The ULTIMATE Bentley Road Trip: We Drove The 2019 Mille Miglia | Carfection
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2019
- The Mille Miglia is the world's most beautiful race and this year, we took part with Bentley. In a Bentley Blower.
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Italy is a stunning place. Its scenery is remarkable, its history is unrivaled and its food is positively epic. It also happens to be the birthplace of many of the world's greatest motoring brands.
Despite all that, it isn't exactly my favorite place to drive. The relaxed Italian attitude toward the rules of the road is an acquired taste for even the most stalwart of visiting drivers, while frequent traffic snarls and congestion block and impede some otherwise epic roads. And then there are the roads themselves. Italy is festooned with mountaintop citadels and other remote villages that create the kind of Instagram memories all your friends will heart with abandon, but few enjoy navigating the single-lane, mirror-scraping alleyways that access them.
Italy, then, might not seem like a questionable place for a cross-country race covering more than 1,000 miles of those often-congested, frequently narrow roads. But it is the only place in the world where something like the Mille Miglia could happen, an event that combines that Italian scenery with the history and even the food, plus the appreciation for not just the Italian motoring brands, but some of the greatest cars the world has to offer.
The Mille Miglia is an incredibly special thing, and this is what it's like to run it.
The Mille Miglia was first run in 1927. Its name (literally "1,000 miles") tells you the most important detail about the event. It was initially a point-to-point race covering 1,000 miles of Italian roads, run at speed and contested by many of the world's greatest drivers piloting the world's fastest machines.
Given the distance, it was impossible to police or shut down the entire route, so as the drivers blazed out of Brescia, hitting checkpoints in the south before swinging back north again for the finale, they had to contend with local traffic, pedestrians and even wayward farm animals.
Those open roads meant plenty of danger, and 30 years later, in 1957, a pair of fatal accidents meant the end of the classic Mille Miglia. The organizers tried to bring it back as a limited-speed procession, but that quickly lost steam.
The race went dormant until 1977, when it was reborn as a historic rally, open only to cars eligible to compete in the original Mille Miglia. That is, basically, machines produced before 1957. No longer would entrants be encouraged to go as fast as they liked; now the race would be run as a regulation rally, or a time-speed-distance rally, where competitors aren't challenged to get from A to B as quickly as possible. Rather, the goal is to drive as precisely as possible, with target times for arrival and penalties for showing up either early or late.
Since 1977, the race has increased in prominence. Today, it is the most prestigious historic rally in the world, with competitors spending tens of thousands of dollars in entry fees and preparation costs just to be in one of the 430 cars accepted to run. 
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Proud Dad as my son is a Bentley mechanic. He works on cars from 1910 to 1990. Always something great to look at when I drop in
Just think of it, you are driving a 90 year old equivalent of a hypercar. Awesome!
Should've taken a leaf out of Harris' book and flung the regularity book in a dumpster and just enjoyed the drive.
Exactly!
Harry's garage
Now where's the challenge in that?
@@TimStevens There's no challenge (except for overtaking as much cars as you can), but it's far more enjoyable in the end.
@@Vonstroke Can't say as I agree. I'm a competitive sort.
Tim Stevens' tryst with that Blower's gearbox finally made me realize the joy of the manual.
I've seen a few 1930s Bentleys at CC events and they always look great - and w/such wonderful detailing. So much soul and great to see the marque send two cars to the Mille Miglia for its 100th.
Love the classic Bentley's and your work!
The pints after each of those days must have tasted absolutely spectacular!
A road trip in a classic Bentley would be fun!
unmistakable was the ever present smile at the glory of the experience
Firstly, I am baised a Brit and an old friend of mine had a 4.5 litre Bently like the one you were driving. His father had bought it off a friend of his, these cars were built along with a load of other cars for the wealthy Brits and were the best cars along with rollers, no wings, no flashy colours, but supperb enginering! I would also like to tell you the Milla was won at a speed 99.9 mph, by a very famous Brit, Sir Sterling Moss. Yep, when it comes to cars and driving, we are the boys to beat!
