1972 Targa Florio


21 May 1972 - Madonie (I): Round 7, World Manufacturers Championship. Round 3, Challenge Mondial.
11 laps of a 44.739 mile/72.000 km circuit - 492.127 miles/792.000 kms were completed
Weather: warm, dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Prac.Time Group Group Pos
1 3 Arturo Merzario/Sandro Munari Ferrari 312PB [0884] SpA Ferrari SEFAC 11 6h27m48.0 1 33m59.7 Sports 3000 1
2 5 Nanni Galli/Helmut Marko Alfa Romeo 33TT3 [11572003] Autodelta SpA 11 6h28m04.9 5 35m44.0 Sports 3000 2
3 4 Andrea de Adamich/Toine Hezemans Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Autodelta SpA 11 6h46m12.2 4 34m44.5 Sports 3000 3
4 8 Antonio Zadra/Enrico Pasolini/Giovanni Pierobon* Lola T290 Ford Scuderia Brescia Corse 10     40m45.6 Sports 2000 1
5 38 Gabriele Gottifredi/Pino Pica Porsche 911S Ennio Bonomelli 10     41m34.5 Grand Touring 2000 1
NRF 25 Günter Steckkönig/Giulio Pucci Porsche 911S Paul-Ernst Strähle 9 Accident 15 40m38.7 Grand Touring +2000 1
NRF 7 Giuseppe Virgilio/Luigi Taramazzo Abarth Osella 2000 Giuseppe Virgilio 9   8 39m27.2 Sports 2000 2
8 56 Maurizio Zanetti/Ugo Locatelli/Piero Botalla* Lola T212 Alfa Romeo [SL20] Monzeglio 9     42m00.8 Sports 1300 1
9 35 Dieter Schmid/Armando Floridia Porsche 914/6 Paul-Ernst Strähle 9     41m34.5 Grand Touring 2000 2
10 23 Jürgen Barth/Michael Keyser/Pierre Greub*/Jean Sage* Porsche 911S Toad Hall Racing 9   14 40m37.6 Grand Touring +2000 2
11 60 Francesco Cerulli-Irelli/Mario Barone AMS SP Ford Parma 9     41m03.7 Sports 1000 1
12 85 Giuseppe di Cristoforo/E. de Franchis Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA Ateneo 9     42m00.0 Grand Touring 1600 1
DSQ 40 Giuseppe Spatafora/"Friedrich von Meiter" Porsche 911 Pegaso 9 Pushed   45m34.5 Grand Touring 2000  
13 47 Giampaolo Baruffi/Giancarlo Galmozzi Porsche 911 Giampaolo Baruffi 9     42m56.4 Grand Touring 2000 3
14 42 O. Ferrari/Gianfranco Papetti Porsche 911 Lloyd Adrietico 9     41m05.0 Grand Touring 2000 4
15 45 Alessandro Moncini/Luigi Cabella Porsche 911 Lloyd Adrietico 9     44m29.5 Grand Touring 2000 5
16 54 Pasquale Anastasio/Giovanni Boeris Chevron B19 Ford Pasquale Anastasio 9     45m05.8 Sports 1300 2
17 32 Girolama Capra/Angelino Lepri Porsche 911S Girolama Capra 9     45m11.5 Grand Touring +2000 3
18 77 Emilio Paleari/Girolamo Bertoni Alpine A110 Renault Emilio Paleari 9     42m22.5 Grand Touring 1600 2
19 88 Michele Terminiello/Giuseppe Esposito Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA Michele Terminiello 9     44m55.4 Grand Touring 1600 3
20 44 Giovanni Marini/Mirto Antigoni Porsche 911 Romani Piloti 8     44m54.2 Grand Touring 2000 6
21 29 Piero Monticone/Guido Fossati Porsche 911S Scuderia Brescia Corse 8     41m34.5 Grand Touring +2000 4
22 76 Renato Giono/Mario Zanetti/Giuseppe Marotta^ Alfa Romeo GTA Monzeglio 8     43m29.0 Grand Touring 1600 4
23 99 Benedetto Rosolia/Marco de Bartoli Lancia Fulvia HF Pegaso 8     43m26.7 Grand Touring 1300 1
