1953 Mille Miglia

World sportscar championship thumb|Marzotto and Crosara in the winning Ferrari 340 MM The 1953 Mille Miglia was the second round of the 1953 F.I.A. World Sportscar Championship and was held on the open road of Italy, on 26 April 1953. The route was a round trip between Brescia and Rome, with a start/finish in Brescia.http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Mille_Miglia-1953-04-26.html Mille Miglia 1953 Racing Sports Cars 1953-04-26 2014-04-30 A total of 577 cars were entered in the 1953 Mille Miglia, across eight classes based on engine size, ranging from up to 750 cc to over 2.0 litre, for both touring cars and sport cars. Of these, 490 cars started the event. The smaller displacement, slower cars started first, with each car number relating to their allocated start time. For example, Juan-Manuel Fangio’s car had the number 602, and he left Brescia at 6:02am, while the first cars had started late in the evening of the previous day. Report Entry Alfa Romeo entered in force with the Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM to be driven by Fangio, Karl Kling, and Consalvo Sanesi. Scuderia Lancia had assembled a veteran team consisting of Piero Taruffi, four-time winner Clemente Biondetti, Umberto Maglioli, Felice Bonetto and Franco Bornigia, with the first four driving their D20 2900. Ferrari for their part arrived with four 300 bhp, 4.1 litre Ferrari 340 MM Spyder Vignales for Luigi Villoresi, Giuseppe Farina, Giannino Marzotto and the American racer Tom Cole. For 1953, the Mille Miglia was a round of the new World Sports Car Championship, and the home teams faced strong challengers. From Great Britain came Aston Martin and Jaguar, while France sent Gordini.http://www.grandprixhistory.org/mille_miglia_1953.htm History of Formula 1 - Mille Miglia - 1953 Grandprixhistory.org 1948-07-04 2014-04-30David Venables, “The Classic Motor Racing Circuits of Europe" (Ian Allan Publishing, 978-0-7110-3481-5, 2010) Race The race started at 22:01 on 25 April, when P.J. Darquier departed Brescia in his Renault 4CV/1063. The faster cars would leave the following morning, when conditions were warm and dry. After nine and half hours, through the night and early morning, all the cars were on their way to Rome. The Alfas took the early lead, with Sanesi controlling the pace, averaging 113 mph on the leg to Verona, but his drive ended with an accident on the road to Rome. The Ferrari of Farina had crashed out, and Kling assumed the lead, only to retire from an accident himself. thumb|300px|Ferrari 340 MM Spyder Vignale which won in the hands of Giannino Marzotto, pictured in the Enzo Ferrari Museum Just past Siena, Marzotto was concerned that the Ferrari mechanics had not changed his engine oil at the last control point as they were unable to open the bonnet. After making a U-turn, he raced back to Siena, where his mechanics cut a hole in the bonnet, directly over the engines oil filler cap, and topped the oil up accordingly. Meanwhile, Fangio’s Alfa was now leading, but surrendered to the chasing Marzotto when his steering started to play up along with fading brakes. When Marzotto got to Bologna, he had broken the 15-year old record for crossing the Futa Pass. Although Marzotto suffered two minor crashes, he took it all the way to Brescia, to win his second Mille Miglia, repeating his success of 1950. In second place with a remarkable drive was Fangio. For most of the return leg, his Alfa had effective steering on only one front wheel. Marzotto, partnered by his navigator, Marco Crosara, won in a time of 10hr 37:19mins., averaging a speed of 88.96 mph. 11:44mins adrift in second place was the Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM of Fangio. The third car on the podium was the Lancia of Bonetto. Another Ferrari came home in fourth, driven by Cole. The top Aston Martin was fifth in the hands of Reg Parnell. Apart from Aston Martin’s fifth place, the other foreign challenges faded away. Belgian journalist Paul Frère won the unlimited touring class in an unlikely 5.3-litre Chrysler Saratoga saloon. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mille_Milglia-1953-04-26.html SCCA National Daytona - Classes ASR+BSR+CSR+AP+BP+CP+DP+EP+AS+BS 1968 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1953/53millem.html 1953 Mille Miglia Teamdan.com 1953-04-26 2014-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113849/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1953/53millem.html 2015-09-24 dead http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1953.html SPAM protection / Ochrana proti SPAMu Wsrp.ic.cz 2014-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20140809231047/http://www.wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1953.html 2014-08-09 dead The race had drama. Film director Roberto Rossellini drove a Ferrari. Having recently married film star Ingrid Bergman, he raced against her wishes. At Rome, she flung herself across the car and refused to move until he agreed to withdraw. Typical of the Mille Miglia, the event was marred by fatal accidents. The first cost the French navigator, Pierre-Gilbert Ugnon, his life when his driver Luc Descollanges crashed the Jaguar C-Type near Ferrara about 140 miles (224 km) into their race. Descollanges was badly injured and was unconscious for 3 days but managed to make a full recovery. Two spectators were also killed. 48-year old Auerlio Turci was hit by a Porsche 356 being driven by Juan Iturralde and future FIA president Paul Metternich in a suburb of Cesena near Rimini and San Marino, 220 miles (352 km) into the route.Motorsport Memorial - http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=8518 2024-08-28 www.motorsportmemorial.org Several spectators standing with Turci were also injured by the Porsche. And in Ancona, 70 miles further down the Adriatic coast, a twelve-year-old boy was killed after a Fiat 1100 crashed into a group of spectators. Classification Mille Miglia Of the 490 starters, 283 were classified as finishers. Therefore, only a selection of notably racers has been listed below. Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos. No. Class Driver Navigator Entrant Car - Engine Time Reason Out 1st 547 S+2.0 Italy Giannino Marzotto Italy Marco Crosara Ferrari 340 MM Vignale 10hr 37:19100px 2nd 602 S+2.0 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Italy Giulio Sala S. P. A. Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM 10hr 49:03 100px 3rd 606 S+2.0 Italy Felice Bonetto Italy U Peruzzi Scuderia Lancia Lancia D20 Pinin Farina 11hr 07:40 100px 4th 608 S+2.0 USA Tom Cole Switzerland Mario Vandelli Ferrari 340 MM Vignale 11hr 20:39 100px 5th 611 S+2.0 GBR Reg Parnell GBR Louis Klemantaski Aston Martin Lagonda Aston Martin DB3 11hr 32:43 100px 6th 525 S2.0 Italy Emilio Giletti Italy Guerino Bertocchi Maserati A6GCS/53 Fantuzzi 11hr 38:42 100px 7th 546 S+2.0 Italy Enrico Anselmi Italy Luigi Maggio Scuderia Lancia Lancia Aurelia B20 11hr 41:07 100px 8th 616 S+2.0 Italy Clemente Biondetti Italy E. Barovero Scuderia Lancia Lancia D20 Pinin Farina11hr 49:49 100px 9th 633 S+2.0 Italy Giulio Cabianca Italy Gianfranco Roghi Ferrari 250 MM Vignale 11hr 51:39 100px 10th 512 S2.0 Italy Sergio Mantovani Italy R Palazzi Maserati A6GCS/53 Fantuzzi 11hr 51:56 11th 541 S+2.0 Italy Roberto Piodi Italy B. Militello Lancia Aurelia B20 12hr 01:39 12th 340 S1.1 Italy Bruno Venezian Italy Achille