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We have just returned from Italy where watched an Alfa Romeo win the 2016 Mille Miglia, in fact the heritage of Alfa Romeo shone through with three of the first five cars home being from the legendary manufacturer. This years event was the 34th commemoration of the legendary race that took place between 1927 and 1957. With 450 classic cars taking part from 71 different marques, 900 competitors from 38 nations the regularity race over 1,000 miles started in Brescia on Wednesday 19th May and took the competitors to Rimini, Rome, Siena, Firenze, Bologna, Modena, Parma, Bergamo and finished where it all started four days later back in Brescia.

After four days of battle, having passed through 230 towns full of admiring fans, this years Mille Miglia was won by Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini in car number 74, a 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato from 1931. The top 5 positions were a clean sweep for the Italians, with second place taken by Luke and Elena Patron Scaramuzzi in car number 4, a 1926 OM 665 Superba Sport 2000, third by Giordano Mozzi and Stefania Biacca in car number 85, another Alfa Romeo 6C, this time a 1500 Gran Sport from 1933, Ezio Salviato and Maria Caterina Moglia in car number 48 a Bugatti T40 1928 finished fourth and fifth place went to car number 68, Alessandro Gamberini and Gaetano Derosa in a third Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato from 1930.

Back in the original Mille Miglia in 1930 Tazio Nuvolari and Giovanni Battista Guidotti in an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GranSport Zagato achieved the previously unprecedented feat of averaging more than 100 kmh for the entire race and were celebrated for overtaking other rivals in the dark on unlit roads. It was one of 11 wins in the Mille Miglia achieved between 1927 and 1957, a record which remains unbeaten.

The 1,000-mile long Mille Miglia ran 24 times from 1927 to 1957 and in the late 1950s was a round in the World Sports Car Championship. The historic recreation of the original classic was first run in 1977 and became an annual event in 1982. It has been won since six times by an Alfa Romeo. The distance of the event is 1000 miles, based on the Roman Mile, which is 1000 paces, with a pace stated as five feet in 29 BC, or 1481 metres in modern terms.

Many describe this race as ‘the most beautiful race in the world’ which it is, it is also a moving museum and we will be back there next year, our search is on for a suitably eligible Alfa Romeo to participate with in the future, watch this space!

To see full list of results from this years Mille Miglia click here and to see a full route map of this years race click here