Mille Miglia 1957

Alfonso de Portago and Edmund Nelson at the start in Brescia

Memorial to the victims of the Mille Miglia at the accident site in Guidizzolo

Maserati 450S

The Alpine A106MM with which Jean Vinatier finished fifth in his racing class

The 24th Mille Miglia took place on May 11th and 12th, 1957 and was the third race of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

Even before the races of earlier years, there had been considerable criticism of the organizers of the Mille Miglia, which also flared up again in the weeks before the 1000 miles in 1957. The safety of drivers and spectators was once again the focus. It was impossible to adequately secure all dangerous parts of the route on the entire route from Brescia to Rome and back. The abundance of starters was also criticized in advance. In 1955 the race was opened to private drivers, who competed in large numbers, especially in the small classes. In addition, the upgraded Ferrari and Maserati racing cars , such as the Ferrari 315S and 335S and the Maserati 450S, were far too fast to race on public roads. The Ferrari 335S had a 390 hp V12 engine and reached a top speed of 305 km / h. The Maserati was similarly powerful.

In the order of the races of the Sports Car World Championship 1957 , the Mille Miglia was the third valuation run. The season began at the end of January with the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires , which ended with the victory of Masten Gregory , Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso in the Ferrari 290MM registered by the US Scuderia Temple Buel . The second race of the season at Sebring was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and Jean Behra in the factory Maserati 450S.

The race

The 1957 Mille Miglia entered its final phase when Alfonso de Portago had a fatal accident . Even before the race, the atmosphere inside Scuderia Ferrari was explosive like seldom before. Enzo Ferrari entrusted the fast Belgian Olivier Gendebien with the agile, but poorly performing 250 GT SWB . De Portago drove the 335 Sport, only four of which were built. This model had a 4.1 liter, 12 cylinder engine with four camshafts. Gendebien was supposed to drive the car and was annoyed by Enzo Ferrari's decision. With the GT, he had no chance of overall victory.

Until Rome, Peter Collins dominated the race in another Ferrari 335 Sport. De Portago drove with remarkable discipline and was already three minutes behind Gendebien in the 3-liter GT at the turn in Rome. Collins had achieved an unusually high average speed of 190.5 km / h on the flat stretches between Brescia and Verona, but the old rule "If you lead in Rome, you won't win the Mille Miglia" was to come true in 1957 as well. At the checkpoint there was a scene that the paparazzi couldn't have imagined better. When de Portago was about to start again, a beautiful woman broke away from the crowd. The American actress Linda Christian ran towards the car, de Portago stood in his driver's seat, kissed the lady and raced away with spinning wheels to the cheers of the audience.

It began to snow on the heights of the Apennines . De Portago and co-driver Nelson got through the snowstorm without any problems. Not until just before Bologna did the Ferrari hit the curb a few times on the wet road, but without any visible damage to the vehicle. At the last refueling stop in Bologna, de Portago was only fifth. Enzo Ferrari was there and incited de Portago to drive faster. It could not be that Gendebien is clearly ahead of him with the GT. In addition, the Belgian has a problem with the transverse axis and would probably not reach the destination in Brescia. Incidentally , the underbody of Piero Taruffi's car , who had constantly worked his way up to Collins, was grinding. Taruffi must slow down. Only Collins seemed unbeatable.

The eagerly awaited duel between Ferrari and Maserati did not materialize. Stirling Moss had to park his Maserati 450 S after twelve kilometers with a broken brake pedal. Peter Collins, again with the photographer Louis Klemantaski as co-driver, pulverized all previous records as far as Bologna. Almost 200 kilometers from the finish line, he had to give up after a differential damage. Now the big hour struck for 51-year-old Piero Taruffi. Taruffi, who was able to achieve his first podium place as early as 1933, dragged his ailing 315 sport with "kid gloves" to his first victory, in his thirteenth participation, to Brescia . His team colleague Wolfgang von Trips stopped attacking him in the last few kilometers, but instead gave him victory thanks to his considerate driving style.

The de Portago accident

When de Portago was about to tackle the last stage, a mechanic discovered a problem with the left front wheel. A low-lying wishbone was bent and the tire scraped against the body. A new set of Englebert tires rolled in, but de Portago waved his hand and drove on.

De Portago drove incredible times on the flat stretch towards Mantua. The 335 easily ran 280 km / h on the straight and de Portago drove the Ferrari north at top speed. Before Parma he passed the collapsed Ferrari with engine failure. On the endlessly long avenues there were only Taruffi, Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips and Gendebien in front of him. Before Cerlango the road became more curvy, after leaving town there was a five-kilometer straight to Guidizzolo.

De Portago arrived at full throttle when the car hit a milestone on the left and got out of control. The Ferrari hit the side of a telegraph pole, turned on its own axis and hit an embankment on the right with full force. De Portago had no chance of slowing down the rotating car. As always, thousands of spectators lined the route. Tragically, right at the scene of the accident, a group of locals with their children were standing very close to the narrow strip of asphalt when the Ferrari came to rest right there. There were eleven dead: de Portago died of the terrible cuts that the loose bonnet inflicted on him. His passenger and nine local residents, including five children, died as a result of the accident. 20 other people were injured, some seriously.

Already hours after the race there was strong criticism. The Corriere della Sera headlined in its evening edition with the headline: The Mille Miglia, cemetery for babies and men, Basta . The Vatican was also in a state of excitement. Within a few hours there were enough votes in Rome in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate to speak out in favor of banning the competition forever. The media also quickly found the culprit for the tragedy: Enzo Ferrari.

