1965 Targa Florio

9 May 1965 - Madonie (I): Round 4, International Championship for Manufacturers (Divisions I and II). Round 5, International Championship for Manufacturers (Division III). Round 2, Challenge Mondial. Round 3, International Trophy for Prototypes
10 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 447.388 miles/720.000 kms were completed
Weather: hot and dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 198 Nino Vaccarella/Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 275P2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 10   Prototype GT +2000 1
2 182 Colin Davis/Gerhard Mitter/Jo Bonnier^/Graham Hill^ Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder [906-007] Porsche System Engineering 10   Prototype 2000 1
3 176 Umberto Maglioli/Herbert Linge Porsche 904/6 [906-001] Porsche System Engineering 10   Prototype 2000 2
4 174 Jo Bonnier/Graham Hill/Colin Davis^/Gerhard Mitter^ Porsche 904/8 Coupe [009] Porsche System Engineering 10   Prototype 2000 3
5 94 Antonio Pucci/Günther Klass Porsche 904 GTS [005] Porsche System Engineering 10   Grand Touring 2000 1
6 152 Hans Herrmann/Leo Cella Abarth 1600 OT Spyder Abarth & Cie 10   Prototype GT 1600 1
7 70 Lucien Bianchi/Jean Rolland Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Autodelta SpA 10   Grand Touring 1600 1
8 132 Luigi Taramazzo/Oddone Sigala Ferrari 250LM [6173] Scuderia St. Ambroeus 10   GT Nazionale +2500 1
9 58 Giuseppe Sirugo/Vincenzo Arena Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Etna 10   Grand Touring 1600 2
10 26 Salvatore Calascibetta/Giuseppe Virgilio Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Abarth & Cie 10   Grand Touring 1300 1
11 44 Paddy Hopkirk/Andrew Hedges MG Midget Dick Jacobs/British Motor Co. 10   Grand Touring 1300 2
12 118 Clemente Ravetto/Gaetano Starrabba Ferrari 250 GTO/64 [4091] Pegaso 10   Grand Touring 3000 1
13 22 Jean Vinatier/Roger Delageneste Alpine A110 Renault Société Automobiles Alpine 10   Grand Touring 1300 3
14 136 Antonio Nicodemi/Francesco Lessona Ferrari 250LM [5891] Antonio Nicodemi 10   GT Nazionale +2500 2
15 154 Rauno Aaltonen/Clive Baker Austin-Healey Sprite British Motor Co. 9   Prototype GT 1600 2
16 192 Peter Harper/Rupert Jones Sunbeam Tiger Ford Vita Foam Racing Team 9   Prototype GT +2000 1
17 54 Girolama Capra/Maurizio Pinchetti Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 9   Grand Touring 1600 3
18 162 Giorgio Pianta/Giorgio Bassi ASA RB613 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 9   Prototype GT 1600 3
19 178 Marco Crosina/Claudio Maglioli Lancia Flavia Zagato HF Squadra Corse 9   Prototype 2000 4
20 24 Pietro Laureati/Carlo Fabri Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Sagittario 9   Grand Touring 1300 4
21 108 Paul Hawkins/Timo Mäkinen Austin-Healey 3000 Hardtop British Motor Co. 9   Grand Touring 3000 2
22 12 Alfonso Merendino/Emanuele Trapani Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Alfonso Merendino 9   Grand Touring 1300 5
23 158 "Kim"/Giuseppe Bardini ASA RB613 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 9   Prototype GT 1600 4
24 56 Paolo Gargano/Ludovico Denza Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Apulia 9   Grand Touring 1600 4
NC 184 Franco Tagliavia/Silvestre Semilia Ferrari 500 TRC Pegaso 9 Outside time limit Prototype GT 3000  
25 60 Giorgio Benini/G. Frola Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Apulia 9   Grand Touring 1600 5
26 34 Vincenzo Messina/Gianni Carpinteri Alfa Romeo Giulietta Aretusa 9   Grand Touring 1300 6
27 2 Joseph Thomas/Claude Sage/André Guilhaudin^ Alpine A110 Renault Société Automobiles Alpine 9   Grand Touring 1300 7
28 48 Vittorio Orlando/Emanuele Benedetto Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ "The Tortoise" 9   Grand Touring 1300 8
29 14 Pietro Lo Piccolo/Salvatore Sutera Alfa Romeo Giulietta Pegaso 9   Grand Touring 1300 9
30 112 Luigi Mosca/Tullio Sergio Marchesi Ferrari 250 GTO [3647] A Bossa 9   Grand Touring 3000 3
NRF 138 Sergio Bettoja/Andrea de Adamich/Mario Casoni Ferrari 250LM [5903] Jolly Club 8 Battery GT Nazionale +2500  
NRF 194 Bob Bondurant/John Whitmore Ford GT40 Roadster [111] Ford Advanced Vehicles 8 Accident Prototype GT +2000  
NC 106 Mario Raimondo/Gaetano Lo Jacono Lancia Flaminia Pegaso 8 Outside time limit Grand Touring 3000  
NC 196 Giampiero Biscaldi/Bruno Deserti Ferrari 275 GTB [6885] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 8 Outside time limit Prototype GT +2000  
