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Their car is the tiny Peugeot 5 CV MM, entered in the 750 category,<br />
the smallest in terms of engine capacity.<br />
They all started the morning before, 26 March at 8am.<br />
Some crews travelled faster, also thanks to more powerful<br />
car models, but this race is more than a competition, it is<br />
a demonstration of how human genius was able to build<br />
mechanical means, capable of travelling some 1600 km without<br />
a break.<br />
Leaving from Brescia, they will drive through to Rome, then<br />
along the roads of the Adriatic coast and cross the finish line<br />
again in Brescia.<br />
Each village encountered is a piece of Italian history and this<br />
race is also intended to symbolically unite all the areas crossed,<br />
as if a new national unity based on progress were being stitched<br />
together.<br />
“Giuseppe pulls over a little to the side of the road. A Bianchi<br />
type 20 Sport Torpedo is asking for our way, it is better to let<br />
him pass, also because he is driving like a madman. ‘ advised codriver<br />
Monferroni.<br />
“You were quite right Monferroni, did you notice who just<br />
overtook us? “ exclaimed Cazzulani.<br />
“ It’s Nuvolari from Mantova, a real motorbike racing ace, who<br />
has also started racing cars. From the way he travels, I think<br />
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