A '(other) family of Mille Miglia 
After the MM of 55, 56 and 57 ran to my father at the wheel of first 1100 Fiat and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint SV and then I discover that another relative had participated in the legendary road race. His name was Felix Bellandi. Scion of good family, is described by a few relatives, as a daredevil, bon vivant and a specialist in getting into trouble.
Attracted by the allure of racing cars was able to have a beautiful Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Zagato (pictured), the winning of Vittorio Jano, produced from 1929 to 1933. Wonderful car that had the merit of bringing together in itself the characteristics of elegance and sportiness, managing to satisfy both the motorist seeking exclusivity that athletes wishing to engage in competition.
Felice in 1938 he enrolled in the Mille Miglia with Othello Vaggelli. In that 'year, Alfa Romeo had presented the beautiful and powerful 8C 2900 and Ferrari had carried a squadron of the first order in Brescia. Biondetti Pintacuda and will end the first and second place overall, making it suddenly the 6C 1750 obsolete and no longer interesting in terms of racing. The MM organizers had anticipated this and established the International Sport class up to 2000 cc which had gathered a number of Maserati GS Zagato and some. Happy
Bellandi and Othello Vaggelli came 12 th overall and first in their class with an outstanding result in his own way, given the enormous difficulty of the race, at that time, also took place on stretches of unpaved roads. In that game, that experience there is nothing in the archives and memories of family, except for a single photograph that has found a cousin. Will publish it as soon as I have, still trying to get some more details about man and his adventures as a pilot.
