| · Yesterday the 1000 Miglia convoy went deeper into the Italian peninsula, traveling from Viareggio to Rome.
· “A very long stage, but the pleasure of driving the Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint and the beauty of this country stop it from tiring us out too much,” stated Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and his wife Lavinia Borromeo.
· The adrenaline of the race was intertwined with the appeal of the locations it passed, in a succession of great emotions.
· The average timing was rather long, with long hours spent behind the wheel, but the scenic and emotional impact of a sunset in the Italian capital was more than enough to reward their efforts.
· Number 37, the 1928 6C 1500 Super Sport driven by the duo of Moceri and Bonetti, is currently third in the rankings.
Statement by Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and his wife Lavinia Borromeo
“The pleasure of driving the Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint and the beauty of this country stop this very long stage from tiring us out too much. We’ll remember passing by Bolgheri and the magic of the twinkling lights of the Italian capital. We were moved most of all by the warmth of Rome’s welcome, the same welcome we were given throughout the day in every village, in every town and on every road, at all times of the day: a sign of the passion beautiful cars stir up in us Italians.”
At dawn from Viareggio
It was a short stint on the Versilia Riviera and the convoy took back to the road at first light, saying goodbye to Viareggio with an image representing its local flavor: passing by the “Carnival Citadel” constituted a truly picturesque start to the day. The race then veered toward Pisa along the River Arno before it returned to the seaside, although every kilometer in the 1000 Miglia is full of surprises. What other race, what other country in the world can produce the spectacle of a museum on four wheels, running along the cypress-lined Viale dei Cipressi? Along the Aurelia highway, from the Oratory of San Guido to the picturesque historic center of Bolgheri, with the sunlight meandering through the ancient cypresses and caressing the sculptural forms of the Giulia GTA.
Source: stellantis.com |
