Unlike modern day rallying, where cars are released with larger professional-class cars going before slower cars, in the Mille Miglia the smaller, slower, lower displacement cars started first. This made organisation simpler as

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The race was established by the young Counts Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti, sports manager Renzo Castagneto and motoring journalist Giovanni Canestrini, apparently in response to the Italian Grand Prix being moved from their home town of Brescia to

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The Italians continued to dominate their race after the war, now again on a single big lap through Italy. Mercedes made another good effort in

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In 1955, Mercedes made another attempt at winning the MM, this time with careful preparation and a more powerful car, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR which was based on the Formula One car (

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Owner of the trademark logo of Mille Miglia is the Automobile Club Brescia.
Mille Miglia is also the name of Alitalia's frequent flyer program.
Mille Miglia is also the

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• 1977: Hepp / Bauer – Alfa Romeo RL Super Sport – 1927
• 1982: Bacchi / Montanari – O.S.C.A MT 4 – 1956
• 1984: Palazzani / Campana – Stanguellini 1100 S – 1947

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The race was forever banned after two fatal crashes in 1957. The first was the crash of a 4.0-litre Ferrari 335 S that took the lives of the Spanish driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator Edmund Nelson, and nine spectators, at the village of

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