Coppa Florio

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. 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. The winners were:

• 1904, September 5: Brescia, won by Vincenzo Lancia in Fiat 75 HP (2*167 km=372.2 km @ 3h12m).
• I, 1905, September 4: Brescia, won by count Giovanni Battista Raggio in Itala 112 HP (3*167km=500.7 km @ 4h46m)
• II, 1907, September 1: Brescia, won by Ferdinando Minoia in Isotta-Fraschini (8*60km=485.7 km @ 4h39m)
• III, 1908, September 6: Bologna, won by Felice Nazzaro in Fiat (10*52km=528.1 km @ 4h25m
• IV, 1914, May 31: Sicilia, won by Felice Nazzaro in Nazzaro (3*148km=446.5 km @ 8h11m)
• V, 1921, September 4: part of Italian Grand Prix at Brescia, won by Jules Goux in Ballot 3L (519 km @ 3h35m)
• VI, 1922, November 19: Sicilia, won by André Boillot in Peugeot (432 km @ 7h09m)
• VII, 1924, April 27: Sicilia, won by Christian Werner in Mercedes-Benz TF (432 km @ 6h32)
• VIII, 1925, May 3: Sicilia, won by André Boillot in Peugeot (540 km @ 7h32)
• IX, 1926, April 25: Sicilia, won by Bartolomeo Costantini in Bugatti Type 35 T (540 km @ 7h20)
• X, 1927, July 17: Saint-Brieuc in France, won by Robert Laly in an Ariès
• XI, 1928, May 6: Sicilia, won by Albert Divo in Bugatti Type 35 B
• XII, 1929, May 5: Sicilia, won by Albert Divo in Bugatti Type 35 C

Winners

Edition	Date	Circuit	Winner	Vehicle	Time
--	September 10 1900	Brescia	Alberto Franchetti (1861-1946)	& Panhard Levassor 12 HP	ND
--	5 September 1904	Brescia	Vincenzo Lancia (1861-1946)	Fiat 75 HP	2 laps from 167 km = 372.2 km in 3h12m
	4 September 1905	Brescia	Giovanni Battista Radius (1861-1946)	Itala 112 HP	3 laps from 167km = 500.7 km in 4h46m
II	September 1 1907	Brescia	Ferdinand Minoia (1861-1946)	Isotta Fraschini	8 laps from 60km = 485.7 km in 4h39m
III	September 6 1908	Bologna	Felice Nazzaro (1861-1946)	Fiat	10 laps from 52km = 528.1 km in 4h25m
IV	May 31 1914	Madonie	Felice Nazzaro (1861-1946)	Nazzaro	3giri by 148km = 446.5 km in 8h11m
V	4 September 1921	Brescia	Jules Goux	Ballot 3L	519 km in 3h35m
VI	November 19 1922	Madonie	André Boillot	Peugeot	432 km in 7h09m
VII	27 April 1924	Madonie	Christian Werner	Mercedes-Benz TF	432 km 6:32 a.m.
VIII	May 3 1925	Madonie	André Boillot	Peugeot	540 km 7:32 a.m.
IX	25 April 1926	Madonie	Bartolomeo Costantini (1861-1946)	Type 35 Bugatti T	540 km 7:20 a.m.
X	July 17 1927	Saint-Brieuc	Robert Laly	Ariès	ND
XI	May 6 1928	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti Type 35 B	ND
XII	May 5 1929	Madonie	Albert Divo	Bugatti Type 35 C	ND