On May 25, Giulio Alfieri, one of the giants of 20th century motorsport, strode through the scrutineering paddock of the 2000 Mille Miglia Storica in Brescia, Italy, hardly looking right or left. Which is odd because three postwar Maseratis were in the enclosure at the time and, of course, Alfieri designed the Trident’s cars from 1953 to 1975. In fact, 22 Maseratis took part in this year’s event – the lion’s share Alfieri’s offspring.
Alfieri refers to himself as a person seldom overcome by emotion. “I worked for Maserati. I was in charge of design and production. I had to produce, and I produced. That’s all there was to it,” he said.
