Mil Milhas Brasil

Venue	Interlagos Circuit
Location	Interlagos
First race	1956
Last race	2023
Most wins (driver)	Zeca Giaffone (5)

The Mil Milhas Brasil (also known as the Mil Milhas Brasileiras or 1000 Miles of Brazil in Portuguese) is a sports car endurance race held annually in Brazil since 1956.

The Mil Milhas has been held nearly every year since its inception and is one of the longest running motor racing events in Brazil. Nearly every running has used the Interlagos circuit, but the 1997 and 1999 events were held at Brasília and Curitiba respectively.

Zeca Giaffone holds the record of most wins, having won in 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1989.

History

The first Mil Milhas was organized by Eloy Gogliano and Wilson Fittipaldi Sr., the father of racing drivers Emerson Fittipaldi and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior. Fittipaldi and Gogliano were inspired to found the race after seeing the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia. The first event was held on November 24–25, 1956, with 31 cars competing at the Interlagos circuit.

The race was held at Interlagos from 1956 to 1996. It was held at Brasília in 1997, before returning to Interlagos the following year. The race was held in Curitiba in 1999. It returned to Interlagos in 2001, and has been held there ever since.

Start of Mil Milhas Brasil in 2007

In 2007, the race was held as a part of the Le Mans Series, the first time the race had been part of an international championship. The event had previously been supported as a non-championship event in the BPR Global GT Series as well as the FIA GT Championship. FIA GT planned to add the event to their calendar in 2007, but chose to hand the event instead to Le Mans Series organizers.

Results

Winners on 8 km Interlagos track (1956–1989)

Year	Drivers	Car
1956	Catarino Andreatta Breno Fornari	Carretera Ford
1957	Aristides Bertuol Orlando Menegaz	Carretera Chevrolet
1958	Catarino Andreatta Breno Fornari	Carretera Ford
1959	Catarino Andreatta Breno Fornari	Carretera Ford
1960	Chico Landi Christian Heins	Alfa Romeo JK 2000
1961	Italo Bertão Orlando Menegaz	Chevrolet Corvette
1962 –1964	Not held
1965	Justino de Maio Victoria Azzalin	Carretera Chevrolet
1966	Camilo Christófaro Eduardo Celidônio	Chevrolet Corvette
1967	Luiz Bueno Luiz Terra Smith	Interlagos Mark 1
1968 –1969	Not held
1970	Abílio Diniz Alcides Diniz	Alfa Romeo GTA 2000
1971 –1972	Not held
1973	Bird Clemente Nilson Clemente	Ford Maverick 4800
1974 –1980	Not held
1981	Zeca Giaffone Affonso Giaffone Filho Chico Serra	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1982	Not held
1983	Fausto Wajchenberg Vicente Corrêa Valdir Silva	Volkswagen Passat
1984	Zeca Giaffone Reinaldo Campello Maurizio Sandro Sala	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1985	Paulo Gomes Fábio Sotto Mayor	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1986	Zeca Giaffone Affonso Giaffone Filho Walter Travaglini	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1987	Luís Pereira Marcos Gracia	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1988	Zeca Giaffone Luís Pereira Walter Travaglini	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1989	Zeca Giaffone Walter Travaglini	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car

Winners on 4.3 km Interlagos track (1990–1996)

Year	Drivers	Car
1990	Carlos Alves José Carlos Dias	Chevrolet Opala Stock Car
1991	Not held
1992	Klaus Heitkotter Jurgen Weis Marc Gindorf	BMW M3 2300
1993	Antônio Hermann Franz Konrad Franz Prangemeier	Porsche 911
1994	Wilson Fittipaldi Christian Fittipaldi	Porsche 911 RSR
1995	Wilson Fittipaldi Antônio Hermann Franz Konrad	Porsche 993
1996	André Lara Resende Roberto Keller Roberto Aranha	Porsche 911

Winners 1997–2000

Year	Drivers	Car	Track
1997	Nelson Piquet Johnny Cecotto Steve Soper	McLaren F1 GTR	Brasília
1998	Tom Stefani André Grillo Júlio Fernandes	AS Vectra 2.0	Interlagos
1999	Beto Borghesi Jair Bana Luciano Borghesi	Aldee AP-2000	Curitiba
2000	Not held

Winners on Interlagos track (2001–2008)

Year	Drivers	Car
2001	André Lara Resende Régis Schuch Max Wilson Flávio Trindade	Porsche 911 GT3
2002	Régis Schuch Flávio Trindade Raul Boesel	Porsche 911 GT3
2003	Ingo Hoffmann Xandy Negrão Ricardo Etchenique Fernando Nabuco	Porsche 911 GT3
2004	Stefano Zonca Angelo Lancelotti Fabrizio Gollin	Dodge Viper GTS-R
2005	Xandy Negrão Xandynho Negrão Guto Negrão Giuliano Losacco	Audi TT DTM
2006	Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Jr. Christophe Bouchut Hélio Castroneves	Aston Martin DBR9
2007	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
2008	Raul Boesel Max Wilson Marcel Visconde	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

Winners since 2020

Year	Drivers	Car
2020	Esio Vichiese Renan Guerra Stuart Turvey	Ginetta G55 GT4
2021	Jose Vilela Leandro Totti Eduardo Pimenta Gustavo Ghizzo Leonardo Yoshi	Protótipo MCR 2.1
2022	Jindra Kraucher Aldo Piedade Jr Beto Ribeiro	Sigma P1 G4
2023	Fernando Fortes Henrique Assunção Emílio Padron Fernando Ohashi	Metalmoro JLM AJR

References

• "Mil Milhas Brasileiras". Motor Racing Circuits Database. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
• "Endurance – Mil Milhas Brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Cronospeed. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
• "Tópícos" (in Portuguese). Autódromo de Interlagos – "José Carlos Pace". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mil Milhas Brasil.

• Official website
• "2007 LeMans Series 1000km Interlagos Brazil - Mil Milhas Brasil". Archived from the original on 19 October 2007.