VADEMECUM FOR THE PARTICIPANT
All the information you need to have at hand
when
you enter the Mille Miglia 2008 adventure
14 and
15 May: ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CHECKS
Mille Miglia Paddock
WHEN SHOULD I GET TO BRESCIA?
Remember that you have given us a time slot in which to expect you at Mille Miglia Paddock.
The administrative and technical checks at Mille Miglia Paddock will be open from 9:00 AM to 10 PM on May 14 and from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM (for administrative checks) or from 1:30 PM (for technical checks) on May 15, 2008.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I SHOW UP AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS AFTER 1 PM ON MAY 15?
Whoever shows up after 1 PM on May 15 will be considered a no-show, and his place will be given to a car on the waiting list. The participation fees will not be reimbursed.
WHERE WILL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CHECKS TAKE PLACE? (See attached plan)
The administrative and technical checks at will take place at the Mille Miglia Paddock, at:
Fiera di Brescia (Brescia Trade Fair Grounds)
Via Caprera, 5
25125 Brescia
Take the A4 Milano-Venezia (Milan to Venice) highway and exit at Brescia-Ovest. After paying toll, keep going straight towards the city center (in Italian, “direzione centro”). At the roundabout, take the first road on your right.
WHERE DO I PARK AT MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK?Keep your copy of the attached email where your rally number is listed, always close at hand, and make a copy of it for all the cars that are with you or are providing support.
Once you have reached the Mille Miglia Paddock entrance, you will be assisted by personnel who once you have shown them the attached email, will then indicate the area designated for your car. Parking at the Mille Miglia Paddock is free of charge until the beginning of the rally.
CLASSIC CARS IN THE RALLY (see attached plan 2)
If your car is an Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Lancia,
Fiat, Jaguar/SS or Audi/Auto Union, you are
to park it in the area dedicated to the Joint Presenting Sponsors,
P5.
Classic cars of other manufacturers are to be parked in the
area, P6.
SUPPORT CARS OR ACCOMPANYING CARS (see attached plan
2)
The support cars and accompanying cars of the official crews of the Joint
Presenting Sponsors (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Lancia, Fiat
Jaguar, Audi) may park in the sponsors’ area P1, upon
exhibition of the permit that shows that they have been authorized to
park there.
All support cars and accompanying cars of other crews will
be directed to parking area P4.
Up until April 30, you have been able to reserve on line the parking area P4 of the Mille Miglia Paddock, from 11 PM Thursday, May 15, to 12:00 noon, Monday, May 19, 2008. This area is fenced and under continual security surveillance, All parked vehicles will be given a special sticker. You can however still acquire parking privileges at the desk where you pick up your materials (see administrative checks).
HOW DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL CHECKS TAKE PLACE?All pedestrian pathways will be marked and you will find personnel who will assist you by indicating the correct sequence to be followed for the checks. These are listed in plan 3 from number 1 to number 10.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKSDo not forget your driver’s license, car insurance, and medical certificate stating that you have no health problems. You will also need a valid CSAI license, a one-off (one event) CSAI card valid just for this event (available for 12 euros), or an equivalent international license. Drivers of accompanying cars or support cars will need to show their driver’s license as well.
The checks will take place at the Desk (marked with yellow circle number
1 on the floor plan) on the ground floor of office building of the Mille
Miglia Paddaock. You will need to show your driver’s license,
as well as the driver’s licenses of all the drivers with you—both
support cars and accompanying cars--and your car insurance. You
will also need a valid international sports license equivalent to a CSAI
license. One event CSAI cards valid for just this event will be
available for 12 euros. These will be availbable in room 1a, upon
presentation of a medical certificate (in Italian, English, French, Spanish,
German or Portuguese) stating that you have no major health problems. If
you do not have a medical certificate with you, a doctor will be available
to give you a quick medical examination and provide you with the certificate
at a fee (he can be found at circle 1b on the plan). At the accreditation
desk, you will receive a magnetic card, passes, and vouchers for hotel
and restaurant services that you have booked, and also for the parking
areas in Brescia, Ferrara and Rome.
