Mille Miglia 1937

Race winner Carlo Maria Pintacuda on his victory drive

Raffaello Guzman (out of the car) and Mario Jelmini (in the car) finished the race in the Fiat 500 Testa Siata in 63rd place overall

The eleventh Mille Miglia took place on April 3 and 4, 1937 and ran over 1,623 km from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia.

The race

Despite the isolation of Italy from many European countries after the Abyssinian War of 1935 and 1936, the number of participants in the Mille Miglia rose again over the 100 mark. Benito Mussolini wanted to bring international starters back to the race; Therefore, the organizers offered factory teams high entry fees when they registered vehicles for the race. Only two French manufacturers accepted this offer. Delahaye reported two 135CS via Ecurie Bleue , which were driven by Laury Schell / René Carrière as well as René Dreyfus and Pietro Ghersi . The second French team to bring vehicles to Italy was Talbot . Two T150Cs were prepared for the teams Guido Cattaneo / René Le Bègue and Gianfranco Comotti / Archimede Rosa . Mussolini's close connection to the race was demonstrated by the fact that, in addition to his driver Ercole Boratto , his son Vittorio also drove.

However, as in previous years, the favorites for the overall victory were the Alfa Romeo used by Scuderia Ferrari . Carlo Maria Pintacuda was the last to enter the race, who broke all the speed records up to now until the stopover in Bologna . René Dreyfus was the only one in the Delahaye who could come close to the times of Pintacuda. The Italian was also in the lead at the turnaround in Rome and with his overall victory broke the myth that the leader in Rome could never win the race. After Dreyfus went down, even a defective lighting system couldn't stop the Alfa Romeo driver. He drove the last few kilometers without headlights behind his team-mate Giuseppe Farina to his second overall Mille Miglia victory.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 2.0	150	Scuderia Ferrari	Carlo Maria Pintacuda Paride Mambelli	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	14: 17: 32,000
2	S + 2.0	144	Scuderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina Stefano Meazza	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	14: 35: 11,000
3	S + 2.0	140	Ecurie Bleue	Laury Schell René Carrière	Delahaye 135CS	14: 54: 55,000
4th	TN + 1.5	119	Benito Mussolini	Ercole Boratto Giovanni Battista Guidotti	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM Berlinetta Touring	15: 40: 01,000
5	S + 2.0	145	"Ventidue"	"Ventidue" "Ventuno"	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	16: 19: 45,000
6th	TN + 1.5	112		Franco Cortese Angelo Guatta	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Pescara Spider Zagato	16: 21: 20,000
7th	TN + 1.5	120		F. Crivellari P. Ferraro	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM	17: 04: 25,000
8th	TN + 1.5	107		Edoardo Teagno Nando Barbieri	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT Spider	17:04:33,000
9	TN + 1.5	110	Scuderia Ferrari	Francesco Severi Ferdinando Righetti	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM Berlinetta Ghia	17: 09: 20,000
10	S 2.0	134		Pasquale Contini R. Salvadori	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Spider	17: 09: 35,000
