1960 Targa Florio

The 44° Targa Florio took place on 8 May 1960, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, (Sicily, Italy). It was the third round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship.

Report

Entry

The event attracted more cars than in previous seasons, with 78 racing cars were registered for this event,[1] instead of the 58 in 1959,[2] of which 77 arrived for practice. Only these, 69 qualified for, and started the race.[3]

Reigning World Champions, Ferrari had entered three of their latest 250 TR 60 and Ferrari 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]

Race

Even before the race started, Ferrari had a frightening accident where Allisons’s 250 TR suffered a blown tyre, and was withdrawn from the event.[5]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 Ferrari 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

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos No Class Driver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out
1st 184 S2.0 Sweden Jo Bonnier West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 33:08.2, 10
2nd 194 S3.0 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips United States Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 246 S 7hr 39:11.0, 10
3rd 176 S2.0 Belgium Olivier Gendebien West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 41:46.0, 10
4th 198 S3.0 Belgium Willy Mairesse
Italy Giulio Cabianca
Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 246 S 7hr 44.49.0, 10
5th 160 S1.6 East Germany Edgar Barth United Kingdom Graham Hill Porsche KG Porsche 718 RS 60 7hr 59:11.6, 10
6th 116 GT2.5 West Germany Paul-Ernst Strähle
West Germany Herbert Linge
West Germany Dieter Lissmann Paul-Ernst Strähle Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL 8hr 10:06.2, 10
7th 172 S2.0 Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez Mexico Pedro Rodríguez North American Racing Team Ferrari Dino 196 S 8hr 16:52.0, 10
8th 120 GT2.5 West Germany Herbert Linge
West Germany Paul-Ernst Strähle
West Germany Dieter Lissmann Paul-Ernst Strähle Porsche 356B Carrera 8hr 19:54.2, 10
9th 208 S3.0 Italy Elio Lenza Italy Antonio Maglione Partenopea Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 23:27.4, 10
10th 134 GT+2.5 Italy Edoardo Lualdi Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Ferrari 250 GT LWB 8hr 26:38.0, 10
11th 74 S1.15 Italy Ada Pace Italy Giancarlo Castellina Nineteen Racing Club Osca S1100 8hr 27:27.0, 10
12th 204 S3.0 Italy Gerino Gerini Italy Salvatore La Pira Scuderia Serenissima Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 31:27.3, 10
13th 50 GT1.3 Italy Vincenzo Riolo Italy Alessandro Federico Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 8hr 37:33.4. 10
14th 42 GT1.3 Italy Baldassare Taormina Italy “Saica” Baldassare Taormina Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 8hr 43:31.2, 10
15th 156 S1.6 Italy Gianni Brichetti Italy Corrado Manfredini Madunina Osca S1500 8hr 45:54.0, 10
16th 14 GT1.15 France Gérard Laureau France Bernard Cahier Gérard Laureau D.B. HBR Panhard Coupé 8hr 51:32.0, 10
17th 152 S1.6 Italy Francisco Siracusa Italy Anna Maria Peduzzi Aspromonte Osca F2/S 1500 8hr 52:23.0, 10
18th 206 S3.0 Italy Pietro Ferraro Italy Armando Zampiero San Marco Ferrari 250 GT SWB 8hr 54:.07, 10
19th 60 GT1.3 Italy Massimo Leto di Priolo Italy Ottavio Prandoni Scuderia Ambrosiana Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 8hr 54:11.0, 10
20th 48 GT1.3 Italy Vito Coco Italy Vito Sabbia Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 8hr 54:41.0, 10
