Mille Miglia 1935

Enzo Ferrari gives instructions to race winner Carlo Maria Pintacuda when stopping for fuel

A P3 converted into a sports car; Pintacuda drove such an adapted P3 to overall victory

The ninth Mille Miglia took place on April 13 and 14, 1935 and ran over 1623 km from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia.

The race

As early as the mid-1930s, the discussion about safety began in the Italian media in what is now Italy's most popular road race. Estimates went so far that up to ten million spectators watched the race along the route. Over a length of 1623 km, it was almost impossible to ensure adequate safety. This lack of security meant that hardly any non-Italian teams found their way to Italy. In 1935 there were only two British Aston Martin Ulsters . The security problem was exacerbated by the number of starters. In addition to the few professional drivers, there was an abundance of amateur drivers who struggled over the route. In 1935 the total duration of the race was 24: 32: 00,000 hours. That's how long it took a privately registered Fiat 508 Balilla to cover the distance. This meant that the car was on the road more than ten hours longer than the victorious Alfa Romeo .

After Tazio Nuvolari returned to Scuderia Ferrari earlier in the year , Achille Varzi left the team. Nuvolari decided not to take part in the Mille Miglia in order to be able to concentrate fully on the Monaco Grand Prix, which took place a week later . For Varzi was at Maserati , a 6C -Grand Prix cars converted into a sports car. When Enzo Ferrari found out about this, Scuderia converted a monoposto into a sports car. An Alfa Romeo P3 became an Alfa Romeo P3 2900 Biposto. The cockpit of the car was so narrow that only the slender Carlo Maria Pintacuda could sit in it. His co-driver, Count Alessandro Della Stufa, had to lean out of the car most of the time to avoid the tightness.

