Sunday 1st May 1955
Britons Stirling Moss and racing journalist and navigator Denis Jenkinson won the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes 300SLR. Aided by Jenkinson’s pioneering navigation techniques, the pair won this great race in just 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds, at an average speed of 97.96 mph, which was never to be beaten in the course of the race’s existence.