If you have bought the hospitality package for your accompanying drivers
and support crews, they will also pick up their papers here (remember
that all drivers, irrespective as to whether they have bought the hospitality
package, must show their driver’s license at circle 1 indicated
on the plan).
On the floor above, you will receive the text of the Clerk of the Course’s
Briefing (circle number 3) and you will have to sign for it, (it is already
available for perusal on internet). All drivers (competitors, support
and accompanying cars) wishing to do so can then see a video in English
and Italian (4 on your plan). The Clerk of the Course or one of
his deputies will be available to answer any of the competitors’ questions
(5).
MATERIAL PICK-UP POINTS: Leave the building (6) for the material
pick-up point (7) where you will receive time and distance tables, your rally
numbers, the roadbook, the rally license plate, the stickers and some of the
gifts.
Accompanying and support cars will receive the assistance car stickers
that you have reserved, as well as the stickers for the parking areas
of the Mille Miglia Paddock after the start of the rally. In case
you don’t have any assistance car sticker it will still be possible
to buy one here (for 180,00 euros) and parking stickers for transportation
trucks and support vehicles with or without trailers (50 euros per car
+ trailer, 150 euros for all others).
Do not forget your FIVA passport, any FIA Heritage Certificates or CSAI fiches, and your car documents.
After the administrative verification, return to your car to put on the rally numbers and license plate. Stay near your car, and you will be contacted by the steward for the technical checks. After the last check, you will be given the sticker saying “verificato” (verified).
PICK-UP OF OBU (ON BOARD UNIT) INSTRUCTIONS
Next to the Shop (9) you pick up your OBU (On Board Unit) instructions. The
OBU is a GPS gadget designed for Mille Miglia by INFRACOM NEXT, which
will transmit the position of your car to the Rally Directors. This
instrument is provided with two buttons, one for medical intervention requests,
and the other when pressed will send a signal to the administration that
you are having mechanical problems.
The OBU also lets fans, friends and appassionati find the exact position
of a car in real time on website www.1000miglia.eu and
follow what is happening in the rally “live”! The
OBU must be kept on board the participating car at all times and must
be returned at the end of the rally. A version of this will
be inserted in the registration kit at the Mille Miglia Community.
After havind received instructions on how to use the OBU, a gift watch will be given to you at the Boutique Chopard (shown by yellow circle 10).
WHAT WILL I FIND AT THE MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK?Among the services offered are:
The COFFEE BREAK is offered to all rally car crews, and accompanying and support crews who have bought the hospitality package.
The SHOP, reserved only for competitors and guests, where you can buy official event-related clothes, knick-knacks, and objects.
The STAND of Photo Agency René where you can reserve the official Mille Miglia 2008 photos of your car, taken along the route of the event. These photos will be ready for you to pick up at the Concluding Dinner on May 18, 2008 at the Mille Miglia Museum.
The STAND di Enzo Naso (www.enzonaso.com ), where you can reserve exclusive artwork of your car at Mille Miglia 2008.
A SELF SERVICE RESTAURANT and a BAR
AREA WITH WIRELESS INTERNET COVERAGE inside the pavilion
offered by INFRACOM-NEXT
ARE THERE GAS STATIONS AND CAR WASHES NEAR THE MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK?
Distributore ESSO Boldini, Via Orzinuovi 68, whose phone number is (0039) 030 3541123, is an Esso gas station, located at 1,5 km. from the Mille Miglia Paddock at the Brescia Ovest highway exit. It is open on May 14 and 15, and you can also have your car washed there.
I HAVE BOOKED A RESERVATION AT A HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT OF MAY 13 THROUGH www.1000miglia.eu
HOW DO I REACH THE HOTEL?
Enter your name and password on your personal entry form, then click
on accommodation recap to check your reservation.
