Start of the 'Mille Miglia', the 1,000-mile race starting and finishing in Brescia, 12 and 13 April 1931. His Excellence Turatti gives the starting signal for Rudolf Caracciola and his co-driver Wilhelm Sebastian in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL racing car (W 06 RS model series) with the starting number 87. Caracciola's wife Charly is also in the picture, to the right of the car.