**The Ultimate Driving Experience: A Day at the Amilia Rally**

As I set out on my journey to experience the Amilia rally, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. The event promised to be an unforgettable experience, with some of the most iconic cars in the world, including the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, making their way through the picturesque Italian countryside.

We started our day at the starting line, where we were greeted by the sound of revving engines and the sight of sleek, stylish cars. The atmosphere was electric, with fans lining the road to catch a glimpse of their favorite drivers. I managed to get up close and personal with some of the cars, including a beautifully restored 300 SL that seemed to be enjoying the attention.

As we set off on our journey, we were treated to breathtaking views of the Italian landscape. The rolling hills and charming villages provided a picturesque backdrop for the action, which was being driven by some of the most talented drivers in the world. We caught up with one of the drivers, who was kind enough to share his thoughts on the event. "It's endless," he said, gesturing to the sea of cars stretching out before us. "There are so many amazing cars here, it's hard to keep track!"

We made our way through a tiny little town, where we caught sight of two classic cars. One was a very noisy car with a Japanese number plate, while the other seemed to be enjoying its time in the sun. We couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and awe at the sheer diversity of cars on display.

As we continued on our journey, we entered one of the timed stages, where drivers had to navigate from point A to point B within a fixed time limit. This section of the rally was particularly challenging, with the added pressure of being able to keep up with the pace of the car in front. We were treated to some stunning driving skills as the cars whizzed by, and we even caught sight of one of the official timing cars, which was doing a remarkable job of keeping track of everything.

As the day wore on, we found ourselves in the midst of a crowd of enthusiastic fans, all cheering on their favorite drivers. The atmosphere was electric, with people of all ages gathered to watch the action unfold. We managed to squeeze our way through the crowds and caught sight of some truly incredible cars, including a stunning green Mercedes-Benz SLR.

One car that really caught my eye was the Sterling Moss version of the 300 SLR. This is a rare car, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it looked in person. The carbon fiber rear wing and roof added an extra layer of sophistication to this already-stunning vehicle. We also spotted a few other impressive cars, including a green hell AMG GTR and a rather striking MAMIA.

As the day drew to a close, we made our way back to the hotel car park, where we were greeted by rows and rows of classic cars. The atmosphere was relaxed now, with drivers parking up their vehicles and chatting with fans. I managed to catch sight of a few more impressive cars, including a stunning red 300 SLR that seemed to be enjoying its time in the sun.

Overall, my experience at the Amilia rally was truly unforgettable. The combination of stunning Italian landscapes, breathtaking driving skills, and an incredible array of classic cars made for an event that I will always treasure. Whether you're a seasoned car enthusiast or just looking for an exciting experience, this is definitely an event worth checking out.

**The Event: A Brief History**

The Amilia rally has been running for several years now, but its roots go back much further. The event is based on the classic Rally Italia, which was first held in 1979 and has since become one of the most prestigious events in the world of motorsport.

Each year, the rally takes place over a four-day period, with drivers competing in some of the most iconic cars from history. The route typically takes drivers through picturesque Italian landscapes, including rolling hills, charming villages, and scenic mountain passes.

The event has become known for its incredible diversity of cars on display, with everything from classic Mercedes-Benz models to rare and exotic imports making an appearance. The atmosphere is always electric, with fans lining the roads to catch a glimpse of their favorite drivers.

**A Personal Experience: Support Car Arrangements**

I have had the privilege of attending the Amilia rally twice now, but each time has been a completely different experience. Last year, I was able to attend as part of a support car arrangement, where I drove one of the historic cars that make up the event.

This was an incredible experience in and of itself, with me getting to drive through some of the most stunning landscapes in Italy while surrounded by some of the world's most talented drivers. However, it also meant that I had to take a backseat to the action at times, allowing me to focus on capturing images rather than driving myself.

This year, however, was different. I got to experience the rally up close and personal, watching as the drivers took their turns navigating through the challenging terrain. It was an incredible thrill, with me getting to see some truly breathtaking driving skills on display.

