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2024 Mille Miglia, Vesco blows away the competition again. 21 Automotive Masterpieces on the route.
June 17, 2024
The 2,200-kilometer tour of the 2024 Mille Miglia, from June 11th to 15th, has concluded for the 421 crews who followed the Brescia - Rome - Brescia route, with the new additions of Turin and Genoa stages.
Andrea Vesco achieved a hard-to-match record, winning for the seventh time, the fifth consecutive, and the fourth in a row with his steadfast co-driver Fabio Salvinelli, in their trusty 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS Spider Zagato. “We are happy, how could we not be! – Vesco commented right after the race – ...this year we led from the first trial and always maintained our advantage.” Behind them, there was a fierce battle: in the end, Gianmario Fontanella and Anna Maria Covelli secured a well-deserved 2nd place with their 1927 Lancia Lambda Casaro VII Serie, listed among the Automotive Masterpieces, followed in 3rd place by Alberto Aliverti and Stefano Valente, also competing with a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C.
In the collateral events: Frank Binder and Giordano Mozzi in a 296 GTS won the Ferrari Tribute; Mirco Magni and Alessandro Ferruta claimed victory in the 1000 Miglia Green with a Polestar 2, while the 1000 Miglia Experience went to Ismaele and Marco Luigi Ghilardelli in a Mercedes AMG GT C.
Alongside the Lambda of Fontanella - Covelli in 2nd place, this edition saw a significant representation of crews with cars listed among the Automotive Masterpieces, as has become customary. There were 21 AM examples racing, representing the full range of possible cars: 2 Lancia Lambda, two Alfa Romeo 6C (a 1750 and a 2300 MM), a Chrysler 72, a Cisitalia 202, 3 Fiat 1100 (B, S, and TV), 2 Fiat 1400, a Porsche 356, 3 Lancia Aurelia (a B21 and two B20), a Ferrari 225 S, 2 Fiat 8V (Rapi and ZAGATO), an Ermini Sport Internazionale, an Autobleu 750 Mille Miles, and the Italian sweetheart Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint.
Cars
1950 Fiat 1400 Berlinetta Abarth
- Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Touring
- Chassis n°: 101*004330*
- Engine n°: 101.000*005393*
Only known survivor of previewed 200 cars but very few actually realized. First attempt to adapt the Superleggera design to monocoque on the Fiat 1400 platform.
Private collection
1952 Porsche 356 1500 Super
- Coachbuilder: Stuttgarter Karosseriewerk Reutter
- Chassis n°: 11361
- Engine n°: 30240
It's the first chassis of 356 equipped with the one-piece bent-window windscreen. Participated in the 1953 Mille Miglia with Italo Sancilio and Fritz Esslinger.
Private collection
1951 Lancia Aurelia B21
- Coachbuilder: Lancia
- Chassis n°: *B21-1171*
- Engine n°: *1242*
Fitted with Nardi intake and shifter kit, it raced 1952 Mille Miglia, ranking 32nd in class. It participated to several Mille Miglia re-enactments in the years.
Private collection
1952 Ferrari 225 S
- Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale & C.
- Chassis n°: 0198ET
- Engine n°: 0198ET
One of 14 Ferrari 225 Sport Spider bodied by Vignale on Michelotti design, 6 with Gilco "tuboscocca" chassis. Intense racing activity in 1952-1953 in Portugal.
Private collection
1954 Fiat 8V
- Coachbuilder: Carrozzerie Speciali Fiat
- Chassis n°: 106.000103
- Engine n°: 104000000160
One of only 29 Fiat 8V second series produced with standard body. It has a complete owners’ history and it was cared for more than 50 years by the same family.
Edoardo Ernesto Tenconi (IT)