If you plan to do just one historic driving tour, this is the one: the atmosphere, the scenery and above all the enthusiasm of the crowds make the Mille Miglia a must-do experience. There’s nothing quite like it. 

 
Left: Guernsey-entered ’28 Bugatti Type 37A pressing on
Right: Lovely ’51 Frazer Nash Le Mans was driven from the UK and back

 
Left: ’Blown’ Merc SS roars at speed through the Italian countryside
Right: ’BMW Boys’ Daniel Tasch and board member Ian Robertson enjoying a few days off

 
Left: Unlucky Mika Hakkinen had to retire when told his house was on fire
Right: The Cashmere Couple- mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and his wife, Russia’s wealthiest woman, weren't shy

 
Left: Ever-enthusiastic Chopard boss Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and his wife Christine aboard their diminutive Aston Martin
Right: M-B museum boss Michael Bock thunders past smaller entrants in a formidable ’30 Merc SS

 
Left: Interviewing ex-F1 driver Jan Lammers (in a Porsche 550 Spyder) in front of the crowd outside Rome’s famous Castel Sant’Angelo
Right: German owned Jaguar SS100 nears the finish line in Brescia at midnight on Saturday

 
Left: TV presenter Savina Confaloni, new MM president Alessandro Casali, Bond girl Maria-Grazia Cucinotta and speaker Simon Kidston at the finish
Right: Wet, tired and happy: BMW 328 crew crosses the finish line in Brescia after 1,000 miles

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