Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
RACE TRACK ITALY
Mugello Circuit
Mugello Circuit GP Course CW is 5.3 km, 15 turns, clockwise.
Length 5.245 m
Pit Garage 20 each 12x12m
CCTV system 27 cameras under constant control
The paddock area is composed of three different areas: Central area 26.000mq, medical centre area 7.000mq and the tv compound area 6.500mq.
The Mugello Circuit is a world-class raceway owned by Scuderia Ferrari, located at Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy, three and a half hours away from Rome.
The two major events held in this circuit are the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix and the Formula 1 Tuscan Grand Prix.
There are 15 turns in the 3.26-mile (5.24-km) trajectory of Mugello, which generally runs clockwise.
The Start/Finish Line sits right in the middle of the main straightaway, where high-performance vehicles can develop a speed of up to 320 km/h (198 mph).
The first hard braking zone comes in the very first corner, San Donato, where drivers need to downshift to navigate at 90 km/h (55 mph).
The circuit's trajectory gets faster and faster during the eight sweeping turns to come, getting to 175 km/h of speed in Arrabiata 1 (turn number 8).
The remaining five corners are highly technical to drive, with tight angles like Correntaio (turn 12) and Bucine (turn 15).
Designed and realized according to the devices developed by the sciences of road racing, the International Mugello Circuit guarantees the maximum safety for drivers and spectators alike, thanks to its wide run-off areas in the most demanding corners of the track ant its service road for the rescue all along the 5.245 m. Track. Thanks to its positioning characterized by a total variance in altitude of 41,19 m., the Mugello circuit is an ideal place for the most rigorous test.
The facilities have been built with leading technology and the office building is fully equipped with multifunctional facilities.
Paddock
More than 40.000m just to host trucks and motorhomes during sport events, but als used for sport driving courses.
Address
Località Senni, 15,
50038 Scarperia e San Piero FI, Italy
+390558499111
Mugello Circuit History
Originally the Mugello racetrack was of a different style: it was a road circuit. In 1914, the first motor race was held on this famous road circuit.
Conceived at the beginning as a regularity race, the Mugello road race was interrupted at the outbreak of the World War I.
The challenging and selective competition knew its golden years in the postwar period, when best drivers challenged one another on the 66 km. Dusty track, which went from Scarperia uphill to Firenzuola, and then through the Futa Pass downhill San Piero and Scarperia.
1960' s due to the disappearance of the "Mille Miglia" and the increasing popularity of road races, sportfriendly managers, such as Pasquale Borracci and Amos Pampaloni, were convinced to repropose the Mugello competition on the classical track of 66 km.
The seven events held in the '60 drew hundreds of thousands of spectators in the green valley of Mugello.