The responsibility lay more with the organizer than with the owner of the racing team. The Mille Miglia claimed ten lives in Bologna as early as 1938 when a Lancia Aurelia skidded on the tram tracks and spun into the audience. In 1954 , the rule that only production touring cars were allowed to take part in the event was relaxed. From then on, the race was dominated by pure sports cars, some of which sped through the area at almost 300 km / h.

Regardless, Enzo Ferrari was not only denounced, but also charged by the judiciary. An excerpt from the written justification: Enzo Ferrari, born in Modena on February 20, 1898 and also resident here, is accused of negligent homicide and serious bodily harm because, as the owner of the Ferrari company in Modena, he specializes in the construction of road and racing cars, at the 24th Mille Miglia for the cars of his Scuderia, in particular for the car with the registration number BO 81825 and the start number 531, driven by Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca, Marquis de Portago, tires of the company Englebert in Liège (Belgium), which in terms of their design features and intended use were not suitable for use in the cars mentioned, which develop a maximum speed of not less than 280 km / h under full load, while the aforementioned tires have a maximum speed of one speed allowed from 220 km / h; and because the tires got too hot because of the high air pressure, damaging the center of the tread, bursting the whole tire and knocking the car off the road, killing nine spectators and both drivers .

Ferrari's passport was withheld and the trial lasted four years before he was acquitted of all charges. If one could blame Ferrari at all, it was that he allowed de Portago to continue driving the obviously damaged vehicle after he had, at least indirectly, incited him to catch up with Gendebien. Moral questions that no court could resolve.

This was followed by the complete public withdrawal of the company owner. Ferrari never came to a race. Only in Monza was he occasionally seen training for the Italian Grand Prix.

