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Victory and Tragedy at the Final Mille Miglia

12 May 1957

Piero Taruffi wins the 1957 Mille Miglia in a Ferrari 315 S, but the event is overshadowed by the fatal crash of Alfonso de Portago and Edmund Nelson near Guidizzolo.

ATTRIBUZIONI Paolo Cassa — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

The Mille Miglia was a long-distance race, carried out on roads open to traffic that was held in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957. From 1977 the "Mille Miglia" has been revived in the form of a regularity race for vintage cars. The 1957 edition was won by Piero Taruffi, designer as well as · ATTRIBUZIONI Paolo Cassa — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Automotive significance

Taruffi’s victory closed Ferrari’s competitive history in the original Mille Miglia speed race. De Portago’s Ferrari 335 S left the road late in the event, killing the crew and spectators. The disaster intensified scrutiny of open-road competition and the speed-format Mille Miglia did not return. For Ferrari, the day combined a major sporting result with one of the most serious tragedies of its early history.

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