The Mille

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- This Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 "Muletto" starting it's Mille Miglia adventure on the Viale Venezia, the traditional starting point.
- Prior to that, competitors had a lunch at the Mille Miglia Museum where the cars gather before to the start.
- Pre-war cars are arguably the real heroes of the Mille.
- On the first day we drive into the night to Padua, a historic village close to Venezia.
- Especially when technical gremlins emerge, some equipes make it to Padua after midnight.
- Early morning we start again for the big leg to Rome, in kilometers the longest day of the Mille.
- But with awesome scenery, like this landscape close to San Marino.
- A Talbot Lago T26 Gran Sport Berlinette tearing through the landscape of Marche province.
- The Mercedes-Benz 300SL is the go-to car for competitors.
- The hill of San Marino proved to be too much for a couple of competitors, mostly caused by slow traffic.
- The Alfa Romeo 1900C Sprint Touring compliments the scenery perfectly.
- And how often do you see a Ferrari 250 GT Europa at full chat on a closed road?
- Key-element is the Polizia Stradale, who help competitors and support cars negotiate through busy traffic.
- During the Mille Miglia, equipes need to prove their car control at various special stages.
- One of the few Aston Martin DB3 S models produced.
- Italians celebrate their heritage during the Mille, period-costumes is not an uncommon sight.
- Villages make an effort to host the Mille as best as they can.
- And the crowds... Oh, the crowds..
- With proper seating for the VIPs, obviously.
- After leaving Brescia for Rome, the Mille returns to Brescia for the finish at the very spot the adventure started.
- Just like the owners of this number 95 Media-equipe LaFerrari, it is my job to describe the Mille Miglia, an impossible task. It is an event every petrolhead should visit at least once, in a car or in one of the many photogenic villages.

A photo-story of the 2017 Mille Miglia. The event every petrolhead should have experienced at least once. #MM17 #MilleMiglia

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