The racing event itself was last held in this form in 1957.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	Driver / passenger	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 2.0	535	Scuderia Ferrari	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari 315 Sport	10: 27: 47,000
2	S + 2.0	532	Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	Ferrari 315 Sport	10:30: 48,000
3	GT + 2.0	417	Scuderia Ferrari	Olivier Gendebien Jacques Washer	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	10: 35: 53,000
4th	S + 2.0	530	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati 300S	11: 00: 58,000
5	S 1.5	349		Umberto Maglioli	Porsche 550RS	11: 14: 07,000
6th	GT + 2.0	441		Camillo Luglio Umberto Carli	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	11: 26: 58,000
7th	GT + 2.0	431		Paolo Ferraro	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	11:30: 55,000
8th	S 2.0	451		Gino Munaron	Ferrari 500TRC	11: 32: 04,000
9	GT + 2.0	430		Albino Buticchi	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	11: 44: 27,000
10	S 2.0	458	Gotfrid Köchert	Gotfrid Köchert	Ferrari 500TRC	11: 49: 02,000
11	S 1.5	354	Ecurie Le Meute	Heinz Schiller	Porsche 550A RS	11: 54: 24,000
12	S 2.0	453		Siro Sbraci	Ferrari 500TRC	12: 02: 08,000
13	S 2.0	507		Jean Guichet	Ferrari 500 Mondial	12: 08: 22,000
14th	GT 1.6	225		Paul-Ernst Straehle Herbert Linge	Porsche 356A Carrera	12: 10: 08,000
15th	GT + 2.0	442		Erasmo Simeoni Vincenzo Bellini	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	12: 21: 21,000
16	GT + 2.0	435		Erasmo Crivellari Oscar Papais	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	12: 22: 08,000
17th	GT 1.6	224		Dieter Lissmann	Porsche 356A Carrera	12: 29: 45,000
18th	GT 1.6	217		Hans Walter R. Reinhold	Porsche 356A Carrera	12: 33: 18,000
19th	GT + 2.0	422		Guido-Mario Terzi	Lancia Aurelia B20 America	12: 35: 45,000
20th	GT 1.3	105		Henry Convert Paul Martin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	12: 39: 44,000
21st	GT 1.3	122		Pietro Laureati	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	12:44:50,000
22nd	S 2.0	450		Odoardo Govoni	Maserati A6GCS	12: 46: 07,000
23	S 2.0	504		Nando Pagliarini	Maserati 200SI	12: 47: 47,000
24	GT 1.3	102		Kostas Spiliotakis S. Zanonos	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	12: 48: 54,000
25th	GT + 2.0	439		Ovidio Capelli	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	12: 49: 28,000
26th	S 1.1	439		Giulio Cabianca	Osca S950	12: 51: 46,000
27	S 1.5	403		Harald von Saucken Georg Bialas	Porsche 550 RS	12: 54: 05,000
28	TS + 2.0	410		Arthur Heuberger	BMW 502	12: 54: 33,000
29	GT 1.3	109		Bruno Grazioli Vicenza Paolo Grazioli	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	12: 54: 47,000
30th	GT 1.3	117		Rocco Lanzini Gianfranco Stanga	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	12: 55: 16,000
31	S 1.5	357	Fitzwilliam Racing Team	Robin Carnegie	MGA	12: 55: 21,000
32	GT 1.3	051		Giancarlo Fraccari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	12: 56: 36,000
33	GT 1.3	121		Carlo-Maria Abate	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ	13:00: 04,000
34	GT 2.0	308		Luigi Nobile Pietro Cagnana	Fiat 8V Zagato	13:00: 49,000
35	GT 1.3	107		Lino Franceschetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 01: 31,000
36	GT 1.3	043		Enzo Buzzetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 01: 45,000
37	GT + 2.0	414		Tommy Wisdom Cecil Winby	Austin-Healey 100S	13:04: 10,000
38	GT 1.3	054		Michel Nicol Jacques Martin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 04: 24,000
39	GT 1.3	059		Sergio Pedretti Raffaello Zanasi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 06: 04,000
40	GT 1.3	100		Rinaldo Parmigiani Luciano Razzuoli	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 06: 47,000
41	GT 1.6	230		Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche 356A Carrera	13: 06: 58,000
42	GT 1.3	126		Antonio Forini Giorgio Massai	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 12: 59,000
43	GT + 2.0	436		Eugenio Lubich Luigi Villotti	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	13: 13: 57,000
44	GT 1.3	125		Carlo Guarneri Piero Bozzini	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 14: 23,000
45	GT 1.3	055		Jean-Pierre shield	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 17: 59,000
46	TS + 2.0	409		Walter Löffler C. Johansson	BMW 502	13: 18: 27,000
47	GT 1.3	045		Vivaldo Angeli Giulio Cesare Ambrogi	BMW 502	13: 18: 45,000
48	GT 2.0	310		Ivanhoe Avorio	Alfa Romeo 1900SS	13: 18: 59,000
49	GT 1.1	012		Luciano Mantovani	Lancia Appia GT	13: 20: 22,000
49	S 2.0	509		Alfredo Vaccari	Ferrari 500 Mondial	13: 20: 22,000
51	S 1.5	401		Alfranco Pagani	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sebring	13: 20: 26,000
52	S 2.0	452		Antonio Pozzato	Maserati A6GCS	13: 22: 05,000
53	S 1.1	329		Corrado Manfredini	Osca MT4 1100	13: 22: 52,000
54	GT 1.1	024		Enrico Anselmi	Lancia Appia GT	13: 23: 39,000
55	GT 2.0	302		Mario Travaglini Leonardo Spina	Fiat 8V	13: 23: 54,000
55	GT 1.6	221		Henri Perrond Roberto Vincent	Porsche 356A Carrera	13: 23: 54,000
57	TS + 2.0	411		Helmut rescuer Wolfgang Larcher	Mercedes-Benz 200 A	13: 29: 22,000
58	S 750	138		Giancarlo Rigamonti	Osca S750	13: 29: 41,000
59	S 2.0	505		Roberto Montali	Ferrari 500 Mondial	13: 29: 44,000
60	GT 1.3	041		Salvador Fabregas Miguel Pantaleoni	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 30: 02,000
61	S 750	151		Jean Laroche Rémy Radix	Osca S750	13: 31: 11,000
62	S 1.1	326		Carlo Falli	Osca MT4 1100	13: 32: 14,000
63	GT 750	52		Alfonso Thiele	Fiat-Abarth 750	13: 32: 33,000
64	GT 1.3	057		Licio Missaglia L. Cingano	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	13: 32: 40,000
