Targa Florio

E562640

endurance race historic motorsport event motor race open-road race

The Targa Florio was a legendary open-road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily, renowned as one of the oldest and most challenging events in motorsport history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
1948 Targa Florio	1
1956 Targa Florio	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endurance race ⓘ historic motorsport event ⓘ motor race ⓘ open-road race ⓘ
approximateLapLength	108 km (Medio Circuito) ⓘ 148 km (Grande Circuito) ⓘ 72 km (Piccolo Circuito) ⓘ
continuedAs	national sports car race ⓘ rally event ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
courseName	Circuito delle Madonie NERFINISHED ⓘ
courseVariant	Grande Circuito delle Madonie NERFINISHED ⓘ Medio Circuito delle Madonie NERFINISHED ⓘ Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1906 ⓘ
foundedBy	Vincenzo Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	one of the oldest sports car races in the world ⓘ
inception	1906 ⓘ
inceptionPlace	Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastAsWorldSportscarChampionshipRound	1973 ⓘ
lastWorldChampionshipEditionYear	1973 ⓘ
legacy	inspired modern Targa-style events ⓘ symbol of classic road racing in motorsport history ⓘ
locatedIn	Madonie Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
motorsportDiscipline	sports car racing ⓘ
namedAfter	Vincenzo Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDriver	Jo Siffert NERFINISHED ⓘ Nino Vaccarella NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro Rodríguez NERFINISHED ⓘ Stirling Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ Tazio Nuvolari NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	challenging mountain roads ⓘ high average speeds on public roads ⓘ high number of laps ⓘ large lap distance ⓘ numerous tight corners ⓘ spectator proximity to cars ⓘ
notableManufacturer	Alfa Romeo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferrari NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancia NERFINISHED ⓘ Porsche NERFINISHED ⓘ
organisedBy	Vincenzo Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	International Championship for Manufacturers NERFINISHED ⓘ World Sportscar Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
raceType	road race ⓘ sports car race ⓘ
region	Province of Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ
safetyConcerns	limited barriers ⓘ minimal run-off areas ⓘ spectator safety risks ⓘ
startFinishLocation	Cerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Floriopoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface	public roads ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lancia Aurelia → motorsportParticipation → Targa Florio ⓘ

Porsche 356 → notableRaceParticipation → Targa Florio ⓘ

Porsche 550 Spyder → notableRaceWin → Targa Florio ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1956 Targa Florio

Targa Tasmania rally → inspiredBy → Targa Florio ⓘ

subject surface form: Targa Tasmania

Prince Igor Troubetzkoy → participatedIn → Targa Florio ⓘ

Prince Igor Troubetzkoy → winnerOf → Targa Florio ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1948 Targa Florio