The winning Porsche 908/02 #266. Porsche Museum, Stuttgart

The 53° Targa Florio took place on 4 May 1969, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily (Italy).[1]

Race

Claudio Maglioli with the Lancia Fulvia HF F&M Special Spider. The newspaper sucked in front of the radiator eventually caused the engine to overheat and an early retirement during lap 4[2]

For this event Porsche deployed an unparalleled number of cars: among the factory-backed ones, six new 908/02 and a special 911R; several others were entrusted to privateers, mainly 911 and older prototype-class cars such as the 910 and 907.[1]
With Ferrari without suitable cars even for their most loyal teams (such as Scuderia Filipinetti which was forced to use a cumbersome and outdated Lola T70), the only brand that could challenge Porsche was Alfa Romeo which deployed five Tipo 33/2 (including the one with enlarged 2.5L engine already driven by Nino Vaccarella in the 1968 event).[1]

The event resulted in a one-sided race for the Porsche 908/02 which took first to fourth overall places, followed by an Alfa Romeo, and then by two 907. The local hero Vaccarella, teamed with Andrea de Adamich, had to retire during lap 6 for engine failure.[1]

Official results

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
1 P
3.0		 266 GermanyPorsche System Engineering Germany Gerhard Mitter
Germany Udo Schütz		 Porsche 908/02 10
2 P
3.0		 270 Germany Porsche System Engineering England Vic Elford
Italy Umberto Maglioli		 Porsche 908/02 10
3 P
3.0		 274 Germany Porsche System Engineering Germany Hans Herrmann
Germany Rolf Stommelen		 Porsche 908/02 10
4 P
3.0		 272 Germany Porsche System Engineering Germany Willi Kauhsen
Germany Karl Freiherr von Wendt		 Porsche 908/02 10

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Valerio, Giuseppe (2017). Cento volte Targa Florio (in Italian). Faenza: C&C Srl. ISBN 888662293-7. pp. 62-3
  2. ↑ Coppini, Mauro (1976). "Coupé per tutte le età". Autosprint (in Italian). No. 27. pp. 54–5.
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