page_title: 1965 Targa Florio
section_title: Race
hierarchical_section_title: 1965 Targa Florio / Race
caption_attribution_description: English: Ford GT40 roadster s/n 111 as entry #194 at Targa Florio on 09 May 1965 driven by Bondurant and Whitmore (Team: Ford Advanced vehicles). They had an accident and did not finish.[1](Video of this GT40 in this race)
context_page_description: The 49° Targa Florio took place on 9 May 1965, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily.
context_section_description: The Scuderia Ferrari team returned after a year of voluntary absence, deploying 3 of the new prototype-class, 3.3L 275 P2. Porsche responded with the 904 in its various iterations including the experimental 904 Bergspyder, an open, lightweight, hillclimbing prototype based on the 8-cylinder 904/8. Ford replaced the under-performing Cobras of the previous year with a single GT40 roadster.
  
  The race was ultimately dominated by the Ferrari 275 P2 driven by Vaccarella and Bandini, while the Bergspyder achieved the second place. The heavy and overpowered Ford GT40 struggled in the tortuous track but managed to complete most of the race, crashing during the 9th lap.
caption: The Ford GT40 roadster of Bondurant/Whitmore in its Targa Florio debut
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