Giro d'Italia automobilistico explained

Giro d'Italia automobilistico
Category:Sports cars
Country:Italy
Classes:1973–1980: Group 5, Group 4, Group 3, Group 2, Group 1
Inaugural:1901
Inaugural2:1973

The Giro d'Italia automobilistico was an automobile race around Italy, historically first held in 1901, then reinstituted as annual event between 1973 and 1980, resurrected for 1988 and 1989, and again in 2011. Both in its historical and modern iterations the Giro d'Italia was inspired by its French equivalent, the Tour de France Automobile.

History

1901

The first Giro d'Italia was organised by Club automobilistico di Torino (Automobile club of Turin) with the patronage of Milanese newspaper Il Corriere della Sera. Seventy-two crews enrolled.

The race started on 27 April 1901 in Turin; of the 72 cars which had enrolled, only 32 were present at the starting line.[1] These included nine Fiats, four Panhards, four Peugeots, three Renaults, two Rossellis, two Morses, and one each from Benz, Ceirano, Delahaye, Marchand, Daimler, De Dion, Isotta Fraschini and Darracq.

1934

The 1934 edition was held over three days and 56870NaN0, on a circular route from Rome to Calabria and back, including a stage in Messina on the island of Sicily. Carlo Pintacuda and Mario Nardilli won in a Lancia Astura.[2] [3] [4] [5]

1954

The 1954 edition was held over ten days, seven stages and 57630NaN0, beginning and ending at the Monza Circuit and stopping at Sanremo, Naples, Bari, Rimini, Merano and Turin along the way. Luigi Taramazzo and Gerino Gerini won in an Alfa Romeo 1900 SS.[6] [7]

1973

The first Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 24 and 28 October. The race was part of the Italian Group 4 Championship.

Day!width=250px
Legwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
25 OctoberHillclimb
Circuit race
26 OctoberTime trial
Circuit race
Circuit race
Night time trial
27 OctoberCircuit race
Circuit race
Night time trial
+ Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
155 m 35.0 s
257 m 11.2 s
359 m 57.3 s
+ Class winners
width=10%Classwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Carwidth=20%Time
Group 5
>1300 ccBonomelli-Bonomelli 57 m 11.2 s
Group 4
>2000 ccCasoni-Minganti 55 m 35.0 s
2000 ccDal Ben-Besenzoni 1 h 08 m 47.8 s
1600 ccMussa-Martino 1 h 05 m 53.8 s
1300 ccArtina-Librizzi 1 h 22 m 05.3 s

1974

The 2º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 14 and 20 October. The race was part of the Italian Group 4 Championship.

The works Fiat Rally team fielded four cars: two Fiat Abarth X1/9 prototypes (one driven by Ferrari F1 pilot Clay Regazzoni), a mysterious Abarth SE 030 prototype based on the yet unveiled Lancia Montecarlo (which scored a remarkable second place on its first outing), and finally a Group 4 124 Abarth Rally.Lancia was only represented by the Andruet/Biche's victorious Lancia Stratos Turbo.Another notable entrant was Arturo Merzario, on an ill-prepared Jolly Club Group 5 Stratos, stopped by an engine seizure already on the first day, at Casale.Of 85 on the starting grid, 52 finished the race.[8]

Day!width=250px
Legwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
15 OctoberHillclimb
Race
16 OctoberRace
Race
17 OctoberRace
S. Stefano–Passo dello Spino Hillclimb
Race
18 OctoberRace
S. Giorgio–Colonnetta Hillclimb
Quercegrossa–Croce Fiorentina Hillclimb
19 OctoberRace
Race
+ Podium finishers
width=30pxRankwidth=100pxDriverswidth=200pxTeam
Car		width=30pxClasswidth=125pxTime
11 h 18 m 41.5 s
21 h 22 m 43.4 s
31 h 24 m 10.5 s

1975

The 3º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 11 and 18 October.For 1975 the coefficient for hillclimb races times was raised to 3:1, thus favouring rally drivers over circuit drivers, less accustomed to racing on closed public roads; no Formula One drivers took parts to the 3rd Giro. Autodelta fielded an Alfa Romeo 33/3 in Group 5.The favourite Munari/Maiga duo ended sixth, but only after having witnessed their Alitalia Stratos Turbo burn to the ground after the last race. Winner were Pianta and Scabini on a 3.5-litre Abarth SE 031, a prototype based on a heavily modified Fiat 131.

