{{Short description|Automobile race}} [[File:1963-05-05 Targa Florio Ferrari 250 P 0812 Mairesse Scarfiotti.jpg|thumb|Despite an impressive start, the Ferrari 250 P No 172 of Mairesse/Scarfiotti had to retire for a crash after four laps]] The '''[[Targa Florio|47° Targa Florio]]''' took place on 5 May 1963, on the [[Madonie|Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie]], [[Sicily]] ([[Italy]]). [[Porsche]] took the overall victory, marking the beginning of its dominance at the event which – apart from 1965 – will last until 1971.<ref name=cento>{{cite book |author-last=Valerio|author-first=Giuseppe| title = Cento volte Targa Florio | language = Italian | publisher = C&C Srl | location=Faenza|year=2017| ISBN=888662293-7}} pp. 56-7</ref>
==Race== After two consecutive victories in 1961 and 1962, [[Scuderia Ferrari]] deployed its new [[Ferrari 250 P|250 P]] prototypes which previously earned a double victory at the [[1963 12 Hours of Sebring|Sebring event]]. However, the Scuderia was deprived of driver [[Nino Vaccarella]] because he was not in compliance with driving documents.<ref name=cento/> After dominating the early laps of the race, the 250 P's driven by [[John Surtees]] and [[Willy Mairesse]] respectively, were both crashed. The [[Ferrari 196 SP]] driven by [[Lorenzo Bandini]] and [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] then took the lead, pursued by the [[Porsche 718#718 GTR Coupé|Porsche 718 GTR]] of [[Jo Bonnier]] and [[Carlo Maria Abate]]. Mairesse was again chosen for driving the leading 196 SP for the last shift, but a driving error cost him first place, won by the Porsche 718 by just 11 seconds.<ref name=cento/>
==Official results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Pos ! Class ! No ! Team ! Drivers ! Chassis ! Laps |- style= ! 1 | P<br />2.0 | 160 | {{flagicon|GER}} Porsche KG | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jo Bonnier]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Maria Abate]] | [[Porsche 718#718 GTR Coupé|Porsche 718 GTR]] | 10 |- ! 2 | S<br />2.0 | 190 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari SEFAC]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lorenzo Bandini]]<br >{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Willy Mairesse]] | [[Ferrari 196 SP]] | 10 |- style= ! 3 | GT<br />2.0 | 80 | {{flagicon|GER}} Porsche KG | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Edgar Barth]]<br >{{flagicon|GER}} [[Herbert Linge]]<br > | [[Porsche 356|Porsche 356 B Carrera GS]] | 10 |} <ref name=cento/>
==References== {{Commons category}} {{reflist}}
{{Sportscar Race Report | Year_of_race = 1963 | Sportscar_Series = World Sportscar Championship | Previous_race_in_season = [[1963 12 Hours of Sebring]] | Next_race_in_season = [[1963 500 km of Spa]] }}
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