#    Tipo

24  Alfa Romeo Montréal Group IV

37  Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

87  Alfa Romeo Giulia Super

89  Alfa Romeo Giulia Ti Super

90  Alfa Romeo Giulia 2000 GTV

91  Alfa Romeo 1600 Sprint

102  Siata Daina SL Sport

106  Lancia Flaminia Touring 2.3

117  Lancia Aurelia B 20

119  Lancia Aurelia B 20 GT

120  Lancia Aurelia B 20

129  Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce

132  Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato

133  Alfa Romeo 1900 SS Zagato

137  Lancia Flaminia Touring 2.3

170  Alfa Romeo Giulia  

183  Alfa Romeo Giulia  

184  Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider 216

186  Alfa Romeo Tubolare Zagato

191  Lancia Fluvia Coupé  

197  Alfa Romeo 1900 Touring Coupe

201  Alfa Romeo 1600 Sprint GT

202  Alfa Romeo Giulia  

203  Alfa Romeo Giulia  

205  Alfa Romeo Giulia GT  

208  Alfa Romeo Giulia  

228  DeTomaso Pantera GTS

243  Lancia 037 Group B  

245  Lancia Stratos Group IV

Ferrari entrants - Competition section
Ferrari entrants - Sports section
Maserati entrants
Other Italian entrants



Please use the hyperlinks on serialnumber to investigate the individual cars

#    S/N

63  2098

128 2106

#    S/N

140 1139GT

143 0128 E

149 5111GT

154 0535GT

155 0625GT

156 0585GT

157 5729GT

158 5101GT

161 4471GT

162 1509GT

163 0310MM

164 2289GT

165 2669GT

166 2419GT

167 0198ET

168 4115GT

192 09737

193 08795

194 10201

195 09085

198 4219GT

218 08151

219 06691

220 06881

221 10531

222 08955

223 07869

225 10525

226 08951

#   S/N

15 15667

16 14407

17 16363

18 15681

20 31135

30 6173

31 07765

33 07699

34 07651

35 5031GT

38 5367GT

50 1613GT

56 5915GT

57 0192ET

60 0971GT

61 0071S

Paris, 9 - 14 April, 2001

A Synopsis
The first Tour de France event was run back in 1899, with the second running in 1906, followed by more regular runnings with varying degrees of success up to 1937. After Europe had returned to some degree of normality after World War II, the Automobile Club de Nice resurrected the event in 1951, under the title "Tour de France Automobile". The revived event now incorporated circuit stages as part of the itinerary, which was a great success, attracting an impressive field of foreign cars.

This 1951 edition of the Tour de France Automobile attracted not only the likes of Aston Martins and Jaguars from abroad, but also an example from the then fledgling new sports car manufacturer named "Ferrari". The team of Pagnibon and Barraquet won the race in their 212 Export Barchetta Touring, s/n 0078E, to register what would be the first of thirteen Tour de France victories for Ferrari.

During the fifties and early sixties the event went from strength to strength, attracting numerous the legendary marques and drivers to participate. Due to sponsorship problems, the event disappeared again from 1965 until 1969, when the Federation Francaise du Sport Automobile restarted the event now allowing Sports Prototypes to compete. The early seventies were a great time for it, when the impressive V12 powered sports racing Ferrari 512's and Matra 650’s were running through the open roads of France. The 1973 petrol crises was again a turning point for the worst, eventually leading to the end of the event, as a shadow of its former self, in 1986.

A Revival's anniversary
In 1992 a small group of car enthusiasts, joined by the Automobile Club de France, gave themselves the honourable task of putting the "Tour de France Automobile" back on the roads of France. However, it had to be a real revival of the historic event, only open to cars that participated in the original event as run between 1951 and 1973 (with a few exceptions for exceptional cars).
History has proved the recipe to be a great success. Each year some 200 cars come from all parts of the globe to participate in this 5 day rally across France.
As in the original runnings of this historic event, Ferrari models always play a role of importance. This year's edition of the "Tour Auto" (as it is now called due to claims made for the Tour de France title by the bicycle rally), was attended by no less than 45 Ferrari's. When we consider the 200 entrants, the impressive mixture of cars from a whole range of marques and of contestants' nationalities, we can conclude this 10th anniversary of the revival deserves the success it has achieved, and long may it continue.

A Winner's Consolidation
After a truly "soaking start" to the 2001 Tour Auto during scrutineering around the Trocadero fountains in Paris, a wet first day as they headed south towards Le Mans, the caravan eventually arrived on Saturday afternoon in sunny Cannes. Stage towns for this year’s Tour Auto were Paris, Le Mans, Bordeaux,
Carcassonne, and Aix en Provence, whilst the circuits of Le Mans, Le Vigeant and Albi were included in the 5 day rally to Cannes.

For the third time in a row, the overall title in the competition section of the Tour Auto was won by Dutchman Hans Hugenholtz in a Ford GT 40. The overall classification in the sports sections was headed by the Martin Sucari and José Luis Celade in a Ferrari 275 GTB/4, s/n 10525. The Hugenholtz victory could vaguely be construed as a little bit of a Ferrari victory too, considering the fact the family has owned a few classic Ferrari's in the past. Also Hans Hugenholtz competed in the Tour Auto in 1993 and 1994 in the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione conversion, s/n 13463 owned in those days by Nico Koel, and last but not least Hans Hugenholtz was one of the founders of the Ferrari Club Netherlands.

Edwin van Nes & Keith Bluemel

1.  Ferrari 275 GTB/4, s/n 10525, race# 225
     Martin H. Sucari (ARG) / José Luis Celada (ARG)
2.  AC Cobra 260, race# 178
     Paul Rommens (B) / Yan Meyfroidt (B)
3.  Mercedes Benz 300 SL, race# 109
     Richard Weiland (D) / Walter Pusch (D)

1.  Ford GT 40, race# 1
     Hans Hugenholtz (NL) / Hartmut Ibing (AUT)
2.  Porsche 356 B Coupé, race# 71
     Walter Roehrl (D) / Antje Dauphin (D)
3.  AC Cobra Daytona, race# 39
     Steve Hitchins (F) / Bernard Mattei (F)