Mugello Circuit

the region
Motorsport venue in Italy

Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a motorsport race track in Scarperia e San Piero, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The circuit length is It has 15 turns and a long straight. The circuit stadium stands have a capacity of 50,000. 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. 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. 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. This Grand Prix was the 1000th Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari.

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 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 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 Mugello public road circuit; a seven month old baby was killed when 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.

The present day closed Mugello circuit was constructed in 1973 and opened in 1974, about 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. 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". 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”. Vitaly Petrov was however critical of the decision to test at Mugello, claiming the circuit was "unsafe". 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. 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.

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 May 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Grand Prix Circuit: 5.245 km (1974–present) Formula One 1:18.833 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix BOSS GP/Formula Renault 3.5 1:31.120 Antônio Pizzonia Dallara T12 2023 Mugello BOSS GP round FIA F2 1:33.295 Dan Ticktum Dallara F2 2018 2020 Mugello Formula 2 round Auto GP 1:35.075 Kevin Giovesi Lola B05/52 2013 Mugello Auto GP round BOSS GP/GP2 1:35.658 Lukas Dunner Dallara 320 2020 Mugello Euroformula Open round Formula 3000 1:38.367 Charles Zwolsman Lola T92/10 1992 Mugello Interserie round Formula Three 1:41.442 Kevin Giovesi Dallara F308 2011 Mugello Italian F3 round Formula Regional 1:42.535 Gianluca Petecof Tatuus F3 T 318 2020 Mugello FREC round Formula Two 1:43.920 Mike Thackwell Ralt RH6/84 1984 Mugello Grand Prix Group C2 1:44.347 de Spice SE90C 1993 Mugello Interserie round GT1 (Prototype) 1:45.013 Bernd Schneider Mercedes Benz CLK GTR 1997 FIA GT Mugello 4 Hours DTM 1:45.273 Jamie Green AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2008 2008 Mugello DTM round LMP3 1:45.598 Johnny Mowlem Norma M30 2019 Mugello Ultimate Cup round Formula Renault 2.0 1:45.718 Antonio Fuoco Tatuus FR2.0/13 2013 Mugello Formula Renault 2.0 Alps round MotoGP 1:46.588 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Desmosedici GP22 2022 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix GT3 1:47.017 Riccardo Agostini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 2017 2nd Mugello Italian GT round Formula 4 1:47.236 Juan Manuel Correa Tatuus F4 T014 2016 Mugello Italian F4 round Group 6 sports car 1:47.880 Teo Fabi Lancia LC1 1982 1000 km of Mugello GT1 (GTS) 1:49.112 Jaroslav Janiš Saleen S7 R 2006 FIA GT Mugello 500km GT2 1:49.155 Giacomo Barri Ferrari F430 GTC 2011 Mugello GTSprint round Ferrari Challenge 1:49.618 Timo Glock Ferrari 296 Challenge 2024 Mugello Ferrari Challenge Europe round Class 1 Touring Cars 1:49.800 Bernd Schneider AMG Mercedes Benz C Klasse 1996 Mugello ITC round Superbike 1:50.326 Michele Pirro Ducati Panigale V4 R 2019 1st Mugello CIV Superbike round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:51.170 it Porsche 911 (991 II) GT3 Cup 2021 Mugello Porsche Carrera Cup Italia round Moto2 1:51.208 Sam Lowes Kalex Moto2 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Sports 2000 1:52.630 Gérard Larrousse Alpine A441 1974 Mugello Grand Prix 500cc 1:53.342 Mick Doohan Honda NSR500 1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Supersport 1:53.564 Philipp Öttl Kawasaki Ninja ZX 6R 2021 1st Mugello CIV Supersport round 250cc 1:53.669 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia RSV 250 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Group 5 1:53.800 Riccardo Patrese Lancia Beta Monte Carlo 1980 6 Hours of Mugello Lamborghini Super Trofeo 1:54.391 Alessio Calogero Salvaggio Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 2024 Mugello Supersport GT round GT2 (GTS) 1:54.563 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 D2 1999 Mugello Italian Superturismo round MotoE 1:55.727 Matteo Ferrari Ducati MotoE 2023 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Moto3 1:56.298 Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna FR250GP 2023 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix World SBK 1:56.305 Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR 750 1994 Mugello World SBK round Group A 1:56.399 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 GTA 1992 Mugello Italian Superturismo round TCR Touring Car 1:57.382 Marco Iannotta Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 2021 Mugello TCR Italy round 125cc 1:57.783 Johann Zarco Derbi RSA 125 2011 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix GT4 1:58.811 Michael Fischer BMW M4 GT4 2019 12 Hours of Mugello GT1 1:58.931 Luca Sartori Ferrari F40 1994 Mugello Italian GT round Supersport 300 2:04.835 Oscar Nunez Roldan Kawasaki Ninja 400 2023 2nd Mugello CIV Supersport 300 round 350cc 2:07.600 Gregg Hansford Kawasaki KR350 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix Group 2 2:07.800 Dieter Quester BMW 3.0 CSL 1977 Mugello ETCC round Renault Clio Cup 2.08.305 Matteo Poloni Renault Clio R. S. IV 2019 Mugello Renault Clio Cup Italy round Formula 5000 2:11.400 David Hobbs Lola T330 1974 Mugello F5000 round Sidecar (B2A) 2:14.700 Rolf Biland Beo Yamaha 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix 50cc 2:28.000 Stefan Dörflinger Kreidler 50 GP 1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix Road Course: 66.200 km (1964–1970) Group 6 29:36.800 Nanni Galli Lola T210 1970 Mugello Grand Prix Group 4 31:02.700 Arturo Merzario Abarth 2000 SP 1969 Mugello Grand Prix Group 3 35:53.100 Antonio Nicodemi Ferrari 250 LM 1965 Mugello Grand Prix Road Course: 19.000 km (1955) Giulio Cabianca Umberto Maglioli OSCA MT4Ferrari 750 Monza 1955 Mugello Grand Prix Road Course: 61.895 km (1928–1929) Giuseppe Campari Alfa Romeo P2 1928 Mugello Grand Prix Road Course: 18.169 km (1925) Emilio Materassi Gastone Brilli Peri Itala Special 4.7Alfa Romeo P2 1925 Mugello Grand Prix Road Course: 64.591 km (1920–1924) Gastone Brilli Peri Steyr Type VI 1924 Mugello Grand Prix