Albarelli O.S.C.A. MT4 1100 12hr 04:50 100px 13th 518 S2.0 Italy Salvatore Casella Italy Vinicio Puccini Franco Bordoni Gordini T15S 12hr 05:39 14th 504 S2.0 Italy Franco Cortese Italy P. Feroldi Fiat 8V 12hr 09:19 15th 446 S2.0 Italy Enrico Sterzi Italy O. Rossi Ferrari 166 MM Vignale 12hr 15:49 16th 551 S+2.0 GBR Peter Collins GBR Mike Keen Aston Martin Lagonda Aston Martin DB3 12hr 22:20 17th 337 S1.1 Italy Gaetano Sani Italy Adone Bianchi O.S.C.A. MT4 1100 12hr 26:35 18th 506 S2.0 Italy Franco Mosters Italy G. Vitali Fiat 8V 12hr 29:18 19th 526 S2.0 Italy Salvatore Leto di Prioli Italy Massimo Leto di Prioli Fiat 8V Zagato 12hr 30:36 100px 20th 444 S2.0 Italy Ovidio Capelli Italy Orlando Gerli Fiat 8V 12hr 30:49 21st 550 S+2.0 Italy Umberto Marzotto Italy Gino Bronzoni Scuderia Lancia Lancia Aurelia B20 12hr 32:16 22nd 255 T2.0 Italy Luciano Pagliai Italy Vasco Parducci Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 12hr 34:05 23rd 457 S2.0 Italy Sante Montanari Italy A. Bombardini Fiat 8V 12hr 34:20 24th 447 S2.0 Italy Luigi Piotti Italy Bruno Franzoni Ferrari 166 MM Vignale 12hr 36:21 25th 230 T2.0 Italy Antonio Stagnoli Italy Mario de Giuseppe Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 12hr 37:33 26th 358 S1.1 Italy Giuseppe Coriasco Italy L. Gamerro O.S.C.A. MT4 1100 12hr 37:53 27th 249 T2.0 Italy Ugo Bormioli Italy O. Marchiori Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 12hr 40:46 28th 252 T2.0 Italy Mario Pareschi Italy Paolo Milanese Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 12hr 46:49 29th 237 T2.0 Italy Elio Zagato Italy Franco Martinego Alfa Romeo 1900 12hr 47:16 30th 438 S2.0 Germany Hans Herrmann Germany Erwin Bauer Porsche KG Porsche 356 1500 Super 12hr 47:37 31st 222 T2.0 Italy Alberto Della Beffa Italy Olga Della Beffa Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 12hr 50:49 41st 428 S2.0 Switzerland Heinz Schulthess Germany Peter Kaiser Porsche 356 1500 Super 13hr 09:25 58th 407 T+2.0 Belgium Paul Frère Belgium André Milhoux Chrysler Saratoga 13hr 38:03 78th 2349 T1.3 Italy Guido Mancini Italy Carlo Mancini Fiat 1100/103 14hr 05:16 84th 2221 S750 France R. Touzot France A. Persillon DB HBR Panhard 14hr 15:36 100th 425 S2.0 USA J. Brons USA Melvin H. Stickney Porsche 356 14hr 35:54 141st 005 T1.3 Italy Roberto Lippi Italy P. Ungarelli Fiat 1100 15hr 04:35 151st 2229 S750 France Jean Rédélé France Louis Pons Renault 4CV/1063 15hr 14:51 170th 82 T750 Italy Adriano Angelelli Italy Mario Recchi Renault 4CV 15hr 46:12 250th 2201 S750 France P. J. Darquier France “Bargary” Renault 4CV/1063 18hr 04:29 DNF 603 S+2.0 Germany Karl Kling Germany Hans Klenk S. P. A. Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM 5hr 38:38 Accident DNF 609 S+2.0 Italy Giovanni Bracco Italy Alfonso Rolfo Ferrari Spa Ferrari 250 MM Pinin Farina 5hr 50:20 Differential 100px DNF 619 S+2.0 Italy Umberto Maglioli Italy “Carnio” Scuderia Lancia Lancia D20 Pinin Farina 5hr 58:30 DNF DNF 511 S2.0 Italy Luigi Musso Italy O. Donatelli Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCS/53 Fantuzzi 6hr 08:45 Accident DNF 617 S+2.0 Italy Gerino Gerini Italy Luciano Donazzolo Ferrari 212 Export 6hr 15:23 DNF DNF 612 S+2.0 GBR George Abecassis GBR Pat Griffith Aston Martin Lagonda Aston Martin DB3 6hr 18:28 Steering, Accident DNF 322 T2.0 Italy Piero Palmieri Italy Giorgio Pianta Alfa Romeo 1900 TI 6hr 27:50 DNF DNF 544 S+2.0 Italy Roberto Rossellini Italy Aldo Tonti Roberto Rossellini Ferrari 250 MM Vignale 7hr 28:26 Differential 100px DNF 532 S2.0 Italy Goffredo Zehender Italy A. de Giuseppe Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 7hr 53:25 DNF DNF 552 S+2.0 GBR John Lockett GBR Mike Read Austin-Healey 100 8hr 19:54 DNF