Ferrari, Alfa and Porsche for a day return queens Madonie
A passionate crowd and onlookers to the Tribune Cerda for the hundredth edition of the Targa Florio (photo igor Petyx)

They have reignited the engines to celebrate the hundred editions of Targa Florio. They are the queens of the Madonie that in years 60 and 70 have given show the Sicilian roads. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Mercedes, Lancia and Fiat Abarth this morning returned to pierce the silence of the hills, guided by the same pilots who have become legends in Sicily: from Ninni Vaccarella Jacky Ickx, as ARTURO MERZARIO to Andrea De Adamich, Sandro Munari to Helmut Marko. They gathered all to Floriopoli box in the company of FIA president Jean Todt and the number one ACI Angelo Sticchi Damiani for a parade in front of thousands of spectators who were crowded at the start and along the path to Cerda and back. This edition of the centenary which demonstrated once more the passion for the Targa Florio, the oldest automobile road race in the world. And to celebrate the one hundred editions, the organizers have included in the program, in addition to the valid for Italian Rally Championship won by Andreucci, the historic rally and the Classic Targa, a fourth event, the Historic Speed, a real re-enactment of the race.
The Floriopoli grandstands this morning protagonists are back for a day with the passage of the cars in the race and with the symphony of the best cars and engines Sport GT that raced speed version. And next to the cars that have made the Targa are back to wearing helmet and suit even the best riders: Ninni Vaccarella reported on Madonie Ferrari 330 P4, ARTURO MERZARIO Alfa Romeo 33 TT12, Andrea De Adamich has found its Alfa Romeo 33/2 Daytona, Nanni Galli Alfa Romeo 33, Sandro Munari could only drive a Lancia Startos, Helmut Marko Alfa Romeo 33tt3, while Jacky Ickx who won on all the tracks in the world but not the Targa Florio has put the wheel of a Porsche 911 RSR. The squadrono Porsche who dominated the plaque in the seventies and holds the record for victories in the Madonie was also composed by Gijs Van Lennep (Porsche 911 RSR) and Vic Elford (Porsche 356 Abarth).
Alongside the professional pilots marched even the gentlemen of the Historical Targa drivers, including the President of Fca John Elkann and his wife Lavinia who appeared helpful and absolutely at ease along the hairpin bends of the Madonie with its Alfa Romeo Giulietta of 1960. among the VIPs also Renato cockpit to the Mercedes Benz 300 SL roadster was greeted warmly by fans. There were the prestigious guests from all over the world starting from the managing director of Coca Cola Muhtar Kent racing with the Alfa Romeo Giulia of 1963. “I have always had a great passion for motor racing and engines in general. I’m happy with my race and the enthusiasm that I found along the way. And ‘my first Targa Florio but it is not the first time I’ve been in Sicily. We have come so many times, is a land that I love and the first time I came just in Cefalu with my wife. “

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