I HAVE BOOKED A RESERVATION AT A HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT OF MAY 14 THROUGH www.1000miglia.eu
HOW DO I REACH THE HOTEL?Enter your name and password on your personal entry form, then click on accommodation recap to check your reservation. Once your Classic Car is parked, it will not be necessary to move it from the Mille Miglia Paddock until the moment the cars head for Piazza della Loggia for sealing. All parking areas will be under surveillance for the night. At regular intervals, a shuttle service offered by Sixt will accompany the crews of the racing cars, support cars, and follow-up cars who have bought hospitality packages to their respective hotels.
I HAVE A RESERVATION FOR THE GALA INAUGURATION DINNER ON MAY 14, MADE THROUGH www.1000miglia.eu.
HOW DO I FIND VILLA MAZZOTTI IN CHIARI?A shuttle will take you from your hotel to Villa Mazzotti, (Viale Mazzini 39, Chiari - Brescia).
MAY 15 – BRESCIA
SEALING - PRESENTATION OF THE CARS – DINNER – DEPARTURE
I HAVE A RESERVATION FOR A HOTEL THE NIGHT OF MAY 14, MADE THROUGH www.1000miglia.eu.
HOW DO I FIND THE MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK?In front of your hotel you will find a shuttle offered by Sixt at
your disposition. This will take all rally crews to the Mille Miglia
Paddock. The accompanying and support cars crews who have booked
their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu.
may use this service as well.
HOW DO I GET TO PIAZZA DELLA LOGGIA FOR THE SEALING?
From 7:30 AM on May 15, City of Brescia Municipal Police motorcycles will escort the Classic Cars, divided into groups, to Piazza della Loggia, permitting a rapid passage through intersections and high city traffic areas.
WHERE WILL THE SEALING TAKE PLACE?
WHERE DO I EXHIBIT MY CAR TO THE PUBLIC?Organizational personnel will point out the route for the sealing. Here
you will be given a sticker which will officially identify your car as
a Mille Miglia 2008 competitor and thus allow you access to all the rally
routes. This will also assure that only the authorized classic
cars will be able to enter the historical city center.
In Piazza della Loggia you will receive you OBU (On Board Unit) created
for the Mille Miglia by INFRACOM NEXT. This must
now remain on board for the duration of the event.
Following this, there will be an exclusive presentation by Simon Kidston and Savina Confaloni for the 47 cars with bonuses and for the cars of the official teams of the car manufacturers.
After the sealing—following the directions of the rally personnel—you
will enter the Parc Fermé. The cars will be exhibited in
Brescia’s historical center.
Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Lancia, Fiat, Jaguar/SS,
Audi/Auto Union (Joint Presenting Sponsors of
the show) Classic Cars even if they are being shown by private crews,
will be exhibited on streets and in piazzas dedicated to event. The
Parcs fermés will end at 3:30 PM.
The SHOP, reserved only for competitors and guests, where you can buy official event-related clothes, knick-knacks, and objects. (08:00 am – 06.00 pm)
AREA WITH WIRELESS INTERNET COVERAGE offered by INFRACOM-NEXT
WHEN CAN I GO TO THE MILLE MIGLIA MUSEUM FOR THE DINNER?Only after 3:30 will you be able to leave the Closed Park, following the indications of the assigned personnel. All the cars will leave historical center of Brescia within the hour. You will head for the Mille Miglia Museum, Viale della Rimembranza 3, 25135 Brescia. Assigned personnel will indicate to the classical cars where to park inside the grounds of the museum (which are under security surveillance). From 5:30 to 8:30 PM a buffet dinner will be offered. From there you will be taken to Viale Venezia for the start of the rally.
MAY 15 ARRIVAL IN FERRARA
WHERE DO I LEAVE MY CAR WHEN I ARRIVE IN FERRARA? HOW TO I GET TO THE HOTEL?