**Conclusion**

The Amilia rally is definitely an event worth checking out if you're a car enthusiast or just looking for an exciting experience. With its stunning Italian landscapes, breathtaking driving skills, and incredible array of classic cars, this is an event that will leave you feeling inspired and energized. Whether you're a seasoned driver or just a fan of the sport, there's something for everyone at the Amilia rally.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys I'm shme and welcome to Sienna in Italy where today I'm joining the 2017 milia where we're going to be taking a watch of these spectacular cars hitting the roads as they Meander today from Rome up towards Palmer now I'm joining as a support car in my vantage gta8 that's just come over from Sardinia and we're filming today from Sienna in Tuscany the beautiful area of uh T that we can see in this direction it's a magnificent place now I haven't filmed so far this morning because the weather today has been horrendous it's been thunderstorming and horrible but uh I'm joining as a media partner access to drive through the city center so we're actually going to head through here any moment and go and see Sienna and drive through it where there'll probably be quite a big crowd waiting so today we're going to head on we're going to go to Mona gon for lunch then we're going to carry on up towards Palmer later on and just take everything in because you have 500 or so classic cars in the event you also have 100 SP so cars on the Ferrari tribute you have the SLR club and you have all the sort of surrounding activities that follow Melia around Italy and I mean I don't know every single one of these cars I'm not going to lie but there are some spectacularly valuable pieces of Kit they just drive the roads and the way they drive is so awesome but for now let's jump in gt8 and go through Sienna so bassis hey not quite the Veron Chiron probably worth more that horn mg Alpha had lots of alphas it's a mix of Millie cars Aston Martin then modern Ferrari 4ate Spider BMW just everything media cars mixed in the atmosphere all the different cars we're just sort of watching them as they come along this road which is really cool from around the world the route brings us through the most tiny streets you can imagine in these old towns so in Sienna we're literally driving right by restaurants so you could grab some food off someone's plate as you went by if you wanted and we squeeze through and then you randomly come down and out into the center of a huge square and this is one of the sort of timing sections the start sections as all the cars in front you'll be able to see in a moment U we slot in so that we don't get in the way of what they're up to too much but it's uh looking pretty crazy there is a huge number there are a huge number of people here through the crowd we go hey and the car in front of us unfortunately looks like it's had a little bump that is a uh downside of this old cars brakes go wrong that kind of thing somebody behind them has evidently caused that now we are then on to the next stop we've just arrived at lunch the first cars are getting set to depart they get time Stamped Out and off they go now then the lunch stop car park this is an area of land that today is going to see hundreds of millions of pounds worth of cars there must be well let's do some maths somewhere near 500 cars some of them are 5 million 10 million old Bugattis old Ferraris the 300 sl's like over there just I don't even begin to know but it must add up to half a billion pounds worth or so of cars come through here today from different eras I mean the old Bentley's this is and just the noises the sights and the noises and then they all set off out here one by one in the in the right order to go back out onto their Road Route and this isn't the only car part by the way if we keep coming around just to have a wander around some of these things 23 I'm sure that's pretty priceless this is just and they're getting driven they're all getting driven that's the beautiful thing about this and when I say driven I mean really driven these cars are taken out and push properly car park continues down through here it's just just ridiculous to be honest utterly ridiculous there are actually quite a few 300 taking part in this the Go Wings the original goinging and an event Roadster that's not a A Millie car it's good though we've got some more Ferraris 360 nice pora 300 SL it's endless Jags of course and there goes Dez from GT Spirit NW 328 sarati another 300 SL I told you there were a few of those coming Jag these guys are using the Melia Lane straight down the other side all marks to those guys using the millamia lane I really like that light blue uh por there as well behind the uh 48 and all this is happening with this lovely view of the castle up there on the hill we're entering our next little stage then so another tiny little town to drive through following two of the classics one very very noisy one one that I think even has a Japanese number plate the Crowds Are lining the Road on what is normally a paniz road up under this bridge how ridiculously cool is this the access and places you go on this thing you can't normally even contemplate driving here and we're doing this oh goodness me well that was pretty crazy but we roll on onto the next stretch so this is one of the proper timed stages so this is where the cars basically from A to B have to do that run in a fixed amount of time so we slot in between two so I can't interrupt obviously the guy in front of me but we can catch up with him a little bit and uh see the car setting the time but they have to keep like complete counters and everything of how they're doing and actually