Events & Tours
Mille Miglia: the mother of Gran Turismo races postponed until October
The upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled to be held in July, will have a special exhibit featuring iconic Ferraris that have competed in various motorsports events. The exhibit will include 13 Ferraris that have been successful in different racing categories, including Formula 1, sports car racing, and endurance racing. Some of the notable Ferraris on display will be the 166 MM Barchetta, the 330 P4, the 512 BB LM, and the F2004 F1 car. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual event that showcases historic cars and celebrates motorsports culture.
Popular sayings always have an element of truth to them: leap years are not considered very lucky and 2020 has confirmed that one straight away. Even the Mille Miglia has been forced to give up its historical dates, those of late spring under both the sun and the rain in the best of traditions, and has been moved to October.
The great popularity of the Mille Miglia was due to the presence of many everyday cars involved in the race
What was the Mille Miglia? It was a challenge of pure speed across half of Italy, between Fiat Topolinos transformed into small sports cars in private garages, family cars without bumpers and hubcaps that became racing cars for the occasion, elegant two-seater coupes designed to perfection by one of the many Italian coachbuilders, to feel like real race drivers and then, the mighty sports cars of the times designed to win. These were the ingredients of a unique spectacle: a heady mix of sport, passion and creativity. Creativity which, among other things, gave birth to the thriving Gran Turismo market, a category that did not exist before and one which went on to making the car a dream for the masses.
