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Where do we start? On Sunday, VeloceToday correspondent Vince Johnson told us that 80 year old Sir Stirling Moss had suffered a fall into an elevator shaft which resulted in serious injuries. At last report he is in the hospital in stable condition. The accident broke both his ankles, suffering four broken bones, gashes and four chipped vertebrae. Get well soon, Sir Stirling.

The winner of the Etceterini contest is detailed below. We thank you all for your votes. A copy of the new Nardi book will be awarded to the winner at Amelia by Cliff Reuter, courtesy of author Dino Brunori. We will have a full in depth article about the Bandini Saponetta in an upcoming edition of VeloceToday.

Good news from Roberto Motta, who was at Arese this past weekend and was introduced the Mayor of Milan, Letizia Moratti. She has promised to help keep the Alfa Romeo Museum at Arese. The Mayor is obviously enchanted with Alfas, we in turn are enchanted by the vivacious and enthusiastic Letizia Moratti. We’ll keep you posted on future plans for Alfa and the Museum.

Or, how about this. Alessandro Gerelli went to Geneva and caught the new Green Ferrari KERS. Exactly two years ago this editor wrote an article about a proposed KERS Ferrari, with help from Christopher Keller, Raffi Minasian and KERS expert Chris Ellis. Ferrari, it seems has finally caught on. More, of course, coming up later.

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Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti shares a moment with the President of Scuderia Portello, Marco Cajani.

Text and Photos By Roberto Motta (Italian text follows story)

Every year, the Scuderia del Portello Alfa Romeo, rewards its drivers during a meeting at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo. This year, attending the event, for the first time, was the Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti, who has pledged to preserve the heritage of the historic Factory.
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(Hershey, PA, March 8, 2010) Italian CARS together with Brickhouse Communications are pleased to announce a new historic racing series to be called the “Gentlemen’s Historic Challenge.” The first races will be held as part of the 24th Annual Le Belle Macchine d’Italia at Pocono International Raceway, June 25th to the 28th of 2010. The races will be managed by David Seibert, the Project Manager for the Ferrari North America Shell Historic Challenge Series from its inception.
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