Every year 375 cars built between the 1927 and 1957 travel from Brescia to Rome and back in a three-day regularity race known as the “Mille Miglia”. Initially a performance based, open road race, the Mille Miglia was abolished by Italian government in 1957 after the Spanish F1 driver Alfonso de Portago crashed his Ferrari 335 S killing himself, his co-pilot, and 10 spectators. Today the Mille Miglia is a historical race commemorating the unique and heroic spirit of the competition and is a tribute to the automotive industry of those years. Passionate collectors from all over the world fly to Italy every year to take part in this event, which manages to round up 7 million people along the route in what is a unique and spectacular experience.
Mille Miglia 2010 Laureus Car, Mercedes 300SL "Gullwing"
In 2010 Mercedes Benz Italia and Fondazione Laureus Italia have agreed to use this event to promote Laureus by applying the Laureus Fondazione Italia logos onto two Mercedes Benz 300SL “gullwings” taking part in the race.