21st 118 GT2.5 Italy Luigi Mosca Italy Giuseppe Cucchiarelli Montegrappa Fiat 8V Zagato 10
22nd 92 GT2.5 United States Lloyd Casner Italy Nino Todaro Camoradi USA Porsche 356B 1600 10
23rd 36 GT1.3 Italy Pietro Laureati Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 10
24th 84 S1.15 Italy Attilio Brandi Italy Ilfo Minzoni Scuderia Settecolli Osca S1100 S273 10
25th 34 GT1.3 Italy Emanuele Italy “Aldebaran” La Clessidra Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 10
26th 56 GT1.3 Italy Giulio Pernice Italy Salvatore Russo Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 10
27th 180 S2.0 Italy Franco Pisano Italy Salvatore Sirchia Monte Pellegrino Maserati 200S I 10
28th 54 GT1.3 Italy Silvio Mandato Italy Giuseppe Ruggero Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce 10
NC 108 GT2.5 Italy Sergio Mantia Italy Giuseppe D’Amico Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo 2500 10 over time limit
NC 106 GT2.5 Italy Aldo Mancini Italy Rosario Buondonno Aldo Mancini Alfa Romeo 2500 10 over time limit
NC 114 GT2.5 Italy Ovidio Capelli Italy Ottavio Prandoni Ovidio Capelli Fiat 1500 Cabriolet 10 over time limit
NC 32 GT1.3 Italy Fernando Natella Italy Raffaele Fiordelisi Scuderia Settecolli Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 10 over time limit
NC 16 GT1.15 Italy Casare Largaioli Italy Teboro Zeccoli Scuderia Castellotti Lancia Appia GTZ 10 over time limit
NC 40 GT2.5 Italy Marco Vannucci Italy Gian Carlo Carfi Scuderia Etna Lancia Aurelia B20 10 over time limit
NC 24 S850 Italy Francesco Soldano Italy Giuseppe Ramirez Monte Pellegrino Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport 10 over time limit
NC 26 S850 Italy Guido Garufi Italy Franco Tagliavia Guido Garufi Fiat-Abarth 850 Zagato 10 over time limit
NC 12 GT1.15 Italy Francesco Fiorentino Italy Gregorio Rizzotti San Rizzo Lancia Appia GTZ 10 over time limit
DNF 96 GT2.5 Italy Antonio Diomaiuta Italy Giancarlo Presciutti Montegrappa Fiat 8V Zagato 8 did not finish
DNF 104 GT2.5 Italy Francesco di Benedetto Italy Franceso Mentesana Balarm Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Zagato 8 did not finish
DNF 44 GT1.3 Italy “Kim” Italy Alfonso Thiele Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 7 did not finish
DNF 82 S1.15 Italy Domenico Rotolo Italy Gaspere Cavaliere Monte Pellegrino Osca MT4 1100 7 did not finish
DNF 112 GT2.5 Italy Guido Perrella Italy Antonio Covino Guido Perrella Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Touring 7 did not finish
DNF 200 S3.0 Italy Umberto Maglioli Italy Nino Vaccarella Camoradi USA Maserati Tipo 61 7 Fuel tank
DNF 62 GT1.3 Italy Emanuele Trapani Italy Guercia Balarm Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 6 did not finish
DNF 102 GT2.5 Italy Renato Monaci Italy Forlanini Partenopea Lancia Aurelia B20 6 did not finish
DNF 110 GT2.5 West Germany Huschke von Hanstein Italy Antonio Pucci Porsche KG Porsche 356B Carrera Reutter 6 Accident,
Fuel starvation
DNF 188 S2.0 United Kingdom Colin Davis Italy Raffaele Cammarota Scuderia Serenissima Cooper-Maserati T49 Monaco 6 Broken header tank
DNF 192 S3.0 Italy Domenico Tramontana Italy Giuseppe Alotta Partenopea Ferrari 250 GT SWB 6 did not finish
DNF 46 GT1.3 Italy Antonio Picone Italy Antonio di Salvo Monte Pellegrino Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 5 did not finish
DNF 154 S1.6 Italy Giovani Giordano Italy Gaetano Starrabba Scuderia Serenissima Osca MT4 5 did not finish
