10 Hours of Messina

10 Hours of Messina
The street circuit of Messina
Race information
Number of times held	6
First held	1952
Last held	1958
Most wins (drivers)	Eugenio Castellotti (2 wins)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (4 wins)
Circuit length	7.650 km

The 10 Hours of Messina (Italian: 10 ore di Messina or 10 ore notturna messinese) was a sports car race, organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia,^[1] held for the first time on 24 August 1952 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.^[2] From 1959 it was replaced by Messina Grand Prix.^[3]

Editions

Year	Laps	Total distance	Length of a lap	Winners	Team	Notes
1952		982.800 km		Clemente Biondetti Franco Cornacchia	Ferrari 212 MM
1953	144 laps	1102.043 km	7.6531 km	Eugenio Castellotti Giulio Musitelli	Ferrari 250 MM	^[4]
1954	144 laps	1096.870 km	7.716 km	Roberto Sgorbati Giuseppe Sgorbati	Osca 2000S	^[5]
1955	157 laps	1202.300 km	7.650 km	Maurice Trintignant Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 750 Monza	^[6]
1956	87 laps	584.221 km	6.700 km	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500 TR	^{[nb 1]} ^[7]
1957	not held
1958	230 laps	1382.028 km	6.020 km	Christian Heins Paul-Ernst Strähle	Porsche 550 RS	^{[nb 2]} ^[8]

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