10 Hours of Messina

10 Hours of Messina
The street circuit of Messina
Race information
Number of times held	6
First held	1952
Last held	1958
Most wins (drivers)	Eugenio Castellotti (2)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (4)
Circuit length	7.650 km

Last updated June 02, 2025

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]

Editions

Year	Laps	Total distance	Length of a lap	Winners	Team	Notes
1952		982.800 km		Clemente Biondetti Franco Cornacchia	Ferrari 212 MM
1953	144 laps	1102.043 km	7.6531 km	Eugenio Castellotti Giulio Musitelli	Ferrari 250 MM	^[4]
1954	144 laps	1096.870 km	7.716 km	Roberto Sgorbati Giuseppe Sgorbati	Osca 2000S	^[5]
1955	157 laps	1202.300 km	7.650 km	Maurice Trintignant Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 750 Monza	^[6]
1956	87 laps	584.221 km	6.700 km	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500 TR	^{[nb 1]}^[7]
1957	not held
1958	230 laps	1382.028 km	6.020 km	Christian Heins Paul-Ernst Strähle	Porsche 550 RS	^{[nb 2]}^[8]

Notes

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

References

↑ "Non solo Targa Florio" (in Italian). forum-auto.caradisiac.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
↑ "Non Championship Races 1952". wsrp.cz. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "Cinque gloriose manifestazioni sportive che non esistono più" (in Italian). letteraemme.it. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "L'unità del 27 luglio 1953 (pag. 4)" (PDF). L'UNITÀ (in Italian). archivio.unita.news. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "Non Championship Races 1954". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "Non Championship Races 1955". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "Non Championship Races 1956". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
↑ "Non Championship Races 1958". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

External links

Gare Automobilistiche Messinesi (in Italian)
Cinque gloriose manifestazioni sportive che non esistono più (in Italian)

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[7] This edition was of 5 hours and not 10.

[9] The race was run on a different circuit, the Ganzirri Lake circuit.

[1] "Non solo Targa Florio" (in Italian). forum-auto.caradisiac.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[2] "Non Championship Races 1952". wsrp.cz. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[3] "Cinque gloriose manifestazioni sportive che non esistono più" (in Italian). letteraemme.it. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[4] "L'unità del 27 luglio 1953 (pag. 4)" (PDF). L'UNITÀ (in Italian). archivio.unita.news. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[5] "Non Championship Races 1954". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[6] "Non Championship Races 1955". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[8] "Non Championship Races 1956". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[10] "Non Championship Races 1958". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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10 Hours of Messina

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