65	S 1.5	347	Fitzwilliam Racing Team	Peter Simpson John Blaksley	MGA	13: 34: 05,000
66	TS 1.3	040		Roger Delageneste	Peugeot 203	13: 34: 17,000
67	GT 1.3	058		Guy Flayac Marc Fonlupt	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 37: 15,000
68	GT 750	40		Marino Guarnieri	Fiat-Abarth 750	13: 38: 40,000
69	GT + 2.0	415		Sergio the Stepanian	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	13: 38: 41,000
70	GT 1.3	110		Mario Niccolini Carmello Genovese	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 38: 50,000
71	GT 1.3	042		Daniele Pistoia	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 39: 07,000
72	S 750	159		Gustavo Laureati	Osca S750	13: 40: 25,000
73	GT 1.1	015		Giorgio Lurani	Lancia Appia GT	13: 40: 52,000
74	GT 1.3	047		Mariano Lubich Renato Salvetta	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	13: 42: 32,000
75	GT 1.3	049		Gustavo Richter	Porsche 356 1300 Super	13: 43: 11,000
76	GT 1.3	119		Roberto Franco	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 43: 28,000
77	GT 750	46		Vittorio Gianni Luciano Gianni	Fiat-Abarth 750	13: 45: 57,000
78	TS 1.6	208		Joachim Springer	Ford Taunus 15M	13: 46: 54,000
79	S 1.5	348		Georges Berger René Foiret	Maserati 150S	13: 47: 28,000
79	GT 1.3	118		Vito Gisonda Vincenzo Musolino	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	13: 47: 28,000
81	GT 1.0	73		Jean-Claude Vidilles	DB HBR	13: 47: 42,000
82	S 750	157		Pierre Hemard	Panhard Dyna X	13: 47: 45,000
83	TS 1.0	64		Paul Brother	Renault Dauphine	13: 47: 55,000
84	GT 1.6	222		Christian Poirot	Porsche 356A Carrera	13: 49: 06,000
85	S 1.5	404		John Hogg WP Jones	MGA	13: 51: 27,000
86	TS 2.0	256		Jean Aumas Willy Brandt	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti	13: 56: 24,000
87	T 2.0	244		Achille Fona Amletto Della Tore	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti	13: 56: 30,000
88	TS 1.0	70		Pierre Garnache Henry Sellier	Renault Dauphine	14: 00: 20,000
89	GT 1.0	81		Marcel Picart	Panhard Dyna X	2:00 pm: 23,000
90	GT 1.1	026		Carlo Coppa	Fiat 1100 Zagato	14: 01: 53,000
91	TS 1.1	006		Ersilio Mandrini Luigi Bertassi	Fiat 1100/103	14:02: 36,000
92	GT 2.0	304		Alvise Nember Antonio Caliri	Alfa Romeo 1900SS	14: 05: 08,000
93	TS 1.6	212		Peter Harper Jackie Reece	Sunbeam rapier	14: 06: 16,000
94	GT 750	38		Aldo Luino Mario Costa	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 12: 26,000
95	T 1.6	206		Paul Guiraud G. Chevron	Peugeot 403	14: 12: 28,000
96	GT 1.1	014		Giovanni Studer	Lancia Appia	14: 13: 43,000
97	GT 750	53		Lino Zanotti	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 14: 52,000
98	TS 2.0	257		Claude Bourillot Pierre About	Citroën DS19	14: 15: 15,000
99	TS 1.3	032		Alberto Massari Pier-Luigi Gatti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	14: 16: 55,000
100	TS 1.3	038		Enrico Turri Arrigo Cocchetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	14: 19: 20,000
101	GT 1.0	76		Paul Justamond	DB HBR	14: 20: 51,000
102	TS 1.6	211		Robert Dubuet Pierre Dion	Peugeot 403	14: 21: 48,000
103	TS 2.0	253		Louis Chiron André Testut	Citroën DS19	14: 22: 01,000
104	GT 2.0	318		André Giraud G. Le Cornu	Triumph TR3	14: 23: 48,000
105	S 1.1	324		Enrico Mancini	Ermini	14: 24: 56,000
106	S 1.1	324		Helmut Zik Hans-Georg Plaut	Porsche 356A Carrera	14: 26: 55,000
107	T 2.0	240		Pierre Rozé JF Dubessay	Citroën DS19	14: 31: 05,000
108	T 1.1	2348		Tino Faggi	Fiat 1100/103 TV	14: 31: 23,000
109	GT 750	29		Mario Poltronieri	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 32: 38,000
110	TS 1.0	71		Maurice Michy	Renault Dauphine	14: 32: 53,000
111	T 1.1	2351		Massimo Scrivanti Renzo Razzini	Fiat 1100/103 TV	14: 33: 22,000
112	S 750	201		Jean Vinatier	Alpine A106MM	14: 36: 44,000
113	T 1.3	033		Jean Maurin Fernand Masoero	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	14: 36: 53,000
114	GT 750	45		Nino Crivellari Mario Nardari	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 36: 56,000
115	TS + 2.0	412		Peter Riley Bill Meredeth-Owens	Ford Zephyr	14: 38: 08,000
116	GT 1.0	84		Bernard Koel	DB HBR	14: 39: 14,000
117	GT 1.3	123		Mario Fantuzzi Armando Belacqua	Porsche 356	14: 40: 01,000
118	TS 2.0	254		Mario Repetto	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti	14: 41: 53,000
119	TS 2.0	243		Faiderte Delanglard	Citroën DS19	14: 42: 29,000
120	GT 750	42		Dario Mantovani	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 43: 52,000
121	GT 1.3	124		Attilio Lodovici Luigi Ferraiolo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	14: 44: 25,000
122	GT 750	35		Domenico Ogna	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 44: 44,000
123	T 2.0	236		Henri Marang François Bernheim	Citroën DS19	14: 45: 54,000
124	GT 1.1	019		Mario Coda	Lancia Appia motto	14: 46: 42,000
125	GT 1.6	209		François Chambelland Marc Frilloux	Peugeot 403	14: 50: 33,000
126	TS 2.0	255		Henry Labes Yves de Failly	Citroën DS19	14: 50: 35,000
127	GT 750	25th		M. Grillo-Grimaldi	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 52: 23,000
128	TS 1.0	67		Giancarlo Sala Manuel Vigliani	Renault Dauphine	14: 55: 15,000
129	GT 1.1	013		Nino Merlo Luigi Bettiol	Fiat 1100 Zagato	14: 56: 19,000
130	GT 750	37		Dino Montevago Franco Giambertone	Fiat-Abarth 750	14: 57: 20,000
131	T 2.0	241		Capravesnes Alec	Citroën DS19	14: 58: 51,000
132	TS 1.1	007		Piero Celi Ignazio Scaletta	Fiat 1100/103 TV	14: 59: 57,000
133	GT 1.6	229		Pietro Nava Giuseppe Ribolla	MGA	15:00:02,000
134	S 1.5	353		Jeff Sparrowe Mike Reid	MGA	15:00: 24,000
135	GT 1.1	020		Giovanni Alberti	Fiat 1100 Zagato	15:02: 20,000
136	GT 1.6	205		Claude Desrosiers Patrick Vanson	Peugeot 403	15: 10: 18,000
137	GT + 2.0	434		François Smadsa Anna Raselli	Ford Thunderbird	15: 11: 11,000
