The 44° Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie , (Sicily , Italy ). It was the third round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship .
Winning Porsche 718 RS 60 driven by Jo Bonnier and Hans Herrmann . The event attracted more cars than in previous seasons, with 78 racing cars were registered for this event,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Reigning World Champions, Ferrari had entered three of their latest 250 TR 60 and Dino 246 S for their squad of drivers; Phil Hill , Wolfgang von Trips , Richie Ginther , Willy Mairesse , Ludovico Scarfiotti and Cliff Allison . As Aston Martin elected to miss the championship in concentrate on Formula One , there was no other factory entrants in the S3.0 class, therefore their main opposition would come from the works Porsches of Jo Bonnier , Hans Herrmann , Edgar Barth , Graham Hill and Olivier Gendebien , despite these were smaller engined cars and less powerful, the marque was victorious twelve months earlier and in the last round, 12 Hours of Sebring .[ 4]
1959 Dino 246 S , s/n 0784, driven to a second place overall by Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips . Even before the race started, Ferrari had a frightening accident where Allisons’s 250 TR suffered a blown tyre, and was withdrawn from the event.[ 5]
At the start, the remaining three Scuderia Ferrari’s in the Sport category were the favourites. The cars of the Rodríguez brothers and that of Hill and von Trips, who were supposed to attack. Once von Trips has moved into the lead, it was decided they should continue to race flat-out, and not back off, to try and maintenance their advantage. In the fight for the victory, the Porsche of Bonnier/Herrmann moved ahead of the Ferraris, however it was the all Italian crew of Umberto Maglioli and Nino Vaccarella in their Maserati Tipo 61 who were on a charge. On lap five, Maglioli passed Hermann, only to ceded the leadership to Palermo-born Vaccarella who betrayed his audience: everyone looked at him with his breath a bit 'suspended, it did not seem possible; Nino completed the sixth lap slightly increasing the advantage of Hermann; the seventh his Maserati, the number 200, it did make the fastest lap and was passing with a lead over three minutes. On the seventh lap, Maglioli waiting for him to finish the race brilliantly, but did not reach Vaccarella: a stone had punctured the fuel tank.[ 6]
The Porsche of Bonnier/Herrmann inherited the lead, to record their second straight win in Sicily, and their second consecutive win in the World Sportscar Champions. They took the victory, with their 718 RS 60 completing 10 laps, covering 447.388 miles in just over 7½ hours of racing, averaging a speed of 59.239 mph. Second place went to the works Ferrari of von Trips and Hill in a Dino 246 S, albeit over 6 mins adrift. The podium was complete by another works Porsche, of Olivier Gendebien and Herrmann who were further 2½ mins behind.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Official Classification [ edit ] Class Winners are in Bold text.
Pos No Class Driver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out 1st 184 S2.0 Jo Bonnier Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 33:08.2, 10 2nd 194 S3.0 Wolfgang von Trips Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari Dino 246 S 7hr 39:11.0, 10 3rd 176 S2.0 Olivier Gendebien Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 41:46.0, 10 4th 198 S3.0 Willy Mairesse Giulio Cabianca Ludovico Scarfiotti Scuderia Ferrari Dino 246 S 7hr 44.49.0, 10 5th 160 S1.6 Edgar Barth Graham Hill Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 59:11.6, 10 6th 116 GT2.5 Paul-Ernst Strähle Herbert Linge Dieter Lissmann Paul-Ernst Strähle Porsche 356 B Carrera GTL Abarth 8hr 10:06.2, 10 7th 172 S2.0 Ricardo Rodríguez Pedro Rodríguez North American Racing Team Dino 196 S 8hr 16:52.0, 10 8th 120 GT2.5 Herbert Linge Paul-Ernst Strähle Dieter Lissmann Paul-Ernst Strähle Porsche 356B Carrera 8hr 19:54.2, 10 9th 208 S3.0 Elio Lenza Antonio Maglione Partenopea Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 23:27.4, 10 10th 134 GT+2.5 Edoardo Lualdi Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Ferrari 250 GT LWB 8hr 26:38.0, 10 11th 74 S1.15 Ada Pace Giancarlo Castellina Nineteen Racing Club Osca S1100 8hr 27:27.0, 10 12th 204 S3.0 Gerino Gerini Salvatore La Pira Scuderia Serenissima Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 31:27.3, 10 13th 50 GT1.3 Vincenzo Riolo Alessandro Federico Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 8hr 37:33.4. 