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Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a motorsport race track in Scarperia e San Piero, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The circuit length is 5.245 km (3.259 mi). It has 15 turns and a 1.141 km (0.709 mi) long straight.[1] The circuit stadium stands have a capacity of 50,000.

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Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
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Grand Prix Circuit (1974–present)
LocationScarperia e San Piero, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates43°59′51″N 11°22′19″E
Capacity50,000
FIA Grade1
OwnerFerrari (1988–present)
Broke ground1973
Opened23 June 1974; 50 years ago (1974-06-23)
Major eventsCurrent:
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Italian motorcycle Grand Prix (1976, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1994–2019, 2021–present)
San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix (1982, 1984, 1991, 1993)
European Le Mans Series (2024)
Future:
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali (1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007–2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
Former:
Formula One
Tuscan Grand Prix (2020)
World SBK (1991–1992, 1994)
FIM EWC (1978, 1982, 1991, 1995–1996)
DTM (2007–2008)
World Sportscar Championship (1965–1967, 1975–1982, 1985)
FIA GT (1997, 2006)
Websitehttp://www.mugellocircuit.it
Grand Prix Circuit (1974–present)
SurfaceAsphalt
Length5.245 km (3.259 miles)
Turns15
Race lap record1:18.833 (United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W11, 2020, F1)
Road Course (1964–1970)
SurfaceAsphalt/Concrete
Length66.2 km (41.3 miles)
Turns400+
Race lap record29:36.800 (Italy Nanni Galli, Lola T210, 1970, Group 6)
Road Course (1955)
SurfaceAsphalt/Concrete
Length19.0 km (12.0 miles)
Race lap record10:41.000 (Italy Giulio Cabianca
Italy Umberto Maglioli, OSCA MT4
Ferrari 750 Monza, 1955, Sports car racing)
Road Course (1928–1929)
SurfaceAsphalt/Concrete
Length61.895 km (38.460 miles)
Race lap record49:58.800 (Italy Giuseppe Campari, Alfa Romeo P2, 1928, GP)
Road Course (1925)
SurfaceAsphalt/Concrete
Length18.17 km (11.29 miles)
Race lap record14:13.600 (Italy Emilio Materassi
Italy Gastone Brilli-Peri, Itala Special 4.7
Alfa Romeo P2, 1925, GP)
Road Course (1920–1924)
SurfaceAsphalt/Concrete
Length64.591 km (40.135 miles)
Race lap record53:15.800 (Italy Gastone Brilli-Peri, Steyr Type VI, 1924, GP)
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing host an annual event at the circuit (for MotoGP and smaller classes). In 2007 and 2008 the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters held an annual event. The track is owned by Scuderia Ferrari since 1988, which uses it for Formula One testing.[2]

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.[3]

The circuit hosted its first ever Formula One race on 13 September 2020, named the Tuscan Grand Prix, as part of the season being restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] This Grand Prix was the 1000th Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari.

History

Road race (1920–1970)

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The start-finish line of historic road circuit (1955).

Road races were held on public streets around Mugello from the 1920s. The start was in the village of Scarperia, less than half a kilometer from the current permanent circuit. The circuit went north up the SP503, twisting and turning through mountains through multiple villages, up to the town of Firenzuola. The circuit then went west from Firenzuola, continuing on the SP503 towards the village of Pagliana. The circuit then made a left on the SR65, heading south through the villages of Covigliaio, Selva and Traversa, where the circuit got a bit faster. The circuit then went past a German military cemetery (from 1946 onwards) and entered the famous Futa Pass, which was used for the prestigious Mille Miglia. After this twisty section, the course stayed on the SR65 and went down multiple short straights and fast curves before getting to the villages of Le Maschere and Colle Barucci. The circuit then crossed a bridge going over a narrow section of the Bilancino Lake, going through an ultra fast left hand curve and 2 long straights before turning left onto the SP129, heading towards the town of San Piero a Sieve. The circuit then went north back onto the SP503, heading back to Scarperia to end the lap.

