The same year, Porsche, under Ferdinand Piëch, started a serious effort toward improving their sports car racing and developed the new Porsche 906. At the Targa Florio, Klass was selected to drive the special hill climb 906 with the 2200 cc, eight-cylinder engine that was derived from the 1962 F1-winning Porsche 804. He duly put the 270 bhp car on pole, his only pole in WSC races, one secondVaccarella's #230 4.0 Ferrari 330P3 goes round in 39'7"1, which is better than his 39'21"0 realised last year during the second lap of the race at the wheel of a 3.3 Ferrari 275P2. Immediately after Klass gets in the 8-cylinder #224 2.2 Porsche 906P/8 and records 39'05"7. Giancarlo Baghetti does 39'13"0 in the #196 2.0 Dino 206 S Berlinetta. When Parkes tries to beat that time in the #204 2.0 Dino Barchetta he loses control on the downhill stretch to Campofelice and damages front suspension and body during his first outing. Fastest 2-litre Porsche is the fuel-injected #218 906P of Mitter in 39'40"0. The other Porsches are playing it cool and learn the circuit between 40 and 42 minutes. - http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ2.htm ahead of the much more powerful 12-cylinder Ferrari 330P3 driven by Sicily's local heroes, Nino Vaccarella and Lorenzo Bandini.
