40th Targa Florio 1956
Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily, Italy

 

Date: June 10, very hot, sunny Fastest Practice Lap: Eugenio Castellotti, 45'0", road not closed!
Track Length: 72 km Fastest Lap: Eugenio Castellotti, 44'54" on lap 1
Attendance:   No championship race  
Entries:   Distance: 10 laps for faster cars, 8 for the slower ones.
Practiced:   Average Speed: 90.77 km/h
Starters: 56 Organizer: Cavaliere Vincenzo Florio
Classified:   * Class Winners  

 

Pos Clas-
sific.		 # Entrant
Car - Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
Vol
(cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Time
Laps
Km		 Reason Out
1 1 84 Porsche KG
Porsche 550A RS Spyder		 Umberto Maglioli, I
Huschke von Hanstein, D (DND)		 1498 F4 SC 7:54'52.6"
10 laps		  
2 2 104 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati 300 S		 Piero Taruffi, I
- No second driver -		 3000 L6 SC 8:09'37.6"
10 laps		  
3 3 110 Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 860 Monza		 Olivier Gendebien, B
Hans Herrmann, D		 3431 L4 SC 8:15'36.0"
10 laps		  
4 4 96 Scuderia Centro Sud
Maserati A6 GCS/53		 Giorgio Scarlatti, I
Fernando (Azzuro?) Manzini, I		 1998 L6 SC 8:37'58.8"
10 laps		  
5 5 102 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati 300 S		 Franco Bordoni, I
Piero Carini, I		 3000 L6 SC    
6 6 108 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati 300 S		 Carlo Pottino, I
Clemente Ravetto, I		 3000 L6 SC    
7 7 40 -
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		 Armando Zampiero, I
Mario Sacchiero, I		 2975 L6 GT 8:50'24"
8 laps		  
8 8 100 -
Maserati A6 GCS/53		 Aldo Pedini, I
- No second driver -		 1998 L6 SC    
9 9 36 -
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		 Guido Cestelli Guidi, I
Giuseppe Musso, I		 2975 L6 GT
8 laps		  
10 10 34 -
Fiat 8V Zagato		 Francesco Arezzo, I
Gennaro Alterio, I		 1996 V8 GT
 
11 11 62 Francesco Tagliavia
OSCA MT4 1100		 Francesco Tagliavia, I
Gaetano Santoncito, I		 1100 L4 SC    
12 12 90 -
Maserati 150 S		 Amelio Garavaglia, I
Luciano Gramegna, I		 1484 L4 SC    
13 13 74 Angelo Sbordone
OSCA MT4 1100		 Angelo Sbordone, I
- No second driver -		 1100 L4 SC    
14 14 20 -
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV		 "Ivanhoe" (Piero Laureati), I
Pietro Pelloni, I (DND?)		 1290 L4 TC    
15 15 50 Scuderia Taraschi
Giaur Giannini 750 Sport		 Mario Piccolo, I
Vincenzo Gugliotta, I		 750 L4 SC    
16 16 70 Domenico Rotolo
OSCA MT4 1100		 Domenico Rotolo, I
Giuseppe Allotta, I		 1100 L4 SC    
17 17 88 -
Maserati 150 S		 Guido Perrella, I
Vincenzo Sorrentino, I		 1484 L4 SC    
18 18 6 -
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Nevol Querci, I
Pietro Pelloni, I		 1884?
1975?		 L4 TC    
19 19 32 -
Fiat 8V		 Maggiorello Maggiorelli, I
Amadeo Maggiorelli, I		 1996 V8 GT    
20 20 114 Dan Margulies
Jaguar XK C-type		 Dan Margulies, GB
David Piper, GB		 3442 L6 SC    
21 21 10 -
Fiat 1100/103		 Vito Coco, I
Vito Sabbia, I (DND?)		 1300 L4 STC    
22 22 52 -
Giaur Giannini 750 Sport		 Salvatore Sirchia, I
Luigi Di Pasquale, I		 750 L4 SC    
23 23 30 -
Alfa Romeo Giuletta SV		 Guido Garufi, I
Vincenzo Antonovito, I		 1290 L4 GT 8:00'44"
8 laps		  
24 24 28 -
Alfa Romeo Giuletta SV		 Ignazio Scaletta, I
Piergiacomo Ghitti, I		 1290 L4 GT 8:09'56"
8 laps		  
25 25 22 -
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI?		 Baldassare Taormina, I
Pasquale Tacci, I		 1884 L4 GT 8:13'35"
8 laps		  
26 26 14 -
Fiat 1100/103 TV		 Giacomo Frazitta, I
Igino Basseggio, I ?
Masacci, I ???		 1300 L4 STC 8:09'44"
7 laps		  
27 27 92 -
Maserati A6 GCS/53		 Letterio Cucinotta Piccolo, I
- No second driver -		 1994 L4 SC    
28 28 64 -
Fiat Raor 1100 Sport		 Antonio Di Salvo, I
Antonio Picone, I		 1100 L4 SC    
29 29 16
Fiat 1100/103 TV		 Francesco Mentesana, I
Ernesto Dagnino, I		 1100 L4 STC 8:24'02"
7 laps		  
30 30 54 -
Fiat Fondi 750 Sport		 Alfredo Fondi, I
Marcantonio Bellomare, I		 750 L4 SC    
31 31 82 -
Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 1100		 Francesco De Roberto, I
Raffaele Fiordelisi, I		 1100 L4 SC    
32 32 8 -
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 Roberto Dari, I
-		   L4 TC    
33 33 26 -
Lancia Aurelia B20		 Menato Boffa, I
Vincenzo Maresco, I		 2500 V6 STC    
                   