At the beginning, Mario Tadini led the race in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6 ; Varzi, whose car was finished just before the race, soon retired after a technical defect. In the end, the Alfa Romeo from Pintacuda was clearly the fastest vehicle. At the finish he had a lead of more than 40 minutes on Tadini.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 3.0	106	Scuderia Ferrari	Carlo Maria Pintacuda Alessandro Della Stufa	Alfa Romeo P3 2900 Biposto	14: 04: 47,000
2	S + 3.0	93	Ippolito Berrone	Mario Tadini L. Chiari	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6	14: 46: 38,000
3	S + 3.0	99		Giovanni Battaglia Giuseppe Tuffanelli	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6	15: 04: 08,000
4th	S + 3.0	84		Hans Ruesch Angelo Guatta	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6	15: 05: 59,000
5	S + 3.0	89		Alberto Macchia Renato Danese	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	15: 10: 58,000
6th	S + 3.0	88		Arrigo Sanguinetti Renato Balestrero	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	15: 12: 47,000
7th	S 1.1	15th		Ettore Bianco Guerino Bertocchi	Maserati 4CS 1100	15: 12: 56,000
8th	S + 3.0	100	Scuderia Ferrari	Franco Cortese Francesco Severi	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Pescara Touring	15: 26: 45,000
9	S + 3.0	96		Ermanno Gurgo Salice Carlo Laredo de Mendoza	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	15: 39: 01,000
10	S + 3.0	92	Scuderia Ferrari	Archimede Rosa Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Pescara Touring	15: 56: 43,000
11	S 2.0	75		F. Crivellari P. Ferraro	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	15: 59: 23,000
12	S 2.0	81		G. Castellano C. Adorno	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	16: 12: 43,000
13	S + 3.0	81		Giovanni Battista Santinelli Umberto Berti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6	16: 26: 31,000
14th	S 2.0	80		A. Scarpari Enzo Bortolon	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	16:30:17,000
15th	S + 3.0	86		Artiro Mercanti Alessandro Gaboardi	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Pescara Touring	16: 37: 59,000
16	S 2.0	77		Spartaco Graziani Augusto Zanardi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Spider	16: 54: 10,000
17th	S + 3.0	95		Nicola Borelli V. Lo Prete	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	16: 54: 11,000
18th	S 1.1	14th		Luigi Villoresi Emilio Villoresi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	17: 15: 26,000
19th	S 1.1	11		Luigi Rossi Scotti A. Mantovani	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	17: 37: 48,000
19th	S 1.1	39		Milton Biagini Arcangelo Periccioli	Fiat 508CS Balilla Coppa D'oro	17: 48: 57,000
21st	S 1.1	16		S. Petruccioli G. Casi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	17: 50: 07,000
22nd	S / T 1.5	71	Maurice Faulkner	Tom Clarke Maurice Faulkner	Aston Martin Ulster	17: 52: 35,000
23	S 1.1	7th		J. McCain Enrico Nardi	Fiat 508 Balilla	17: 57: 17,000
24	S 1.1	30th		Mario Nardilli Francesco Matrullo	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 20: 03,000
25th	S 1.1	23		Emilio Romano Carlo Masera	Maserati 4C 1100	18: 25: 57,000
26th	S / T 1.5	60		C. Gentili M. Dufour Berté	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	18: 25: 59,000
27	S 1.1	4th		L. Musso Giuseppe-Maria Favero	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 38: 39,000
28	S / T 1.5	62		Alb. Pellerano V. Pierucci	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500	18: 43: 16,000
29	S 1.1	46		F. Romualdi S. Lelli	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 48: 36,000
30th	S 1.1	46		Ruggero Minio V. Collavo	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 49: 08,000
31	S 1.1	37		Gino Zordan F. Borgo	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 53: 06,000
32	S 1.1	44		G. Zannino C. Mussetta	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 53: 18,000
33	S 1.1	2		C. Benedetti Efisio Zanella	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 09: 43,000
34	S 1.1	41		Guerrino Faccioni F. Feruglio	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 20: 18,000
35	S / T 1.5	64		Renzo Cantoni Giacomo Ragnoli	Lancia Augusta Cabriolet	19: 27: 30,000
36	S / T 1.5	66		Edoardo Gambaro F. Gambaro	Lancia Augusta	19: 29: 20,000
37	S / T 1.5	56		Giuseppe Berti G. Coin	Lancia Augusta Berlina	19: 31: 15,000
38	S 1.1	10		Francesco Apruzzi A. Antelmi	Fiat 508CS Mille Miglia Berlinetta Ghia	19: 39: 08,000