Giuseppe Campari won at Mugello in 1920 and 1921, and Emilio Materassi took victories in 1925, 1926 and 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 (41.1 mi) each, including the Passo della Futa. 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[5] by Udo Schütz and Gerhard Mitter in a Porsche 910. After two Porsche wins, 1968 saw the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 of Luciano Bianchi, Nanni Galli and Nino Vaccarella prevail over the Porsche driven by Rico Steinemann and Jo Siffert. In 1969, Arturo Merzario won with an Abarth 2000, and he won again in 1970 with the same car, where Abarth finished 1–2–3 with Leo Kinnunen and Gijs van Lennep finishing second and third respectively.

The 1970 event brought about the end of the 66.2 km (41.1 mi) Mugello public road circuit; a seven-month-old baby was killed when Spartaco Dini [de] crashed his Alfa Romeo GTA into a group of people in Firenzuola during a private test there, when the roads were open to the public (the roads were only closed on race day and for qualifying). Four other people, including two young children, were seriously injured. Although there had only been one previous fatality at the original Mugello circuit (that of Günther Klass in 1967), the incident badly damaged the event's reputation, and the 1970 race turned out to be the last one held on the public road circuit, which was won once again by Merzario. After the incident, Dini spent two months in prison, and after his time served he left Italy and did not return for many years.

Permanent circuit (1974–present)

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The main straight of permanent circuit (2011).

The present-day closed Mugello circuit was constructed in 1973 and opened in 1974, about 5 km (3.1 mi) east from the easternmost part of the original road circuit.

The circuit was used for the in-season test during the 2012 Formula One season, by all teams except HRT. An unofficial track record of 1:21.035 was set by Romain Grosjean during the test.[6] The track was praised by Mark Webber, who stated that he "did 10 dry laps today around Mugello, which is the same as doing 1000 laps around Abu Dhabi track in terms of satisfaction".[7] Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said “unfortunately we don’t have this track on the calendar. It’s an incredible circuit with a lot of high-speed corners”.[8] Vitaly Petrov was however critical of the decision to test at Mugello, claiming the circuit was "unsafe".[9]

On 10 July 2020, it was announced that the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix on the circuit would be the ninth race in the 2020 Formula One calendar, marking the 1000th Grand Prix for Ferrari.[10]

At the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier was killed in an accident. The 19 year old Swiss rider fell at Arrabbiata 2 on his final qualifying lap and was struck by the bikes of Jeremy Alcoba and Ayumu Sasaki. The latter two riders escaped without injury, but Dupasquier was immediately airlifted to Careggi hospital in Florence, with his condition described as “very serious”. He would undergo emergency thoracic surgery that evening, but died of his injuries the following day.

Mugello has the 3-star FIA Environmental Accreditation, and the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 20121 and Eco-Management and Audit Scheme certifications. It was ranked the most sustainable racetrack in the world in a 2021 report.[11]

Winners of the Mugello Grand Prix

The winners of the Mugello Grand Prix for cars (1919–1967: Circuito del Mugello, 1968–2000: Gran Premio del Mugello) are:[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Winners on the closed circuit (5.245 km/3.259 mi)

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Winners on the road circuit (66.2 km/41.3 mi)

Note: The 1926 race was held on the Cascine circuit.[18][19]

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Year Driver Constructor Class Report
1970 Italy Arturo Merzario Abarth Sports car Report
1969 Italy Arturo Merzario Abarth Report
1968 Belgium Lucien Bianchi
Italy Nino Vaccarella
Italy Nanni Galli
Alfa Romeo Report
1967 Germany Gerhard Mitter
Germany Udo Schütz
Porsche Report
1966 Germany Gerhard Koch
Germany Jochen Neerpasch
Porsche Report
1965 Italy Mario Casoni
Italy Antonio Nicodemi
Ferrari Report
1964 Italy Gianni Bulgari Porsche Report
1956–1963 Not held
1955 Italy Umberto Maglioli Ferrari Sports car Report
1930–1954 Not held
1929 Italy Gastone Brilli-Peri Talbot Grand Prix Report
1928 Italy Emilio Materassi Talbot Formula Libre Report
1927 Not held
1926 Italy Emilio Materassi Itala Formula Libre Report
1925 Italy Emilio Materassi Itala Report
1924 Italy Giuseppe Morandi OM Report
1923 Italy Gastone Brilli-Peri Steyr Report
1922 Italy Alfieri Maserati Isotta Fraschini Report
1921 Italy Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Report
1920 Italy Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo Report
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Multiple winners