138	TS 1.3	039		Luigi Vecchi Armando Cavallari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	15: 11: 27,000
139	T 2.0	238		Jeanleon Lucas	Citroën DS19	15: 14: 31,000
140	GT 750	27		Riccardo Timossi Vincenzo de Milano	Fiat-Abarth 750	15: 21: 42,000
141	T 1.0	63		Robert Chancel Bergonoukoux	Panhard Dyna 54	15: 22: 40,000
142	GT 1.0	83		Jacques Badoche Ruppchet hops	DB HBR5	15: 23: 31,000
143	S 1.1	332		Rinaldo Masperi Ernesto Foglietti	Osca MT4 1100	15: 23: 48,000
144	TS 1.1	2400		Giuseppe Grisafi Nicola Fabiano	Fiat 1100/103	15: 26: 15,000
145	TS 1.3	036		Mario Paesetti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	15: 27: 16,000
146	T 2.0	237		Roberto Dari	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti	15: 28: 48,000
147	GT 2.0	306		Tom Clarke	AC Aceca	15: 29: 04,000
148	GT 1.0	78		Roland Bourel Gérard Laffargue	Panhard Dyna	15: 29: 06,000
149	TS 1.1	001		Piero Pasotti Sandro Bertuetti	Fiat 1100 / 103TV	15: 33: 26,000
150	GT 750	43		Gérard Sevaux	Renault 4CV	15: 34: 49,000
151	S 750	133	Giancarlo Coggi	Francarlo Coggi	Stanguellini 750 Sport	15: 35: 02,000
152	S 1.1	334		Giuseppe Maugeri Antonio Barbagallo	Osca MT4 1100	15: 41: 46,000
153	S 1.5	355		Jacques Spiers Annie Spiers	MGA	15: 44: 01,000
154	TS 750	14th		Louis Chardin	Renault 4CV	15: 59: 47,000
155	GT 2.0	316		Jean Morin	Triumph TR3	16:02:05,000
156	GT 1.6	215		Carmelo Vitaliti G. Pianetti	Porsche 356	16: 07: 49,000
157	GT 750	44		Amadeo Franchella Renato Tangerini	Fiat-Abarth 750	16: 12: 39,000
158	T 1.1	2345		Federico Lolli Eugenio Poggi	Fiat 1100 / 103TV	16: 18: 53,000
159	GT 1.1	016		Antonio Nicolai	Fiat 1100 Pinifarina	16: 24: 28,000
160	GT 750	28		Armando Giuberti	Fiat-Abarth 750	16: 26: 38,000
161	T 750	3		Carl Lohmander Harald Kronegard	Saab 93	16: 40: 22,000
162	GT 750	51		Roberto Rosazza Ferraris	Fiat-Abarth 750	16: 43: 51,000
163	GT 750	26th		Paul Persoglio Maurice Matherson	Alpine A106MM	16: 47: 08,000
164	GT 1.1	023		Ariodante Guidotti Ivo Nassi	Fiat 1100	16:50: 14,000
165	T 750	13		Gregorio Filippone	Fiat 600	16: 54: 15,000
166	GT 1.1	017		Renzo Grandi Gofredo Grandi	Fiat 1100 Zagato	17:08: 12,000
167	TS 1.0	72		Jean Bernadet L. Espinasse	Renault Dauphine	17: 08: 30,000
168	TS 750	15th		Albert Ramboz	Renault 4CV	17: 09: 13,000
169	T 750	10		Luigi Sacchiero Mario Sacchiero	Fiat 600	18: 01: 24,000
170	GT 750	68		Carlo Battistara	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	18: 02: 28,000
171	GT 750	47		Demetrio Santinello	Fiat-Abarth 750	18: 23: 00,000
172	GT 1.0	77		Gerard Parmentier	DB HBR	18: 34: 03,000
Failed
173	TS 1.1	002		Ferrucio Pegoraro Marcello Pegoraro	Fiat 1100/103
174	TS 1.1	003		Giromiti	Fiat 1100/103
175	TS 1.1	004		Stefano Alquati Gilbattista Bassini	Fiat 1100/103
176	TS 1.1	005		Paolo Galli	Fiat 1100/103
177	TS 1.1	008		Vincenzo Antolini Ossi	Fiat 1100 / 103TV
178	GT 1.1	011		Mario Colomb Baffi	Fiat 1100 Zagato
179	GT 1.1	021		Nicola Cafiero	Fiat 1100 Zagato
180	GT 1.1	027		Carlo Guidetti Gian Carlo Ubezio	Fiat Siata 1100 Zagato
181	T 1.3	034		Spartaco Graziani GB Profumo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
182	T 1.3	037		Farinelli	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
183	GT 1.3	044		Delo Fravolini Claudio Manzon	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
184	GT 1.3	046		Giovanni Ceccaron L. Guy	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
185	GT 1.3	048		Ario Spagna F. Arco	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
186	GT 1.3	050		Marcel Stern Robert Barbey	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
187	GT 1.3	053		Vittorio Alberini E. Guindolini	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
188	T 750	1		Remo Pola	Fiat 600
188	T 750	2		Orsetto de Carolis	Fiat 600
189	T 750	5		Giovanni Peristi Giovanni Kerschbaumer	Fiat 600
190	T 750	7th		Annibale Malaguti Alf Malaguti	Fiat 600
191	T 750	9		Marco Vannucci	Fiat 600
192	T 750	12		Anselmo Capra	Fiat 600
193	TS 750	21st		Lapin Blanc	Renault 4CV
194	TS 750	22nd		Guy Clarou Christian Joly	Renault 4CV
195	GT 750	30th		Gianni Degasperi Gian-Antonio Porta	Fiat-Abarth 750
196	GT 750	33		Aldo Linguanti Danilo Rotondi	Fiat-Abarth 750
197	GT 750	34		Mario Molteni Noel Redary	Renault 4CV
198	GT 750	36		Georges Goulin M. Dallest	Alpine A106MM
199	GT 750	39		Jean Rédélé	Alpine A106MM
200	GT 750	41		René Hugonet	Alpine A106MM
201	GT 750	49		Guido Guidotti Angelo Crivelli	Fiat-Abarth 750
202	TS 1.0	65		Annie Soisbault M. Bouvier	Panhard Dyna
203	TS 1.0	66		Jacques Charlot Jacques Croisier	Renault Dauphine
204	TS 1.0	68		Zephirin Miani	Renault Dauphine
205	TS 1.0	69		Jean Lucas	Renault Dauphine
206	GT 1.0	74		Henri Perrier	DB HBR
207	GT 1.0	75		Henry Gayola	DB HBR
208	GT 1.0	82		Fernand Carpentier	DB HBR
209	GT 1.3	101		Vladimiro Galluzzi Giancarlo Favero	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
210	GT 1.3	103		Ada Pace	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
211	GT 1.3	104		Giampiero Chini Piero Urbani	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
212	GT 1.3	106		Egidio Gorza	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SVZ
213	GT 1.3	108		Bernardo Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
214	GT 1.3	111		Giancarlo Ligabue Gaspare Cavaliere	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
215	GT 1.3	113		Franco Dari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
216	GT 1.3	114		Franco Renzi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
217	GT 1.3	115		Henry Manney	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
218	GT 1.3	116		Scipione Paon	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
219	GT 1.3	120		Mario Milanesi	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
220	GT 1.3	127		Jean Caracciolo	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
