10 Hours of Messina
The street circuit of Messina
Race information
Number of times held6
First held1952
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]

Editions

The American 1961 Formula One world champion Phil Hill won the race in 1956 driving a Ferrari.
Year Laps Total distance Length of a lap Winners Team Notes
1952 982.800 km Italy Clemente Biondetti
Italy Franco Cornacchia 		Ferrari 212 MM
1953 144 laps 1102.043 km 7.6531 km Italy Eugenio Castellotti
Italy Giulio Musitelli 		Ferrari 250 MM [4]
1954 144 laps 1096.870 km 7.716 km Italy Roberto Sgorbati
Italy Giuseppe Sgorbati 		Osca 2000S [5]
1955 157 laps 1202.300 km 7.650 km France Maurice Trintignant
Italy Eugenio Castellotti 		Ferrari 750 Monza [6]
1956 87 laps 584.221 km 6.700 km United States Phil Hill Ferrari 500 TR [nb 1] [7]
1957 not held
1958 230 laps 1382.028 km 6.020 km United Kingdom Christian Heins
Germany 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.

References

  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.
  7. ^ "Non Championship Races 1956". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Non Championship Races 1958". wsrp.cz. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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