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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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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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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 – 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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1953-04-26 – 250 MM (543) – Gianino Marzotto-Marino Marini – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A 250 MM Challenge Ends in Fire The number 543 Ferrari 250 MM entered for Marzotto and Marino Marini did not finish the 1953 Mille Miglia. Competition records associate this car with Paolo Marzotto rather than Giannino, creating a conflict with the supplied title that…
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1954-05-02 – 500 Mondial (512) – Enrico Sterzi-O. Rossi – Mille Miglia – 15
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A Two-Litre Mondial Finishes Fifteenth Enrico Sterzi and O. Rossi completed the 1954 Mille Miglia in the number 512 Ferrari 500 Mondial, finishing 15th overall. Their result placed a two-litre Ferrari among much larger sports cars on the full Brescia–Rome–Brescia route. Alberto Ascari won for…
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1954-05-02 – 500 Mondial (523) – Vittorio Marzotto – Mille Miglia – 2
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Marzotto Misses Victory but Wins His Class Vittorio Marzotto drove the number 523 Ferrari 500 Mondial to second overall in the 1954 Mille Miglia, finishing behind Alberto Ascari’s larger Lancia D24. His time was 12 hours and one second, only nine seconds ahead of Luigi…
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1956-05-01 – 860 Monza (551) – Peter Collins- Louis Klementaski – Mille Miglia – 2
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Collins Chases Castellotti Through the Rain Peter Collins and Louis Klementaski finished second in the 1956 Mille Miglia with the number 551 Ferrari 860 Monza. Their time of 11 hours, 49 minutes and 28 seconds placed them twelve minutes behind Eugenio Castellotti’s winning 290 MM.…
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1957-05-12 – 315 S (532) – Wolfgang von Trips – Mille Miglia – 2
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Von Trips Follows Taruffi Home in the Last Mille Miglia Wolfgang von Trips finished second in the 1957 Mille Miglia with the number 532 Ferrari 315 S. He followed Piero Taruffi’s sister Ferrari to Brescia, completing a one-two for the marque in what became the…
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1957-05-12 – 250 GT LWB Scaglietti (417) – Olivier Gendebien-Jacques Washer – Mille Miglia – 3
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Gendebien Wins the GT Class and Takes Third Overall Olivier Gendebien and Jacques Washer finished third overall in the 1957 Mille Miglia with the number 417 Ferrari 250 GT long-wheelbase Scaglietti Berlinetta. They won the Grand Touring category behind the Ferrari 315 S prototypes of…