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1952-05-04 – 212 Uovo (617) – Guido Mancini-Adriano Ercolani – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: The Egg Returns but Does Not Reach Brescia Guido Mancini and Adriano Ercolani entered the number 617 Ferrari 212 Uovo in the 1952 Mille Miglia. The distinctive closed car failed to finish, adding another retirement to the eventful competition history of one of the Marzotto…
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1952-05-04 – 340 America Vignale (614) – Piero Taruffi-Vandelli – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: The Leader Lands Hard and Loses Its Transmission Piero Taruffi and Mario Vandelli drove the number 614 Ferrari 340 America Vignale Spider in the 1952 Mille Miglia. The works Ferrari took the lead during the early stages, but a heavy landing after becoming airborne damaged…
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1952-05-04 – 225 S Vignale Spider (610) – Piero Scotti-Giulio Cantini – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A Vignale Spider Lost from the Classification Piero Scotti and Giulio Cantini started the 1952 Mille Miglia in the number 610 Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spider. Their car retired before returning to Brescia, while Giovanni Bracco and Alfonso Rolfo won for Ferrari in the new…
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1951-04-30 – 340 America Vignale Berlinetta (405) – Luigi Villoresi-Pasquale Cassani – Mille Miglia – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Victory Despite Damage and One Remaining Gear Luigi Villoresi and Pasquale Cassani won the 1951 Mille Miglia in the number 405 Ferrari 340 America Vignale Berlinetta. They covered roughly 1,574 kilometres in 12 hours, 50 minutes and 18 seconds, finishing nearly twenty minutes ahead of…
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1950-04-23 – 275 S (731) – Gigi Villoressi-Pasquale Cassani – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Ferrari’s New Lampredi V12 Meets a Harsh Debut Luigi Villoresi and Pasquale Cassani started the 1950 Mille Miglia in the number 731 Ferrari 275 S, one of two examples entered by Scuderia Ferrari. The powerful new car did not reach Brescia: contemporary result records classify…
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1950-04-23 – 195 S (722) – Vittorio Marzotto-Paolo Fontana – Mille Miglia – 9
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A Family Ferrari Reaches Brescia in Ninth The rain-soaked 1950 Mille Miglia produced Ferrari’s first overall victory in the Italian road classic, while Vittorio Marzotto and Paolo Fontana brought the number 722 Ferrari 195 S home ninth overall. Their finish added depth to Ferrari’s result…
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1949-04-24 – 166 MM Touring Barchetta (624) – Clemete Biondetti-Ettore Salani – Mille Miglia – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: The Barchetta Earns Its Mille Miglia Name Clemente Biondetti and Ettore Salani won the 1949 Mille Miglia in Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta number 624. They completed the Brescia–Rome–Brescia course in 12 hours, 7 minutes and 5 seconds, leading a Ferrari one-two and securing the…
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1948-05-02 – 166 S (10) – Franco Cortese-Adelmo Marchetti – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Cortese’s Mille Miglia Ends Before Brescia Franco Cortese and Adelmo Marchetti started the 1948 Mille Miglia in Ferrari 166 S number 10 but did not reach the finish. Their retirement contrasted with the victory of the sister Allemano coupé, yet their entry formed part of…
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1948-05-02 – 166 MM Allemano Coupe (16) – Clemente Biondetti-Giuseppe Navone – Mille Miglia – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A Closed Ferrari Conquers the Mille Miglia Clemente Biondetti and Giuseppe Navone won the 1948 Mille Miglia in number 16, an Allemano-bodied Ferrari 166 S coupé. Covering the immense Brescia–Rome–Brescia road course in 15 hours, 5 minutes and 44 seconds, they gave Ferrari its first…
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1940-04-28 – Avio Costruzione 817 (66) – Alberto Ascari – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Ascari’s four-wheel debut in Enzo Ferrari’s first independent racer On 28 April 1940, Alberto Ascari and Giovanni Minozzi started car number 66 in the Gran Premio di Brescia delle Mille Miglia, the wartime edition of the Mille Miglia contested over nine laps of a fast…