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEventwidth= 80pxNotes
12 OctoberRace
Race cancelled
13 OctoberRace
Race
14 OctoberS. Stefano–Passo dello Spino
Race
15 October
Race
16 OctoberS. Giorgio–Colonnetta
Quercegrossa–Croce FiorentinaRace cancelled
Race
17 OctoberRace
Race
Sources:[9] [10]
Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
11 h 24 m 09.9 s
21 h 24 m 20.9 s
31 h 25 m 57.6 s

1976

The 4º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 17 and 20 October.The race was part of the Italian Group 4 Championship, Italian Group 5 Championship. A one-make "Trofeo Alfasud" was disputed by 15 Alfa Romeo Alfasud in separate races.

Amongst the notable entrants there were two Lancia-Marlboro Stratos Turbo of Facetti/Sodano and Pinto/Bernacchini, with the "silhouette" body allowed by the newly enacted Special production cars Group 5 rules. Despite looking almost identical, the two cars were very different; Pinto's Stratos used the previous year's carburetted engine, while Facetti's one had an all-new fuel injected and intercooled engine developing about 100 PS more.[11] Fiat sought to replicate its past year's success by entrusting Pinto another prototype 131, this time an unassuming Gr. 4 131 Rally made into a Group 5 car enlarging to 2.1-litre.Other Group 5 "silhouette" cars were Merzario's Ford Escort, Finotto's BMW-Schnitzer 2002 Turbo and Mannini's Fiat X1/9-based Dallara Icsunonove.

Facetti won with

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
17 OctoberTurin–MonzaHillclimb
Race
Race
18 OctoberRace
Race
18 OctoberS. Stefano–Passo dello Spino Hillclimb
Race
20 October Race
Sources:[12] [13]
Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=20%Driverswidth=45%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1Lancia-Marlboro
Lancia Stratos Turbo "Silhouette" 		2 h 51 m 10.0 s
22 h 57 m 48.1 s
33 h 01 m 30.6 s

1977

The 5º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 12 and 16 October.

Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1
2
3

1978

The 6º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 13 and 18 October.It was one of ten non-World Rally Championship races that counted for the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. The race was also part of the Italian Group 4 Championship, Italian Group 5 Championship and the one-make "Trofeo Autobianchi A112 Abarth".

Winners were Alén/Pianta/Kivimäki on a works Lancia Stratos; Pianta drove on the track, while the Alén/Kivimäki rally duo tackled the road stages. The car was a modified Group 4 rally car, classed in Group 5 as it was fitted with the 24-valve engine and other components which had lost their FIA homologation that year.Markku Alén went on to win the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers, also thanks to points scored in the Giro.

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
14 OctoberRace
Race
15 OctoberRace
Race
16 OctoberRieti–Terminillo Hillclimb
Race
17 OctoberRieti–Il Ciocco S. Giorgio–Colonnetta Hillclimb
Race
S. Stefano–Passo dello Spino Hillclimb
18 October Ronde del Ciocco Eight special stages
Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1
2
3

1979

The two Lancias and other entrants were disqualified, and the first prize went to third-arrived Moretti, Schön and Radaelli privateer trio.

Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
DQ3 h 49 m 46.5 s
DQ3 h 50 m 22.3 s
13 h 56 m 34.9 s
24 h 7 m 6.3 s
34 h 7 m 44.5 s

1980

Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
14 h 25 m 47.1 s
24 h 40 m 7.6 s
34 h 43 m 25.2 s

1988

The 9º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 16 and 20 November 1988.

