1000 Miglia 2020, the 38th edition of the historical re-enactment of the race held from 1927 to 1957, will start from Brescia on May 13th returning on Saturday the 16th. At the starting line of the most important vintage car regularity race in the world, this year there will be 400 cars, 30 less than last year, in order to guarantee greater safety and quality in services to the crews in the race. The cars will be selected by a special commission among those registered on the site www.registro1000miglia.it, within the closing date of registration for the 1000 Miglia 2020, to be car- ried out as always on the site www.1000miglia.it. As every year, the race will be preceded by over 100 modern cars.
The Route
On Wednesday May 13th, from Brescia, the procession of vintage cars will cross the picturesque towns of Lake Garda, Desenzano and Sirmione, and will continue through Villafranca di Verona, Mantua, Ferrara and Ravenna to conclude the first day of competition at Cervia – Milan Marittima. From Ce- senatico, the next day the cars will drive to Urbino, Fabriano, Macerata, Fermo and Ascoli Piceno to enter the areas that still bear the signs of the 2016 earthquake, passing through Macerata, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno and Amatrice. From Rieti, vintage cars will arrive in Rome where, after the usual parade through the streets of the Eternal City, the second stage will end on the ever exciting via Veneto catwalk.
On the third day, Friday May 15th, at the start of the early morning of the third and long leg, the cars will reach in succession Ronciglione, Radicofani, Viterbo and Castiglione d’Orcia to then stop again in the magnificent Piazza Il Campo di Siena. Going up from Lucca, the cars will leave Tuscany crossing the Cisa Pass, to then stop in Parma, the 2020 Italian Capital of Culture city, which will welcome the crews for the last night of the race.
Saturday, May 16th the fourth and final day will see the passage from Salsomaggiore Terme, from the village of Castell’Arquato (Piacenza), from Cernusco sul Naviglio, the town in the province of Milan recently named the European City of Sport 2020 and then from Bergamo, before concluding the com- petition on the arrival ramp of Viale Venezia in Brescia, where it all began 93 years ago, in 1927, with the first Coppa delle 1000 Miglia.
