Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale di Mugello) is a race track located 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 used for Formula One testing, mainly by Scuderia Ferrari. A1GP had confirmed the first race of the 2008/09 season will be held at the Mugello circuit in Italy on 21 September 2008. However, in 21 August, 2008, the A1GP official site reported that the race has moved due to the delay in the building the new chassis for the new race cars. The first race will be on the 4 – 5 October at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands.[1]
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 1925 & 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 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 won1 by Udo Schütz and Gerhard Mitter on a Porsche 910. After tqo 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.
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Coordinates: 43°59′49″N 11°22′19″E / 43.997, 11.372
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