1959 Targa Florio
Official Classification
Class Winners are in Bold text. Fastest Lap: Jo Bonnier, 43:01.6secs (62.147 mph)

1959 Targa Florio

Section Title: Official Classification
Table Section Text: Class Winners are in Bold text. Fastest Lap: Jo Bonnier, 43:01.6secs (62.147 mph)

Pos	No	Class	Driver	Entrant	Chassis	Laps	Reason Out

1st	112	S1.5	West Germany Edgar Barth	West Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche KG	Porsche 718 RSK	11hr 02:21.8, 14

2nd	118	S1.5	West Germany Eberhard Mahle West Germany Herbert Linge	West Germany Paul Ernst Strähle	Porsche KG	Porsche 550 RS	11hr 22:20.8, 14

3rd	102	GT2.6	West Germany Huschke von Hanstein	Italy Antonio Pucci	Porsche KG	Porsche 356A Carrera	11hr 31:44.4, 14

4th	96	GT2.6	West Germany Paul Ernst Strähle West Germany Eberhard Mahle	West Germany Herbert Linge	Porsche KG	Porsche 356A Carrera	11hr 36:10.0, 14

5th	134	S2.0	Italy Mennato Boffa	Italy Piero Drogo	Centro-Sud	Maserati A6GCS/53	11hr 41:20.0, 14

6th	38	GT1.3	Italy “Dario Sepe” Italy Mario Sannino	United Kingdom Colin Davis	Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	12hr 02:30.0, 14

7th	84	S1.1	Italy Umberto Bini	Italy Luciano Mantovani	Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus	Osca S1100	12hr 10:52.3, 14

8th	132	S2.0	Italy Mario Cammarata	Italy Domenico Tramontana	Mario Cammarata	Ferrari 500 TRC	12hr 14:45.4, 14

9th	120	GT+2.6	Italy Salvatore La Pira	Italy Francesco Siracusa	Nissena	Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta	12hr 24:15.0, 14

10th	138	S2.0	Italy Giuseppe Allotta	Italy Nino Vaccarella	Giuseppe Allotta	Maserati A6 GCS	12hr 35:47.4, 14

11th	72	S1.1	Italy Domenico Rotolo	Italy Gaspere Cavaliere	Monte Pellegrino	Osca MT4 1100	12hr 39:40.0

12th	30	GT1.3	Italy Antonio Picone Italy Sergio Mantia	Italy Franco Tagliavia	Monte Pellegrino	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spider	12hr 41:31.0, 14

13th	46	GT1.3	Italy Vito Coco	Italy Vito Sabbia	Nissena	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce	12hr 46.16.0, 14

14th	8	GT750	Italy Enrico Carini	Italy Ernesto Prinoth	Janua	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	12hr 53:39.0. 14

15th	24	GT1.3	Italy Amedeo Bartoccelli Italy Salvatore Panepinto	Italy Giuseppe Parla	Nissena	Fiat 1200 Boano	13hr 00:27.0, 14

16th	20	GT1.3	Italy Pietor Laureati	Italy “Pompei””	Pietro Laureati	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spider Veloce	162

17th	50	S750	Italy Sesto Leonardi	Italy Alfredo Tinazzo	Settecoli	Osca S750	13hr 13:46.1, 14

18th	70	S1.1	United Kingdom Tommy Wisdom	France Bernard Cahier	Tommy Wisdom	Austin-Healey Sprite	13hr 22:05.0, 14

19th	60	S750	Italy Gustavo Laureati	Italy Giuseppe Celani	Montegrappa	Osca S750	13hr 22:05.4, 14

20th	56	S750	Italy Giancarlo Rigamonti	Italy Anna Maria Peduzzi	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Osca S750	13hr 39:23.2, 14

21st	28	GT1.3	France José Rosinski	France Claude Bobrowski	Paris	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	13hr 44:11.4, 14

NC	76	S1.1	Italy Enrico Manzini	Italy Attilio Brandi	Clemente Biondetti	Ermini-Fiat 1100	14	Over time limit

NC	6	GT750	Italy Carmelo Giugno	Italy Salvatore Giuffrida	Nissena	Fiat 500	14	Over time limit

NC	92	GT2.6	Italy Giovanni Giordano	Italy Carlo Fulci	San Rizzo	Fiat 8V Zagato	14	Over time limit

DNF	136	S2.0	Italy Umberto Maglioli	West Germany Hans Herrmann	Porsche AG	Porshce 718 RSK	Transmission

DNF	150	S3.0	France Jean Behra	United Kingdom Tony Brooks	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 TR 59	Rear axle

DNF	154	S3.0	United States Dan Gurney	United Kingdom Cliff Allison	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 TR 59	Transmission

