Mille Miglia 2025, dates, route, curiosities

The Most Beautiful Race in the World is ready to set off from Brescia to tackle a 1,900-kilometre route divided into five days of racing, a total of 144 time trials and nine media trials. The 420 cars will create a real travelling museum unique in the world. After the start from Viale Venezia in Brescia, the first stage will end in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna). Wednesday will see the arrival in the capital, after which the third stage will end in Cervia-Milano Marittima. On Friday, the crews will cross Italy from East to West: having reached the Tyrrhenian Sea, the passage through the Livorno Naval Academy will seal the partnership with the Italian Navy, indicative of the collaboration and closeness that the Armed Forces and Police have always reserved for the 1000 Miglia. In Parma, the conclusion of the fourth stage will precede the grand finale on Saturday 21: from noon the cars will return to Viale Venezia before the public's greeting in Piazza Vittoria with the parade in the festive atmosphere of the Music Festival. As Sole 24 Ore we will follow the Bologna - Rome stage, at the wheel of a Mercedes car.

Who will win the Mille Miglia 2025? Andrea Vesco and Fabio Salvinelli continue to be the favourites after their four consecutive victories on board the 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS Zagato. Gianmario Fontanella and Anna Maria Covelli, after two consecutive second places with the Lambda Casaro VII Serie of 1927, will attempt to take first place along with other pretenders such as Tonconogy-Ruffini, Turelli-Turelli, Sisti-Gualandi, Di Pietra-Di Pietra, Belometti-Ricca and Belotti-Plebani. Among the competing crews there are also some well-known faces: at the wheel of a 1954 Porsche 356 1500 Speedster will be Joe Bastianich, who will compete remotely with former Masterchef colleague Carlo Cracco, navigator of Ezio Ronzoni in a 1927 Bugatti T40. Also playing the role of co-driver will be the Honourable Mariastella Gelmini, competing in a 1952 Ermini Glico 1100 Motto. Then aboard an Alfa 1900 Super Sprint from 1956 will be sailors Max Sirena and Giulia Conti.

The first car will depart from the Viale Venezia ramp at 12:30 on Tuesday 17 June. Leaving the city, the convoy will cross the Eastern Province of Brescia and reach Val Sabbia for a Stamp Control at Villanuova sul Clisi. This will be followed by transits through Manerba, Moniga, Soiano, Padenghe, Desenzano (from where the Ferrari Tribute 1000 Miglia will have recently departed) and Sirmione. Entering Veneto, the cars will pass Peschiera del Garda and then head to Verona and Bovolone, where the first sector of the race will end. The race dinner will be held in Ferrara, while the Time Control at the end of the stage will be in San Lazzaro di Savena. On the second day two historic passes, the Futa and the Raticosa, will be tackled, on which the first media test of the 2025 edition will be held. This will be followed by a Time Control in Prato, and then continue to Siena, which will welcome the crews for the first lunch in the race. After two years of absence, the return to Val d'Orcia, and again Radicofani, Capodimonte, Marta and Ronciglione. The arrival time control in Rome will be at Villa Borghese, followed by the parade of cars on the Via Vittorio Veneto platform and the passages from the Fontana de Tritone in Piazza Barberini and the Colosseum.

On Thursday 19 it will be the turn of Orvieto, Città della Pieve, Foiano della Chiana and Arezzo, where they will stop for lunch during the race. In the afternoon the climb will continue through Angari and Sansepolcro. This is followed by the first evening passage in the history of the re-enactment from the Republic of San Marino. After a stamp control in Gambettola, Cesena will host the race dinner. The stage will finally end in Cervia-Milano Marittima. The fourth stage, the longest of this edition, will connect the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian coasts, touching Forlì, Pratovecchio-Stia, Empoli, San Miniato, and Pontedera, the venue for the lunch. The Naval Academy of the Italian Navy in Livorno will host a series of time trials and a stamp check, after which the convoy will head to Viareggio and from the Cisa Pass to Parma for the penultimate stage finish. On the morning of Saturday 21 June, only 180 kilometres will separate the crews from the Viale Venezia ramp. The arrival route in Brescia will touch Busseto, Cremona, Soncino, Orzinuovi, Palazzolo, Travagliato and Gussago.

Tuesday 17 June