1907 Targa Florio - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1907 Targa Florio was a Grand Prix

Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...

motor race held at Madonie

Madonie

The Madonie are one of the principal mountain groups in Sicily, southern Italy, part of the Sicilian portion of the Apennines. It is located in Palermo Province...

on April 22, 1907. It was run over 3 laps of the 92.473 mile circuit, totaling 277.42 miles.

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	20B	Felice Nazzaro Felice Nazzaro Felice Nazzaro was an Italian racecar driver, a native of Turin. He won the Kaiserpreis in 1907 as well as the French Grand Prix in 1907 and 1922 and Targa Florio in 1907 and 1913. His European wins in 1907 resulted in an invitation to compete in the 1908 American Grand Prize in Savannah, Georgia,...	Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...	3	8h17m36.4s
2	20A	Vincenzo Lancia Vincenzo Lancia Vincenzo Lancia was an Italian pilot, engineer and founder of Lancia.Vincenzo Lancia was born in the small village of Fobello on 24 August 1881, close to Turin...	Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...	3	+11m53.0s
3	21B	Maurice Fabry	Itala	3	+15m11.2s
4	11A	Arthur Duray Arthur Duray Arthur Duray was born in New York City of Belgian parents and later became a French citizen. An early aviator, he held Belgian license #3. He is probably best known today for breaking the land speed record on three separate occasions between July, 1903 and March, 1904...	Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	3	+21m30.0s
5	21A	Alessandro Cagno	Itala	3	+21m39.8s
6	11B	Fernand Gabriel	Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	3	+22m9.8s
7	7D	Giuseppe Tamagni	Isotta-Fraschini Isotta-Fraschini Isotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce, respectively, marine engines and luxury goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer.-History:...	3	+24m9.2s
8	20C	Aldo Weilschott	Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...	3	+25m16.0s
9	7C	Marc Sorel	Isotta-Fraschini Isotta-Fraschini Isotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce, respectively, marine engines and luxury goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer.-History:...	3	+34m34.2s
10	7B	Ferdinando Minoia Ferdinando Minoia Ferdinando "Nando" Minoia was an Italian racing driver with an exceptionally long, distinguished and varied career. In 1907, he won the Coppa Florio driving an Isotta-Fraschini. In 1923, he drove the world’s first mid-engine Grand Prix car, the Benz Tropfenwagen. In 1927, he won the inaugural...	Isotta-Fraschini Isotta-Fraschini Isotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce, respectively, marine engines and luxury goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer.-History:...	3	+35m43.2s
11	9A	Pierre Garcet	Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard was a French manufacturer of automobiles, aeroplanes and airships founded in 1903 by the entrepreneur Adolphe Clément-Bayard . The name celebrated the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières in 1521...	3	+36m4.6s
12	4A	Enrico Maggioni	Zust Zust Zust was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra, near Lago Maggiore...	3	+42m31.0s
13	14A	Domenico Masino	de Luca-Daimler Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, it was based first in Cannstatt...	3	+43m45.8s
14	19A	"Dureste"	Gobron-Brillié	3	+52m47.6s
15	23A	Fritz Erle	Benz	3	+53m39.2s
16	8B	Vittorio Gremo	Junior	3	+56m2.0s
17	23C	Dietrich Spamann	Benz	3	+58m20.2s
18	16A	Felice Buzio	Diatto-Clément	3	+1h2m29.0s
19	9B	Richard Gaudeman	Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard was a French manufacturer of automobiles, aeroplanes and airships founded in 1903 by the entrepreneur Adolphe Clément-Bayard . The name celebrated the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières in 1521...	3	+1h11m24.0s
20	14C	Hubert le Blon	de Luca-Daimler Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, it was based first in Cannstatt...	3	+1h13m56.0s
21	4B	Mario Conti	Zust Zust Zust was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra, near Lago Maggiore...	3	+1h20m23.0s
22	9C	Léon Collinet	Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard Clément-Bayard was a French manufacturer of automobiles, aeroplanes and airships founded in 1903 by the entrepreneur Adolphe Clément-Bayard . The name celebrated the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières in 1521...	3	+1h21m40.8s
23	6B	"Gallina"	Rapid	3	+1h32m33.6s
24	23B	Clemente de Bojano	Benz	3	+1h35m32.2s
25	4C	Leonina du Zara	Zust Zust Zust was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra, near Lago Maggiore...	3	+1h41m17.2s
26	14B	Victor Hémery Victor Hémery Victor Hémery was a champion driver of early Grand Prix motor racing who was born in Sillé-le-Guillaume, France, Sarthe, France. In 1904 he joined Automobiles Darracq S.A. as their chief tester and helped prepare cars to compete in that year's Gordon Bennett Cup...	de Luca-Daimler Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was a German engine and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, it was based first in Cannstatt...	3	+1h58m39.0s
