Mille Miglia 1936

Antonio Brivio (in the car), with co-driver Carlo Ongaro shortly before the start of the race

The Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spider Touring reported by Benito Mussolini by Ercole Boratto and Guido Mancinelli in the Strait of Brescia

The tenth Mille Miglia , also Mille Miglia, Brescia , took place on April 4th and 5th, 1936 and led over 1606 km from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia.

Abyssinian War

On May 9, 1936, Benito Mussolini officially declared the end of the Abyssinian War and the annexation of Abyssinia complete. The successful Abyssinia campaign marked the climax of Mussolini's power. The Italian King Victor Emanuel III. was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia , and the commander of the Southern Army in Ethiopia, Rodolfo Graziani , was given the title of Ethiopian viceroy. The war, in which 15,000 Italians and 800,000 Ethiopians were killed, had an impact on the Italian economy, which was mainly hit by a fuel and oil embargo by the Anglican states.

As a result, some motorsport events had to be canceled. But the Mille Miglia was held.

The race

The lack of fuel led to a new racing class. Vehicles with gas engines were now also permitted . For this purpose, cars were converted to this technology. However, some of these vehicles were extremely slow and resulted in an unusual increase in racing time. A Fiat 508 Balilla Gas drove 31: 28: 00,000 hours and was the only gas-powered car to cross the finish line. By the time the finish line was reached, the race was long over and the race officials had to wait for hours on the car, which was tormented by everyday Monday traffic.

