1963 Targa Florio

5 May 1963 - Madonie (I): Round 3, International Championship for Manufacturers (Divisions II and III). Round 2, Challenge Mondial. Round 2, International Trophy for Prototypes
10 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 447.388 miles/720.000 kms were completed
Weather: warm and dry, rain at end


Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 160 Jo Bonnier/Carlo Maria Abate Porsche 718 GTR [046] 10   Prototype GT 2000 1
2 190 Lorenzo Bandini/Ludovico Scarfiotti/Willy Mairesse Ferrari Dino 196SP [0802] 10   Sports 2000 1
3 80 Edgar Barth/Herbert Linge Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera [122-991] 10   Grand Touring 2000 1
4 104 Maurizio Grana/Gianni Bulgari Ferrari 250 GTO [3413] 10   Grand Touring 3000 1
5 76 Antonio Pucci/Paul-Ernst Strähle Porsche 356B 2000GS Carrera [1018] 10   Grand Touring 2000 2
6 108 Juan-Manuel Bordeu/Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 250 GTO [4091] 10   Grand Touring 3000 2
7 156 Umberto Maglioli/Giancarlo Baghetti Porsche 718 WRS [047] 10   Prototype GT 2000 2
8 110 Tommy Hitchcock/Zourab Tchkotoua Ferrari 250 GTO [3647] 10   Grand Touring 3000 3
9 4 Giuseppe Virgilio/Salvatore Calascibetta Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 10   Grand Touring 1300 1
10 188 Gaspare Cavaliere/Vincenzo Riolo Porsche 718 RS61 9   Sports 2000 2
11 94 Leo Cella/Franco Patria Lancia Flaminia Zagato 9   Grand Touring 2500 1
12 62 Gerhard Koch/Sven von Schröter Porsche-Abarth 356B Carrera GTL [1020] 9   Grand Touring 1600 1
13 112 Egidio Nicolosi/Luigi Taramazzo Ferrari 250 GTO [3705] 9   Grand Touring 3000 4
14 36 Secondo Ridolfi/Pietro Laureati Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 9   Grand Touring 1300 2
15 8 Giovanni Rigano/"Zerimar" Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 9   Grand Touring 1300 3
16 48 Francesco Lessona/Antonio Nicodemi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 9   Grand Touring 1300 4
17 158 Bruno Basini/Jean Vinatier René Bonnet Djet 9   Prototype GT 2000 3
18 92 Bartolomeo Donato/Vittorio Mascari Lancia Flaminia Zagato 9   Grand Touring 2500 2
19 72 Carmelo Guigno/Sillitti Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 9   Grand Touring 1300 5
20 138 Jacques Bigrat/Claude Bobrowski/Gérard Laureau René Bonnet Djet 8   Prototype GT 1000 1
21 122 Innocente Baggio/Clemente Ravetto Jaguar E-type 8   Grand Touring +3000 1
22 86 Luigi Cabella/Luciano Massoni Lancia Flaminia Zagato 8   Grand Touring 2500 3
23 182 Jackie Epstein/William Wilks Cooper T61 Monaco Climax 8   Sports 2000 3
24 140 Jean-Pierre Hanrioud/Michel Gauvain Fiat-Abarth 1000 8   Prototype GT 1000 2
25 154 Bernard Cahier/Rob Slotemaker Austin Mini-Cooper Targa 8   Prototype GT 2000 4
26 98 Anatoly Arutunoff/Bill Pryor Lancia Flaminia Zagato 8   Grand Touring 2500 4
27 162 John Whitmore/Paul Frére Austin Mini-Cooper Twini 8   Prototype GT 2000 5
28 88 Mario de Tommasi/de Leo Lancia Aurelia 8   Grand Touring 2500 5
DNF 24 Sergio Pedretti/Giampiero Biscaldi Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 6   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 10 Ignazio Giunti/Paolo Datti Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 6   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 26 Castagnini/Corrado Ferlaino Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 5   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 172 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Willy Mairesse/"Gamma"^/Nino Vaccarella* Ferrari 250P [0812] 4 Accident Prototype GT 3000  
DNF 174 Mike Parkes/John Surtees Ferrari 250P [0810] 4 Accident Prototype GT 3000  
