Targa Florio
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The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held near Palermo, Sicily. The race was created in 1906 by the wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio, who had started the "Coppa Florio" race in Brescia, Lombardy in 1900. Always one of the toughest competitions in Europe, the first Targa Florio covered 277 miles through multiple hairpin curves on treacherous mountain roads at heights where severe changes in climate frequently occurred. Alessandro Cagno won the inaugural 1906 race in nine hours, averaging just over 29 miles per hour.
By the mid-1920s, the Targa Florio had become one of Europe's most important races. In 1926, Eliska Junkova, one of the great female drivers in Grand Prix motor racing history, became the first woman to ever compete in the race.
Over the years, the greats of Grand Prix racing and Formula One such as Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio, Belgium's Olivier Gendebien and Britain's Stirling Moss came to challenge Italian champions, Tazio Nuvolari, Alfieri Maserati, Achille Varzi and others.
After winning the race several times, Porsche named convertible version of the 911 after the Targa, which means shield. This car was only available with a large roll bar.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, race cars with up to 600hp raced through small mountains villages while the people were sitting or standing right next to or even on the road.
Due to safety concerns, the last real Targa Florio as an international professional race was run in 1973. It was continued as a minor event for some years.
- 1906 : Alessandro Cagno, Itala
- 1907 : Felice Nazzaro, Fiat
- 1908 : Vincenzo Trucco, Isotta-Fraschini
- 1909 : Francesco Ciuppa, SPA
- 1910 : Tullio Cariolato, Franco
- 1911 : Ernesto Ceirano, SCAT
- 1912 : Cyril Snipe, SCAT
- 1913 : Felice Nazarro, Nazarro
- 1914 : Eernesto Ceirano, SCAT
- 1915 : Race cancelled due to World War I
- 1916 : Race cancelled due to World War I
- 1917 : Race cancelled due to World War I
- 1918 : Race cancelled due to World War I
- 1919 : André Boillot, Peugeot EXS
- 1920 : Guido Meregalli, Nazzaro GP
- 1921 : Giulio Masetti, Fiat 451
- 1922 : Giulio Masetti, Mercedes GP/14
- 1923 : Ugo Sivocci, Alfa Romeo RLTF
- 1924 : Christian Werner, Mercedes PP
- 1925 : Meo Constantini, Bugatti T35
- 1926 : Meo Constantini, Bugatti T35T
- 1927 : Emilio Materassi, Bugatti T35C
- 1928 : Albert Divo, Bugatti T35B
- 1929 : Albert Divo, Bugatti T35C
- 1930 : Achille Varzi, Alfa Romeo P2
- 1931 : Tazio Nuvolari, Alfa Romeo 8C Monza
- 1932 : Tazio Nuvolari, Alfa Romeo 8C Monza
- 1933 : Antonio Brivio, Alfa Romeo 8C Monza
- 1934 : Achille Varzi, Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
- 1935 : Antonio Brivio, Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3
- 1936 : Constantino Magistri, Lancia
- 1937 : Guilio Severi, Maserati 6CM
- 1938 : Giovanni Rocco, Maserati 6CM
- 1939 : Luigi Villoresi, Maserati 6CM
- 1940 : Luigi Villoresi, Maserati 4CL
- 1941 : Race cancelled due to World War II
- 1942 : Race cancelled due to World War II
- 1943 : Race cancelled due to World War II
- 1944 : Race cancelled due to World War II
- 1945 : Race cancelled due to World War II
- 1946 : No race held
- 1947 : No race held
- 1948 : Clemente Biondetti/Igor Troubetzkoy, Ferrari 166
- 1949 : Clemente Biondetti/Aldo Benedetti, Ferrari
- 1950 : Mario Bornigia/Giancarlo Bornigia, Alfa Romeo
- 1951 : Franco Cortese, Frazer Nash
- 1952 : Felice Bonetto, Lancia
- 1953 : Umberto Maglioli, Lancia
- 1954 : Piero Taruffi, Lancia
- 1955 : Stirling Moss/Peter Collins, Mercedes-Benz 300SLR
- 1956 : Umberto Maglioli/Huschke von Hanstein, Porsche
- 1957 : Fabio Colona, Fiat 600
- 1958 : Luigi Musso/Olivier Gendebien, Ferrari 250TR
- 1959 : Edgar Barth/Wolfgang Seidel, Porsche 718 RSK
- 1960 : Jo Bonnier/Hans Herrmann/Graham Hill, Porsche RS60
- 1961 : Wolfgang von Trips/Olivier Gendebien, Ferrari Dino 246SP
- 1962 : Willy Mairesse/Ricardo Rodriguez/Olivier Gendebien, Ferrari Dino 246SP
- 1963 : Jo Bonnier/Carlo Abate, Porsche RS64
- 1964 : Colin Davis/Antonio Pucci, Porsche 904GTS
- 1965 : Nino Vaccarella/Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 275P2
- 1966 : Willy Mairesse/Hermann Müller, Porsche 906 Carrera 6
- 1967 : Paul Hawkins/Rolf Stommelen, Porsche 910/8
- 1968 : Vic Elford/Umberto Maglioli, Porsche 907/8
- 1969 : Gerhard Mitter/Udo Schutz, Porsche 908/8
- 1970 : Jo Siffert/Brian Redman, Porsche 908/3
- 1971 : Nino Vaccarella/Toine Hezemans, Alfa Romeo T33/3
- 1972 : Arturo Merzario/Sandro Munari, Ferrari 312P
- 1973 : Herbert Müller/Gijs van Lennep, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
- 1974 : Gẻrard Larrouse/Ballestrieri, Lancia Stratos
- 1975 : Nino Vaccarella/Arturo Merzario, Alfa Romeo
- 1976 : Armando Floridia, Osella
- 1977 : Raffaele Restivo, Chevron
External link
- Grand Prix History (http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/floria.htm), Targa Florio