Upon your arrival in Ferrara by following the maps in your roadbook, you will reach the security surveillance area on your voucher, which will be ready to receive your car. A shuttle offered by Sixt will then take all crew members-rally participants, accompanying and support car crew members to the hotels they have reserved through www.1000miglia.eu. In your hotel room you will find a welcome snack.
MAY 16 DEPARTURE FROM FERRARA – LUNCH IN URBINO – ARRIVAL
IN ROME
In front of your hotel you will find a shuttle offered by Sixt at your disposition. This will take all rally crews to the security surveilled area where your car is parked. The accompanying and support car crews who have booked their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu. may use this service as well.
WHERE DO I LEAVE MY CAR DURING THE LUNCH AT URBINO?
When you get to Urbino, event personnel will show you where to park your car.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THE RALLY CARS AT CASTEL SANT’ANGELO IN ROME, WHERE SHOULD I LEAVE MY CAR? HOW TO I GET TO MY HOTEL?
After the presentation of the rally cars at Castel Sant’Angelo, you will be escorted to the high-security car garage at Villa Borghese by a Rome Municipal Police escort. The shuttle service offered by Sixt will then take you to your hotel.
WHERE WILL THE FOLLOW-UP AND ASSISTANCE CARS PARK, IF THEY HAVE BOUGHT THE HOSPITALITY PACKAGE? HOW WILL THEIR CREWS REACH THE HOTEL?
The follow-up and support cars are to be parked at Silo Ludovisi (Ludovisi Garage). The shuttle service offered by Sixt will then take the crews who have booked their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu. to their hotels.
MAY 17 DEPARTURE FROM ROME – LUNCH AT BUONCONVENTO – ARRIVAL IN BRESCIA
HOW DO I REACH THE PARKING AREA OF THE HOTEL IN ROME?In front of your hotel you will find a shuttle offered by Sixt at your disposition. This will take all rally crews to the security surveilled parking garage at Villa Borghese where your car is parked. The accompanying and support car crews who have booked their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu. may use this service as well.
WHERE DO I PARK MY CAR AT BUONCONVENTO?When you get to Urbino, event personnel will show you where to park your car.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THE RALLY CARS TO THE PUBLIC IN VIALE VENEZIA, WHERE DO I LEAVE MY CAR?
The cars are to be parked in the Mille Miglia Paddock using the same procedure of May 14 and May 15. Parking there will be free of charge until 12:00 noon of May 19. At the Mille Miglia Paddock a buffet dinner will be offered.
HOW DO I REACH MY HOTEL AFTER DINNER?
A shuttle offered by Sixt will be at your disposition
at regular intervals. This will take all rally crews, and the follow-up
and support cars crews who have bought the hospitality package to their
hotels.
MAY 18 – BRESCIA
PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY AND CONCLUSION LUNCH
We ask you to kindly inform us if you intend to leave before the Mille Miglia 2008 concluding ceremonies.
HOW DO I REACH THE TEATRO GRANDE FOR THE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY?
In front of your hotel from 9:00 AM on, you will find a shuttle offered by Sixt at your disposition to take all rally crews, and follow-up and support cars crews who have booked their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu. to the Teatro Grande (Corso Zanardelli, 9 – Brescia).
HOW DO I GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THE FINAL LUNCH WILL BE HELD, AND THEN TO THE MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK TO PICK UP MY CAR?
At the Teatro Grande you will find a shuttle offered by Sixt that will take all rally crews and their accompanying friends who have booked their hotel through www.1000miglia.eu. to the Farewell Lunch at the Mille Miglia Museum, and then after lunch it will take these participants and crew to the Mille Miglia Paddock. At the lunch you can buy the official photos of your car taken along the route by Photo Agency René, which you have reserved before the event.
TO REACH THE MILLE MIGLIA PADDOCK BY HELICOPTERNot far from the Mille Miglia Paddock, there is a helicopter landing pad. Please contact the Segretariat for information.
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