1961 Targa Florio

30 April 1961 - Circuit di Madonie (I): Round 2, World Sports Car Championship. Round 2, FIA GT Cup (Divisions IV-VI)
10 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 447.388 miles/720.000 kms
Weather: hot, dry

Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant DNF Reason Laps Group Group Pos
1 162 Wolfgang von Trips/Olivier Gendebien/Richie Ginther^ Ferrari Dino 246SP [0796] SEFAC Ferrari   10 Sports 3000 1
2 134 Jo Bonnier/Dan Gurney Porsche 718 RS61 [047] Porsche KG   10 Sports 2000 1
3 132 Hans Herrmann/Edgar Barth/Stirling Moss^/Graham Hill^ Porsche 718 RS61 [043[ Porsche KG   10 Sports 2000 2
4 152 Nino Vaccarella/Maurice Trintignant Maserati Tipo 63 [LWB 008] Scuderia Serenissima   10 Sports 3000 2
5 158 Umberto Maglioli/Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati Tipo 63 [004] Scuderia Serenissima   10 Sports 3000 3
6 92 Paul-Ernst Strähle/Antonio Pucci/Huschke von Hanstein^ Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL [1002] Porsche KG   10 Grand Touring 2500 1
7 96 Herbert Linge/Huschke von Hanstein/Paul-Ernst Strähle^ Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL [1013] Porsche KG   10 Grand Touring 2500 2
8 38 José Rosinski/Bernard Consten Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV José Rosinski   10 Grand Touring 1300 1
9 4 Vito Coco/"Sand" Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Etna   10 Grand Touring 1300 2
10 30 Sergio Pedretti/Franco Boroni/Giorgio Rivola^/Carlo Facetti^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   10 Grand Touring 1300 3
11 10 Baldassare Taormina/Pasquale Tacci Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Baldassare Taormina   10 Grand Touring 1300 4
12 18 Hans Bauer/Roberto Sgorbati Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   10 Grand Touring 1300 5
NC 156 Giuseppe Gasso/Giovanni Giordano Ferrari 250 GT Etna   10 Sports 3000  
NC 154 Pietro Ferraro/Armando Zampiero Ferrari 250 GT SWB [1875] San Marco   10 Sports 3000  
NC 138 Paolo Samona/Giuseppe de Sarzana Maserati A6G Paolo Samona   10 Sports 2000  
13 26 Emanuele Trapani/Bartolomeo Donato Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Balarm   10 Grand Touring 1300 6
14 34 Enzo Buzzetti/Renzo Sinibaldi/Ivanhoe Avorio^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Montegrappa   10 Grand Touring 1300 7
15 70 Umberto Bini/Giancarlo Rigamonti OSCA S1000 [1184] Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   10 Sports 1000 1
16 12 Giuseppe Grasso/Vito Sabbia Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Etna   10 Grand Touring 1300 8
17 94 Giulio Cabianca/Elio Zagato Lancia Flaminia Zagato Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   10 Grand Touring 2500 3
18 98 Franco Lisitano/Benedetto Catano Fiat 8V [000007] San Rizzo   10 Grand Touring 2500 4
19 56 Massimo Natili/Giuseppe Cucchiarelli Giaur Fiat-Giannini Alto Lazio   10 Sports 1000 2
NC 16 Pietro Laureati/Domenico Santoleri Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Pescara   10 Grand Touring 1300  
NRF 136 Stirling Moss/Graham Hill Porsche 718 RS61 [044] Porsche KG Gearbox 9 Sports 2000  
NRF 120 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Colin Davis OSCA 1500S OSCA   9 Sports 1600  
NRF 28 Ivanhoe Avorio/Carlo Facetti/"Tenca"^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   7 Grand Touring 1300  
NRF 74 Gregorio Filippone/Francesco Patané OSCA MT4 [1101] Etna   7 Sports 1000  
DNF 72 Mario Raimondo/Checco D'Angelo/Guercia^ OSCA 1000S [1143] Balarm   6 Sports 1000  
DNF 66 Massimo Leto di Priolo/Ottavio Prandoni Fiat-Abarth 1000S Scuderia Ambrosiana   6 Sports 1000  
DNF 60 Marcello de Luca di Lizzano/Attilio Brandi OSCA S1000 [1193] Bardahl Italy   6 Sports 1000  
