Coppa Florio

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Coppa Florio was an Italian car race started in 1900, and renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50 000 Lira and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be offered the manufacturer that wins four or more of the first seven races, the first race held in 1905. Eventually, the winner was Peugeot (1925), but the race continued under the influence of Lucien Rosengart.

The Brescia race used the « Circuito di Brescia» Brescia-Cremona-Mantova-Brescia. In 1908, the race used the «Circuito di Bologna» Bologna-Castelfranco Emilia-Sant'Agata Bolognese-San Giovanni in Persiceto-Bologna.^[1] Since 1914 most of the Coppa Florio was co-organized with the Targa Florio at the Circuito delle Madonie circuit outside Palermo, Sicilia, running four or five laps, 108 km each. Only in 1927 did it move to Saint-Brieuc to honor Peugeot's win in 1925.^[2][3] The winners were:^[4][5][6]

Edition	Date	Circuit	Winner	Vehicle	Time
--	10 September 1900	Brescia	Alberto Franchetti[7]	Panhard & Levassor 12 HP	n/a
--	5 September 1904	Brescia	Vincenzo Lancia	Fiat 75 HP	2*167 km=372.2 km in 3h12m
I	4 September 1905	Brescia	Giovanni Battista Raggio	Itala 112 HP	3*167 km=500.7 km in 4h46m
II	1 September 1907	Brescia	Ferdinando Minoia	Isotta-Fraschini	8*60 km=485.7 km in 4h39m
III	6 September 1908	Bologna	Felice Nazzaro	Fiat	10*52 km=528.1 km in 4h25m[1]
IV	31 May 1914	Madonie	Felice Nazzaro	Nazzaro	3*148 km=446.5 km in 8h11m
V	4 September 1921	Brescia	Jules Goux	Ballot 3L	519 km in 3h35m
VI	19 November 1922	Madonie	André Boillot	Peugeot	432 km in 7h09m
VII	27 April 1924	Madonie	Christian Werner	Mercedes-Benz TF	432 km in 6h32m
VIII	3 May 1925	Madonie	André Boillot	Peugeot	540 km in 7h32m
IX	25 April 1926	Madonie	Bartolomeo Costantini	Bugatti Type 35 T	540 km in 7h20m
X	17 July 1927	Saint-Brieuc	Robert Laly	Ariès	n/a
XI	6 May 1928	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti Type 35 B	n/a
XII	5 May 1929	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti Type 35 C	n/a

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