DNF	4	GT750	France Gérard Laureau	France François Jaeger	Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet	D.B.-Panhard HBR4	did not finish

DNF	26	GT1.3	Italy Teodoro Zeccoli	Italy Roberto Rosignoli	G.S. Savio	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce	did not finish

DNF	32	GT1.3	Italy Giuseppe Ruggero	Italy Ciro Monaci	Giuseppe Riggero	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	did not finish

DNF	34	GT1.3	France Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	France Beniatt	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	D.B.-Panhard HBR5	did not finish

DNF	36	GT1.3	Italy Sergio Bettoja	Italy P. Feroldi	Camidoglio	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	did not finish

DNF	40	GT1.3	Italy Ada Pace	Italy Carlo Peroglio	Racing Club 19	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	did not finish

DNF	42	GT1.3	Italy Enrico Giaccone	Italy Vincenzo Ribaudo	Enrico Giaccone	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce	did not finish

DNF	44	GT1.3	Italy Francesco de Leonibus	Italy Carlo Peroglio	Racing Club 19	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Sprint Veloce Zagato	did not finish

DNF	52	S750	Italy Amerigo Brachetti	Italy Elio Pandolfo	Montegrappa	Giaur 750 Sport	did not finish

DNF	58	S750	Italy Giacomo Marino	Italy Salvatore Sirchia	Monte Pellegrino	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	did not finish

DNF	74	S1.1	Italy Francesco La Mattina Italy Francesco Soldana	Italy Armando dols Soldana	Monte Pellegrino	Osca MT4 1100	did not finish

DNF	78	S1.1	Italy Emanuele Trapani	Italy Bartolomeo Donato	Monte Pellegrino	Osca MT4 1100	did not finish

DNF	80	S1.1	Italy Antonio di Salvo	Italy Silvestre Semilia	Falanga	Roar-Fiat 1100 Special	did not finish

DNF	82	S1.1	Italy Enzo Buzzetti	Italy Giuseppe Rossi	Settecoli	Osca MT4 1100	did not finish

DNF	90	GT2.6	Italy Rosario Montalbano	Italy Gaspare Bologna	Giuseppe Bologna	Fiat 8V	did not finish

DNF	94	GT2.6	Italy Alfonso Vella	Italy Pietro Tremini	Pietro Tremini	Fiat 8V	did not finish

DNF	100	GT2.6	Italy Rocco Finocchiaro	Italy Ignazio Consiglio	Rocco Finocchiaro	Fiat 8V	did not finish

DNF	104	GT2.6	Italy Vincenzo Sorrentino	Italy Franco Pisano	Sorrentino	Lancia Flaminia	did not finish

DNF	114	S1.5	Italy Edoardo Lualdi	Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Osca MT4 1500	did not finish

DNF	116	S1.5	Belgium Christian Goethals	Christian Goethals	Porsche 550 RS	did not finish

DNF	122	GT+2.6	Italy Nino Todaro	Italy Gennaro Alterio	Mediterranea	Ferrari 250 GT	did not finish

DNF	140	S2.0	Italy Gaetano Starrabba	Italy Domenico Lo Coco	Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari 500 TRC	did not finish

DNF	142	S2.0	Italy Giulio Cabianca	Italy Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari Dino 196 S	Out of fuel

DNF	130	S2.0	Sweden Jo Bonnier	West Germany Wolfgang von Trips	Porsche AG	Porsche 718 RSK	13	did not finish

DNF	152	S3.0	Belgium Olivier Gendebien	United States Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 TR 59	1	Pinion

DNS	2	GT750	Italy Elio Lenza	Italy Filippo Golia	Elio Lenza	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	did not start

DNS	10	GT750	Italy Aldo Tine Italy Matteo Sgarlata	Italy Gianni Carpinteri	Aretusa	Fiat-Abarth 750	did not start

DNS	22	GT1.3	Italy Francesco Gambi	Francesco Gambi	Alfa Romeo Giuletta Spider Veloce	did not start

DNS	54	S750	Italy Gaetano Spampinato	Spampinato	Fiat-Abarth 750 Sport	did not start

DNS	98	GT2.6	Italy Sergio Mantia	Italy Giovanni Napoli	Monte Pellegrino	Lancia Aurelia B24	did not start

DNS	110	S1.5	France Henri Perrier France Gilled Nebon Carle	France Binachon	Henri Perrier / Binachon	Osca MT4 1500	did not start

Sentence(s)

The podium was complete by a 356A Carrera of Antonio Pucci and Huschke von Hanstein who were 9 mins behind.

final_sentence: The podium was complete by a 356A Carrera of Antonio Pucci and Huschke von Hanstein who were 9 mins behind.