Hi all, sorry, again very late... There was another race on 30 August 1953 : Premio Pergusa, Circuito della Cravatta, Sicilia, Italy. #8 was Placido (Felice refering to the 1953 Ferrari Yearbook or Pasquale) with 166 MM Touring Barchetta 0044M. Result : 5th (1st in class) His name was "Pasquale Placido", here is a nice book about his racing career... https://www.amazon.de/Pasquale-Placido-Lautomobilismo-negli-Italian-ebook/dp/B06XXMGBWW/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=30M1MXCY7QM06&keywords=placido+pasquale&qid=1694176906&sprefix=placido+pasqual%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1 best wishes, BjörnS
Pic here. 3 days later, on 3rd September 1953, the car was re-registered from Cosenza to Reggio di Calabria. Marcel Massini Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Small correction : at 1°Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore, Merano, Italy, 166 MM/53 Vignale Spyder #22 raced by Franco Cortese was 0290M, not 0278M. Plates "MI 214166" are perfectly visible on several pics (see Cavallino magazine #117 et 120). Thanks to Andrew to have corrected me.
This photo has also been identified as 0158 ED at the 21 September 1952 Catania-Etna hillclimb (almost a year earlier)? Marcel Massini
Image Unavailable, Please Login 13 September 1953, Coppa-Inter Europa, Monza, Italy #24 Touring Berlinetta Le Mans 166 MM 0048M Giulio Musitelli 1st in class (2 liters) #52 Vignale Coupé 212 Export 0237EU Franco Cornacchia 1st overall (+ 2 liters) #53 Vignale Coupé 212 Inter 0111ES Luigi Piotti ??? (+ 2 liters)
For what it is worth: Forza magazine #127 claimed that Yvonne Simon raced chassis 0018 M finishing 11th???
I doubt very much a car with #127 would have been raced at Coppa Inter-Europa this year. All cars had two digits race numbers...
Forgot Skarpnäck, Sweden, on 13 September 1953 with 0238A (Valdemar Stener), 0230MM (Roberto Rosselini) and 0014M (Olle Persson) that you can see in color in this video...
A very interesting link about the subject : https://bilsportarvet.se/2021/07/valdemar-stener-en-del-i-internationell-racing-och-varumarket-ferrari/
Image Unavailable, Please Login 20 September 1953 Coupes d'Automne, Linas-Montlhéry, France Image Unavailable, Please Login Vicory of Lino Fayen with his beautiful 212 Export Vignale coupe s/n 0096E. This car has been raced at Le Mans, Nüburgring, Montlhéry, rallye, circuits, hillclimbs... with overal wins. One of the most desirable Ferrari.
27 September 1953 Bologna-Raticosa Hillclimb, Italy Image Unavailable, Please Login Categoria Gran Turismo Internazionale oltre 1.100cc #188 Vignale Coupe 212 Inter Gerino Gerini 1st in class over 1.100 cc (28’18’’) Categoria Sport oltre 1.100 cc #254 Abarth Spyder 166 MM/53 0262M Giulio Musitelli 5th in class (27’28’’2) #2?? Vignale Spyder 166 MM/53 0314M Edoardo Lualdi 7th in class (28’27’’2) #262 Motto Spyder 250 MM 0276MM Luigi Piotti 10th in class (28’49’’) Overal winner : #274 Lancia D24 spider Felice Bonetto (26’03’’1) Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thank you for the link, being half Swedish but not fully fluent any more I got to exercise my reading skills, very nicely written!