MotoGP

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# Wins Rider Wins
Category Years won
7 Italy Valentino Rossi MotoGP 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
6 Spain Jorge Lorenzo MotoGP 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018
5 Australia Mick Doohan 500cc 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
3 Italy Francesco Bagnaia MotoGP 2022, 2023, 2024
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Lap records

The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:18.833, set by Lewis Hamilton in the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix. The unofficial all-time track record is 1:15.144; also set by Lewis Hamilton during final qualifying for the aforementioned race. As of September 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello are listed as:

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CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent
Grand Prix Circuit: 5.245 km (1974–present)
Formula One1:18.833[20]United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
BOSS GP/Formula Renault 3.51:31.120[21]Brazil Antônio PizzoniaDallara T122023 Mugello BOSS GP round
FIA F21:33.295United Kingdom Dan TicktumDallara F2 20182020 Mugello Formula 2 round
LMP21:34.882[22]Italy Matteo CairoliOreca 072024 4 Hours of Mugello
Auto GP1:35.075[23]Italy Kevin GiovesiLola B05/522013 Mugello Auto GP round
BOSS GP/GP21:35.658[21]Italy Simone ColomboDallara GP2/112023 Mugello BOSS GP round
FIA F31:37.127Germany Lirim ZendeliDallara F3 20192020 Mugello Formula 3 round
Euroformula Open1:38.334[24]Austria Lukas DunnerDallara 3202020 Mugello Euroformula Open round
Formula 30001:38.367[20]Italy Alessandro ZanardiReynard 91D1991 Mugello Grand Prix
Group C1:40.174[25]Netherlands Charles ZwolsmanLola T92/101992 Mugello Interserie round
Formula Three1:41.442[26]Italy Kevin GiovesiDallara F3082011 Mugello Italian F3 round
Formula Regional1:42.535[27]Brazil Gianluca PetecofTatuus F3 T-3182020 Mugello FREC round
LMP31:42.936[28]United States Wyatt BrichacekLigier JS P3202024 Mugello Le Mans Cup round
Formula Two1:43.920[29]New Zealand Mike ThackwellRalt RH6/841984 Mugello Grand Prix
Group C21:44.347[30]Italy Ranieri Randaccio [de]Spice SE90C1993 Mugello Interserie round
GT1 (Prototype)1:45.013[20][31]Germany Bernd SchneiderMercedes-Benz CLK GTR1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours
DTM1:45.273[32]United Kingdom Jamie GreenAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 20082008 Mugello DTM round
Formula Renault 2.01:45.718[33]Italy Antonio FuocoTatuus FR2.0/132013 Mugello Formula Renault 2.0 Alps round
MotoGP1:45.770Italy Francesco BagnaiaDucati Desmosedici GP242024 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
GT31:47.017[34]Italy Riccardo AgostiniLamborghini Huracán GT32017 2nd Mugello Italian GT round
Formula 41:47.236[35]United States Juan Manuel CorreaTatuus F4-T0142016 Mugello Italian F4 round
Group 6 sports car1:47.880[36]Italy Teo FabiLancia LC11982 1000 km of Mugello
GT1 (GTS)1:49.112[37]Czech Republic Jaroslav JanišSaleen S7-R2006 FIA GT Mugello 500km
GT21:49.155[38]Italy Giacomo BarriFerrari F430 GTC2011 Mugello GTSprint round
Ferrari Challenge1:49.618[39]Germany Timo GlockFerrari 296 Challenge2024 Mugello Ferrari Challenge Europe round
Class 1 Touring Cars1:49.800[40]Germany Bernd SchneiderAMG-Mercedes Benz C-Klasse1996 Mugello ITC round
Superbike1:50.326[41]Italy Michele PirroDucati Panigale V4 R2019 1st Mugello CIV Superbike round
Moto21:50.476Spain Arón CanetKalex Moto22024 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
JS P41:50.853[42]United Kingdom Theo MicourisLigier JS P42024 Mugello Ligier European Series round
