Coppa della Toscana

[1] For the 1949 season of the Mille Miglia race, it was decided that this years edition would bypass the city of Florence.

As a direct consequence of this decision, the Automobile Club of Florence decided to organize an alternative race that would run in Tuscany.

In the end the event crossed ten Tuscan provinces: Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Pistoia, Siena and Viterbo.

Coppa della Toscana, followed a longer circuit route that was 680 km long, with, the start and finish was still in Livorno.

[17] The car was converted form a crashed 166 MM barchetta and rebodied in a one-off coachwork by Carrozzeria Fontana.

Cornacchia and Del Carlo in the Ferrari 212 MM, entered by Scuderia Guastella won the GT class.

Felice Bonetto aided by Giampaolo Volpini, also in the Lancia Aurelia, but a B21 berlina, won the 'T+1.5' category.

Emilio Giletti with Walter Loro Piana in the Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta were first in the 'S2.0' class.

[37] Race was won by Piero Scotti in a 4.5-litre Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina Spyder at an average speed of 126.3 km/h.

Franco Ribaldi aided by Basili, driving the Lancia Aurelia GT won the 'GT+2.0' class.

[38] Top results of the 1954 Coppa della Toscana:[39] The race ran for six consecutive editions between 1949 and 1954.

The Automobile Club of Florence was left without support and the Coppa della Toscana was cancelled.

The recreated race became a tourist event called the Tuscan Cup and is recognized by the ASI organisation.

Since 2002 the re-enactment of the historical race combined the organizational support of all the Tuscan Automobile Clubs.