DNF 116 J. Wray Roberts/Albert Prince Aston Martin DB2/4 4   Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 20 Sergio Mantia/Franco Tagliavia Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 4   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 18 Angelo Bonaccorsi/Antonio Bonaccorsi Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 4   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 38 Vittorio Venturi/Teodoro Zeccoli Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 3   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 74 Francesco Fiorentino/Michele Paratore^ Fiat 8V 2   Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 42 Francesco Susinno/Giuseppe D'Amico^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 40 Enzo Buzzetti/Renzo Sinibaldi^ Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 32 Guido Garufi/Antonio di Salvo^ Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 16 Ada Pace/Vincenzo Arena^ Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 6 Emanuele Trapani/Nicolo Lombardo^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 152 Roland Charriére/Jean-Pierre Beltoise^ René Bonnet Djet 1   Prototype GT 2000  
DNF 142 Gérard Laureau/Fernand Carpentier^ René Bonnet Djet 1   Prototype GT 1000  
DNF 118 Vito Coco/Salvatore Calascibetta^ Ferrari 250 GT SWB [1791] 1   Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 64 Alfonso Vella/Pietro Termini^ Porsche 356B Carrera 1   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 34 Nanni Galli/Girolama Capra^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 22 Fischer/Mario Simonetti^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 12 Giuseppe Picciotto/Checco D'Angelo^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 2 Salvatore Giglio/Sergio Abbate^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 50 Francesco Santoro/Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ 0   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 78 Franco Lisitano/Manasseri^ Fiat 8V [000007] 0   Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 184 Edoardo Lualdi/Umberto Bini^ Ferrari Dino 196SP [0790] 0 Fire Sports 2000  
DNF 186 Francesco di Benedetto/Mario Raimondo^ Alfa Romeo Sport 0   Sports 2000  
DNS 44 Francesco Ghezzi/Giuseppe Dalla Torre* Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 106 Kalman von Csazy/Andrew Hedges* Ferrari 250 GTO [3809]   Accident in practice Grand Touring 3000  
DNS 14 "Gordon"/"Arriba" Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 46 Giorgio Acutis/Giancarlo Castellina Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 28 Gaetano Starrabba Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 52 Oddone Sigala/Remo Cattini Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 82 Gilberto Bagnasacco/Piero Bagnasacco Lancia Flaminia     Grand Touring 2500  
DNS 84 Bondon Lancia Flaminia     Grand Touring 2500  
DNS 90 Paolo Samona Lancia Flaminia     Grand Touring 2500  
DNS 96 Milio/Giovanni Rizzo Lancia Aurelia     Grand Touring 2500  
DNS 102 David Piper/Ed Cantrell Ferrari 250 GTO [3767]     Grand Touring 3000  
DNS 114 Fabrizio Corcos/Luigi Mosca Ferrari 250 GTO     Grand Touring 3000  
DNS 132 Jacques Rey/Guy Druguet René Bonnet Djet     Prototype GT 1000  
DNS 134 Paolo Lado/Bruno Deserti ASA 1000GT     Prototype GT 1000  
DNS 136 Giorgio Bassi/Carlo Facetti ASA 1000GT     Prototype GT 1000  
DNS 176T Nino Vaccarella Ferrari Dino 246SP [0796]     Grand Touring 3000  
DNA 30 Claude Dubois Lotus Elite     Grand Touring 1300  
DNA   John Coundley Jaguar E-type     Grand Touring +3000  

 
Winning Time: 6h55m45.1, 64.566 mph/103.908 kph
Fastest Lap: Mike Parkes #174 (Ferrari 250P), 40m04.1, 66.994 mph/107.816 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at 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
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 02/12/01
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net