24 92 Romano Ramonio/Gianni Varese Alpine A110 Renault Romano Ramonio 8     46m40.5 Grand Touring 1300 2
25 48 Eris Tondelli/Mauro Formento Chevron B19 Ford Eris Tondelli 8     48m00.0 Sports 1600 1
26 94 Domenico Cedrati/Giancarlo Galimberti Alpine A110 Renault Domenico Cedrati 8     44m35.4 Grand Touring 1300 3
27 79 Salvatore Barraco/"Popsy Pop" Alpine A110 Renault Pegaso 8     42m23.2 Grand Touring 1600 5
28 58 Franco Lisitano/Toti Fenga Lancia T Sport Franco Lisitano 8     46m11.4 Sports 1300 3
29 89 Domenico Lo Bello/Vincenzo Traina Lancia Fulvia HF Pegaso 8     47m06.0 Grand Touring 1600 6
30 63 Stefano Sebastiani/Antonio Palangio AMS SP Ford Romani Piloti 8     47m07.2 Sports 1000 2
31 96 Aldo Bersano/Diulio Truffo Alpine A110 Renault Scuderia Brescia Corse 8     58m17.0 Grand Touring 1300 4
32 93 Sergio Mantia/Gualberto Carducci Alpine A110 Renault Pegaso 8     42m34.5 Grand Touring 1300 5
33 83 Domenico Patti/Salvatore Cucinotta Lancia Fulvia HF Cucinotta 8     44m29.5 Grand Touring 1600 7
34 50 Aldo Fina/"Tex Willer"/Matteo Sgarlata^/Renato Caratozzolo* Lancia Fulvia HF Sport Aretusa 8     48m52.5 Sports 1600 2
NRF 78 Silvestre Semilia/Giuseppe Crescenti Alfa Romeo GTA Ateneo 7 DNF   45m30.5 Grand Touring 1600  
36 101 Alfonso di Garbo/Antonio Mascari Simca 1300 Ateneo 7     55m43.5 Grand Touring 1300 6
37 100 Ugo Barillaro/Alberto Fasce Alpine A110 Renault Scuderia Citte dei Mille 7     43m49.8 Grand Touring 1300 7
38 102 Mario Regis/Bruno Bonacina Alpine A110 Renault Bruno Bonacina 7     47m51.5 Grand Touring 1300 8
DNF 14 Giovanni Alberti/Gianfranco Bonetto Chevron B21 Ford Gianfranco Bonetto 6 Injury   42m42.5 Sports 2000  
DNF 41 Horst Klauke/Helmut Gall/Hans Schuller* Porsche 911 Kleber Racing 6 Mechanical   44m17.4 Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 57 Piero Donato/Giampaolo Ceraolo Giliberti A112 Ateneo 6 Accident   47m20.0 Sports 1300  
DNF 72 "Don Pedrito"/Massimo Cavatorta OMS "Don Pedrito" 6 Accident   51m19.5 Sports 1000  
DNF 66 Cesare Garrone/Eugenio Tinghi AMS SP Ford Cesare Garrone 5 Mechanical   46m48.8 Sports 1000  
DNF 11 Alfonso Merendino/Raffaele Restivo Abarth 2000 Pegaso 5 Engine 11 40m02.4 Sports 2000  
DNF 74 Vincenzo Mirto Randazzo/Antonio Ferraro Alfa Romeo GTA Scuderia Citte dei Mille 5 Drive shaft   42m35.5 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 43 Alberto Rosselli/Paolo Monti Opel GT Conrero Squadra 4 Accident   41m16.3 Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 90 Paolo Massai/Roberto Nardini Alfa Romeo GTA Paolo Massai 4     44m43.8 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 49 Carmelo Giugno/Salvatore Sutera Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ Nissena 4 Engine   47m12.5 Sports 1600  
