1953 10 Hours of Messina

1953 10 Hours of Messina
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The Messinese Mario Piccolo is extracted from his car exhausted after the arrival.
Race details
Date	26 July 1953 (1953-07-26)
Official name	10 Hours of Messina
Location	Messina, Italy
Course length	1102,043 km
Podium
First	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 212 MM
Second	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari 212 MM
Third	Antonio Pucci	Lancia Aurelia GT

The second 10 Hours of Messina was a sports car race, held on 26 July 1953 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.^[1]

Final standings[]

• Started: 39
• Classified: 23

#	Drivers	Team	Laps
1.	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 250 MM	144
2.	Giovanni Bracco	Ferrari 250 MM	140
3.	Antonio Pucci	Lancia Aurelia GT 2500	138
4.	Luigi Piotti	Ferrari 212 MM	136
5.		Ferrari 250 MM	136
6.	Gerino Gerini	Ferrari 250 MM	134
7.		Fiat 8V	134
8.	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 250 MM	133
9.	Amato	Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	132
10.	Simontacchi	Fiat 8V	132
11.	Soldani Angeli	Alfa Romeo 2000	127
12.	Scaletta Fancelli	Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	124
13.	F. de Cordova	Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	121
14.	Sannino Giuseppe Ruggero	Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	116
15.		Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	115
16.	Colocci Mariucci	Lancia Aurelia 2000	115
17.	Consiglio	Lancia Aurelia 2000	113
18.		Danese 750	112
19.	Miceli Giamporcaro	Alfa Romeo 1900TI	108
20.	Faranda Savarese	BMW 750	98
21.	Sebasti Scarlatti	Alfa Romeo 1900	94
not finish		Stanguellini S1100	DNF
other starters	Fondi	Lancia G.T. 2500

See also[]

• Messina Grand Prix (auto race that replaced it)

References[]

External links[]

• La 10 Ore di Messina, la storia (in Italian)