Household names from stage and screen, plus fashion, motor sport and music celebrities will campaign historic Jaguars through Northern and Central Italy for four tough but memorable days of hard driving. Spectators enthusiastically lining the Mille Miglia route will get to see examples of iconic Jaguar XKs, C-Types and D-Types shooting past them with famous faces in the cockpits. Jaguar Design chief Ian Callum, right, with AC/DC lead singer and Sarasota Cafe Racer, Brian Johnson who will drive a C-Type in the 2014 Mille Miglia
Leading American TV comedian, Jaguar collector and classic car enthusiast – Jay Leno – will drive the famous ex-Sir James Scott-Douglas Ecurie Ecosse race team ‘51 Jaguar XK 120.
Another well-known ‘51 XK 120 roadster – the ex-Duncan Hamilton racer registered LXF 731 – will be shared by husband and wife team, Elliot and Erin Gleave. Elliot is better known as successful British musician Example, with his wife Erin being the Australian TV presenter.
Other significant Jaguar XK models on the Mille Miglia will include the ex-Jim Swift racing XK120 roadster, which will be driven by multiple award-winning British actor Jeremy Irons. Multi-million album selling Scottish singer and songwriter Amy Macdonald will take the wheel of an XK140, below, once owned by successful British racing driver David Hobbs.
Jaguar Vehicle Integrity Chief Engineer Mike Cross will drive the well-known ex-Stirling Moss Monthlery record-breaking XK120 Coupé, which carries the registration LWK 707. Author David Blakeley and model-turned-TV presenter Jodie Kidd will share a stunning example of the Jaguar XK120, below, driven by Oscar-winning actor Daniel-Day Lewis in the 2013 event.
Jaguar Heritage Racing is also entering three famous C-Type racing cars, to be driven by celebrities as diverse as Belgian singer-songwriter Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck) – who will drive with Jaguar Land Rover Regional Director for Europe Bernard Kuhnt, and legendary AC/DC lead singer and car aficionado, below, right, Brian Johnson. Ex-Jaguar Le Mans 24 Hours race winner Andy Wallace will drive the Jaguar C-Type which won the 1952 Reims Grand Prix with Formula 1 legend Sir Stirling Moss at the wheel.
Two motor racing greats – ex-Jaguar Le Mans and World Sports Prototype Championship winner, Formula 1 driver and SKY F1 TV pundit Martin Brundle, plus ex-Formula 1 racer Bruno Senna – will share the famous ‘Long Nose’ Jaguar D-Type, the penultimate example built, registered 393 RW, as this legendary Jaguar celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2014.
A number of new Jaguar F-TYPE Coupés will support the Jaguar Heritage Racing team, following the full Mille Miglia route through Italy with broadcast crews and VIP guests.
The drivers making up the Jaguar Heritage Racing team will be tweeting live throughout the event, which was famously once proclaimed as: ‘The most beautiful race in the world’.
Twitter profiles to watch for the latest personal updates on the event include:
Jay Leno@LenosGarage
Martin Brundle@MBrundleF1
Bruno Senna@BSenna
Jodie Kidd@RealJodieKidd
David Blakeley@daveblakeley
Amy Macdonald@Amy_Macdonald
Milow@milow
Elliot Gleave (Example)@example
Erin Gleave@Erin_McNaught
Brian Johnson@BrianJohnson
Jaguar’s Andy Wallace, left, will be driving one of the C-Types in the Mille Miglia.
In addition Jaguar will be publishing live updates from May 14-18 at: https://www.facebook.com/Jaguar
https://twitter.com/jaguar