39	S 1.1	40		F. Ronchi A. Varisco	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 41: 07,000
40	S 1.1	29		Umberto Capello G. Girelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	20:02: 15,000
41	S 1.1	31		Giovanni Quintavalla P. Lavezzini	Fiat 508 Balilla	20: 10: 00,000
42	S / T 1.5	52		Guglielmo Gramolelli Remy Jacazio	Lancia Augusta Berlina	20: 22: 30,000
43	S 1.1	27		L. Bergamo D. Agnelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	21: 19: 25,000
44	S 1.1	32		A. Bellocchi L. Gianstefani	Fiat 508 Balilla	21: 29: 15,000
45	S / T 1.5	59		O. Lorandi Ed. Strazza	Lancia Augusta	22: 21: 56,000
46	S 1.1	5		Franco Spotorno B. Ghiringhelli	Fiat 508 Balillla	22: 35: 45,000
47	S 1.1	8th		Pietro Peroni Gaetano Vitali	Fiat 508 Balillla Sport	22: 47: 26,000
48	S 1.1	34		C. Albertini R. Benvenuti	Fiat 508 Balillla	24: 32: 00,000
Failed
49	S 1.1	1		M. Lombardi E. Brigatti	Fiat 508 Balilla
50	S 1.1	3		A. Biamino G. Mainardi	Fiat 508 Balilla
51	S 1.1	6th		G. Panzacchi D. Becchetti	Fiat 508 Balilla
52	S 1.1	9		E. Balzano E. Perosio	Fiat 508 Balilla
53	S 1.1	12		U. Vernassa C. Di Vecchio	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
54	S 1.1	18th		C. Vigentini C. Fumagalli	Fiat 508 Balilla
55	S 1.1	19th		Renzo Ceschina Gino Guagnellini	Fiat 508 Balilla
56	S 1.1	20th		Ermenegildo Strazza A. Baldini	Maserati 4CS 1100
57	S 1.1	22nd		U. Mazzaferro E. Mariano	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
58	S 1.1	24		Alberto Comirato S. Buosi	Fiat 508 Balilla
59	S 1.1	25th		I. Radice Fossati A. Radice Fossati	Fiat 508 Balilla
60	S 1.1	28		Ovidio Capelli A. Milani	Fiat 508 Balilla
61	S 1.1	33		Raffaello Faini V. Petrini	Fiat 508 Balilla
62	S 1.1	35		Alessandro Cappelli L. Lanfranconi	Fiat 508 Balilla
63	S 1.1	38		Moris Bergamini V. Braghiroli	Maserati 4CS 1100
64	S 1.1	42		Piero Dusio GB Ferrari	Fiat Siata 508S Berlinetta supercharger
65	S 1.1	45		U. Beltracchini G. Gilardoni	Fiat 508 Balilla
66	S 1.1	47	Capt. GET Eyston	Carlo Gazzabini "Mac Bunty"	MG Magnette K3
67	S 1.1	47		F. Russi A. D'Antinone	Fiat 508 Balilla
68	S 1.1	50		G. Rivola Giuseppe Rossi	Fiat 508 Balilla
69	S 1.1	51		Giorgio Ambrosini Dante Bertone	Fiat Siata 508S Berlinetta supercharger
70	S / T 1.5	55		A. Facchetti G. Guindani	Lancia Augusta Berlina
71	S / T 1.5	57		A. Arancio G. Ciboldi	Lancia Augusta
72	S / T 1.5	63		G. Grilli A. Stinchelli	Lancia Augusta
73	S / T 1.5	65		T. Passi G. Bergia	Lancia Augusta
74	S / T 1.5	67	Eddie Hall	Eddie Hall Marsden	Aston Martin Ulster
75	S / T 1.5	68		GA Alfieri B. Scesa	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
76	S / T 1.5	69		M. Kechler A. Kechler	Lancia Augusta
77	S / T 1.5	70	Scuderia Subalpina	Luigi Scarfiotti M. Penati	Maserati 4CS 1500
78	S 2.0	72		Pietro Ghersi Freddy McEvoy	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
79	S 2.0	73		G. Azzali G. Moreni	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Spider Zagato
80	S 2.0	74		E. Gessner Enrico Platé	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
81	S 2.0	82		G. Conter A. Morini	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
82	S + 3.0	85		R. Staccioli L. Gabini	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
83	S + 3.0	91		Giovanni Minozzi Walther Grosch	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
84	S + 3.0	98	Scuderia Subalpina	Achille Varzi Amedeo Bignami	Maserati 6C 34 3700
85	S + 3.0	105		Catullo Lami Pasquale Ermini	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
86	S 1.1	43

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alessandro Della Stufa	Alfa Romeo P3 2900 Biposto	Overall victory
S 2.0	F. Crivellari	P. Ferraro	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	Rank 11
S / T 1.5	Tom Clarke	Maurice Faulkner	Aston Martin Ulster	Rank 22
S 1.1	Ettore Bianco	Guerino Bertocchi	Maserati 4CS 1100	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 86
• Started: 85
• Rated: 48
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Track length: 1623,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 14:04: 47,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 1
• Total distance of the winning team: 1623,000 km
• Winner's average: 114.720 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Hans-Jörg Götzl: Mille Miglia Motorbuchverlag 2006.

Web links

Commons : Mille Miglia 1935  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pintacuda and Della Stufa after their success at the finish in Brescia ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )