HI Thanks for all the useful color and info. Im doing the check in/scrutinizing at 5 pm wed. do we get a hotel assigned for wed night? My number is 288 elad
Uppssssss! You might have a problem here!!!!! The only hotels included in the price are thursday, friday and saturday. On the web page you have the chance to ask, at your own cost, for them to book a room for you for wednesday. I asked for mine months ago, I doubt they have rooms available for wednesday in Brescia any more! I suggest you call them inmediately, otherwise you will have to sort out yourself somewhere around. Good luck Jaime
I have a question about the starting times and car numbers. Are they still related? For example, if the first car starts at 12 o'clock, when will car number 373 start? Thanks.
The first car , number 1, starts at 7.30 pm. From there a car starts every 20 seconds, 3 cars per minute. That´s how it works.
Good coverage here: http://www.teletutto.it/in_diretta/ Just saw several posters in this thread take their starts.
Weather was perfect, a little rain at times but just enough clouds to make the scenery even more beautiful. Now if only they keep the aiports open so I can get home. Zac
I was in front of Ferrari factory entrance saturday to take some pictures. The most memorable scenes were when each one driving a classic car or amoder supercar of every marque tempted to enter factory. I saw every type of car: Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911, Audi R8, old Fiat 500, Mercedes 300sl, but also some Ferraris (mostly 360-430) out from Ferrari tribute. Everyone was invited to exit by the security Only a car was able to pass: an old mg spyder, because of a distraction of the security. But I must say that it was very difficult to filter all the cars when they arrived in groups of ten-twelve each time! Alan
It was glorious, awesome, and I enjoyed the 2010 MM more than any rally I have ever run. And we finished! With no brakes on the right side, with clouds of blue smoke coming out of the left bank, and with a headlight broken in the Bologna traffic by hitting a DB2. But we finished, after two hellish and unsuccessfull attempts in 2008 and 2009. I trust Onno, Oscar, and Sociebon did well and enjoyed it as much as I did. My fears and reservations regarding the Ferrari tribute were totally unfounded; I think that the "modern" Ferraris actually provided a great introduction for us oldies... I will post pictures and stories, and I hope the others also post. But first I need sleep! We slept 2 hours the first night in Bologna, 3 hours the second night in Rome, and another 3 hours the final night in Brescia because we had to DRIVE back to Madrid in a rental car when we found out that all flights from northern Italy were cancelled because of the ****ing volcano. So after another 16 hours driving I am back in Madrid, and beginning to wonder if I am not getting a bit too old for this.... Cheers! Julio
Good morning everyone! Back to real life, just to let you know that we had a great Mille Miglia. The weather was great. When we arrived on wednesday afternoon to Brescia, it was raining as I had never seen before, and that with the weather forecast made everybody feel like as if we were going more to swim than to drive. Tremendous! But then thursday started as a great sunny day, and again we had a great day in Brescia, with all the cars parked and thousands of people around. Great atmosphere. And the race started, and still no rain till Bologna. Friday saw a good day also, with sun and clouds, so not too hot, which helps this long drivings. I prefer cloudy than sunny! Only when up to the Terminillo the weather changed, with rain, foggy than you couldn´t see further than a few meters, and very cold. Needless to say that the hood on my 1750 GS Alfa stayed down, pure Mille Miglia spirit! When down the mountain everything got better, and we entered Rome with no trouble at all. After a nice but short sleep, heavy rain on saturday morning leaving Rome. After an hour it stopped and no more for the rest of the day. As always, great cars and great italian public. Just amazing to see so many people everywhere, they have the cars in their veins! And yesterday, to finish, the second Mille Miglia. Brescia to Madrid, due to airports closed and cancelled flight, on a rented Renault with five of us, in 13 1/2hours!!! That was a long long drive!!!! Just to finish, my warm congratulations to my friend Julio and Pablo Batista, that after two failed attempts they could finally completed the Mille Miglia on their lovely Ferrari 212. They really needed to, otherwise they would have suicided!! Well done boys, next year more!
Hi Bert, Wouter and I met the team at a gas station when they were lost. We guided them back to the Imola stage. We should have some action pictures. Wouter was taking pictures out of my car's window on the highway, which caused our toll ticket to fly out! Fortunately the toll booth attendant was very cooperative and we were allowed to pass (only paying 2 euro).
I can't wait to see the pictures. After some sleep for you poor guys. It sounds as if everyone had a fun, safe time. Well done! George
My Ferrari tribute pictures will arrive in 2 days on www.virtualcar.it Pics are already avaiable on http://www.omniauto.it/viaggi/mille-miglia-2010/home Here: http://www.omniauto.it/viaggi/files/mille-miglia-2010/img/tappa12/post/137/492.jpg that's me in front of Ferrari factory entrance. I'm the guy wearing dark blue shirt exactly in the center of the photo Alan
Our general Mille Miglia results and 100-image photo gallery are now online: http://www.sportscardigest.com/mille-miglia-2010-results-and-photo-gallery/ Our Ferrari Tribute piece will be coming soon...
La 1000 Miglia? La corsa più bella del mondo? Believe me, it's true. It really is. Words can't describe.... and, no one ever is too old for it. Think about the cars... Fantastic, thanks to everyone; drivers, spectators, organisers for making this possible. Cordiali saluti JR Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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- Veschetti watch shop; window display in Brescia - Jackie Stewart with son Paul in a 300 SL; never there was a picture too much for them, great chaps they are! - Jay Kay's Maserati A6 Frua; but where the hell did I put my cigarettes... - Barozzi watch shop in Brescia; and their fantastic 1954 Alfa 1900 C Sprint PF Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Dear All, We are just back and it was fantastic....Julio, we had way too little time to talk (as with Jaime, Pablo, the Dutch gang and so on). The weather was fantastic, pretty much dry and not too hot (for the car), we had some minor problems as no starter and some alternator issues, but the engine revved as never before (also thanx to 105 oct I had the first 70 liters from Goodwood fuel). As the rest our flight was canceled but luckily we had a comfy LR Disco to drive back, although the steering wheel felt a little awkward after 1500 km in the 212 export (no it was not 1600! this year). Will post some pics soon, but unbelievable experience. Thanx to everybody, especially the 1 million people (and no thank you to the Porsche Carrera club that think it is special to break out a 1951 car with their 2007 Porsche with 16 caliper double ceramic disk brakes....) ciao Oscar
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