The 100th Targa Florio

Palermo, 8 May 2016 - “A Targa Florio that returned to the beauty of its golden years, but the most thrilling moment was seeing all the great car racing drivers together, once again behind the wheel, in many cases in the cars they competed with in days gone by. I want to thank the Alfa Romeo Museum for this and the many collectors that wanted to make their treasures available to us.” This was the comment of the ACI Chairman, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, at the Floriopoli Paddock, on the 100th Targa Florio. 

The 100th Targa Florio has just come to an end and the winners of the Rallies  (Absolute Rally Championship, Italian Vintage Car Rally Championship) and Targa Florio Classic have been announced. 

The winners were greeted in a Piazza Verdi packed with fans and enthusiasts.

As regards the Absolute Rally Championship, Paolo Andreucci and Anna Andreussi won the race in a Peugeot 208 T16.

While Erik Comas and Yannick Roche took the victory in the Italian Vintage Car Rally Championship in a Lancia Stratos HF.

The winners of this edition of the Targa Florio Classic were Giovanni Moceri and Daniele Bonetti in a FIAT 508 C from 1939, followed by Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini in a FIAT 508 S Balilla Sport dated 1934. Third place went to Mario Passanante and Anna Maria Pisciotta in a FIAT 1100 103 E/ from 1955. 

Among the cars of the Targa Florio Classic 2016 there was one car already published on AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES:

♦️ 1938 Lancia Aprilia Sport Zagato Sanction II (2006) sn: 2385007 

“The first times I tried the Targa Florio circuit with the Alfa, I thought it was impossible to do a race on these roads with prototypes that raced almost like in Formula 1. But then when a driver dons his helmet, he starts to race. I felt great exhilaration in doing tight bends at high speed and seeing people in front of me suddenly appear in and disappear from the mirrors." This was what Helmut Marko had to say yesterday during Passion Day – an event organised to bring together the general public and drivers who took part in today’s Historic Speed – at Teatro Al Massimo.

AUTOMOTIVE MASTERPIECES celebrates the 110th Anniversary of the Targa Florio with the ongoing worldwide census of the cars that ran the Sicilian race from 1906 to 1973:

♦️ 1924 Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio sn: TF11

1924 Targa Florio Giulio Masetti #11 2nd 1st in class

♦️ 1947 AMP Special sn: 51509750

1949 Targa Florio Giovanni Rocco / Placido Prete #330 3rd

1951 Targa Florio Giovanni Rocco / Guido Nardelli#40 DNF

♦️ 1950 Abarth 204 A / 205 A Berlinetta sn: 205-101

1950 Targa Florio Guido Scagliarini / Cornelio Maffiodo #333 5th 2nd in class

♦️ 1952 Ferrari 212 Export sn: 2250158ED

1952 Targa Florio Luigi Bordonaro #78 10th 5th in class

1953 Targa Florio Luigi Bordonaro #36 16th

♦️ 1954 O.S.C.A. MT4-2AD sn: 1151

1956 Targa Florio Giulio Cabianca / Luigi Villoresi #86 2nd

♦️ 1955 Ermini 357 1500 Sport sn:1555

1955 Targa Florio Giovanni Buoncristiani / Piero Altini #62 DNF (32nd OA - 4th in class)

♦️ 1967 Lancia Fulvia Sport sn: 818332.001289

1969 Targa Florio Fiorenzo Genta / Poretti 24th | 3rd in Classe

♦️ 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-2 sn: 75033014

1968 Targa Florio Mario Casoni / Luciano Bianchi #192 3rd

1969 Targa Florio Spartaco Dini / Mario Casoni #172 Not classified

♦️ 1969 Porsche 911 S Race Car sn: 119301155

1973 Targa Florio Salvatore Patamia / Angelo "Carab" Rizzo #114 DNF

1974 Targa Florio Odoardo Govoni / Luigi Moreschi  #33 DNF

♦️ 1974 Lancia Strato’s sn: 829AR0001512 

1974 Targa Florio Sandro Munari / Jean-Claude Andruet #3 Ritired

Follow the work in progress virtual exhibition keeping you up-to-date with behind-the-scenes census!