"To me the Mille Miglia was certainly the finest road race of them all, but although I loved it, I was always afraid of taking part.. In 1955 when I won in the Mercedes with "Jenks" we were travelling at up to 180 mph on open roads. Although the brakes were very good - there was a constant nagging fear that if anything went wrong there was nothing we could have done about it. We had a fabulous drive and it was nice to make a bit of Mille Miglia history together, as my time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds at an average speed of 98.53 mph for the 1,000 miles was never beaten" - Stirling Moss The first running of the Mille Miglia took place in 1927 in torrential rain. The history of the Mille Miglia breaks down distinctly into the Pre and Post-war segments. In the post war decade from 1947 to 1957 the Mille Miglia event was rapidly re-established as a world leading motor sporting competition. Major sports car manufacturers would enter works cars employing some of the top drivers to win the Mille Miglia race for them. Enzo Ferrari has stated that “The Mille Miglia created our cars and the Italian Automobile industry”.
Twenty years after the race itself was abandoned on grounds of safety, the Mille Miglia was revived in 1977 as a regularity rally and it has now become a pinnacle of its type for serious collectors to participate in. Only the very best cars in the world of the types (or actual cars) that took part in period are selected from a heavily oversubscribed list.
Our Mille Miglia 2010 tour to absorb this always atmospheric event is taken at a relaxed pace taking three nights to travel through France, Switzerland and Austria. Cars should be of a type capable of maintaining speeds that will allow up to 250 miles in a day, or rather less in the mountains, without overtiring the occupants. All those who wish to travel in convoy together can do so, or you can navigate at your own pace.
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