Wonderful ride. Thanks for sharing.👍🚙👍
Thank you for the video. One of the most enjoyable I have seen for a while. And they let you drive one !
This is a great video. More youtubers should take their time and tell slow stories like this.
I really really enjoyed it and feel impressed with many details. Thank you all involved !
Lovely film, in my favourite car.. which is saying something from a lifelong Bentley fan[boy.?]..
Thanks for this, I so enjoyed it.
WF
Man I wish so much I could have one of those in my garage. What a fantastic machine.
watching this was a lot more fun than i thought! Awesome video!
one word = reliable. I wish you had not muted the sound of the clips. Would have been wonderful to hear the sound the bentley going down those roads and narrow strips!
Thank you for covering the event. Definitely a bucket list item to add.
I'm glad it's not just me who can't do double declutching.
What a nice surprise . Brilliant !
Thanks for a wonderful motoring production.
Beautiful Beautiful Video!!
Monumental car! Gorgeous and driven by two very nice drivers.
SPLENDID !
Couldn't stop smiling throughout the video!
both of you r extraordinary gentlemen, congrats and the car
My dream event.... where is Henry... !! :-( this is surely the most emotive driving experience anyone could have, it just shows where modern cars have all gone wrong since the age of modern electronics. I pity the next generation of drivers who will have to suffer the EV and never really know how to drive anything.
Bentley Blower. Bucket list.
Wonderful video, thanks for sharing. John
To be able to do the Mille Miglia would be so so good.
My bucketlist got a new entry...
Wonderful
Incredible video of an incredible experience - great work guys! Gave me a huge newfound respect for these older cars.
(btw I wanted to name the presenter but he's not actually identified in the video or the text info?)
Tim Stevens is the American dude. He's one of the faces of the Carfection sibling called "Road Show".
I would love to do this in my 62 sunbeam rapier, I bet its fun.
Jeez, they must be a pig to drive, especially in town, but what a thrill.
You lucky lucky bastard!!
Where’s Catchpole at???
This great old Benter and the Mille are (almost) good enough to make up for this not being Henry Catchpole.
We do our best but it is a very high standard to match.
Tim Stevens fair play, still certainly a great video for online content. I think we’ve all probably been a bit spoiled by Henry. Well done on the film, cheers!
It's 'Mille' ffs.
NCB right you are, edited.
Who else thought the thumbnail was about Brum?
Mille Miglia, there's nothing quite like it.
Tim Stevens - where are you from? You look Scottish but sound Canadian. I could be totally wrong though.
Is Shmee into Classic cars?
Very nicely done. Can only imagine what a brainful driving that thing is!
excuse me, what song title is at the end of the video
Even all worldwide women must enter the Mille Miglia race even they might drive a 1946 Delahaye 145
Spiffing Old Boy.
Nothing more majestic than the view from the drivers seat of that Bentley. Cringe worthy shifting....perhaps you should have practiced on an old farm tractor first.
I own a 1960s Ford 661 Workmaster. It is an absolute breeze to shift compared to this wonderful Bentley.
Wish my E36 could take part of this event.
Only if you have the Mercedes-Benz 180
Sorry this is a story that needs the Alex G treatment
No1. Since when on God's earth, was the word 'swathe' pronounced 'swoth' ffs.
No2. I'm afraid this guy sounds like he's explaining simple mathematics to 5 year olds.
No3. Henry, this should have been yours.
It's "swath" not "swathe" and, per the OED, it's pronounced "/swɒð/ [swath]". As per the other feedback, well, I can only do my best. I encourage you to do yours.
@@TimStevens Ignore the shit comments, plenty more people enjoyed the film! And anyone dissing when you were driving the thing... they're obviously completely full of their own shit if they think they could do better haha! Great show of what it takes to do that trip. The Mille Miglia is a bucket list event of mine!
Sorry can we have Henry, Drew or Alex back please
Pity they are now just posh volkswagens.