Targa Florio 1972 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Targa Florio, Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie		Date: 21.5.1972
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
World Championship for Makes (round 7) Challenge Mondiale (round 3) Campionato Italiano Vetture Sport (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	11 laps
Attendance:	400000

Entered:	104
Practiced:	91
Qualified:	87
Started:	76
Finished:	35
Classified:	38

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	7	5	3
Sports 2000	11	10	2
Sports 1600	5	3	2
Sports 1300	6	5	3
Sports 1000	11	8	2
Grand Touring +2000	11	8	4
Grand Touring 2000	14	13	6
Grand Touring 1600	15	14	8
Grand Touring 1300	11	10	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
qualifying held on 20/5

Winners:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 312 PB	Merzario / Munari
Sports 2000:	8	Lola T290 Ford	Zadra / Pasolini
Sports 1600:	48	Tondelli BT Ford	Tondelli / Formento
Sports 1300:	56	Lola T212 Alfa Romeo	Zanetti / Locatelli
Sports 1000:	60	AMS SP Ford	Cerulli-Irelli / Barone
Grand Touring +2000:	25	Porsche 911 S	Steckkönig / Pucci
Grand Touring 2000:	38	Porsche 911 S	Gottifredi / Pica
Grand Touring 1600:	85	Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA	"Cris" / de Franchis
Grand Touring 1300:	99	Lancia Fulvia HF	Rosolia / de Bartoli
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	5	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3	Helmut Marko (A)	33:41.0000	128.2530 km/h	lap 11
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 312 PB	Merzario / Munari	33:59.7000	127.0780 km/h
Sports 2000:	9	Lola T290 Abarth	Antonio Nicodemi (I)	38:41.2000
Grand Touring +2000:	22	Porsche 911 S	Claude Haldi (CH)	39:40.7000
Grand Touring 2000:	34	Opel GT	Giorgio Pianta (I)	40:39.6001
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (18), Alfa Romeo (14), Alpine (8), Lancia (8), Abarth (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (18), Alfa Romeo (15), Ford (10), Renault (9), Abarth (8), Lancia (8)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 911 (17), Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (9), Alpine A110 (8), Lancia Fulvia (8)
Driver nationalities:	I (127), D (8), CH (5), GB (5), F (3), NL (2)
Most used colours:	red (42%), blue (17%), white (14%), yellow (9%), black (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (37%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (29%)
Average engine size:	1759 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Girolamo Capra (51), Nino Vaccarella (39), Vic Elford (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli (23), Jürgen Barth (25), "Amphicar" (27)
Female drivers:	"Marie-Claude Beaumont", Rosadelle Facetti, Giuseppina Gagliano

Official Race Programme:

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