ANTICIPATION IS GROWING FOR THE 2025 BERGAMO HISTORICAL GRAND PRIX

The countdown to the Bergamo Historic Gran Prix 2025, scheduled for Sunday 25 May, continues apace, marked by the registrations that have already rained down on the organizers' table. In addition to the usual regulars, who, given the limited number of available places (80 cars between Pre-war/single-seaters and GT/Touring and 50 motorcycles), do not want to risk missing the event, several new entries are appearing, also encouraged by the anniversaries celebrated every year by the Bergamo event.
In this regard, some absolutely outstanding entries should be noted. For the 65th anniversary of the presentation of the model, a Ferrari 250 GTE will be present that is definitely worthy of note, given that its first owner was Ludovico Scarfiotti who, sharing the cockpit of the Ferrari 250 P with Lorenzo Bandini, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1963. And given this “pedigree” we are certain that its current owner will experience the “old style” Le Mans start with particular emotion, with the drivers lined up on the opposite side of the asphalt and, at the command of the race director, will run towards the cars to take off, just as happened in those years on the French circuit. Equally interesting and unique is the F. Junior Apache MKII built in California in 1960 and rebuilt, with the direct consultancy of the Manufacturer, in 2011 by an enthusiast from Pavia. The peculiarity of this single-seater, in accordance with the trend of single-seaters that raced on American ovals at the time, is that of having the cockpit offset to the left. 60th anniversary, instead, for the Formula 875 Monza, the preparatory category promoted by AC Milano and Autodromo di Monza, which in 1965 began a long history that has allowed the growth of numerous famous drivers, the unforgettable Michele Alboreto to name one, but also technicians, mechanics and various professional figures linked to motorsport. For the occasion, some of these single-seaters will return to make the twin-cylinder Fiat 500 “sole” “sing” on the Circuito delle Mura.