Porsche Carrera Cup1:50.961[43]France Alessandro GhirettiPorsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup2024 Mugello Porsche Carrera Cup France round
Lamborghini Super Trofeo1:52.311[44]Serbia Miloš PavlovićLamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo22023 1st Mugello Italian GT round
Sports 20001:52.630[45]France Gérard LarrousseAlpine A4411974 Mugello Grand Prix
500cc1:53.342Australia Mick DoohanHonda NSR5001998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Supersport1:53.564[46]Germany Philipp ÖttlKawasaki Ninja ZX-6R2021 1st Mugello CIV Supersport round
250cc1:53.669Spain Álvaro BautistaAprilia RSV 2502008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 51:53.800[47]Italy Riccardo PatreseLancia Beta Monte Carlo1980 6 Hours of Mugello
GT2 (GTS)1:54.563[31]France Philippe GacheChrysler Viper GTS-R1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours
Moto31:54.738Netherlands Collin VeijerHusqvarna FR250GP2024 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Super Touring1:55.261[48]Italy Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo 156 D21999 Mugello Italian Superturismo round
MotoE1:55.617Italy Alessandro ZacconeDucati MotoE2024 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
World SBK1:56.305[49]United States Scott RussellKawasaki ZXR-7501994 Mugello World SBK round
Group A1:56.399[50]Italy Nicola LariniAlfa Romeo 155 GTA1992 Mugello Italian Superturismo round
TCR Touring Car1:57.382[51]Italy Marco IannottaHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)2021 Mugello TCR Italy round
125cc1:57.783France Johann ZarcoDerbi RSA 1252011 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
JS2 R1:58.348[42]France Noé Da CuhnaLigier JS2 R2024 Mugello Ligier European Series round
GT41:58.811[52]Austria Michael FischerBMW M4 GT42019 12 Hours of Mugello
GT11:58.931[53]Italy Luca SartoriFerrari F401994 Mugello Italian GT round
FIA GT Group 21:59.903[37]Belgium Bas LeindersGillet Vertigo Streiff2006 FIA GT Mugello 500km
Supersport 3002:04.835[54]Spain Oscar Nunez RoldanKawasaki Ninja 4002023 2nd Mugello CIV Supersport 300 round
350cc2:07.600Australia Gregg HansfordKawasaki KR3501978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 22:07.800[55]Austria Dieter QuesterBMW 3.0 CSL1977 Mugello ETCC round
Renault Clio Cup2.08.305[56]Italy Matteo PoloniRenault Clio R.S. IV2019 Mugello Renault Clio Cup Italy round
Formula 50002:11.400[57]United Kingdom David HobbsLola T3301974 Mugello F5000 round
Sidecar (B2A)2:14.700Switzerland Rolf BilandBeo-Yamaha1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
50cc2:28.000Switzerland Stefan DörflingerKreidler 50 GP1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Road Course: 66.200 km (1964–1970)[58]
Group 629:36.800[59]Italy Nanni GalliLola T2101970 Mugello Grand Prix
Group 431:02.700[60]Italy Arturo MerzarioAbarth 2000 SP1969 Mugello Grand Prix
Group 335:53.100[61]Italy Antonio NicodemiFerrari 250 LM1965 Mugello Grand Prix
Road Course: 19.000 km (1955)[58]
Sports car racing10:41.000[62]Italy Giulio Cabianca[a]
Italy Umberto Maglioli[a]
OSCA MT4
Ferrari 750 Monza
1955 Mugello Grand Prix
Road Course: 61.895 km (1928–1929)[58]
Grand Prix49:58.800[63]Italy Giuseppe CampariAlfa Romeo P21928 Mugello Grand Prix
Road Course: 18.169 km (1925)[58]
Grand Prix14:13.600[64]Italy Emilio Materassi[b]
Italy Gastone Brilli-Peri[b]
Itala Special 4.7
Alfa Romeo P2
1925 Mugello Grand Prix
Road Course: 64.591 km (1920–1924)[58]
Grand Prix53:15.800[65]Italy Gastone Brilli-PeriSteyr Type VI1924 Mugello Grand Prix
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Notes

  1. Both drivers took the same lap time independently.
  2. Both drivers took the same lap time independently.

References

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