11	TN + 1.5	117		V. Randaccio O. Randaccio	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300	17: 21: 17,000
12	TN 1.5	73		Ruggero Minio M. Castagnaro	Fiat 1500 Spider	17: 22: 48,000
13	TN 1.5	74		G. Pelassa Leonardo Quadri	Fiat 1500 Berlina	17: 34: 07,000
14th	TN 1.5	70		Ovidio Capelli A. Milani	Fiat 1500	17: 52: 00,000
15th	TN + 1.5	103		"Spegetti" Edoardo Gambaro	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	17: 54: 41,000
16	S 2.0	133	Eddie Hertzberger	Eddie Hertzberger Jacques van der Pijl	Aston Martin Speed ​​Model	17: 55: 34,000
17th	TN 1.5	75		Vittorio Mazzoni's Enrico Nardi	Lancia Augusta Berlina	17: 58: 15,000
18th	TN 1.1	67		Mario Braida B. Jesi	Fiat 508CS MM Berlinetta	18: 00: 18,000
19th	S 2.0	136		A. Chiodi L. De Zorzi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	18: 12: 23,000
20th	S 2.0	121		Efisio Zanella Guerrino Faccioni	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	18: 15: 35,000
21st	TN 1.5	91		Paolo Bianco M. Gnoli	Fiat 1500 Cabriolet Viotti	18: 17: 33,000
22nd	TN 1.5	81		Renzo Ceschina Gino Guagnellini	Fiat 1500 Cabriolet Viotti	18: 23: 05,000
23	TN 1.1	41		Corrado Forti A. Alfieri	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 23: 27,000
24	S 1.1	97		M. Colini Agostino Prosperi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 26: 15,000
25th	TN 1.1	43		Elio Checcacci Giuseppe Banti	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 27: 02,000
26th	TN + 1.5	111		Medarno Merli A. Mari	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT Berlina	18: 29: 47,000
27	TN 1.5	72		Remy Jacazio Guglielmo Gramolelli	Fiat 1500	18: 34: 00,000
28	TN 1.5	84		P. Ravano M. Lenzi	Fiat 1500	18: 36: 54,000
29	TN 1.5	82		E. Raggio CA Mognaschi	Fiat 1500	18: 38: 02,000
30th	TN 1.1	34		Giuseppe Berti G. Coin	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	18: 38: 10,000
31	TN 1.5	94		M. Tana Dante Spreafico	Fiat 1500	18: 44: 15,000
32	TN 1.1	57		F. Romualdi S. Lelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 45: 00,000
33	TN 1.5	87		Guido De Martino Disma Re	Lancia Augusta	18: 49: 13,000
34	TN 1.1	59		Leo Spoletini C. Simoncelli	Fiat 508 Balilla	18: 58: 56,000
35	TN 1.1	68		M. Traverso R. Prada	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 12: 37,000
36	TN 1.5	77		Emanuele Quartara G. Carena	Fiat 1500	19: 12: 50,000
37	TN + 1.5	114		Raffaello Faini V. Petrini	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300	19: 14: 22,000
38	TN 1.5	69		Filippo Tassara O. Braga	Fiat 1500	19: 18: 17,000
39	TN 1.5	92		A. Silvi A. Minazza	Fiat 1500	19: 22: 45,000
40	TN + 1.5	115		D. Longato Silvio Gerardi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1900	19: 26: 10,000
41	TN 1.5	90		T. Passi C. Porcile	Lancia Augusta	19: 37: 33,000
42	TN 1.1	61		Giovanni Quintavalla A. Quintavalla	Fiat 508 Balilla	19: 53: 37,000
43	TN 1.5	80		C. De Marchi Piero Avalle	Lancia Augusta	20: 06: 46,000
44	TN + 1.5	105		B. Bindocci Umberto Berti	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	20: 07: 53,000
45	TN 1.5	85		L. Bruzzo A. Collareta	Fiat 1500	20: 11: 02,000
46	S 1.1	100		L. Musso M. Franceschini	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport Special	20: 12: 25,000
47	TN 1.1	63		Romeo Guardiani G. Ciboldi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	8:19:30 pm
