10 Hours of Messina

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10 Hours of Messina
The street circuit of Messina
Circuito 10 ore di Messina.jpg
Race information
Number of times held6
First held 1952
Last held1958
Most wins (drivers) Eugenio Castellotti (2 wins)
Most wins (constructors) Ferrari (4 wins)
Circuit length7.650 km

The 10 Hours of Messina (Italian: 10 ore di Messina or 10 ore notturna messinese) was a sports car race, organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia, [1] held for the first time on 24 August 1952 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy. [2] From 1959 it was replaced by Messina Grand Prix. [3]

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Editions

The American 1961 Formula One world champion Phil Hill won the race in 1956 driving a Ferrari. Phil Hill en 1966.jpg
The American 1961 Formula One world champion Phil Hill won the race in 1956 driving a Ferrari.
YearLapsTotal distanceLength of a lapWinnersTeamNotes
1952 982.800 km Flag of Italy.svg Clemente Biondetti
Flag of Italy.svg Franco Cornacchia
Ferrari 212 MM
1953 144 laps1102.043 km7.6531 km Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti
Flag of Italy.svg Giulio Musitelli
Ferrari 250 MM [4]
1954 144 laps1096.870 km7.716 km Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Sgorbati
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Sgorbati
Osca 2000S [5]
1955 157 laps1202.300 km7.650 km Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant
Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari 750 Monza [6]
1956 87 laps584.221 km6.700 km Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Ferrari 500 TR [nb 1] [7]
1957not held
1958 230 laps1382.028 km6.020 km Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Heins
Flag of Germany.svg Paul-Ernst Strähle
Porsche 550 RS [nb 2] [8]

See also

Notes

  1. This edition was of 5 hours and not 10.
  2. The race was run on a different circuit, the Ganzirri Lake circuit.

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