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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Report and Photos

1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe

The Winter Marathon Rally 2015 was held 22-25 January at Madonna di Campiglio in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. A field of 120 historic car teams challenged this year’s reliability trial that once again proved to be an exciting combination of cold weather, snowy conditions and lots of curves. This year’s Winter Marathon covered 427 kilometers, from the most beautiful streets of Trentino Alto Adige to the most challenging Dolomite passes — four of them over 2,000 meters high.

The cars entered in this year’s rally were built before 1968, except for a selection of special interest cars built through 1976 that made history in 1970s rallies, such as the 1974 Lancia Stratos of Tonoli-Bresciani, the 1976 Renault Alpine A110 1800 of Pasquale-Roggeri, the two Fiat 124 Abarth Rally built in 1975 driven by Stancari-Valentini and Simone Bertolero, the 1970 Lancia Fulvia Coupee Rallye 1.6 HF of Lyveroulaz-Trossello and some well-known Porsche 911 models.

Porsche was again the most represented brand with about a third of participating cars. There were official crews from Centro Porsche Brescia, with Biagio Capolupo and Beatrice Saottini on a 911 S built in 1968, and from Porsche Italia with the 1973 RS Carrera driven by Felix Brautigam and Pietro Innocenti and a 356 A Speedster produced in 1955 and driven by Mauro Gentile and Ilaria Salzano.

Volvo Italy was present with three cars — a PV544 built in 1965 driven by the former Formula 1 driver Ivan Capelli and Guido Urbini, the Margiotta-Perno team on a 1965 1800 S and Fabbri-Bertieri with a 1961 122S. Alfa Romeo Museum competed with the 1964 Giulia TI Super driven by Alessandro Gamberini (Winner in 2008) and Karsten Rehmann.

The 2015 running of the Winter Marathon saw many retirements due to mechanical problems, reflecting the difficulty of all cars to complete the 427 km route. Only 83 of the 120 entered crews made the finish.

Alberto Aliverti and Alberto Maffi won the 27th annual Winter Marathon in their 1940 Lancia Aprilia, ahead of Margiotta-Perno in a 1965 Volvo 1800S – winner in 2013 and runner-up in 2014 – and the crew of Fontanella-Malta with their 1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe. Notably, Luca Patron and Massimo Casale took their 1925 Bentley 3-Litre one step off the podium in 4th position.

Similar to 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, photographer Pierpaolo Romano also provided a superb set of images from the Winter Marathon Rally 2015. We split up Pierpaolo’s pictures into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery and rally results can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs.

Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery

 

1932 Fiat 508 S
1932 Fiat 508 S
1967 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
1967 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
1965 Volvo PV544 driven by Ivan Capelli, ex-Formula 1 driver
1965 Volvo PV544 driven by Ivan Capelli, ex-Formula 1 driver
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF
1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF
1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
1961 Skoda Felicia Cabriolet
1961 Skoda Felicia Cabriolet
1954 Volkswagen Maggiolino
1954 Volkswagen Maggiolino

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

 

1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1
1957 Fiat 100/103 E
1957 Fiat 100/103 E
1964 Porsche 356 C Coupe
1964 Porsche 356 C Coupe
1937 Citroen 11 BL Roadster
1937 Citroen 11 BL Roadster

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1932 Fiat 508 S
1932 Fiat 508 S
1967 Fiat Dino Coupe
1967 Fiat Dino Coupe
1937 Citroen 11 BL Roadster
1937 Citroen 11 BL Roadster
1953 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT
1953 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

 

1961 Volvo 142
1961 Volvo 142
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
1938 Lancia Aprilia
1938 Lancia Aprilia

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Overall Winners - 1940 Lancia Aprilia of Alberto Olivetti and Alberto Maffi
Overall Winners – 1940 Lancia Aprilia of Alberto Olivetti and Alberto Maffi
1955 Fiat 1100/103 TV
1955 Fiat 1100/103 TV
1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF
1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe HF
1939 Lancia Aprilia
1939 Lancia Aprilia

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

 

1963 Porsche 356 B Coupe
1963 Porsche 356 B Coupe
1965 Volvo PV544 driven by Ivan Capelli, ex-Formula 1 driver
1965 Volvo PV544 driven by Ivan Capelli, ex-Formula 1 driver
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1925 Bentley 3-Litre
1938 Fiat 508 C
1938 Fiat 508 C

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1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.2
1966 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.2
1965 Volvo 1800S
1965 Volvo 1800S
1953 Fiat 1100/103
1953 Fiat 1100/103
1976 Renault Alpine A110 1800
1976 Renault Alpine A110 1800

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Featured Photo Gallery Page Five

 

1959 Volvo 121
1959 Volvo 121
1963 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Open Two-Seater
1963 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Open Two-Seater
1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
1975 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3 S
1975 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3 S

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1968 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3
1968 Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3
1975 Fiat 124 Abarth Rally
1975 Fiat 124 Abarth Rally
1955 Porsche 356 Speedster
1955 Porsche 356 Speedster
1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT
1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)

 

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Winter Marathon Rally 2015 – Rally Results

1. Alberto Aliverti and Alberto Maffi, 1940 Lancia Aprilia
2. Antonino Margiotta and Bruno Perno, 1965 Volvo 1800S
3. Gianmario Fontanella and Alessandro Malta, 1955 Porsche 356 A Coupe
4. Luca Patron and Massimo Casale, 1925 Bentley 3-Litre
5. Francesco and Giuseppe Di Pietra, 1938 Fiat 508 C

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[Source: Winter Marathon; photos: Pierpaolo Romano]