DNF 2241 S750 Italy Rinaldo Pravettoni Italy Dioscoride Lanza Moretti 750 9hr 21:54 DNF DNF 2249 S750 Italy Ilario Bandini Italy Giovanni Sintoni Bandini-Crosley DNF 100px DNF 2334 T1.3 Italy Alfonso Thiele Italy Aldo Storzini Fiat 1100/103 DNF DNF 101 T1.3 Italy Nello Pagani Italy “Albis” Fiat 1100 DNF DNF 141 T2.0 Italy Lamberto Dalla Costa Italy “Velardi” Fiat 1400 DNF DNF 220 T2.0 Italy Piero Carini Italy A. Artesiani Alfa Romeo 1900 TI DNF DNF 318 T2.0 Italy Bruno Ruffo Italy E. Mantegazza Alfa Romeo 1900 TI DNF DNF 320 T2.0 Argentina Onofre Marimón Italy Gianfranco Maroni Alfa Romeo 1900 TI DNF DNF 527 S2.0 Italy Michelangelo Leonardi Italy Roberto Vallone Ferrari 166 MM/53 DNF DNF 540 S+2.0 USA John Fitch USA Raymond Willday Nash Motors Nash-Healey Brakes DNF 542 S+2.0 GBR Stirling Moss GBR Mortimer Morris-Goodall Jaguars Cars Ltd. Jaguar C-Type Rear Axle DNF 555 S+2.0 GBR Leslie Johnson GBR W. A. McKenzie L. H. Johnson Jaguar C-Type Split fuel tank DNF 556 S+2.0 Belgium Jacques Swaters Belgium Charles de Tornaco Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 S Vignale DNF DNF 559 S+2.0 Italy Gino Valenzano Italy “Margutti” Lancia Aurelia B20 Ignition DNF 601 S+2.0 France Luc Descollanges France Pierre-Gilbert Ugnon Jaguar C-Type Fatal accident DNF 607 S+2.0 Italy Franco Bordoni Italy Cetti Serbelloni Franco Bordoni Gordini T15S Engine DNF 613 S+2.0 Italy Luigi Villoresi Italy Piero Cassani Ferrari Spa Ferrari 340 MM Touring Differential DNF 615 S+2.0 Italy Giuseppe Farina Italy Luigi Parenti Ferrari Spa Ferrari 340 MM Touring Accident 100px DNF 618 S+2.0 GBR Tommy Wisdom GBR Dave Halliwell Aston Martin Lagonda Aston Martin DB2 Rear Axle DNF 624 S+2.0 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Belgium Charles Fraikin Jaguar XK120 DNF DNF 625 S+2.0 GBR Mike Hawthorn Italy Azelio Cappi Ferrari Spa Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Brakes DNF 631 S+2.0 Italy Consalvo Sanesi Italy Giuseppe Cagna S. P. A. Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Accident DNF 635 S+2.0 Italy Piero Taruffi Italy “Gobbetti” Scuderia Lancia Lancia D20 Pininfarina Engine DNF 636 S+2.0 Italy Piero Scotti Italy Giulio Contini Piero Scotti Ferrari 250 MM Vignale DNF DNF 637 S+2.0 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Italy Ivo Regosa Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Clutch 100px DNF 638 S+2.0 GBR Tony Rolt GBR Len Hayden Bill Cannell / Jaguar Cars Ltd. Jaguar C-Type Engine http://www.teamdan.com/wsc/1953/53millem.html Reference at www.teamdan.comFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Class Winners Class Winners Sport oltre 2000 547 Ferrari 340 MM Vignale Marzotto / Crosara Sports 2000 525 Maserati A6GCS/53 Fantuzzi Giletti /Bertocchi Sports 1100 340 Osca MT4 1100 Venezian / Albarelli Sports 750 2221 DB HBR Panhard Touzot / Persillon Turismo internazionale +2000 407 Chrysler Saratoga Frère / Milhoux Turismo internazionale 2000 255 Alfa Romeo 1900 TI Pagliai / Parducci Turismo internazionale 1300 2349 Fiat 1100/103 Mancini / Mancini Turismo internazionale 750 82 Renault 4CV Angelelli / Recchi Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 Italy Ferrari 9 2= GBR Aston Martin 8 USA Cunningham 8 4 Italy Alfa Romeo 6 5= GBR Jaguar 4 Italy Lancia 4 Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 7 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table. References 30em Further reading Anthony Pritchard. The Mille Miglia: The World’s Greatest Road Race. J H Haynes & Co Ltd. 978-1844251391 Leonardo Acerbi. Mille Miglia Story 1927-1957. Giorgio Nada Editore. 978-8879115490 1953 World Sportscar Championship 12 Hours of Sebring 24 Hours of Le Mans Category:Mille Miglia Mille Miglia Mille Miglia