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
16–17 NovemberSpecial stage
Special stage
Special stage
Race
Special stage
Special stage
18 NovemberSpecial stage
Special stage
Special stage
Race
19 NovemberRace
Special stage
Special stage
Special stage
20 NovemberRace
Super s. s.
Source:
Podium finishers[14]
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1
22 h 43 m 46 s
32 h 44 m 13 s

1989

The 10º Giro d'Italia automobilistico took place between 14 and 19 November 1989.[15] A poker of Alfa Romeo 75 IMSA took the top positions; the third classified D'Amore/Noberasco/Cianci were privateers.[16]

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
14–15 NovemberSuper s. s.
Special stage
Special stage
Special stage
Race
Special stage
Ciocco Special stage
16 NovemberCiocco Special stage
Special stage
Special stage
Race
17 NovemberSpecial stage
Special stage
Special stage
Race
18 NovemberRace
Special stage
Special stage
Special stage
19 NovemberRace
Source:
Podium finishers
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1
22 h 53 m 23 s
32 h 54 m 53 s

2011

width=100pxDaywidth=250pxLegwidth=200pxCircuit or routewidth=100pxEvent
26 OctoberSpecial stage
Special stage
Special stage
27 OctoberRace
Special stage
Special stage
28 OctoberRace
Special stage
Special stage
Autodromo di Modena SPS
29 OctoberRace
Special stage
Race
Special stage
30 OctoberSPS
Prodo–Colonnetta Special stage
Race
Source:[17]
Podium finishers[18]
width=5%Rankwidth=25%Driverswidth=40%Team
Car		width=10%Classwidth=20%Time
1GTT 3 h 9 m 8.327 s
2GT 3 h 10 m 32.053 s
3T 3h 13 m 41.472 s

Overall winners

YearDriver(s) and co-driverCar
1901Fiat 8 HP
data-sort-value="1902" colspan=31902–1972: not held
1973[19] [20] De Tomaso Pantera
1974[21] Lancia Stratos Turbo
1975[22] Abarth SE 031
1976[23] Lancia Stratos Turbo
1977[24] Porsche 935
1978[25] Lancia Stratos
1979[26] Porsche 935 TT
1980[27] Lancia Montecarlo Turbo
data-sort-value="1981" colspan=31981–1987: not held
1988Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA
1989Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA
data-sort-value="1990" colspan=31990–2010: not held
2011Porsche Cayman S GT4
data-sort-value="2012" colspan=32012–present: not held

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1901 . Donatella . Biffignandi . www.museoauto.it . . it . 2001 . 15 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Final results Giro d'Italia - Coppa d'Oro del Littorio 1934. ewrc-results.com. 14 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1934 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 14 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Non Championship Races 1934 - Giro d'Italia. classicscars.com. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225164627/http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/nonchamp/nonchamp1934.html. 25 February 2020. live.
  5. Web site: Carlo Pintacuda, A Pre-War Hero: Part I. velocetoday.com. 14 September 2021. Estanislao. Iacona. Christian. Bertschi. https://web.archive.org/web/20191008021746/https://www.velocetoday.com/people/people_3.php. 8 October 2019. live.
  6. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1954 - Racing Sports Cars. racingsportscars.com. 14 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Giro d'Italia Rally 1954 - TNF's Archive - The Autosport Forums. 14 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113144/https://forums.autosport.com/topic/81160-giro-ditalia-rally-1954/. 4 March 2016. live.
  8. Tutto il Giro pilota per pilota . All the Giro driver by driver . Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . 29 October 1974 . XIV . 43 . 22–23 . it.
  9. La cascata delle Stratos . Stratosses' fall . Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . it . 1975 . 42 . 23–25.
  10. Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . it . 1975 . 43 . 19–27.
  11. 100 cavalli in meno la Stratos di Pinto . Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . it . 1 October 1973 . 41 . 42.
  12. Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . it . 1976 . 42 .
  13. Autosprint . Conti Editore . Bologna . it . 1976 . 43 . 45–50.
  14. News: Biasion e Patrese, che coppia . . 21 November 1988 . 15 . 13 February 2015.
  15. News: Sabato la prima prova Martedì dal Lingotto il Giro . . 20 November 1989 . 15 . 13 February 2015.
  16. News: Primi Francia-Cerrato poi altre quattro "75" . . 10 November 1989 . 34 . 13 February 2015.
  17. Web site: Programma 2011 . giroditaliaauto.com . 14 February 2015.
  18. Web site: Classifica Finale Ufficiale . giroditaliaauto.com . 14 February 2015.
  19. Web site: Albo d'Oro . giroditaliaauto.com . 15 December 2014.
  20. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1973 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  21. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1974 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  22. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1975 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  23. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1976 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  24. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1977 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  25. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1978 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  26. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1979 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.
  27. Web site: Giro d'Italia 1980 . racingsportscars.com . 15 December 2014.

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