2024 Mille Miglia, Vesco blows away the competition again. 23 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 23 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
1952 Ermini Sport Internazionale
- Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Motto
- Chassis n°: 055352
- Engine n°: 004
This car raced 1952 Mille Miglia and Targa Florio (1st in class) and 1953 Mille Miglia and Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti, among other important races in early 50s.
Edoardo Ernesto Tenconi (IT)
1954 Autobleu 750 Mille Miles
- Coachbuilder: Carrosserie G.T.R.
- Chassis n°: 195475
- Engine n°: 670-01-1692503
A french little sports car with a streamlined body. A one-off alloy prototype that raced the Mille Miglia in 1954 and 1955, as well as the 12h de Reims in 1956.
Private collection
1955 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
- Coachbuilder: Bertone
- Chassis n°: AR1493*00094*
- Engine n°: AR131500186
This car is a pre-series and one of the oldest Giulietta Sprint around. It ran the 1955 Mille Miglia, ranking 130th overall and 13th in class. Barn find in 2016.
Private collection