The Scuderia Ferrari announced three Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A and was the clear favorite for the overall win; The only thing left open was which of the three teams would win. A tough duel developed that led to the closest finish in Mille Miglia history. At the finish, Antonio Brivio had a lead of just 32 seconds over his young team-mate Giuseppe Farina after 13: 07: 51,000 hours of driving time . Third was Carlo Maria Pintacuda , who was already 40 minutes behind.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	+ 2.0c	75	Scuderia Ferrari	Antonio Brivio Carlo Ongaro	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	13: 07: 51,000
2	+ 2.0c	82	Sucderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina Stefano Meazza	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	13: 08: 23,000
3	+ 2.0c	79	Sucderia Ferrari	Carlo Maria Pintacuda Aldo Stefani	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	13: 44: 17,000
4th	+ 2.0c	84		Clemente Biondetti Cerasa	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B	13: 59: 21,000
5	2.0c	57		Omobono Tenni Guerino Bertocchi	Maserati 4CS 1500	14: 18: 40,000
6th	1.1c	52		Ettore Bianco M. Boccali	Maserati 4CS 1100	14: 55: 10,000
7th	+ 2.0c	83		Jacques de Rham Sergio Banti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6	15: 35: 35,000
8th	+ 2.0c	74		Ermanno Gurgo Salice Carlo Laredo de Mendoza	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	15: 45: 27,000
9	+ 2.0	37		Guido Cattaneo Renato Donati	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Berlina	15: 59: 07,000
10	2.0c	68		Giovanni Rocco Luigi Filippone	Maserati 8C 26B 2000 Carr. Menarini	16: 14: 32,000
11	+ 2.0	35		Vittorio Belmondo F. Balbis	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Berlina	16: 36: 52,000
12	1.1	18th		Milton Biagini Arcangelo Periccioli	Fiat 508CS Balilla	16: 38: 31,000
13	+ 2.0	38	Benito Mussolini	Ercole Boratto Guido Mancinelli	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Spider Touring	17:09:05,000
14th	1.1	14th		Alberto Comirato Lia Comirato Dumas	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	17:30: 18,000
15th	+ 2.0c	78		Giovanna Maria Cornaggia Medici Luigi Pages	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	17:30: 40,000
16	1.1	30th		A. Lanza Lozenzini	Fiat 508 Balilla	17: 31: 41,000
18th	1.1	25th		Renzo Ceschina M. Ceschina	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	17: 43: 29,000
19th	1.1	6th		Giuseppe Berti G. Coin	Fiat 508 Balilla Berlina Leggera	17: 46: 45,000
20th	1.1	10		Giuseppe Rossi Zammarini	Fiat 508 Balilla	17: 47: 29,000
21st	1.1	19th		Efisio Zanella Ruggero Minio	Fiat 508 Balilla	17: 49: 20,000
22nd	2.0c	19th		G. Girelli Guerrino Faccioni	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	17: 54: 52,000
23	1.1	5		M. Trivero Enrico Nardi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 09: 19,000
24	1.1c	49		Leonardo Quadri G. Spessa	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport compressor	18: 14: 10,000
25th	2.0	32		Remy Jacazio Guglielmo Gramolelli	Fiat 1500 Berlina	18: 31: 20,000
26th	1.1	22nd		A. Varisco Casiraghi	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 33: 19,000
27	1.1	21st		Augusto Zoboli Archimede Rosa	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 38: 18,000
28	1.1	24		Vittorio Mazzoni's N. Leumann	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 49: 35,000
29	2.0	32		Giacomo Ragnoli Locatis	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 22: 01,000
30th	1.1	11		Leo Spoletini C. Simoncelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 39: 16,000
31	1.1	3		O. Randaccio I. Radice Fossati	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 56: 12,000
32	1.1	8th		Romeo Angelo Marelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 57: 43,000
33	1.1	15th		Walzl short	Fiat 508 Balilla	20: 33: 13,000
34	1.1c	45		Aldo Marazza C. Benedetti	Fiat 508CS MM Berlinetta Compressor	21: 31: 10,000
35	1.1	26th		Winteler Marcon	Fiat 508 Balilla	24: 07: 45,000
36	1.1	16		A. Giannelli A. Morini	Fiat 508 Balilla	24: 16: 30,000
37	SVG	41		R. Guzman Paletti	Fiat 508 Balilla Gas	31: 28: 00,000
Not classified
38	2.0c	66		G. Grilli De Megni	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	21: 39: 40,000
Failed
39	1.1	1		Francesco Matrullo L. De Santis	Fiat 508 Balilla
40	1.1	4th		Raffaello Faini E. Leva	Fiat 508 Balilla
41	1.1	7th		Colabattisti Al. pink	Fiat 508 Balilla
42	1.1	9		Ferrara Giordano Aldrighetti	Fiat 508 Balilla Sport
43	1.1	20th		Ovidio Capelli G. Nagas	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
44	1.1	23		Luigi Villoresi Emilio Villoresi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
45	1.1	27		Pasquale Ermini Giorgio Castelnuovo	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
46	2.0	31	Tom Clarke	Tom Clarke Maurice Faulkner	Aston Martin 11
47	+ 2.0	39		V. Randaccio Sartirana	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Berlina
48	SVG	40		Mimì Aylmer Gambellini	Fiat 508 Balilla Gas
49	SVG	42		Sergio Ferraguti Piero Facetti	Fiat 508 Balilla Gas
50	1.1c	43		A. La Porta I. Bricchi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Compressor
51	1.1c	46		Giuseppe Gilera B. Ghiringhelli	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Compressor
52	1.1c	47		Moris Bergamini Arialdo Ruggeri	Maserati 4CS 1100
53	1.1c	48		J. McCain G. Gallinari	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Compressor
54	1.1c	50		M. Colini Vittorio De Leonardis	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Compressor
55	1.1c	51		Giovanni Quintavalla S. Bardiani	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Compressor
56	SVG	54		M. Ferraguti Vacchini	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gasogeno
57	2.0c	55		GA Alfieri B. Scesa	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
58	2.0c	58		De Bernis Giuseppe Santi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
59	2.0c	59		Spartaco Graziani Augusto Zanardi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
60	2.0c	61		Gian Carlo Dufour Edoardo Gambaro	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
61	2.0c	63		Franco Bertani Guido Barbieri	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
62	2.0c	64		Giosue Calamai B. Donnini	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
63	2.0c	65		Emilio Romano Paolo Corradi	Bugatti T35C
64	2.0c	67		Toulo de Graffenried Arzila	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
65	SVG	71		A. Fiorini F. Giovanelli	Itala Gasogeno Speciale
66	SVG	72		A. Tinarelli E. Tinarelli	Fiat 527 Ardita Gasogeno
67	+ 2.0c	77		Giovanni Battista Santinelli Umberto Berti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza 2.6
68	+ 2.0c	80		Franco Cortese Giuseppe Salvi del Pero	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
69	+ 2.0c	85		T. Passi Nando Barbieri	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 2.6

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
+ 2.0c	Antonio Brivio	Carlo Ongaro	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	Overall victory
2.0c	Omobono Tenni	Guerino Bertocchi	Maserati 4CS 1500	Rank 5
1.1c	Ettore Bianco	M. Boccali	Maserati 4CS 1100	Rank 6
+ 2.0	Guido Cattaneo	Renato Donati	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Berlina	Rank 9
2.0	Remy Jacazio	Guglielmo Gramolelli	Fiat 1500 Berlina	Rank 25
1.1	Milton Biagini	Arcangelo Periccioli	Fiat 508CS Balilla	Rank 12
SVG	R. Guzman	Paletti	Fiat 508 Balilla Gas	Rank 37

Racing data

• Registered: 69
• Started: 69
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: dry
• Route length: 1606 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 13: 07: 51,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 1
• Total distance of the winning team: 1606 km
• Winner's average: 121.590 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 1936  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website
• Race results