221	GT 1.3	128		Georges Burggraff	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV
222	S 750	134		Paolo Martoglio	Stanguellini 750 Sport
223	S 750	135		Ultimo Dalle Molle	Zannini
224	S 750	137		Bruno Garavini	Bandini
225	S 750	139		Gérard Laureau	DB HBR
226	S 750	141		René-Philippe Faure	Stanguellini Efac Sport 750
227	S 750	142		Luigi Zannini	Stanguellini 750 Sport
228	S 750	144		Francis Graiger M. Poletti	Renault 4CV
229	S 750	145		Gilbert Foury	Stanguellini Efac Sport 750
230	S 750	147		Alfredo Tinazzo	Glaur
231	S 750	148		Paul Armagnac	DB HBR
232	S 750	149		Pierre Chancel	Panhard Dyna
233	S 750	152		Mario Fenocchio	Siata Berlinetta
234	S 750	155		Grace	Renault 4CV
235	S 750	156		Carlo Camisotti Giovanni Sintoni	Bandini
236	S 750	158		Pierre Martin	Panhard Picon
237	S 750	200		Camillo Stanga	Stanga
238	TS 1.6	210		Johann Günther Hermann Eger	Borgward Isabella TS
239	TS 1.6	213		Sheila van Damm David Humphrey	Sunbeam rapier
240	TS 1.6	214		André Thomas Pierre Gay	Peugeot 403
241	GT 1.6	219		Ludwig Blendl	Porsche 356A Carrera
242	GT 1.6	227		Gunnar Blomqvist	Porsche 356A Carrera
243	T 2.0	235		Lise Renaud Regine Gordine	Citroën DS19
244	T 2.0	246		Antonio Molteni Guerino Facchioni	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti
245	T 2.0	247		Pierre Courtes Ferdinand Auriach	Citroën DS19
246	T 2.0	248		Enzo Magri	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti
247	TS 2.0	252		Giovanna Maria Cornaggia Medici	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti
248	GT 2.0	300		Nancy Mitchell Patricia Faichney	Triumph TR3
249	GT 2.0	301		Ludovico Scarfiotti	Fiat 8V
250	GT 2.0	301		Giorgio Acutis	Fiat 8V
251	GT 2.0	309		Joseph-Hubert Göttgens	Fiat 8V
252	GT 2.0	311		Francesco Vasaturo	Alfa Romeo 1900SS
253	GT 2.0	312		Ulisse Pizzi	Maserati A6G
254	GT 2.0	313		Giovanni Rota Olinto Morolli	Alfa Romeo 1900SS
255	GT 2.0	314		Carlo Fabi Aldo Pagliacci	Fiat 8V
256	GT 2.0	319		Antonino Siddi	Fiat 8V
257	S 1.1	328		Agostino Gariboldi	Moretti
258	S 1.1	330		Piero Bernabei	Osca MT4 1100
259	S 1.1	335		Lamberto Gerosi	Osca MT4 1100
260	S 1.1	335		Francesco Siracusa	Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 1100
261	S 1.1	337		Gregor Grant	Lotus Eleven
262	S 1.1	339		Bruno Ferrari	Lotus Eleven
263	S 1.1	340		Attilio Brandi Vannini	Osca MT4 1100
264	S 1.1	351		Umberto Melotti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
265	S 1.5	356		Jean Isoard Robert Rastit	Peugeot 203 Special
266	S 1.5	358	Fitzwilliam Racing Team	Dick Fitzwilliam	MGA
267	S 1.5	359		Vladimiro Toselli	Osca S1500
268	S 1.5	402		Guy Michel	Maserati 150S
269	S 1.5	402		Hartmuth Oesterle Siegfried Günther	Porsche 550 RS
270	GT + 2.0	418		Mario Maggio	Lancia Aurelia B20
271	GT + 2.0	419		Eugenio Lanz W. Sagesser	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
272	GT + 2.0	420		Ugo Piperno Aldo Storzini	Lancia Aurelia B20
273	GT + 2.0	421		René Cotton Alain Simone	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
274	GT + 2.0	423		William Graham	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
275	GT + 2.0	425		Guido Cestelli-Guidi Giuseppe Musso	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
276	GT + 2.0	426		Bruno Gavazzoli	Ferrari 250 GT LWB
277	GT + 2.0	428		Bengt Martenson Wittigo von Einsiedel	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
278	GT + 2.0	429		Arnaldo Bongiasca Mario Bongiasca	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
279	GT + 2.0	432		Alberico Cacciari Hans Bauer	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
280	GT + 2.0	433		Gérard Langlois van Ophem Regine Langlois van Ophem	Salmson 2300
281	GT + 2.0	437		Piero Scotti Adalberto Parenti	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
281	GT + 2.0	440		Wolfgang Seidel Helm Glöckler	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
282	S 2.0	448		Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Maserati 200Si
283	S 2.0	455		Angelo Salamini	Maserati A6GCS
284	S 2.0	457		Enzo Lopez	Maserati A6GCS
285	S 2.0	459		Arrigo Maccarini	Maserati A6GCS
286	S 2.0	502		Antonio Fiorani Antonio de Bernardinis	Maserati A6G
287	S 2.0	503		Ettore Chimeri Enrique Muro	Maserati 200Si
288	S 2.0	506	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Luigi Bellucci	Maserati 200Si
289	S 2.0	508		Luciano Pagliai	Maserati 200Si
290	S + 2.0	518	Ecurie Ecosse	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-Type
291	S + 2.0	520		Dick Stead John Hall	Cooper T33
292	S + 2.0	522		Edouard Monnoyeur B. Dupuy	Jaguar XK 120
293	S + 2.0	524	Akton Miller	Acton Miller Douglas Harrison	Caballo de Hiero Mk.II
294	S + 2.0	524		Muro Henriques	BMW 507
295	S + 2.0	531	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfonso de Portago Edmund Nelson	Ferrari 335 Sport
296	S + 2.0	533	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Hans Herrmann	Maserati 350S
297	S + 2.0	534	Scuderia Ferrari	Peter Collins Louis Klemantaski	Ferrari 335 Sport
298	S + 2.0	537	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Stirling Moss Denis Jenkinson	Maserati 450S
299	T 1.1	2343		Giuseppe Adria Giulio Maran	Fiat 1100/103 TV
300	T 1.3	2344		Umberto Bianchi	Fiat 1100/103
301	T 1.3	2346		Michele Dionisio	Fiat 1100/103 TV
302	T 1.3	2347		Aldo Piva	Lancia Appia
303	T 1.3	2350		Lambert Dock J. Jamotte	Fiat 1100/103
304	T 1.3	2352		V. Ortalli Luciano Braccini	Fiat 1100/103
305	T 1.3	2353		Antonio Casarotti	Fiat 1100/103 TV
306	T 1.3	2354		Giorgio Corvi Pasquale Cardinali	Fiat 1100/103 TV
307	T 1.3	2357		Rinaldo Romanini Aldo Cristofolini	Fiat 1100/103
308	TS 1.1	2358		Raffaele Cammarota Alessandro Moroni	Fiat 1100/103
Not started
309	S + 2.0	536	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Jean Behra	Maserati 450S	1

¹ accident in training

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
310	GT 1.1	009		Giuseppe Falanga	Fiat 1100
311	GT 1.1	010		Restellotti	Fiat 1100
312	GT 1.1	018		Gianfranco Villani	Lancia Appia Zagato
313	GT 1.1	022		Nereo Cantuseno	Lancia Appia Zagato
314	GT 1.1	025		Rinaldo Bossini	Fiat 1100
315	T 1.3	035		Antonio Forini Alberto Massari	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
316	GT 1.3	052		Christian Poirot	Porsche 356
317	GT 1.3	056		Vittorio Randaccio	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
318	T 750	4th		Siegfried Günther
319	T 750	6th		Yves Auriacombe	Panhard Dyna
319	T 750	8th		Erasmo Cavalli	Fiat 600
320	T 750	11		Andre Vulin	Panhard Dyna
321	TS 750	16		Paul Gesmier	Fiat 600
322	TS 750	18th		Mirto Arosio	Fiat 600
323	TS 750	19th			Fiat 600
324	TS 750	20th		Carlo Celi	Fiat 600
325	TS 750	23		André Loëns Raymond Quilico	Renault 4CV
326	TS 750	24		Leonardo Cali	Renault 4CV
327	GT 750	31		Jean Vinatier	Alpine A106MM
328	GT 750	32		Francis Gravier	Renault 4CV
329	GT 750	50		Giuseppe Cariasco Lorenzo Bordese	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato
330	T 1.0	60		Vivaldo Angelli	Fiat-Abarth 1000
331	T 1.0	60		Annie Soisbault M. Bouvier	Panhard Dyna
332	T 1.0	62		Louis Navarro	Panhard Dyna
333	GT 1.0	79		Roland Bourel Gérard Laffargue	Panhard Dyna
334	GT 1.0	80			Panhard Dyna
335	GT 1.3	112			Alfa Romeo Giulietta
336	S 750	136		Ultimo Dalle Molle	Giannini
337	S 750	136		Ultimo Dalle Molle	Giannini
338	S 750	140		Jacques Dewez	Renault 4CV
339	S 750	143	Alberta Ralli	Roberto Lippi	Stanguellini 750 Sport
340	S 750	146			Stanguellini Efac Sport 750
341	S 750	150		Enzo Carini	Osca S750
341	S 750	153		Adriano Zerbini	Panhard Dyna
342	S 750	154		Paul Carle	DB HBR
343	T 1.6	204		François Chambelland	Peugeot 403
344	T 1.6	207		Pierre Dion	Peugeot 403
345	GT 1.6	216		Harald von Saucken Georg Bialas	Porsche 356A
346	GT 1.6	218		Hartmuth Oesterle Siegfried Günther	Porsche 356A
347	GT 1.6	220		Paul Souchou J. Ambrogi	Porsche 356A
348	GT 1.6	223			Porsche 356A
349	T 2.0	239		Andre Gerkas	Alfa Romeo 1900
350	T 2.0	245		Claude Bourillot Pierre About	Citroën DS19
351	TS 2.0	251		Alvise Nember Antonio Caliri	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti
352	GT 2.0	258			Alfa Romeo 1900
353	GT 2.0	259		Adalberto Parenti	Fiat 8V
354	GT 2.0	300		Giulio Cesare Ambrogi	Alfa Romeo 1900
355	GT 2.0	304			Fiat 8V Zagato
356	GT 2.0	305		Rinaldo Parmigiani	Alfa Romeo 1900
357	GT 2.0	307		François Chambelland Marc Frilloux	Triumph TR3
358	GT 2.0	315		Christian Boulan	Alfa Romeo 1900 Zagato
359	GT 2.0	317			Triumph TR3
360	S 1.1	322		Mas
361	S 1.1	323		Zampedro
362	S 1.1	327		Giovanni Buoncristiani	Ermini
363	S 1.1	331		C. Fio	Osca MT4
364	S 1.1	333		Antonio Consolazio	Osca MT4
365	S 1.1	341		Georges Andre	Osca MT4
366	S 1.5	350		Giulio Cabianca Casimiro Toselli	Osca 1500S
367	S 1.5	352		Isabelle Haskell Alejandro de Tomaso	Osca 1500S
368	S 1.5	400		Ario Spagna	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
369	GT + 2.0	413		Enrique Muro	BMW 507
370	GT + 2.0	416		Jean-Loup Pellecuer Jean Colin	Austin-Healey 100S
371	GT + 2.0	424		Agostino di Stefano	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
372	GT + 2.0	427		Germano Nataloni	Lancia Aurelia
373	GT + 2.0	438		Philip Rendez	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
374	S 2.0	449		Pietro Pagliarini	Maserati
375	S 2.0	454	Temple Buell Racing	Temple Buell Masten Gregory	Ferrari 500TRC
376	S 2.0	456		Silvio Cesarin	Maserati
377	S 2.0	500		André Giraud	Triumph TR3
378	S 2.0	501			Maserati
379	S 2.0	510		Cat Ela
380	S + 2.0	519		A. Martinelli Aldo Conconi	Ferrari
381	S + 2.0	521		Stubborn Nottorp Tom Brahmer	Ferrari 410 Sport
382	T 1.1	2341		Adalba	Fiat 1100
383	T 1.1	2342		Stani	Fiat 1100
384	T 1.1	2347		Ready	Fiat 1100
385	T 1.1	2349		Ugo Locatelli	Fiat 1100
386	T 1.1	2355		Tule	Fiat 1100
386	T 1.1	2356			Fiat 1100
387	TS 1.1	2359		G. Poli	Fiat 1100/103