48	TN 1.5	78		P. Girardi P. Bernardo	Fiat 1500	20: 35: 22,000
49	TN 1.1	38		Vladimiro Zerini M. Torrigiani	Fiat 508 Balilla	20: 39: 35,000
50	S 750	33		Piero Dusio Cyro Basadonna	Fiat Siata 500 Gran Sport	21:00: 09,000
51	TN 750	23		Franco Spotorno F. Besana	Fiat 500A Ghiringhelli	21: 25: 06,000
52	S 750	28		Francesco Apruzzi G. Pomes	Fiat 500	21: 25: 30,000
53	TN 750	14th		S. Fidora G. Moscatelli	Fiat 500	21: 41: 50,000
54	TN 750	8th		C. Cussini A. Faccioli	Fiat 500	22:05:18,000
55	TN 750	11		L. Lolli B. Magnanini	Fiat 500	22: 39: 09,000
56	TN 750	10		Bruno Boccosi G. Moroni	Fiat 500	22: 43: 03,000
57	TN 750	4th		Mario Venturelli Giulio Bandini	Fiat 500	23: 07: 02,000
58	TN 750	5		R. Quentin B. Biondi	Fiat 500	23: 08: 15,000
59	TN 750	16		L. Zanaboni E. Broglia	Fiat 500	23: 18: 10,000
60	TN 750	19th		G. Castiglioni A. Castiglioni	Fiat 500	23: 47: 04,000
61	TN 750	25th		Giacomo Ragnoli Guido Moroni	Fiat 500	23: 51: 48,000
62	TN 750	9		Giacomo Gorio Lino Dossena	Fiat 500	24: 23: 26,000
63	S 750	29		Raffaello Guzman Mario Jelmini	Fiat 500 Testa Siata	24: 47: 34,000
64	S 750	27		F. Gilardini G. Revel	Fiat 500	24: 48: 00,000
65	TN 750	7th		F. Segré Torres	Fiat 500	26: 01: 04,000
Disqualified
66	S 750	31		Alessandro Casalis U. Maroni	Fiat Siata 500 Gran Sport
Failed
67	TN 750	1		Renato Balestrero A. Romani	Fiat 500
68	TN 750	3		M. Cussini A. Sandrolini	Fiat 500
69	TN 750	6th		Romano Malaguti G. Cantelli	Fiat 500
70	TN 750	12		C. Pagliano R. Sala	Fiat 500
71	TN 750	18th		E. Gaggiano L. Cristofaro	Fiat 500
72	TN 750	20th		Alberto Filippi P. Morini	Fiat 500
73	TN 750	21st		L. Marangoni A. Verga	Fiat 500
73	TN 750	22nd		M. Grassi Avanti	Fiat 500
73	S 750	30th		A. Enrico Dario Vico	Fiat 500
74	S 750	32		Renato Donati Alberto Garzi	Fiat Siata 500 Gran Sport
75	TN 1.1	35	Lotario Rangoni Macchiavelli	Renato Cornia Lotario Rangoni	Fiat 508 Balilla
76	TN 1.1	36		L. Bicchi and Chiesa	Stanguellini TN1100 Coppa d'Oro
77	TN 1.1	37		Angelo Della Cella S. Novello	Fiat 508 Balilla
78	TN 1.1	39		N. Ferraro G. Ferraro	Fiat 508 Balilla
79	TN 1.1	40		A. Lanza L. Nesti	Fiat 508 Balilla
80	TN 1.1	42	Scuderia Ferrari	PU Gobbato Mario Camellini	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
81	TN 1.1	45		Antonio Caspani Alfredo Pozzoni	Fiat 508 Balilla
82	TN 1.1	46		G. Munaretto G. Fenici	Fiat 508 Balilla
83	TN 1.1	47		Art. Varisco A. Varisco	Fiat 508 Balilla
84	TN 1.1	48		Vittorio Casalegno L. Di Rovasenda	Fiat 508 Balilla
85	TN 1.1	49		U. Villa Enzo Castelli	Fiat 508 Balilla
86	TN 1.1	52		Lia Comirato Dumas Alberto Comirato	Fiat 508 Balilla
87	TN 1.1	55		Ricc. Gasparotto D. Comin	Fiat 508 Balilla
88	TN 1.1	56		B. Salvoni E. Mazzi	Fiat 508 Balilla
89	TN 1.1	58		A. Panarello P. Gianni	Fiat 508 Balilla
90	TN 1.1	60		F. Maestri L. Ridolfi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
91	TN 1.1	62		G. Girelli Umberto Capello	Fiat 508 Balilla
92	TN 1.1	64		Pasquale Ermini Giorgio Castelnuovo	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
93	TN 1.1	66		U. Mazzaferro Mindo	Fiat 508 Balilla
94	TN 1.5	71		G. Dufour Berté M. Dufour Berté	Fiat 1500
95	TN 1.5	76		Giuseppe Gilera B. Ghiringhelli	Fiat 1500
96	TN 1.5	79		G. Giorgio Casimiro Guerrini	Fiat 1500
97	TN 1.5	83		Vittorio Mussolini F. Vitalini	Fiat 1500 Berlinetta Viotti
