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"Mugello" redirects here. For the region, see Mugello region.
Mugello 
Location Mugello, Italy Time zone GMT+1 Coordinates 43°59′51″N 11°22′19″E / 43.9975°N 11.37194°ECoordinates: 43°59′51″N 11°22′19″E / 43.9975°N 11.37194°E Major events Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, A1GP, DTM, WSBK, F3, Formula One Testing Closed course (1974–present) Length 5.245 km (3.259 mi) Turns 15 Lap record 1:35.470 (Rio Haryanto, DAMS, 2011, Auto GP) Road course (1919–1970) Surface Asphalt/Concrete Length 66.2 km (41.3 mi) Turns 400+ Lap record 29:51.1 (Arturo Merzario, Abarth Corse, Abarth 2000 SP, 1970) Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is 5.245 km (3.259 mi). 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 property of Scuderia Ferrari which uses it for Formula One testing. 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.[1]
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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[2] 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, and he won again in 1970 with the same car, where Abarth prevailed 1-2-3 with Leo Kinnunen and Gijs Van Lennep finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The present-day closed Mugello circuit was constructed in 1973 and opened in 1974, about five km east from the easternmost part of the original road circuit.
Winners of the Mugello Grand Prix
The winners of the Mugello Grand Prix for automobiles (1919–1969: Circuito del Mugello, 1974–present: Gran Premio del Mugello) are:[3][4][5][6][7]
Winners on the closed circuit (3.259 mi/5.245 km)
Year Driver Constructor Class Report 2000 
Ricardo SperaficoLola Formula 3000 Report 1999 Not held 1998 1997 Ricardo ZontaLola Formula 3000 Report 1996 Ricardo ZontaLola Formula 3000 Report 1995
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1992Not held 1991 
Alessandro ZanardiReynard Formula 3000 Report 1990
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1987Not held 1986 Pierluigi MartiniRalt Formula 3000 Report 1985 Not held 1984 
Mike ThackwellRalt Formula Two Report 1983 
Jonathan PalmerRalt Formula Two Report 1982 Corrado FabiMarch Formula Two Report 1981 Corrado FabiMarch Formula Two Report 1980 Brian HentonToleman Formula Two Report 1979 Brian HentonMarch Formula Two Report 1978 
Derek DalyChevron Formula Two Report 1977 Bruno GiacomelliMarch Formula Two Report 1976 
Jean-Pierre JabouilleElf Formula Two Report 1975 Maurizio FlamminiMarch Formula Two Report 1974 Patrick DepaillerMarch Formula Two Report Winners on the road circuit (41.3 mi/66.2 km)
Year Driver Constructor Class Report 1970 Arturo MerzarioAbarth Sports car Report 1969 Arturo MerzarioAbarth Sports car Report 1968 
Lucien Bianchi
Nino Vaccarella
Nanni GalliAlfa Romeo Sports car Report 1967 
Gerhard Mitter
Udo SchützPorsche Sports car Report 1966 Gerhard Koch
Jochen NeerpaschPorsche Sports car Report 1965 Mario Casoni
Antonio NicodemiFerrari Sports car Report 1964 Gianni BulgariPorsche Sports car Report 1963
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1956Not held 1955 Umberto MaglioliFerrari Sports car Report 1954
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1930Not held 1929 
Gastone Brilli-PeriTalbot Grand Prix Report 1928 Emilio MaterassiTalbot Formula Libre Report 1927 Not held 1926 Emilio MaterassiItala Formula Libre Report 1925 Emilio MaterassiItala Formula Libre Report 1924 Giuseppe MorandiOM Formula Libre Report 1923 Gastone Brilli-PeriSteyr Formula Libre Report 1922 Alfieri MaseratiIsotta-Fraschini Formula Libre Report 1921 Giuseppe CampariAlfa Romeo Formula Libre Report 1920 Giuseppe CampariAlfa Romeo Formula Libre Report See also
References
- ^ "A1GP : News". A1gp.com. 2008-08-21. http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=41882. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ "World Championship 1967". Wspr-racing.com. http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1967.html#9. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ "Grand Prix winners 1919–1933, The golden era of Grand Prix racing". Kolumbus.fi. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw2.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ "Non Championship Races, The World of Sports Prototypes Racing". Wspr-racing.com. http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/nonchamp/nf_nonchamp_home.html. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ "World Sportscar Championship, The World of Sports Prototypes Racing". Wspr-racing.com. http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/nf_ms_home.html. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ http://www.formula2.net/index.html
- ^ "Gran Premio di Mugello, The Racing Line". Theracingline.net. http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Italy/_gpMugello.html. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
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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