Maserati Honored at 2011 Mille Miglia - VIDEO FEATURE

MODENA, Italy - June 1, 2011: At the 2011 Mille Miglia last month special homage was pai to Maserati as the participants paraded through the company's Modena HQ for the first time. The cars entered the Maserati complex via the famous Viale Ciro Menotti 322 gate and then cruised past the redbrick buildings that house the production lines. These constructions date back to 1939 when the cars started to be produced here. This was when the company founded by the Maserati brothers in Bologna was bought by Adolfo Orsi and transferred to Modena. The Mille Miglia drivers then left by Via Divisione Acqui, where the new offices were erected in 2002.

There were nine Maseratis among the 375 cars taking part:

• 113 Masaaki Kurihara/Atsuko Iwato A6 GCS 1948
• 114 Christian Dumolin/Philippe Woitri A6 GCS Monofaro 1947
• 164 Yasuhiko Yamashita/Tatsushi Maruyama A6 1500 1950
• 219 Mario Boglioli/Enrica Pezzia A6 GCS 1954
• 314 Roberto Gorni/Angela Grasso 150S 1955
• 315 Paolo Berton/Lara Sonda 150S 1955
• 316 Martin Sucari/Bruno Ricci A6 GCS 1954
• 359 José Albuquerque/Maria Bustorff A6G/2000 Zagato 1956
• 362 Renato Boni/Alberto Ferdenzi 150S 1955

The crews were greeted by Ermanno Cozza, the curator of Maserati’s archive and participant in the 2007 and 2010 editions of the Mille Miglia in a Maserati 200SI driven by Antonio Alberoni.

Maserati appeared in the original Mille Miglia on many occasions in the past and claimed numerous category wins.