10 14th 42 GT1.3 Baldassare Taormina Saica Baldassare Taormina Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 8hr 43:31.2, 10 15th 156 S1.6 Gianni Brichetti Corrado Manfredini Madunina Osca S1500 8hr 45:54.0, 10 16th 14 GT1.15 Gérard Laureau Bernard Cahier Gérard Laureau D.B. HBR Panhard Coupé 8hr 51:32.0, 10 17th 152 S1.6 Francisco Siracusa Anna Maria Peduzzi Aspromonte Osca F2/S 1500 8hr 52:23.0, 10 18th 206 S3.0 Pietro Ferraro Armando Zampiero San Marco Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 54:.07, 10 19th 60 GT1.3 Massimo Leto di Priolo Ottavio Prandoni Scuderia Ambrosiana Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 8hr 54:11.0, 10 20th 48 GT1.3 Vito Coco Vito Sabbia Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 8hr 54:41.0, 10 21st 118 GT2.5 Luigi Mosca Giuseppe Cucchiarelli Montegrappa Fiat 8V Zagato 10 22nd 92 GT2.5 Lloyd Casner Nino Todaro Camoradi USA Porsche 356B 1600 10 23rd 36 GT1.3 Pietro Laureati Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 10 24th 84 S1.15 Attilio Brandi Ilfo Minzoni Scuderia Settecolli Osca S1100 S273 10 25th 34 GT1.3 Emanuele Aldebaran La Clessidra Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 10 26th 56 GT1.3 Giulio Pernice Salvatore Russo Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 10 27th 180 S2.0 Franco Pisano Salvatore Sirchia Monte Pellegrino Maserati 200S I 10 28th 54 GT1.3 Silvio Mandato Giuseppe Ruggero Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 10 NC 108 GT2.5 Sergio Mantia Giuseppe D’Amico Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo 2500 10 over time limit NC 106 GT2.5 Aldo Mancini Rosario Buondonno Aldo Mancini Alfa Romeo 2500 10 over time limit NC 114 GT2.5 Ovidio Capelli Ottavio Prandoni Ovidio Capelli Fiat 1500 Cabriolet 10 over time limit NC 32 GT1.3 Fernando Natella Raffaele Fiordelisi Scuderia Settecolli Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 10 over time limit NC 16 GT1.15 Casare Largaioli Teboro Zeccoli Scuderia Castellotti Lancia Appia GTZ 10 over time limit NC 40 GT2.5 Marco Vannucci Gian Carlo Carfi Scuderia Etna Lancia Aurelia B20 10 over time limit NC 24 S850 Francesco Soldano Giuseppe Ramirez Monte Pellegrino Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport 10 over time limit NC 26 S850 Guido Garufi Franco Tagliavia Guido Garufi Fiat-Abarth 850 Zagato 10 over time limit NC 12 GT1.15 Francesco Fiorentino Gregorio Rizzotti San Rizzo Lancia Appia GTZ 10 over time limit DNF 96 GT2.5 Antonio Diomaiuta Giancarlo Presciutti Montegrappa Fiat 8V Zagato 8 did not finish DNF 104 GT2.5 Francesco di Benedetto Franceso Mentesana Balarm Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Zagato 8 did not finish DNF 44 GT1.3 Kim Alfonso Thiele Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 7 did not finish DNF 82 S1.15 Domenico Rotolo Gaspere Cavaliere Monte Pellegrino Osca MT4 1100 7 did not finish DNF 112 GT2.5 Guido Perrella Antonio Covino Guido Perrella Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Touring 7 did not finish DNF 200 S3.0 Umberto Maglioli Nino Vaccarella Camoradi USA Maserati Tipo 61 7 Fuel tank DNF 62 GT1.3 Emanuele Trapani Guercia Balarm Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 6 did not finish DNF 102 GT2.5 Renato Monaci Forlanini Partenopea Lancia Aurelia B20 6 did not finish DNF 110 GT2.5 Huschke von Hanstein Antonio Pucci Porsche KG Porsche 356B Carrera Reutter 6 Accident, DNF 