About sixty vintage cars participated in “Wheels in History” today, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. ACI Storico ‘s traveling event, which in this edition had as its main theme the Milan Cortina Olympic Games to be held in just over two months. The cars , after stopping at some, iconic Milanese sports venues, reached the legendary Monza track, making one lap on the High Speed Ring and one of the 5.793-kilometer road course home of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix.

At the end of the parade, a ceremony was held in memory of Arturo Mercanti who, as director of the Automobile Club Milano, wanted the creation of the Monza National Racetrack. At the entrance, under the stele dedicated to him, the President-elect of Automobile Club d’Italia and president of ACM, Geronimo La Russa, accompanied by General Carmine Sepe, Commander of the Army Military Command Lombardy, stationed in Milan, retired Autieri General Francesco Lojacono, General and Paralympic athlete, Roberto Como, and former slalom racer Giuliano Razzoli, Olympic gold medalist in Vancouver 2010, as well as two victories and 11 podiums overall in the World Cup, and a member of the Courmayeur Army Sports Center, laid a laurel wreath.

“It was absolutely right to celebrate Arturo Mercanti, who was a great military man but also a great statesman and a pioneer of motor racing,” stressed President La Russa. “He was the director of the ACM and was the one who strongly wanted this racetrack, which more than 100 years later, makes Italy great in the world and makes the hearts of so many fans beat faster. A facility that the world envies us. And he himself in 1922 fought to make it because it was not a given that it would be done here, in the largest enclosed park in Europe. Right to remember him in an event that acts as a link between ACI, Sport and the Army. We are all part of this great nation. The Tricolor will continue to soar high on this racetrack that holds world-class events every year. Today is a particularly happy day because we are also celebrating Ferrari, which races under an ACI sports license and has just won the WEC title, which makes us all proud.”

Also present at the event were Autodromo Nazionale Monza vice president Enrico Radaelli, ACM vice president Marco Coldani, director of the day, and director Paolo Roggiero.

The event was organized by Automobile Club Milano and ACI Storico with the collaboration of CONI Lombardia.