DNF 202 S3.0 United Kingdom Cliff Allison United States Richie Ginther Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 5 Accident
DNF 38 GT1.3 Italy Dario Sepe Italy Sergio Bettoja Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato 4 did not finish
DNF 76 S1.15 Italy Mario Raimondo Italy Salvatore Calascibetta Balarm Osca MT4 1100 4 did not finish
DNF 4 GT850 Argentina Roberto Bonomi Italy Cavalieri Monte Pellegrino Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato 3 did not finish
DNF 22 S750 Italy Gaetano Spampinato Italy Giuseppe Matera Scuderia Etna Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport Spampinato 3 did not finish
DNF 94 GT2.5 Italy Bartolomeo Donato Italy Giuseppe Pizzo Balarm Lancia Aurelia B20 3 did not finish
DNF 64 GT1.3 Italy Sergio Bettoja Italy “Sagittario” Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale 2 did not finish
DNF 72 S1.15 Italy Francesco de Leonibus Italy Gina Munaron Virgilio Conrero Conrero-Alfa Romeo 1150 2 did not finish
DNF 80 S1.15 Italy Umberto Bini West Germany Hans Bauer Scuderia Sant' Ambroeus did not finish
DNF 124 GT2.5 Italy Rosario Montalbano Italy Gaspere Bologna Monte Pellegrino Fiat 8V 2 did not finish
DNF 8 GT850 Italy Michele Paratore Italy Benedetto Manasseri Trinacria Fiat-Abarth 750 Goccia Vignale 1 did not finish
DNF 40 GT1.3 Italy Giuseppe Grasso Italy Vito Sabbia Scuderia Etna Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint 1 did not finish
DNF 58 GT1.3 Italy Paolo Samona Italy “Dracula” Partenopea Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato 1 did not finish
DNF 78 S1.15 Italy Giovanni Napoli Italy Angelo Marino Monte Pellegrino Ermini-Fiat 1100 1 did not finish
DNF 162 S1.6 United States George Bauer United States Carroll Smith Vincenzo Arena Osca S1500 1 Accident
DNF 178 S2.0 Italy Odoardo Govoni Italy Mennato Boffa Luigi Bellucci Maserati Tipo 60 1 Clutch
DNF 186 S2.0 Italy Mennato Boffa Italy Adolfo Tedeschi Luigi Bellucci WRE-Maserati 1 did not finish
DNF 122 GT2.5 Italy Alfonso Vella Italy Pietro Termini Monte Pellegrino Fiat 8V 0 did not finish
DNF 158 S1.6 Italy Raffaele Fiordelisi Italy Bartolomeo Donato Settecolli Alfa Romeo Speciale 1500 0 did not finish
DNS 6 GT850 Italy Michele Perillo Italy Angelo Ambrogio Madunina Fiat-Abarth 750 did not start
DNS 52 GT1.3 Italy Aldo Tine Italy Matteo Sgarlata Aretusa Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint did not start
DNS 100 GT2.5 Italy Manlio Santuccio Italy Matteo Sgarlata Aretusa Fiat 8V did not start
DNS 132 GT3.0 Italy Casimiro Toselli Italy Nino Todaro Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus Ferrari 250 GT LWB did not start
DNS 138 GT3.0 Italy Giuseppe Allotta Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Partenopea Ferrai 250 GT California LWB did not start
DNS 182 S2.0 Italy Luigi Bellucci Italy Vincenzo Sorrentino Luigi Bellucci WRE-Maserati did not start
DNS 196 S3.0 United Kingdom Cliff Allison United States Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Blown tyre, accident
DNS T S3.0 Belgium Paul Frère Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR practiced only

Class Winners

Class Winners
Sports 3000 194 Ferrari 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

Pos Championship Points
1 West Germany Porsche 20
2 Italy Ferrari 18
3 Italy Maserati 3

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.

References

Further reading

World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
12 Hours of Sebring
1960 season Next race:
1000km Nürburgring
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