we've seen quite a bit of this car today um you can probably see it's been raining uh we're heading towards the sun now which is nice I'm not doing a very good job of showing you guys the car in front of me there we go I don't even know what it is at this moment I've got to make sure I don't ruin his time or affect hey Darkness has fallen so we're going to take the direct route now from here towards Palmer it's about an hour to go driving in the dark so nothing really to film anyway we might as well get there see what's going on chill out for the evening so here we are in the car park in Palmer cars arriving squeezing through the crowds they'll get lined up parked up surrounded literally by rows and rows uh of the milia cars right now I come around and squeeze through the late night crowd show you some of the cars it is literally just endless rows wherever you look of the classic cars that have been part of this wonderful event and lurking in the hotel car park or my hotel car park is the green hell Magno AMG GTR it's the first time I've actually seen one with the carbon fiber rear wing as well which is looking rather nice matching with the carbon roof that standard uh and the door mirrors which I've opted on my car along with the uh rear wing too although mine is not green mine is a black car base um but must be a beast to be driving that round Italy and then here while we're at it the SLR Sterling Moss now it's been raining a lot today and there's no roof on this thing so 75 of them in the world if you choose to drive it on a tour like this you're going to get wet in fact I don't actually know how many of them were even made in black but I don't think it's a very big number um but respect to the gentleman who is driving this car that is quite a thing to do the mamia in this side however is the workshop where I think about 20 300 SLS are being worked on at the moment but that red one is looking very nice basically the whole Mercedes team cars all being prepared down here I'm ready to go back out tomorrow but this is pretty epic that is awesome I I don't even yeah I've gone quiet sorry guys I don't really know what to say I'm just like lost for words and on that let's bring today to a close a very very long day about 15 or 16 hours since we left Rome and that's with taking some shortcuts for some Motorway sections these guys drive long hard and Furious to get through the day on Mia and this is the third of four days they're doing it tomorrow is off to pressure for the end but it's been an awesome experience I came once a couple of years ago come this time again both times in sort of support car Arrangements doing it in one of the historical cars must be something else anyway a big thanks to them for letting me be part of this and be able to share the experience with you guys today's been amazing I'm not sure what I'll be up to tomorrow but we will see mil Amilia it's well worth it if you're ever ever able to come near this check it out it is amazing I'll leave that one there though thank you very much as always for watching guys and I'll see you very soon cheers forhi guys I'm shme and welcome to Sienna in Italy where today I'm joining the 2017 milia where we're going to be taking a watch of these spectacular cars hitting the roads as they Meander today from Rome up towards Palmer now I'm joining as a support car in my vantage gta8 that's just come over from Sardinia and we're filming today from Sienna in Tuscany the beautiful area of uh T that we can see in this direction it's a magnificent place now I haven't filmed so far this morning because the weather today has been horrendous it's been thunderstorming and horrible but uh I'm joining as a media partner access to drive through the city center so we're actually going to head through here any moment and go and see Sienna and drive through it where there'll probably be quite a big crowd waiting so today we're going to head on we're going to go to Mona gon for lunch then we're going to carry on up towards Palmer later on and just take everything in because you have 500 or so classic cars in the event you also have 100 SP so cars on the Ferrari tribute you have the SLR club and you have all the sort of surrounding activities that follow Melia around Italy and I mean I don't know every single one of these cars I'm not going to lie but there are some spectacularly valuable pieces of Kit they just drive the roads and the way they drive is so awesome but for now let's jump in gt8 and go through Sienna so bassis hey not quite the Veron Chiron probably worth more that horn mg Alpha had lots of alphas it's a mix of Millie cars Aston Martin then modern Ferrari 4ate Spider BMW just everything media cars mixed in the atmosphere all the different cars we're just sort of watching them as they come along this road which is really cool from around the world the route brings us through the most tiny streets you can imagine in these old towns so in Sienna we're literally driving right by restaurants so you could grab some food off someone's plate as you went by if you wanted and we squeeze through and then you randomly come down and out into the center of a huge square and this is one of the sort of timing sections the start sections as all the cars in front you'll be able to see in a moment U we slot in so that we don't get in the way of what they're up to too much but it's uh looking pretty crazy there is a huge number there are a huge number of people here through the crowd we go hey and the car in front of us unfortunately looks like it's had a little bump that is a uh downside of this old cars brakes go wrong that kind of thing somebody behind them has evidently caused that now we are then on to the next stop we've just