34 DQ 86 Automobili OSCA
OSCA MT4 1500		 Guilio Cabianca, I
Luigi Villoresi, I		 1500 L4 SC 8:07'50"
10 laps		 2nd on road. DQ: Villoresi not entered in this car.
                   
35 DNF 58 Automobili OSCA
OSCA S750		 Luigi Villoresi, I
-		 750 L4 SC 5 laps Collision with dog
36 DNF 112 Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 860 Monza		 Eugenio Castellotti, I
Peter Collins, GB		 3431 L4 SC 2 laps Transmission
37 DNF 94 Scuderia Monzeglio
Maserati A6 GCS/53		 Luigi Belucci, I
Vincenzo Sorrentino, I		 1994 L4 SC 1 lap Gearbox
38 DNF 38 Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		 Graf Wolfgang von Trips, D
Mortenson? Mortensen? ???		 2975 L6 GT 1 lap Accident
39 DNF 106 Luigi Bordonaro
Ferrari 750 Monza		 Antonio Pucci, I
Luigi Chiaramonte Bordonaro		     SC    
40 DNF 60
Ermini 1100 Sport - Fiat		 Giampiero Chini
-		 1100 L4 SC   Accident
41 DNF 12 -
Fiat 1100/103		 Cavaliere, I
Micciche, I ?
Gaspare?		 1300 L4 TC    
42 DNF 18 -
Fiat 1100/103 TV		 -
-		   L4 TC    
43 DNF 24 -
Fiat 8V		 Alfonso Vella, I
Giuseppe Alotta, I		 1996 V8 GT    
44 DNF 56 -
Giannini 750 Sport		 Giuseppe Marino, I
A. Di Pasquale, I		 750 L4 SC    
45 DNF 66 -
Ermini 1100 Sport		 Consolazio (Attilo?) Brandi, I
-		 1100 L4 SC    
46 DNF 68 -
Ermini 1100 Sport		 Orazio Licciardello, I
Catania, I		 1100 L4 SC    
47 DNF 44 -
Giaur Giannini Sport		 Alfredo Tinazzo, I
-		 750 L4 SC    
48 DNF 4 -
Fiat 1100/103 TV		 Montalbano, I
Pizzo, I		 1300? L4 STC    
49 DNF   -
Maserati 300 S		 Luigi Musso, I
-		     SC   DNS?
                   
50     -
-		 Franco Corese, I
-		          
51     -
Maserati		 Gerino Gerini, I
Chico Landi, BR		          
52     -
Alfa Romeo		 Ariolo, I
Ariolo, I		     STC 8 laps?  
53     -
-		 Emanuele Trapani, I
-		          
                   
54 DNS 72 -
Cisitalia 1100		 Armando Soldano, I
Soldano, I		 1100   SC    
55 DNS 76 -
OSCA MT4 1100		 Domenico Tramontana, I
-		 1100 L4 SC    
56 DNS   Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari V12		 Peter Collins, GB
Eugenio Castellotti, I
Hans Herrmann, D		   V12 SC   Accident in practice
57 DNS 110 Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari 290MM		 Hans Herrmann, D
Olivier Gendebien, B		 3500        
58 DNS 42 -
Giannini		 Giuffrida, I
Filippone, I		 750 L4 SC    
59 DNS 46 -
Giaur 750		 Giuliani, I
-		 750 L4 SC    
60 DNS 48 -
DB Tank 750		 Paul Carle, F
J. Casson/Cazon, F		 750   SC    
61 DNS 78 -
Stanguellini 1100 Sport		 Picciotto, I
Alleri, I		 750 L4 SC    
62 DNS 80 -
Fiat Volpini 1100		 Spinel
Soldano, I		 1100 L4 SC    
63 DNS 98 -
Ferrari 500 Mondial		 Benzoni, I
Naust, I		 200   SC    

 

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