27	17A	"Gaste"	Radia-l'Automotrice	3	+2h15m44.6s
28	17B	Edoardo Marnier	Radia-l'Automotrice	3	+2h31m36.4s
29	19B	"Favre"	Gobron-Brillié	3	+2h59m39.2s
30	1B	Carlo Pizzagalli	Rolland-Pilain Rolland-Pilain Rolland-Pilain was a French car maker founded 1905 in Tours by François Rolland and Emile Pilain.The Rolland-Pilain cars pioneered many innovative solutions despite very limited financial resources. One such feature was hydraulic brakes...	3	+3h24m16.6s
Ret	3A	Louis Wagner Louis Wagner Louis Wagner was a French race car driver who won the first ever United States and British Grands Prix. Wagner was also a pioneer aviator.Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine-Saint-Denis...	Darracq Darracq Automobiles Darracq S.A. was a French motor vehicle manufacturing company founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq.Using part of the substantial profit he had made from selling his Gladiator bicycle factory, Alexandre Darracq began operating from a plant in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes...	2	Half Shaft
Ret	8C	Guido de Martino	Junior	2	Retired
Ret	6A	Ernesto Ceirano	Rapid	2	Retired
Ret	19C	"Douet"	Gobron-Brillié	2	Retired
Ret	2A	Fritz von Opel Fritz von Opel Fritz Adam Hermann Opel, since 1918 von Opel , was the only child of Wilhelm von Opel, and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the Opel Company...	Opel Opel Adam Opel AG, generally shortened to Opel, is a German automobile company founded by Adam Opel in 1862. Opel has been building automobiles since 1899, and became an Aktiengesellschaft in 1929...	1	Retired
Ret	7A	Vincenzo Trucco Vincenzo Trucco Vincenzo Trucco was a racing driver from Milan, Italy. He was Isotta Fraschini works driver and won the 1908 Targa Florio and participated to Indy 500 in 1913. Trucco was also friend and mentor of Alfieri Maserati, with whom he patented automotive spark plug....	Isotta-Fraschini Isotta-Fraschini Isotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce, respectively, marine engines and luxury goods. In the early 20th century it was famous worldwide as a luxury car manufacturer.-History:...	1	Retired
Ret	3B	René Hanriot	Darracq Darracq Automobiles Darracq S.A. was a French motor vehicle manufacturing company founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq.Using part of the substantial profit he had made from selling his Gladiator bicycle factory, Alexandre Darracq began operating from a plant in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes...	1	Half Shaft
Ret	6C	Tallio Cariolato	Rapid	1	Retired
Ret	8A	Francesco Tololli	Junior	0	Retired
Ret	10A	Victor Rigal	Berliet Berliet Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and other utility vehicles, based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France.-Early history:...	0	Retired
Ret	10B	Jean Porporato Jean Porporato Jean Porporato was a French automobile mechanic from Lyon, Rhône.He is mentioned in automobile press articles from 28 January 1906, where he is listed as a mechanic of the racing driver Paul Bablot on the occasion of the endurance record in a Berliet car on the route from Salon to Arles.Paul...	Berliet Berliet Berliet was a French manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and other utility vehicles, based in Vénissieux, outside of Lyon, France.-Early history:...	0	Retired
Ret	18A	Otto Hyeronimus	Gaggenau	0	Retired
Ret	1A	Philippe Savion	Rolland-Pilain Rolland-Pilain Rolland-Pilain was a French car maker founded 1905 in Tours by François Rolland and Emile Pilain.The Rolland-Pilain cars pioneered many innovative solutions despite very limited financial resources. One such feature was hydraulic brakes...	0	Retired
Ret	22A	Bernhard Caspar	Ajax Ajax (1906 automobile) The Ajax was a Swiss automobile built from 1906 to 1910.Dr. G. Aigner built his first car in Zürich in 1906, but failed. The remains were taken over by a company led by three directors from New York, Java and Switzerland. A chain-drive monobloc 20/27cv four was introduced early on; the company...	0	Retired
Ret	18B	"Hube"	Gaggenau	0	Retired
Ret	4D	Giancarlo Capuggi	Zust Zust Zust was an Italian car manufacturing company operating from 1905 to 1917.The company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin, who owned a precision tool manufacturing plant at Intra, near Lago Maggiore...	0	Retired
DNS	5A	Paul Rivierne	Couverchal		Did Not Appear
DNS	12A	unknown	Métallurgique Métallurgique Métallurgique were cars made by SA L'Auto Métallurgique, Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium between 1898 and 1928. Before making cars, the company had made railway locomotives and rolling stock.-Production:...		Did Not Appear
DNS	13A	"Besson"	Lucia		Did Not Appear
DNS	15A	"Picklen"	Charron Charron (automobile) -The company:Founded in 1901 by Ferdinand Charron, Leonce Girardot and Emile Voigt the company was originally called C.G.V and based in Puteaux, Seine. In 1905 it had capital of 2 franc million. Girardot resigned in 1906 and the company was reformed as Automobiles Charron ...		Did Not Appear

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