arrived at lunch the first cars are getting set to depart they get time Stamped Out and off they go now then the lunch stop car park this is an area of land that today is going to see hundreds of millions of pounds worth of cars there must be well let's do some maths somewhere near 500 cars some of them are 5 million 10 million old Bugattis old Ferraris the 300 sl's like over there just I don't even begin to know but it must add up to half a billion pounds worth or so of cars come through here today from different eras I mean the old Bentley's this is and just the noises the sights and the noises and then they all set off out here one by one in the in the right order to go back out onto their Road Route and this isn't the only car part by the way if we keep coming around just to have a wander around some of these things 23 I'm sure that's pretty priceless this is just and they're getting driven they're all getting driven that's the beautiful thing about this and when I say driven I mean really driven these cars are taken out and push properly car park continues down through here it's just just ridiculous to be honest utterly ridiculous there are actually quite a few 300 taking part in this the Go Wings the original goinging and an event Roadster that's not a A Millie car it's good though we've got some more Ferraris 360 nice pora 300 SL it's endless Jags of course and there goes Dez from GT Spirit NW 328 sarati another 300 SL I told you there were a few of those coming Jag these guys are using the Melia Lane straight down the other side all marks to those guys using the millamia lane I really like that light blue uh por there as well behind the uh 48 and all this is happening with this lovely view of the castle up there on the hill we're entering our next little stage then so another tiny little town to drive through following two of the classics one very very noisy one one that I think even has a Japanese number plate the Crowds Are lining the Road on what is normally a paniz road up under this bridge how ridiculously cool is this the access and places you go on this thing you can't normally even contemplate driving here and we're doing this oh goodness me well that was pretty crazy but we roll on onto the next stretch so this is one of the proper timed stages so this is where the cars basically from A to B have to do that run in a fixed amount of time so we slot in between two so I can't interrupt obviously the guy in front of me but we can catch up with him a little bit and uh see the car setting the time but they have to keep like complete counters and everything of how they're doing and actually we've seen quite a bit of this car today um you can probably see it's been raining uh we're heading towards the sun now which is nice I'm not doing a very good job of showing you guys the car in front of me there we go I don't even know what it is at this moment I've got to make sure I don't ruin his time or affect hey Darkness has fallen so we're going to take the direct route now from here towards Palmer it's about an hour to go driving in the dark so nothing really to film anyway we might as well get there see what's going on chill out for the evening so here we are in the car park in Palmer cars arriving squeezing through the crowds they'll get lined up parked up surrounded literally by rows and rows uh of the milia cars right now I come around and squeeze through the late night crowd show you some of the cars it is literally just endless rows wherever you look of the classic cars that have been part of this wonderful event and lurking in the hotel car park or my hotel car park is the green hell Magno AMG GTR it's the first time I've actually seen one with the carbon fiber rear wing as well which is looking rather nice matching with the carbon roof that standard uh and the door mirrors which I've opted on my car along with the uh rear wing too although mine is not green mine is a black car base um but must be a beast to be driving that round Italy and then here while we're at it the SLR Sterling Moss now it's been raining a lot today and there's no roof on this thing so 75 of them in the world if you choose to drive it on a tour like this you're going to get wet in fact I don't actually know how many of them were even made in black but I don't think it's a very big number um but respect to the gentleman who is driving this car that is quite a thing to do the mamia in this side however is the workshop where I think about 20 300 SLS are being worked on at the moment but that red one is looking very nice basically the whole Mercedes team cars all being prepared down here I'm ready to go back out tomorrow but this is pretty epic that is awesome I I don't even yeah I've gone quiet sorry guys I don't really know what to say I'm just like lost for words and on that let's bring today to a close a very very long day about 15 or 16 hours since we left Rome and that's with taking some shortcuts for some Motorway sections these guys drive long hard and Furious to get through the day on Mia and this is the third of four days they're doing it tomorrow is off to pressure for the end but it's been an awesome experience I came once a couple of years ago come this time again both times in sort of support car Arrangements doing it in one of the historical cars must be something else anyway a big thanks to them for letting me be part of this and be able to share the experience with you guys today's been amazing I'm not sure what I'll be up to tomorrow but we will see mil Amilia it's well worth it if you're ever ever able to come near this check it out it is amazing I'll leave that one there though thank you very much as always for watching guys and I'll see you very soon cheers for\n"