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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 – 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…
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1951-04-29 – 340 America Toring Barfchetta (416) – Alberto Ascari-Antonio Nicolini – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Ascari’s Powerful Barchetta Falls Short Alberto Ascari and Antonio Nicolini contested the 1951 Mille Miglia in the number 416 Ferrari 340 America Touring Barchetta. Their race ended in retirement, while the sister 340 America Berlinetta of Luigi Villoresi and Pasquale Cassani won outright. The result…
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1951-04-29 – 166 Semiaerodinamica (353) – Emilio Romano-Ottavio Guarducci – Mille Miglia – 28
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: An Early Ferrari Completes the Thousand Miles Emilio Romano and Ottavio Guarducci finished the 1951 Mille Miglia in 28th place with the number 353 Ferrari identified in the title as a 166 Semiaerodinamica. Period competition records also describe the chassis as a short-wheelbase 166 S…
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1952-05-04 – 250 S (611) – Giovanni Bracco-Alfonso Rolfo – Mille Miglia – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Bracco Overhauls Mercedes on the Futa Pass Giovanni Bracco and Alfonso Rolfo won the 1952 Mille Miglia in the number 611 Ferrari 250 S Vignale Berlinetta. They completed the 1,574-kilometre course in 12 hours, 9 minutes and 45 seconds, beating Karl Kling and Hans Klenk’s…
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1953-04-26 – 340 México (637) – Eugenio Castelotti-Ivo Regosa – Mille Miglia – R
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A Mexican-Bred Ferrari Retires in Italy Eugenio Castellotti and Ivo Regosa started the 1953 Mille Miglia in the number 637 Ferrari 340 México Vignale Berlinetta. The car did not finish the 1,512-kilometre race, while Giannino Marzotto and Marco Crosara won for Ferrari in a 340…
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1947-05-25 – 125 S (56) – Franco Cortese – GP Roma – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Ferrari’s First Victory On 25 May 1947, Franco Cortese drove the number 56 Ferrari 125 S to victory in the Rome Grand Prix, held on the circuit around the Baths of Caracalla. Coming only two weeks after the marque’s competition debut, the result was the…
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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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1947-08-15 – 159 S (21) – Franco Cortese – GP Pescara – 2
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: A New Ferrari V12 Proves Its Pace at Pescara On 15 August 1947, Franco Cortese finished second in the Pescara Grand Prix with the number 21 Ferrari 159 S. The result on the exceptionally long and fast public-road circuit extended the young marque’s encouraging inaugural…
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1949-07-10 – 166 MM Spider Touring (20) – Luigi Chinetti – Spa-Francochamps – 1
The Chronicle | Results STORY OF THE DAY: Chinetti Completes Ferrari’s Endurance Double On 10 July 1949, Luigi Chinetti won at Spa-Francorchamps in the number 20 Ferrari 166 MM Spider Touring. Sharing the demanding Belgian endurance race with Jean Lucas, he secured another major international success shortly after Ferrari’s breakthrough victory at Le…