In 1957 renowned British motor sport photographer Louis Klemantaski accompanied Peter Collins on the Mille Miglia. This was his view in the Ferrari 335 S
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When the very first mass-entry properly organised motor race was conceived in 1895, nobody could accuse the embryo Automobile Club de France of not thinking big. In fact it ran its pioneering road race on a grandiose scale, choosing a public road route from Paris down south-west to Bordeaux… and back again. No fewer than 1178km – 732 miles, against the clock.