by Tilmann Schaal | May 20, 2016 | Mille Miglia
The cars are on the road! After the traditional application of the lead seal and one last espresso, the cars crossed the starting line in Brescia yesterday afternoon. On the trip to Rimini the drivers had to fight through traffic jams around Lake Garda (as always) and...
by Massimo Delbò | May 20, 2016 | Mille Miglia
It’s raining, I’m wet, the windshield is all misted up, and there’s a traffic jam of almost biblical proportions, but I couldn’t be happier, because in front of me lies the start of the Mille Miglia 2016. Everything is so familiar to me, the friends, the photographer...
by Massimo Delbò | May 19, 2016 | Mille Miglia
Here we are, very close to the start, with the car ready to warm up. Today I had my first meeting with my racing car for this adventure, a delightful W120, 1955 180 D Ponton. This afternoon has been given over to sorting out all the paperwork: for me, the car, the...
by Massimo Delbò | May 15, 2016 | Mille Miglia
For years now, the Mille Miglia has been not just a classic car collectors’ gathering but also an event attracting numerous VIPs from all over the world. There will, of course, always be some important names who see the event merely as an opportunity to remain in the...
by Massimo Delbò | Apr 26, 2016 | Rallies
The sixth Terre di Canossa rally is just a couple of hours away, and if I were writing this piece with a pen, and not on a keyboard, my handwriting would undoubtedly be shaky as the muscles in my arms and shoulders are still feeling the effects of the twists and turns...
by Massimo Delbò | Apr 7, 2016 | Rallies
It never ceases to surprise me how Valli & Nebbie, organized by the Ferrara vintage car club “Officina Ferrarese”, always manages to find wonderful new places for this rally, yet without straying too far from the city that was historically the capital of the...