DNF 40 Gianni Bulgari/Maurizio Grana Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Campidoglio   6 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 54 Gérard Laureau/François Jaeger D.B. HBR5 Panhard Gérard Laureau Gearbox 5 Sports 1000  
DNF 24 Michele Allegrini/Clemente Avventurieri Alfa Romeo Giulietta S Sila   5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 22 Mario Tropia/Giuseppe Parla Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS Nissena   5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 100 Sergio Mantia/Giovanni Napoli Fiat 8V [000057] Monte Pellegrino   5 Grand Touring 2500  
DNF 64 Domenico Rotolo/Salvatore Sirchia OSCA MT4 [1106] Monte Pellegrino   5 Sports 1000  
DNF 112 William Schuldt/Pat Garret Stanguellini - Climax 1100 William Schuldt   5 Sports 1600  
DNF 106 Gian Carlo Carfi/"Comar" Lancia Flaminia Etna   5 Grand Touring 2500  
DNF 6 Antonio Accardi/Alessandro Federico Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00132] Antonio Accardi   5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 20 Ermete Bosco/Bruno Bevilacqua Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS Pescara Accident 5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 14 Guido Garufi/Franco Tagliavia Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00106] Guido Garufi   5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 142 Mennato Boffa/Nino Todaro^ Maserati Tipo 60 [2466] Scuderia Serenissima Oil pipe 4 Sports 2000  
DNF 114 Pietro Termini/Rosario Montalbano Ermini - Alfa Romeo Balarm Accident 4 Sports 1600  
DNF 78 Francesco de Leonibus/Gino Munaron Lotus Eleven Climax Virgilio Conrero Gearbox 4 Sports 1000  
DNF 160 Ricardo Rodriguez/Willy Mairesse^ Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 6I [0780] SEFAC Ferrari Fuel tank 3 Sports 3000  
DNF 62 Carlo Maria Abate/Gianni Balzarini^ Fiat-Abarth 1000S Scuderia Serenissima Oil pump 3 Sports 1000  
DNF 8 Salvatore Leto di Priolo/Corrado Manfredini^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ [00081] Scuderia Ambrosiana   3 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 102 Joseph Thomas/Siegfried Günther^ Porsche 356B S90 Joseph Thomas   2 Grand Touring 2500  
DNF 144 Giuseppe Allotta/Silvestre Semilia^ Maserati A6GCS [2064] Giuseppe Allotta Accident 1 Sports 2000  
DNF 108 Francesco di Benedetto/Giuseppe D'Amico^/Francesco Crescimanno^ Alfa Romeo 2500 Balarm   1 Grand Touring 2500  
DNF 2 Salvatore Russo/Giulio Pernice^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Etna Accident 1 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 164 Phil Hill/Richie Ginther^/Olivier Gendebien^ Ferrari Dino 246SP [0796] SEFAC Ferrari Accident 0 Sports 3000  
DNF 140 Vincenzo Riolo/Franco Bernabei^ Maserati 200SI Centro-Sud   0 Sports 2000  
DNF 104 Marino Guarnieri/Brian Whitehouse^ Lancia Flaminia Scuderia Sant Ambroeus   0 Grand Touring 2500  
DNS 32 Sergio Pedretti/Tommaso Carletti Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 36 Luciano Conti/Giancarlo Venturi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 52 Camillo Giuliani/Angelo Rizzo Fiat Ciolino Sila     Sports 1000  
DNS T Dan Gurney Porsche 718 RS61 Porsche KG Accident   Sports 2000  
DNS 58 Giuseppe D'Amico/U. Fichera Fiat Ciolino Etna     Sports 1000  
DNS 68 Remo Cattini/Giuseppe Bonomo Fiat-Abarth 1000S Remo Cattini     Sports 1000  
DNS 76 Alfonso Vella/Giuseppe Virgilio Fiat Ciolino Alfonso Vella     Sports 1000  
DNS 80 Michele Paratore/Seire Fiat-Abarth 1000S Michele Paratore     Sports 1000  
DNS 116 Ada Pace/Gianfranco Stanga OSCA 1100S OSCA     Sports 1600  
DNS 118 Gaspare Cavaliere/Gaetano Starrabba Porsche 718 Segesta     Sports 1600  

 
Winning Time: 6h57m39.2, 64.272 mph/103.435 kph
Fastest Lap: Wolfgang von Trips #162 (Ferrari 246SP), 40m03.2, 67.019 mph/107.856 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



Last Updated on 19/05/01
By Darren Galpin
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