Coppa Florio
Former motorsport race in Italy
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::summary Former motorsport race in Italy ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/1907-09-02_Coppa_Florio_e_Velocita_poster.jpg" caption="1907 poster showing the Coppa Florio on 1 September and Coppa di Velocità on 2 September."] ::
The Coppa Florio (or Florio Cup) was a motorsport race for automobiles first held in Italy in 1900. It was renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50,000 Lira prize money and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be awarded to the car maker who gained the most wins in the first seven races, beginning with the race held in 1905. In the event, the first seven races were all won by different manufacturers, but Peugeot won the eighth race in 1925 and thus secured the cup with its second win. However, the competition for the cup continued after Lucien Rosengart, then a director of Peugeot, offered to make it available again.
The Brescia race ran along the route Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Brescia. In 1908, the race used the Circuito di Bologna: Bologna-Castelfranco Emilia-Sant'Agata Bolognese-San Giovanni in Persiceto-Bologna. After 1914, most of the Coppa Florio races were co-organized with the Targa Florio at the Circuito delle Madonie circuit outside Palermo, Sicily, running four or five laps, 108 km each. Only in 1927 did the race move to Saint-Brieuc, in honour of Peugeot's second win in 1925. The race attracted teams from around Europe as well as the 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeams from England and was an opportunity to see Sir Henry Segrave and Jean Chassagne competing. The winners were:
From 1974, the Coppa Florio was revived as a sports car race held at the Autodromo di Pergusa in Sicily. The race counted towards the World Sportscar Championship most years from 1975, last being held in 1981. In 2020, the Coppa Florio was again revived at Pergusa, being the fifth round of the 2020 24H GT and TCE Series as the Coppa Florio 12 Hours of Sicily. The race was again confirmed as part of the 24H Series calendar, of 2021, being the seventh round of 8 events scheduled for the 2 and 3 of October, but was later cancelled.
Past winners
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| Edition | Date | Circuit | Winner | Vehicle | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | 10 September 1900 | Brescia | |||
| -- | 5 September 1904 | Brescia | |||
| I | 4 September 1905 | Brescia | |||
| II | 1 September 1907 | Brescia | |||
| III | 6 September 1908 | Bologna | |||
| IV | 31 May 1914 | Madonie | |||
| V | 4 September 1921 | Brescia | |||
| VI | 19 November 1922 | Madonie | |||
| VII | 27 April 1924 | Madonie | |||
| VIII | 3 May 1925 | Madonie | |||
| IX | 25 April 1926 | Madonie | |||
| X | 17 July 1927 | Saint-Brieuc | |||
| XI | 6 May 1928 | Madonie | |||
| XII | 5 May 1929 | Madonie | |||
| :: |
Winners of revived race
The following is a list of winners of the revived race held at Pergusa: ::data[format=table]
| Year | Winner | Vehicle |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | UK John Fitzpatrick | Porsche Carrera RSR |
| 1975 | ITA Arturo Merzario | |
| BRD Jochen Mass | Alfa Romeo 33TT12 | |
| 1976 | BRD Rolf Stommelen | |
| BRD Jochen Mass | Porsche 936 | |
| 1977 | ITA Arturo Merzario | Alfa Romeo 33SC12 |
| 1978 | ITA Gimax | |
| ITA Giorgio Francia | Osella PA6-BMW | |
| 1979 | ITA Lella Lombardi | |
| ITA Enrico Grimaldi | Osella PA7-BMW | |
| 1980 | Not held | |
| 1981 | ESP Emilio de Villota | |
| GBR Guy Edwards | Lola T600-Ford | |
| 1982 | ||
| — | ||
| 2019 | Not held | |
| 2020 | CIV Frédéric Fatien | |
| ZAF Jordan Grogor | ||
| FRA Mathieu Jaminet | ||
| DEU Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | |
| :: |
References
References
- [http://www.museodellosportbologna.it/mdsb/116.html Ricorda del circuito di Bologna 1908] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-30)
- [http://forums.autosport.com/printthread.php?threadid=66281 Coppa Florio 1927] discussion
- [http://www.forix.com/8w/coppaflorio.html 1927 Coppa Florio]
- Targa Florio, W F Bradley P82-83
- Rapiditas Vol.5 1922-1923 P.60
- [http://www.forix.com/8w/6thgear/gp-yby.html GP Winners 1894-2007] from forix.com
- [http://www.targaflorio.info/coppa.htm Coppa Florio] from targaflorio.info
- "GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895-1949". kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman.
- "CREVENTIC to revive the Coppa Florio at the Autodromo di Pergusa". [[24H Series#Creventic.
- "Creventic Revives Historic Coppa Florio".
- (30 October 2020). "Single Championship for 2021; Provisional Calendar Released". John Dagys Media.
- (15 September 2021). "THE HUNGARORING IS BACK ON THE 24H SERIES CALENDAR". [[24H Series#Creventic.
- "GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895-1949". kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman.
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