Английская Википедия:1968 Targa Florio

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Файл:1968-05-05 Targa Florio WINNER Porsche 907 Elford Maglioli.jpg
The winning Porsche 907 #224 of Elford/Maglioli

The 52° Targa Florio took place on 5 May 1968, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily (Italy).[1]

Race

Файл:1968-05-05 Targa Florio Ford GT40 Drury Sanger.jpg
The Ford GT40 #136 of Drury/Sanger. They did not finish the race.

The event was marked by the absence of Scuderia Ferrari which skipped the whole 1968 World Sportscar Championship in protest of the regulation change imposed by the FIA. Autodelta thus filled the vacuum left by Ferrari by deploying the new Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 in place of the Tipo 33 of the previous year. Porsche responded by replacing the 910 with the new 907. Alfa Romeo also offered a seat to Nino Vaccarella who was "orphaned" by Ferrari’s absence, by providing the Sicilian with a 33/2 with an enlarged 2.5L engine.[1]

Though Vaccarella had to retire during the third lap for an accident, the 33/2 proved to be a match for the 907. The real protagonist of the race was Vic Elford: during the first lap his 907 lost a wheel, and shortly later the car also suffered a tire puncture, accumulating so many minutes from the lead that he considered the race lost and rather concentrated on beating the circuit lap record as a consolation. Taking advantage of his experience as a rally driver, he started drifting whenever possible. As a result not only he set lap records more than once, but also considerably reduced the gap from the top of the race. In the end, he decided to let his companion Umberto Maglioli driving only for three out of ten laps, and aimed for the victory. He overtook the leading 33/2 during the 9th lap and won the race by 3 minutes.[1][2]

Official results

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
1 P
3.0
224 Шаблон:FlagiconPorsche System Engineering Шаблон:Flagicon Vic Elford
Шаблон:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli
Porsche 907 2.2 10
2 P
2.0
186 Шаблон:Flagicon Autodelta Шаблон:Flagicon Ignazio Giunti
Шаблон:Flagicon Nanni Galli
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 10
3 P
2.0
192 Шаблон:Flagicon Autodelta Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Casoni
Шаблон:Flagicon Lucien Bianchi
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 10

[1]

References

Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Sportscar Race Report

Шаблон:Targa Florio Шаблон:Sportscar-autoracing-stub