The Mille Miglia 2017 was held 18-21 May over 1,600 km (1,000 miles) of Italy’s most beautiful regions. From 1927 to 1957, the Mille Miglia was one of the world’s great road races, and the combination of scenery and history associated with it have made the modern iteration a heavenly highlight of the vintage racing season.
This year’s 1000 Miglia — the 90th anniversary of the race — took participants along a ride between historic villages, following an itinerary which although featuring some variations with respect to the previous editions, kept with the tracks of the twenty-four original races. Now in its 35th year, the historical retrospective of the Mille Miglia saw a great field of 450 historical automobiles commemorate the legendary endurance road race. Keeping with tradition, the Mille Miglia 2017 started and ended in Brescia, having crossed some of the most striking locations in Italy, with the turning point in Rome.
Three superb cars from the Alfa Romeo Museum, the 6C 1750 Gran Sport (1930), the 6C 2300 Mille Miglia (1938) and the 1900 Super Sprint (1956), participated in this year’s event. The original race was won by Alfa Romeo no less than eleven times: a record that can never be beaten. BMW Group Classic sent six cars from its collection to line up at the start. The BMW contingent included the 328 Berlin-Rome Touring Roadster built in 1937 and a 328 Mille Miglia Roadster from 1939. To celebrate the landmark 90th anniversary of the Mille Miglia, Mercedes-Benz Classic entered ten vehicles, such as a SSK from 1928 and a 300 SL W 194 from 1952.
Following up their 2016 victory, the 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Zagato of Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini won the 2017 running of the Mille Miglia. The well-known Brescia couple were again followed on the podium by Luca Patron and Massimo Casale in a 1925 O.M. 665 Superba Sport 2000 CC and the 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Gran Sport of Giordano Mozzi and Stefania Biacca.
Similar to 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, Sports Car Digest also documented the 2017 Mille Miglia Rally with the following picture gallery that highlights the incredible warmth experienced by the field of entrants from the Italian fans.
Mille Miglia 2017 – Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)
FIAT AR 51 CAMPAGNOLA 1952
FIAT 520 TORPEDO 1928
O.M. 665 SPORT SUPERBA 2000 CM3 1927
ALVIS SPEED 20 SB 1934
BUGATTI Type 35 A 1925
B.N.C. 527 MONZA 1927
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 S 1928
ALFA ROMEO 8C 2600 MULETTO 1932
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 GS ZAGATO 1933
ALFA ROMEO 8C 2300 MONZA 1933
BMW 328 1938
BMW 328 SPIDER MILLE MIGLIA 1939
CISITALIA 202 S MM SPIDER NUVOLARI 1947
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FIAT SIATA 750 SPORT “FENOCCHIO” 1948
MARIANI-COLOMBO LANCIA ARDEA 750 S 1954
A.C. ACE 1955
Mille Miglia 2017
Mille Miglia 2017
CHRYSLER 72 SPORT 1927
B.N.C. 527 MONZA 1927
BUGATTI Type 40 1928
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 SS 1929
ASTON MARTIN INTERNATIONAL LE MANS 1931
MG K3 MAGNETTE 1933
ALFA ROMEO 8C 2900 BOTTICELLA 1936
JAGUAR XK 120 OTS ROADSTER 1950
STANGUELLINI 1100 SPORT 1949
STANGUELLINI 1100 SPORT 1949
FERRARI 166 MM BARCHETTA TOURING 1950
S.I.A.T.A. 300 BC 1952
LANCIA AURELIA B24 SPIDER 1955
FIAT SIATA 750 SPORT “FENOCCHIO” 1948
ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SS 1947
ZAGATO FIAT 1100 E BERLINETTA 1950
GIANNINI FIAT 750 SPORT 1948
STANGUELLINI 1100 SPORT 1949
S.I.A.T.A. DAINA GS STABILIMENTI FARINA 1952
PORSCHE 356 A 1500 1953
ALFA ROMEO 1900 C SPRINT TOURING 1952
ZANUSSI FIAT 500 SPORT 1939
HEALEY 2400 SILVERSTONE E-TYPE 1950
FIAT 500 B “TOPOLINO” 1948
MASERATI A6 GCS/53 FANTUZZI 1954
PORSCHE 356 1500 1954
ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA SEBRING 1956
MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL COUPE W 198 1955
MERCEDES-BENZ 190 SL 1955
PORSCHE 356 1600 1956
FERRARI 375 MM SPIDER PININ FARINA 1953
ABARTH FIAT 750 GT ZAGATO 1957
MASERATI 150 S 1955
MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL W 194 PROTOTYPE 1952
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 GRAN SPORT BRIANZA 1932
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 SS 1929
SALMSON AL1100 GRAND SPORT 1927
AMILCAR GCSS 1927
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 GS ZAGATO 1933
FIAT 508 S BALILLA COPPA ORO 1934
FIAT 508 BALILLA SPORT Mille Miglia 1933
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BUGATTI Type 40 1929
BMW 328 COUPE 1937
ASTON MARTIN LE MANS 1933
Mille Miglia 2017
CISITALIA 202 S MM SPIDER NUVOLARI 1947
GILCO MARIANI FIAT 1100 SPORT 1948
ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SS 1947
DAGRADA FIAT 750 SILURO 1949
CISITALIA COLOMBO 1100 SPORT 1948
TALBOT LAGO T26 GS BERLINETTE 1950
GIANNINI FIAT 750 SPORT 1948
STANGUELLINI 1100 SPORT 1949
BMW 328 1939
BMW 328 “BERLIN-ROME” 1937
STANGUELLINI 750 S 1952
MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL COUPE W 198 1954
OSCA MT4 1450 2AD 1953
FERRARI 275 S /340 AMERICA SCAGLIETTI 1950
JAGUAR XK 120 OTS ROADSTER 1950
LANCIA AURELIA B20 GT 2500 III SERIE 1953
FERRARI 250 MILLE MIGLIA SPIDER VIGNALE 1953
Jochen Mass in a MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL COUPE W 198 1955
LANCIA LAMBDA VIII SERIE 1928
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STANGUELLINI 750 S 1952
JAGUAR MARK VII 1951
JAGUAR XK 120 DROP HEAD COUPE 1953
OSCA MT4 1450 2AD 1953
Jochen Mass in a MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL COUPE W 198 1955
Mille Miglia 2017
Mille Miglia 2017
MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL COUPE W 198 1955
ASTON MARTIN DB3S 1955
FIAT 500 C “TOPOLINO” 1953
BENEDETTI GIANNINI FIAT 750 SPORT 1950
Mille Miglia 2017
AMILCAR GCSS 1927
B.N.C. 527 MONZA 1927
ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 S 1928
COOPER JAGUAR SPORT 1956
STANGA 750 S 1956
MG TB 1939
ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SS SPIDER COLLI 1947
FIAT 508 BALILLA SPORT Mille Miglia 1933
GIAUR 750 1950
HWM CADILLAC 1953
ASTON MARTIN LE MANS 1933
Overall Mille Miglia 2017 Winner – Giordano Mozzi I Stefania Biacca I ALFA ROMEO 6C 1500 GS ZAGATO 1933
Luca Patron I Massimo Casale – O.M. 665 SPORT SUPERBA 2000 1925
Andrea Vesco I Andrea Guerini – ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 GRAN SPORT 1931
Pair of BMW 328 models – Mille Miglia 2017
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