Bellini and Tiberti on a 1937 Fiat 508 C win the Winter Marathon 2021

The crew made up of Edoardo Bellini and Roberto Tiberti have won the 33rd edition of the Winter Marathon, which ended at 23.00 yesterday with the arrival of the crews in Piazza Righi in Madonna di Campiglio.

The bearers of Scuderia Franciacorta Motori have won with merit a very demanding race made fascinating by the snow that fell on the course, ahead Alberto Aliverti and Stefano Valente on a similar 1937 Fiat 508 C; on the third step of the podium Fabio and Marco Salvinelli for Scuderia Classic Team with a 1954 Fiat 1100/103.

Thanks to the precious work of the local authorities at around 12.00 on Friday 15 January, the Pordoi and Gardena passes - closed the day before due to strong winds at high altitude with accumulations of snow and avalanche danger - were reopened, allowing the caravan to pass along the race course avoiding the change in the last hour, prepared by the organization, which would have led to the inevitable cancellation of 11 precision timed trials and 2 average tests.

First place among foreign crews the swiss team of Ferruccio and Carlo Nessi on their 1965 Morris Mini Cooper S Mk I at their first experience in this competition, followed by Rudolf Hug and Peter Gerber (Volvo PV544 of 1965) and Daniele Perfetti and Ronnie Kessel on a Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3 built in 1967.

The ex-World Rally Champion Miki Biasion (brand ambassador Eberhard) performed well in a 1968 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Velode, 62nd overall preceded by the 44th by the well-known face of Sky Sport F1 Davide Valsecchi, on a Fiat 124 Abarth Rally from 1973.

Among Teams, victory went to Franciacorta Motori which preceded, in order, Brescia Corse and 3T Auto e Moto d'Epoca; among under 30 crews the primacy goes to the brixian crew Bonomi-Bossini crew on a 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster ahead Foresti-Sacco (Porsche 356 C Coupé, 1964) and Mion-Lonardi (Porsche 911 T 2.4, 1972).

The appointments are not concluded here: today from 13.15 hrs the special trophies on the frozen lake reserved respectively for the first 8 classified Porsche (Centro Porsche Brescia Trophy) and the first 32 overall of the Winter Marathon (Eberhard Trophy).