Targa Florio 1970 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Targa Florio		Date: 3.5.1970
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
International Championship for Makes (round 5) Challenge Mondiale (round 2) Campionato Italiano Vetture Sport (round 3) Campionato Italiano Sport-Prototipi (round 2) Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo (round 4)

Weather:	drying, cool, cloudy
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	11 laps
Attendance:	400000

Entered:	120
Practiced:	90
Qualified:	87
Started:	78
Finished:	43
Classified:	43

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype 3000	12	11	7
Prototype 2000	6	6	5
Prototype 1300	4	3	2
Prototype 1000	7	7	3
Sports 5000	2	2	2
Sports 2000	5	5	4
Sports 1600	6	6	3
Sports 1300	4	3	1
Grand Touring +2000	3	2	2
Grand Touring 2000	9	9	7
Grand Touring 1600	14	14	7
Grand Touring 1300	11	10	6

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

Pre-race sessions:
non-qualifying practice held on 30/4

Winners:
Overall:	12	Porsche 908/03	Siffert / Redman
Prototype 2000:	56	Alfa Romeo T33/2 Spyder	Williams / Alberti
Prototype 1300:	218	AMS - Alfa Romeo 1300	Zanetti / Pianta
Prototype 1000:	262	Abarth 1000 SP	Pellegrin / Ruspa
Sports 5000:	6	Ferrari 512 S	Vaccarella / Giunti
Sports 2000:	94	Abarth 2000 S (SE010)	"PAM" / "Gi-Bi"
Sports 1600:	154	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	de Francisci / Balistreri
Sports 1300:	236	Abarth 1300 OT	"Black & White" / Garufi
Grand Touring +2000:	82	Porsche 911 S	Sanson / Peramone
Grand Touring 2000:	140	Porsche 911	Marchiolo / Castro
Grand Touring 1600:	174	Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF	Munari / Maglioli
Grand Touring 1300:	278	Alpine A110 Renault	Gaicomini / Ramoino
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	40	Porsche 908/03	Leo Kinnunen (FIN)	33:36.0000	128.5710 km/h	lap 11
Sports 5000:	6	Ferrari 512 S	Vaccarella / Giunti	34:39.0000		lap 8
Pole Positions:
Overall:	12	Porsche 908/03	Jo Siffert (CH)	34:10.0000	126.4390 km/h
Sports 5000:	6	Ferrari 512 S	Nino Vaccarella (I)	34:46.0000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (20), Alfa Romeo (19), Lancia (13), Abarth (8), Ferrari (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (20), Alfa Romeo (20), Lancia (13), Abarth (8), Ferrari (4), Ford (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Lancia Fulvia (13), Porsche 911 (11), Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (9)
Driver nationalities:	I (118), GB (14), CH (7), F (4), D (3), A (2), FIN (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	I (62), GB (7), CH (4), D (2)
Most used colours:	red (51%), white (15%), blue (13%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (41%), front-engined (39%), rear-engined (20%)
Oldest known drivers:	Umberto Maglioli (42), Mike Parkes (39), Masten Gregory (38)
Youngest known drivers:	Alain De Cadenet (25), Hans Laine (25), "Amphicar" (25)

Official Race Programme:

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