolli       18:40,000 Sports 1000  
DNA 18 Odoardo Govoni Maserati Tipo 60 [2460] Odoardo Govoni         Sports 2000  
DNA 22 Douglas Graham Lotus 15 Series 2 Climax [615] Taylor & Crawley         Sports 2000  
DNA 26 Peter Heath Lotus 15 Climax [620] Graham Whitehead         Sports 2000  
DNA 42 Luciano Conti Ferrari 250 GT Scuderia Sant Ambroeus         Grand Touring +2500  
DNA 46 Liugi Bertocco Ferrari 250 GT Settecolli         Grand Touring +2500  
DNA 54 Ermete Bosco Giaur Pescara         Sports 1000  
DNA 66 Massimo Natili Giaur Alto Lazio         Sports 1000  
DNA 70 Enzo Osella OSCA S1000 Milano Racing Club         Sports 1000  
DNA 80 Antonio Accardi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00132] Antonio Accardi         Grand Touring 1300  
DNA 122 Gianni Lado Lancia Appia Zagato Racing Club 19         Grand Touring 1150  
DNA 126 Silvano Stefani Lancia Appia Zagato Silvano Stefani         Grand Touring 1300  

 
Winning Time: 88.993 mph/143.220 kph
Fastest Lap: Richie Ginther #12 (Ferrari Dino 246SP), 9m55.5, 96.085 mph/154.634 kph

 
 
^ 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
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 19/05/01
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net