Tour of Sicily 2024 - ASI Circuito Tricolore
A whole week exploring the island for the re-enactment of the prestigious race of the past. Mafra welcomes participants with its valuable Welcome Kit, inflatable arch and banners along the route
From May 13 to 16, the Panormus Veteran Car Club is organizing the Tour of Sicily, an event reenacting the race conceived in 1912 by Vincenzo Florio. The event is part of theASI Circuito Tricolore, a series of events intended to promote knowledge of the Italian territories visited on board vintage cars.
Mafra, sponsor of allASI Circuito Tricolore events, welcomes participants in the Giro di Sicilia with its unmistakable inflatable arch and accompanies them along the route with its banners.
The Mafra Welcome Kit
Crews participating in the Giro di Sicilia Mafra is also offering a welcome kit containing these products, which are invaluable for the care of their cars:
Glass Cleaner is the glass and crystal degreaser for deep cleaning, completely removing all kinds of haloes, grease, stains and fingerprints.
HP 12 is Mafra's powerful all-purpose universal degreaser with a pleasant lemon scent, effective on any surface and suitable for engine cleaning.
3in1 Plastics Treatment is the product for cleaning interior plastics, from which it removes stains while leaving a natural effect on surfaces.
A busy week
The Giro di Sicilia 2024 program covers an entire week, from May 13 to 19. In fact, those who wish can also take part in a prologue, christened "Waiting for the Tour of Sicily."
On the afternoon of Monday, May 13, participants in the prologue can retrace the Circuito Parco della Favorita, used for the Targa Florio in the late 1930s.
On Tuesday, May 14, however, the program includes a re-enactment of the Monte Pellegrino hill climb race, first held in 1908.
The real Tour of Sicily begins on Wednesday, May 15, with the display of the cars in Piazza Verdi in Palermo and their transfer to Cefalù.
On Thursday, May 16, competitors travel from Cefalù to Catania with a route that passes places such as Sant'Agata di Militello and Capo d'Orlando. A guided tour of MountEtna is planned for the afternoon.
On Friday, May 17, participants are offered the chance to visit Syracuse and Ortigia, before proceeding to Caltagirone and the Gela go-kart track, where they face precision tests. An overnight stay is then planned in Marina di Butera.
Cultural tours of the Valley of the Temples and the Selinunte Archaeological Park are scheduled for Saturday, May 18. The end of the stage is scheduled in Selinunte, where the cars arrive after passing through Porto Empedocle. In the evening, the awards ceremony is held at the Paradise Beach Hotel in Selinunte.
Sunday, May 19 is dedicated to the "Sicily of the Florios," an event with separate rankings with start and finish in Palermo and passages from Alcamo and Partinico.
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A long tradition
The Giro di Sicilia has been a prestigious race: the first edition was held in 1912, the last in 1958, and a re-enactment has been organized since 1979.
The roll of honor of the Tour of Sicily speed race includes prestigious names. The first winner was Englishman Cyril Snipe aboard a SCAT 25/35. In the 1910s Felice Nazzaro and Ernesto Ceirano also won, both with cars of their own construction. From the late 1940s Ferrari dominated with some of its finest models such as the 166 S, 340 MM, 857 S and 250 GT.
Bringing them to success were champions such as Clemente Biondetti, Gigi Villoresi, Peter Collins and Olivier Gendebien, a four-time winner at Le Mans. An exception to the victories of the Prancing Horse was Piero Taruffi who, in 1954, won in a Lancia D24.
