Mugello Circuit
From WOI Encyclopedia Italia
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| Mugello | |
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| Location | Mugello, Italy 
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| Events | Formula One (tests), MotoGP, F3 |
| Length km | 5.245 |
| Length mi | 3 |
| Turns | 15 |
| Record time | 1.18,704 - 239,911 km/h |
| Record driver | Rubens Barrichello |
| Record team | Scuderia Ferrari |
| Record year | 09.02.2004 |
Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is 5.245 km. It has 15 turns and a long straight.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing host an annual event here (MotoGP and smaller classes). Also, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters hold an annual event. The track is used for Formula One testing, mainly by Scuderia Ferrari. The first race of the A1GP 2008/09 season was originally planned to be held at the Mugello circuit on 21 September 2008. However, the race had to be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars.
History
Road races were held on public streets (road racing) around Mugello since the 1920s. Giuseppe Campari won there in 1920 and 1921, Emilio Materassi in 1925, 1926 & 1928.
The Mugello GP was revived in 1955 and from the 1964 to 1969 as a Targa Florio-like road race consisting of eight laps of 66.2 km each, including the Passo della Futa of Mille Miglia fame. The anticlockwise track passed the towns of San Piero a Sieve, Scarperia, Violla, Firenzuola, Selva, San Lucia. It counted towards the 1965, 1966 and 1967 World Sportscar Championship season. The last WC race was won by Udo Schütz and Gerhard Mitter on a Porsche 910. After two Porsche wins, the local fans could celebrate again in 1968, when the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 driven by Luciano Bianchi, Nanni Galli and Nino Vaccarella prevailed over the Porsche driven by Rico Steinemann and Jo Siffert, and in 1969, when Arturo Merzario won with an Abarth 2000.
| Year | Driver | Constructor | Class | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 |  Ricardo Sperafico
| Lola | Formula 3000 | Report | |
| 1999 | Not held | ||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1997 | Ricardo Zonta
| Lola | Formula 3000 | Report | |
| 1996 | Ricardo Zonta
| Lola | Formula 3000 | Report | |
| 1995 - 1992 | Not held | ||||
| 1991 | Alessandro Zanardi
| Reynard | Formula 3000 | Report | |
| 1990 - 1987 | Not held | ||||
| 1986 | Pierluigi Martini
| Ralt | Formula 3000 | Report | |
| 1985 | Not held | ||||
| 1984 |  Mike Thackwell
| Ralt | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1983 |  Jonathan Palmer
| Ralt | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1982 | Corrado Fabi
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1981 | Corrado Fabi
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1980 | Brian Henton
| Toleman | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1979 | Brian Henton
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1978 |  Derek Daly
| Chevron | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1977 | Bruno Giacomelli
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1976 |  Jean-Pierre Jabouille
| Elf | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1975 | Maurizio Flammini
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1974 | Patrick Depailler
| March | Formula Two | Report | |
| 1973 - 1970 | Not held | ||||
| 1969 | Arturo Merzario
| Abarth | Sports car | Report | |
| 1968 | .png){kind=small} Lucien Bianchi Nino Vaccarella Nanni Galli
| Alfa Romeo | Sports car | Report | |
| 1967 |  Gerhard Mitter Udo Schütz
| Porsche | Sports car | Report | |
| 1966 | Gerhard Koch Jochen Neerpasch
| Porsche | Sports car | Report | |
| 1965 | Mario Casoni Antonio Nicodemi
| Ferrari | Sports car | Report | |
| 1964 | Gianni Bulgari
| Porsche | Sports car | Report | |
| 1963 - 1956 | Not held | ||||
| 1955 | Umberto Maglioli
| Ferrari | Sports car | Report | |
| 1954 - 1930 | Not held | ||||
| 1929 | Gastone Brilli-Peri
| Talbot | Grand Prix | Report | |
| 1928 | Emilio Materassi
| Talbot | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1927 | Not held | ||||
| 1926 | Emilio Materassi
| Itala | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1925 | Emilio Materassi
| Itala | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1924 | Giuseppe Morandi
| OM | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1923 | Gastone Brilli-Peri
| Steyr | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1922 | Alfieri Maserati
| Isotta-Fraschini | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1921 | Giuseppe Campari
| Alfa Romeo | Formula Libre | Report | |
| 1920 | Giuseppe Campari
| Alfa Romeo | Formula Libre | Report | |
External links
- Website English/Italian
- Trackpedia's guide to Mugello
- http://www.circuitostradaledelmugello.it/
- http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Italy/MugelloOld.html
- Free audio walkthrough of the track, for use with games
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