DNF 80 Alberto Librizzi/R. Barraja Lancia Fulvia HF Alberto Librizzi 4 Accident   44m44.0 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 46 Francesco Cosentino/Achille Soria Porsche 911 Francesco Cosentino 4     45m42.6 Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 1 Nino Vaccarella/Rolf Stommelen Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Autodelta SpA 3 Valve spring 3 34m34.5 Sports 3000  
DNF 6 Marsilio Pasotti/Carlo Facetti Abarth Osella 2000 Scuderia Brescia Corse 3 Engine   41m57.0 Sports 2000  
DNF 31 Gerard Darton Merlin/Raymond Pochet Porsche 911S Porsche Club Romand 3 Gearbox   41m40.8 Grand Touring +2000  
DNF 21 Aldo Fasano/Mario Tropia Abarth 2000S Mario Tropia 3 Fire   42m44.4 Sports 2000  
DNF 97 Florindo Mollica/Antonio Guagliardo/Alessandro Aquila* Lancia Zagato Sport Ateneo 3 Exhaust   54m45.0 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 70 Francesco Patané/Orazio Scaglia Fiat-Abarth 1000S Sant Paul 3 Mechanical   43m19.0 Sports 1000  
DNF 28 Eberhard Sindel/Klaus Rang^ Porsche 911S Liqui-Moly 2 Gearbox   41m14.4 Grand Touring +2000  
DNF 33 Rosadelle Facetti/Marie-Claude Charmasson^ Opel GT Conrero Squadra 2 Engine   43m39.9 Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 12 Franco Berruto/Mario Ilotte^/Angelo Mola* Abarth 2000 Scuderia Brescia Corse 2   13 40m37.6 Sports 2000  
DNF 81 Giovanni Rizzo/Settimino Balistreri^/Stefano Alongi* Alfa Romeo GTA Giovanni Rizzo 2     43m37.0 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 98 Gaetano Lo Jacono/Giuliano Savona^ Lancia Fulvia HF Pegaso 2 Gearbox   46m52.5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 59 Geatano Sidoti Abate/Francesco Fiorentino^ Matra Djet 5S Ateneo 2 Suspension   56m10.0 Sports 1300  
DNF 64 Francesco di Matteo/"Lubar"^ AMS SP Ford Ateneo 2 Accident   47m34.0 Sports 1000  
DNF 9 Silvio Moser/Antonio Nicodemi^ Lola T290 Abarth Antonio Nicodemi 2 Alternator belt 6 38m41.2 Sports 2000  
DNF 22 Claude Haldi/Bernard Cheneviére^ Porsche 911S Porsche Club Romand 2 Tyres 9 39m40.7 Grand Touring +2000  
DNF 10 Eugenio Renna/Ignazio Capuano^ Chevron B21 Ford Scuderia Citte dei Mille 1 Valve 7 38m44.3 Sports 2000  
DNF 62 Mauro Nesti/Mario Rovella^/Vittorio Venturi* Raymond - Ford Nettuno 1 Gearbox   40m57.2 Sports 1000  
DNF 71 Francesco Troia/Aguglia^/Mario Rovella* Fiat-Abarth 1000S Sant Paul 1 Mechanical   55m40.3 Sports 1000  
DNF 82 Salvatore Gagliano/Giuseppina Gagliano^ Alfa Romeo GTA Ateneo 1 Engine   47m53.4 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 75 Paolo de Luca/Giuseppe Vassallo^/"Ciccio"* Alfa Romeo GTA Pegaso 1 Engine   42m33.0 Grand Touring 1600  
DNF 36 Edward Negus/Peter Richardson^ Porsche 911S Edward Negus 1 Engine   52m58.7 Grand Touring 2000  
DNF 2 Vic Elford/Gijs van Lennep^ Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Autodelta SpA 0 Engine 2 34m06.2 Sports 3000  
DNF 15 Martin Davidson/Jack Wheeler^ Daren Mk.3 BRM Jack Wheeler 0 Ignition 10 39m58.6 Sports 2000  
DNF 27 Florian Vetsch/Jean Selz^ Porsche 911S Schiller Racing 0 Mechanical   40m58.0 Grand Touring +2000  
