Star Torque Issue 244 Winter 2016

Susie Wolfe & Ellen Lohr in a 300SL
F
rom the SSK to the 300 SL – Mercedes-Benz Classic will be represented
at this year’s Mille Miglia with ten of its own vehicles. Taking place from
19 to 22 May 2016, the event is run over a thousand miles from Brescia
to Rome and back.
Mercedes-Benz Classic is for the fi rst time entering an all-ladies team.
Racing driver and new brand ambassador of “She’s Mercedes” Susie Wolff will be
sharing the cockpit of a 300 SL with Ellen Lohr. A second premiere is in store for a
racing version of the Mercedes-Benz 190 SL. A roadster of this model took part in
the then road race in 1956 and will once again this year – exactly 60 years later at the
start for the Mille Miglia. With their participation in the Mille Miglia, the ladies team of
Wolff/Lohr will recall the successful history of Mercedes-Benz female racing drivers,
which dates back to the 1920s.
For example, Ernes Merck in her Mercedes-Benz S finished second behind Rudolf
Caracciola in the international Klausen Race of 1927, while Ewy Rosqvist with Ursula
Wirth was victorious in, among others, the 1962 Touring Grand Prix of Argentina.
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