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Event: Targa Florio		Date: 8.5.1960
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 3)

Weather:	hot, rain in mountains
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	10 laps
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	78
Practiced:	77
Qualified:	69
Started:	69
Finished:	37
Classified:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	9	8	5
Sports 2000	8	7	4
Sports 1600	6	6	3
Sports 1150	7	7	2
Sports 850	3	3	2
Grand Touring +2500	3	1	1
Grand Touring 2500	17	16	8
Grand Touring 1300	17	16	9
Grand Touring 1150	3	3	3
Grand Touring 850	3	2	0

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
1 practice session held for a total of 210 minutes on 6/5

Winners:
Overall:	184	Porsche 718 RS 60	Bonnier / Herrmann
Sports 3000:	194	Ferrari Dino 246 S	von Trips / Hill
Sports 1600:	160	Porsche 718 RS 60	Barth / Hill
Sports 1150:	74	Osca S 1100 (S 273)	Pace / Castellina
Sports 850:	24	Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport	Soldano / Ramirez
Grand Touring +2500:	134	Ferrari 250 GT LWB TdF	Lualdi / Scarlatti
Grand Touring 2500:	116	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Strähle / Lissmann / Linge
Grand Touring 1300:	50	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale	Riolo / Federico
Grand Touring 1150:	14	DB HBR Panhard Coupé	Laureau / Cahier
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	194	Ferrari Dino 246 S	Wolfgang von Trips (D)	40:39.2100
Sports 2000:	184	Porsche 718 RS 60	Jo Bonnier (S)	42:46.0000	101.0130 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Alfa Romeo (19), Ferrari (9), Osca (9), Porsche (7), Lancia (7)
Top engines by numbers:	Alfa Romeo (20), Fiat (11), Ferrari (9), Osca (9), Porsche (7), Lancia (7)
Top car types by numbers:	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce (7), Osca S (5), Lancia Aurelia (5)
Driver nationalities:	I (112), D (11), USA (5), GB (3), F (2), B (2), MEX (2)
Most used colours:	red (30%), dark (18%), darker (14%), silver (10%), lighter (8%), light (7%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (84%), rear-engined (10%), mid-engined (6%)
Average engine size:	1657 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Huschke von Hanstein (49), Gaspare Cavaliere (44), Edgar Barth (43)
Youngest known drivers:	Ricardo Rodriguez (18), Pedro Rodriguez (20), Graham Hill (21)
Female drivers:	Ada Pace, Anna Maria Peduzzi

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