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Piero Taruffi		Ferrari 315 Sport	Overall victory
S 2.0	Gino Munaron		Ferrari 500TRC	Rank 8
S 1.5	Umberto Maglioli		Porsche 550 RS	Rank 5
S 1.1	Giulio Gabianca		Osca S950	Rank 26
S 750	Giancarlo Rigamonti		Osca S750	Rank 58
GT + 2.0	Olivier Gendebien	Jacques Washer	Ferrari 250 GT LWB	Rank 3
GT 2.0	Luigi Nobile	Pietro Cagnana	Fiat 8V	Rank 34
GT 1.6	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Herbert Linge	Porsche 356A Carrera	Rank 14
GT 1.3	Henry Convert	Raul Martin	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV	Rank 20
GT 1.1	Luciano Mantovani		Lancia Appia GT Zagato	Rank 49
GT 1.0	Jean-Claude Vidilles		DB HBR	Rank 81
GT 750	Alfonso Thiele		Fiat-Abarth 750	Rank 63
TS + 2.0	Arthur Heuberger		BMW 502	Rank 28
TS 2.0	Jean Aumas	Willy Brandt	Alfa Romeo 1900Ti	Rank 86
TS 1.6	Joachim Springer		Ford Taunus 15M	Rank 78
TS 1.3	Roger Delageneste		Peugeot 203	Rank 66
TS 1.1	Ersilio Mandrini	Luigi Bertassi	Fiat 1100/103	Rank 91
TS 1.0	Paul Brother		Renault Dauphine	Rank 83
TS 750	Louis Chardin		Renault 4CV	Rank 154
T 2.0	Achille Fona	Amletto Della Tore	Alfa Romeo 1900 Ti	Rank 87
T 1.6	Paul Guiraud	G. Chevron	Peugeot 403	Rank 95
T 1.3	Alberto Massari	Pier-Luigi Gatti	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	Rank 99
T 1.1	Dino Faggi		Fiat 1100 / 103TV	Rank 108
T 1.0	Robert Chancel	Bergonoukoux	Panhard Dyna 54	Rank 141
T 750	Carl Lohmander	Harald Kronegard	Saab 93	Rank 161

Racing data

• Reported: 387
• Started: 308
• Rated: 172
• Race classes: 25
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry, light snowfall on the Apennine passes
• Track length: 1597,000 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 10:27: 47,000 hours
• Overall rounds of the winning team: 1
• Total distance of the winning team: 1597,000 km
• Winner's average: 152.632 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 1957 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Hans-Jörg Götzl: Mille Miglia. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02562-0 .

Web links

Commons : Mille Miglia 1957  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ^ 1000 km race of Buenos Aires 1957
2. ↑ Sebring 12-hour race in 1957
3. ^ Sketch of the accident in L'Automobile on May 19, 1957
4. ↑ Brock Yates: Ferrari - a legend lives on. The exciting life of Enzo Ferrari (= Heyne-Bücher 19, Heyne-Sachbuch 585). Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-13208-4 , p. 276.

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1957

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1957