Targa Florio / Giro di Sicilia 1949

In that year both had been held as a combined event, date was 20 March 1949.
Among some other Ferraris, including of course the winning car, but which are not topic here, I have in my notes the following entry:
"Giampiero Bianchetti / Ferdinando Righetti - Ferrari - DNF"

The website of the Targa Florio (http://www.targaflorio.info/index2.htm) shows as DNF (retiro)
"[349] Pierluigi Bianchetti / X Ferrari 166 MM/2,0"
and also
"[348] Ferdinando Righetti / X Fiat STANGUELLINI 1500 Sport"
I have no idea whether Righetti indeed drove a Stanguellini, or whether he was copilot for Bianchetti, but some things are quite clear:
- Bianchetti's name was not Pierluigi, but Giampiero
- there was no other driver with the name "Bianchetti"
- Giampiero Bianchetti never owned a 166 MM
- the only MM in that race was the works car of Franco Cortese, most probably 0010M or 0016M

So which entry is correct? And which car did Bianchetti drive? He had 2 available, the Spyder Corsa 014I, and the coupe 003S.

 

Thanks Cyril...

 

Bianchetti and 003S - I can close an open topic finally with your help.
As this thread is "hot" now - anybody able to post a photo of Cortese (#344)??

 

#337 - Roberto Vallone / Sergio Sighinolfi - 166 Inter SC - #006I
#343 - Franco Cortese / X - 166 MM - #0010M or #0016M
#344 - Clemente Biondetti / Aldo Benedetti - 166 Inter SC - #006I
#346 - Bruno Sterzi / Enzo Monari - 166 Inter SC - proposals invited
#347 - Giovanni Bracco / Umberto Maglioli - 166 Inter SC - #012I
#349 - Giampiero Bianchetti / X - 166 Sport - #003S

 

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Yes, as a rolling chicane....!
Did you post this because of the different look of 006I at the 1949 TF? The bodywork was facelifted during the winter, as nearly all Spyder Corsas 006I received the new "corporate identity" eggcrate grille, and was converted to sports car.
The Monaco photo clearly shows that originally 006I was no 2-seater, but an offset singleseater. The cover above the left cockpit side was non-removable, and the nose had no drills for headlights (I have a slightly better resolution of that photo).

 

Oops - bloody copy-paste...!
Vallone of course had 008I which according to some sources was renumbered 0012M.

 

No proposals for the Sterzi car...??

 

There are indeed some mistakes in my list.
006I for Vallone is simply a typo, must read 008I (or as some say renumbered to 0012M).
#347 for Bracco is wrong, it is based on the Fondi TF book. Correct is #345, which incorrectly is shown by Fondi as Bracco's 1950 race number. Indeed he had there #432.
So the photo showing Bracco with #345, and which sometimes is captioned wrongly as 1950, is in fact from 1949. And it clearly shows 012I.

I am well aware that you and some others believe the serials of the 2 Scuderia Inter cars are the other way round, thus 006I for the horseshoe grill car. Unfortunately nobody up to now was ready to present arguments for that, and also nobody was ready to discuss this matter on a friendly and openminded basis. So how to proceed...?