188 S2.0 Colin Davis Raffaele Cammarota Scuderia Serenissima Cooper-Maserati T49 Monaco 6 Broken header tank DNF 192 S3.0 Domenico Tramontana Giuseppe Alotta Partenopea Ferrari 250 GT SWB 6 did not finish DNF 46 GT1.3 Antonio Picone Antonio di Salvo Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 5 did not finish DNF 154 S1.6 Giovani Giordano Gaetano Starrabba Scuderia Serenissima Osca MT4 5 did not finish DNF 202 S3.0 Cliff Allison Richie Ginther Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 5 Accident DNF 38 GT1.3 Dario Sepe Sergio Bettoja Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 4 did not finish DNF 76 S1.15 Mario Raimondo Salvatore Calascibetta Balarm Osca MT4 1100 4 did not finish DNF 4 GT850 Roberto Bonomi Cavalieri Monte Pellegrino Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato 3 did not finish DNF 22 S750 Gaetano Spampinato Giuseppe Matera Scuderia Etna Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport Spampinato 3 did not finish DNF 94 GT2.5 Bartolomeo Donato Giuseppe Pizzo Balarm Lancia Aurelia B20 3 did not finish DNF 64 GT1.3 Sergio Bettoja Sagittario Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 2 did not finish DNF 72 S1.15 Francesco de Leonibus Gina Munaron Virgilio Conrero Conrero-Alfa Romeo 1150 Sport 2 did not finish DNF 80 S1.15 Umberto Bini Hans Bauer Scuderia Sant' Ambroeus did not finish DNF 124 GT2.5 Rosario Montalbano Gaspere Bologna Monte Pellegrino Fiat 8V 2 did not finish DNF 8 GT850 Benedetto Manasseri Trinacria Fiat-Abarth 750 Goccia Vignale 1 did not finish DNF 40 GT1.3 Giuseppe Grasso Vito Sabbia Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1 did not finish DNF 58 GT1.3 Paolo Samona Dracula Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 1 did not finish DNF 78 S1.15 Giovanni Napoli Angelo Marino Monte Pellegrino Ermini-Fiat 1100 1 did not finish DNF 162 S1.6 George Bauer Carroll Smith Vincenzo Arena Osca S1500 1 Accident DNF 178 S2.0 Odoardo Govoni Mennato Boffa Luigi Bellucci Maserati Tipo 60 1 Clutch DNF 186 S2.0 Mennato Boffa Adolfo Tedeschi Luigi Bellucci WRE-Maserati 1 did not finish DNF 122 GT2.5 Alfonso Vella Pietro Termini Monte Pellegrino Fiat 8V 0 did not finish DNF 158 S1.6 Raffaele Fiordelisi Bartolomeo Donato Settecolli Alfa Romeo Speciale 1500 0 did not finish DNS 6 GT850 Michele Perillo Angelo Ambrogio Madunina Fiat-Abarth 750 did not start DNS 52 GT1.3 Aldo Tine Matteo Sgarlata Aretusa Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint did not start DNS 100 GT2.5 Manlio Santuccio Matteo Sgarlata Aretusa Fiat 8V did not start DNS 132 GT3.0 Casimiro Toselli Nino Todaro Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Ferrari 250 GT LWB did not start DNS 138 GT3.0 Giuseppe Allotta Giorgio Scarlatti Partenopea Ferrai 250 GT California LWB did not start DNS 182 S2.0 Luigi Bellucci Vincenzo Sorrentino Luigi Bellucci WRE-Maserati did not start DNS 196 S3.0 Cliff Allison Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Blown tyre, accident DNS T S3.0 Paul Frère Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR practiced only
Class Winners Sports 3000 194 Dino 246 S von Trips / P. Hill Sports 2000 184 Porsche 718 RS 60 Bonnier / Herrmann Sports 1600 160 Porsche 718 RS 60 Barth / G. Hill Sports 1150 74 Osca S1100 Pace / Castellina Sports 850 24 Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport Soldano / Ramirez Grand Touring +2500 134 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Lualdi / Scarlatti Grand Touring 2600 116 Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL Strähle / Lissmann / Linge Grand Touring 1300 50 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale Riolo / Federico Grand Touring 1150 14 D.B. HBR Panhard Coupé Laureau / Cahier Grand Touring 750 No classified finisher
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Standings after the race [ edit ] Note : Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings.Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.
Porsche 
Ferrari