NRF 116 Robert Blouin/Jean-Claude Sauer Ferrari 250 GT Lusso [4965] "Bouchon" 7 Outside time limit Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 204 Jean Guichet/Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 275P2 [0832] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 6 Short cut Prototype GT +2000  
DNF 64 Roberto Bussinello/Nino Todaro Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 Autodelta SpA 6 Accident Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 28 Angelo Giliberti/André Knörr Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero [130S/0042] Abarth & Cie 6 Accident, fire Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 4 Antonio Petruzzi/Antonio Porro Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Antonio Petruzzi 6   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 30 Alfio Gamberto/Angelo Bonaccorsi Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Etna 5   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 16 Francesco Santoro/Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Pegaso 5   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 114 Ignazio Capuano/Ferdinando Latteri Ferrari 250 GTO [3765LM] Pegaso 5   Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 36 Mauro Battista/Alfio Monaco Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Etna 5   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 164 Mauro Bianchi/Henri Grandsire Alpine M65 Renault [1718] Société Automobiles Alpine 4 Accident, fire Prototype GT 1600  
DNF 166 Alessandro Federico/Mario Cabral Alfa Romeo GTA Autodelta SpA 4   Prototype GT 1600  
DNF 72 Salvatore Panepinto/Giuseppe Parla Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Salvatore Panepinto 4   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 20 Guido Garufi/Antonio di Salvo Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Guido Garufi 4   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 140 Cesare Toppetti/Maurizio Grana Ferrari 250LM [5995] Cesare Toppetti 4 Accident GT Nazionale +2500  
DNF 202 Ludovico Scarfiotti/Mike Parkes^ Ferrari 275P2 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 2 Steering, accident Prototype GT +2000  
DNF 52 Carlo Zuccoli/Teodoro Zeccoli^ Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Autodelta SpA 2   Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 96 Robert Ennis/Arthur W. Swanson^ Abarth-Simca 2000 GT Arthur W. Swanson 2 Accident, fire Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 102 Michel de Bourbon-Parme/Claude Bourillot^ Ferrari 250 GTO [3909] Scuderia Filipinetti 2 Accident Grand Touring 3000  
DNF 42 Franco Lisitano/Domenico Patti^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS Franco Lisitano 2   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 46 Herbert Demetz/Anzio Zucchi^ Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Abarth & Cie 1 Gearbox Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 10 "Bit"/Giuseppe Garofalo^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta Pegaso 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 40 Giuseppe Asciutto/Antonio Gagliardo^ Alfa Romeo Giulietta Giuseppe Asciutto 1   Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 6 Jacques Cheinisse/Jean-Pierre Hanrioud^ Alpine A110 Renault Société Automobiles Alpine 0 Accident, wheel spindle Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 82 Giancarlo Maestrini/Luigi Rinaldi Porsche 904 GTS Giancarlo Maestrini 0 Fuel systém Grand Touring 2000  
DNS 8 Cesare di Belmonte/Francesco Piccione Alfa Romeo Giulietta Aretusa     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 38 Bartolomeo Donato/Rosario Montalbano Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Nettuno     Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 110 Antonio Scimone/Sergio Mantia Lancia Flaminia Pegaso     Grand Touring 3000  
DNS   Andrea Vianini/Herbert Mueller* Porsche 904 GTS [108] Porsche System Engineering   Accident in practice Grand Touring 2000  
DNS T Nino Vaccarella/Lorenzo Bandini/Jean Guichet/Giancarlo Baghetti/Ludovico Scarfiotti/Mike Parkes Ferrari 275 GTB SpA Ferrari SEFAC     Prototype GT +2000  
DNS T Antonio Pucci/Günther Klass Porsche 904/6 Porsche System Engineering     Prototype 2000  
DNS T Umberto Maglioli/Herbert Linge Porsche 911 Porsche System Engineering     Grand Touring 2000  

 
Winning Time: 7h01m12.2, 63.730 mph/102.563 kph
Fastest Lap: Nino Vaccarella #198 (Ferrari 275P2), 39m21.0, 68.217 mph/109.784 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 03/02/02
By Darren Galpin
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