- Coppa Florio
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Coppa Florio was an Italian car race started in 1900, and renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50 000 Lira and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be offered the manufacturer that wins four or more of the first seven races, the first race held in 1905. Eventually, the winner was Peugeot (1925), but the race continued under the influence of Lucien Rosengart.
The Brescia race visited the route Brescia-Cremona-Mantova-Brescia. In 1908, the race used the Circuito di Bologna: Bologna-Castelfranco Emilia-Sant'Agata Bolognese-San Giovanni in Persiceto-Bologna.[1] Since 1914 most of the Coppa Florio was co-organized with the Targa Florio at the Circuito delle Madonie circuit outside Palermo, Sicilia, running four or five laps, 108 km each. Only in 1927 did it move to Saint-Brieuc to honor Peugeot's win in 1925.[2][3] The winners were:[4][5][6]
Edition Date Circuit Winner Vehicle Time -- 10 September 1900 Brescia 
Alberto Franchetti[7]Panhard & Levassor 12 HP n/a -- 5 September 1904 Brescia Vincenzo LanciaFiat 75 HP 2*167 km=372.2 km in 3h12m I 4 September 1905 Brescia Giovanni Battista RaggioItala 112 HP 3*167 km=500.7 km in 4h46m II 1 September 1907 Brescia Ferdinando MinoiaIsotta-Fraschini 8*60 km=485.7 km in 4h39m III 6 September 1908 Bologna Felice NazzaroFiat 10*52 km=528.1 km in 4h25m[1] IV 31 May 1914 Madonie Felice NazzaroNazzaro 3*148 km=446.5 km in 8h11m V 4 September 1921 Brescia 
Jules GouxBallot 3L 519 km in 3h35m VI 19 November 1922 Madonie André BoillotPeugeot 432 km in 7h09m VII 27 April 1924 Madonie 
Christian WernerMercedes-Benz TF 432 km in 6h32m VIII 3 May 1925 Madonie André BoillotPeugeot 540 km in 7h32m IX 25 April 1926 Madonie Bartolomeo CostantiniBugatti Type 35 T 540 km in 7h20m X 17 July 1927 Saint-Brieuc Robert LalyAriès n/a XI 6 May 1928 Madonie Albert DivoBugatti Type 35 B n/a XII 5 May 1929 Madonie Albert DivoBugatti Type 35 C n/a References
- ^ a b Ricorda del circuito di Bologna 1908
- ^ Coppa Florio 1927 discussion
- ^ 1927 Coppa Florio
- ^ GP Winners 1894-2007 from forix.com
- ^ Coppa Florio from targaflorio.info
- ^ Grand Prix winners 1895 - 1949
- ^ "GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1895-1949". kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw1.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
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