98	TN 1.5	86		Ermanno Gurgo Salice Carlo Laredo de Mendoza	Fiat 1500
99	TN 1.5	89		Renato Danese C. Renzi	Lancia Augusta
100	TN 1.5	93		F. Arosio T. Musso	Fiat 1500
101	S 1.1	96		O. Longhi Gorla Aldo Marazza	Fiat 508 Balilla
102	S 1.1	98		P. Municchi Santino Morettini	Fiat 508 Balilla
103	S 1.1	99		G. Mainardi V. Paterlini	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport
104	S 1.1	101	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Giovanni Lurani Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CS 1100
105	TN + 1.5	108		Stoni Catullo Lami	Lancia
106	TN + 1.5	118	Scuderia Ferrari	Eugenio Siena Emilio Villoresi	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM Berlinetta Ghia
107	S 2.0	122		Franco Bertani P. Baruffi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Spider
108	S 2.0	124		Mario Moradei F. Marri	Maserati 4CS 1500
109	S 2.0	126		Francesco Siracusa E. Mammoliti	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Spider
110	S 2.0	127		Nino Greggio G. Grigoli	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
111	S 2.0	130		Emilio Romano M. Tognelli	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Spider Zagato
112	S 2.0	131		G. Castellano C. Adorno	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
113	S 2.0	132		G. Panzacchi A. Tigli	Maserati Tipo 26 1500
114	S 2.0	135		Spartaco Graziani Augusto Zanardi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1900
115	S + 2.0	139	Talbot	Guido Cattaneo René Le Bègue	Talbot T150C
116	S + 2.0	141	Scuderia Ferrari	Clemente Biondetti P. Mazzetti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A
117	S + 2.0	143		Giuseppe Tuffanelli Vittorugo Mallucci	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
118	S + 2.0	146	Ecurie Bleue	René Dreyfus Pietro Ghersi	Delahaye 135CS
119	S + 2.0	147	Carlo Gazzabini	Carlo Gazzabini Giglio Antinori	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza
120	S + 2.0	148		Tommy Wisdom Elsie Wisdom	MG Tipo SA Berlina
121	S + 2.0	149	Talbot	Gianfranco Comotti Archimede Rosa	Talbot T150C

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Paride Mambelli	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A	Overall victory
S 2.0	Pasquale Contini	R. Salvadori	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Spider	Rank 10
S 1.1	M. Colini	A. Prosperi	Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport	Rank 24
S 750	Piero Dusio	Cyro Basadonna	Fiat Siata 500 Gran Sport	Rank 50
TN + 1.5	Ercole Boratto	Giovanni Battista Guidotti	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM Berlinetta Touring	Rank 4
TN 1.5	Ruggero Minio	M. Castagnaro	Fiat 1500 Spider	Rank 12
TN 1.1	Mario Braida	B. Jesi	Fiat 508CS MM Berlinetta	Rank 18
TN 750	Franco Spotorno	F. Besana	Fiat 500A Ghiringhelli	Rank 51

Racing data

• Reported: 121
• Started: 121
• Rated: 65
• Race classes: 8
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Track length: 1623,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 14: 17: 32,000 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: 1st round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1937

literature

• Hans-Jörg Götzl: Mille Miglia Motorbuchverlag 2006.

Web links

Commons : Mille Miglia 1937  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ René Dreyfus and Pietro Ghersi's Delahaye 135CS at the start in Brescia