DNF 39 Giovanni Martino/Salvatore Calascibetta^/Fausto Carello* Fiat 124 Spider Giovanni Martino 0 Engine   44m34.0 Grand Touring 2000  
DNS 26 Ennio Bonomelli/Everardo Ostini*/Reinhold Joest* Porsche 911S Ennio Bonomelli   Car taken 12 40m21.9 Grand Touring +2000  
DNS 34 Giorgio Pianta/Giorgio Schön Opel GT Conrero Squadra     16 40m39.6 Grand Touring 2000  
DNS 65 Alfio Gamberto/Mario Litrico OMS Mario Litrico       43m39.5 Sports 1000  
DNS 95 Giovanni Arcovito/"Carab"/Angelo Rizzo* Alpine A110 Renault Lloyd Adrietico       44m42.5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 30 Libero Marchiolo/Sergio Mingotti Porsche 911S Pegaso         Grand Touring +2000  
DNS 51 Matteo Sgarlata/Joe Anastasi Morris Mini-Cooper Aretusa         Sports 1600  
DNS 55 Giancarlo Barba/Giuseppe Chiaramonte Bordonaro/Roberto Chiaramonte Bordonaro* Giliberti A112 Pegaso         Sports 1300  
DNS 69 Giuseppe Bargotti/Pier Luigi Muccini Fiat-Abarth 1000S Giuseppe Bargotti   Accident     Sports 1000  
DNS 52 Peter Leigh Davis/Robert Ryan* Ginetta G4 Peter Leigh Davis   Belt     Sports 1600  
DNS 3T Sandro Munari/Arturo Merzario Ferrari 312PB [0880] SpA Ferrari SEFAC         Sports 3000  
DNS T Vic Elford Alfa Romeo 33TT3 Autodelta SpA         Sports 3000  
DNA 16 Gabriele Serblin/Luigi Casarotto Chevron B19 Ford Gabriele Serblin         Sports 2000  
DNA 18 Giorgio Danieli/Giuseppe Rossi Lola T290 Ford Giorgio Danieli         Sports 2000  
DNA 19 Alfio Nicolosi/Angelo Bonaccorsi Porsche 910 Etna         Sports 2000  
DNA 20 Leandro Terra/Pietro Lo Piccolo Ferrari Dino 206S [022] Pegaso         Sports 2000  
DNA 24 Erwin Kremer/John Fitzpatrick Porsche 911S Kremer Racing         Grand Touring +2000  
DNA 37 Everardo Ostini/Guido Nicolai Porsche 911 Scuderia Brescia Corse         Grand Touring 2000  
DNA 53 Mario Nardari/Orazio Scaglia AMS 1300 Ford Mario Nardari         Sports 1300  
DNA 61 Alberto Dona/Gianpaolo Benedini AMS SP Ford Alberto Dona         Sports 1000  
DNA 67 Antonio Benelli/F. Ferrucci Bandini Jolly Club         Sports 1000  
DNA 68 Giovanni Landi/Piero Falorni Fiat-Abarth 1000S Nettuno         Sports 1000  
DNA 73 Giancarlo Scotti/Paolo Gonfiantini ATS 1600SP Ford Giancarlo Scotti         Sports 1000  
DNA 84 Vito Tipa/Guiseppe Valenza Alfa Romeo GTA Centro Sicula         Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 86 Amerigo Migliazzi/Mauro Sacchini Alfa Romeo GTA Amerigo Migliazzi         Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 87 Francesco Jemma/Girolama Caci Alfa Romeo GTA Pegaso         Grand Touring 1600  
DNA 91 Erasmo Bologna/"Jokrysa" Lancia Zagato Sport Erasmo Bologna         Grand Touring 1300  

 
Winning Time: 6h27m48.0, 76.141 mph/122.537 kph
Fastest Lap: Helmut Marko #5 (Alfa Romeo 33TT3), 33m41.0, 79.693 mph/128.253 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 27/10/02
By Darren Galpin
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