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Mugello Circuit | Italy
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| Circuit Length: |
5.245km
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| Circuit Width: |
14m
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| Longest Straight: |
1141m
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| If Imola is picturesque, across the Apennines toward Florence, there is an even more pleasant track at Mugello, hidden away in the rolling hill of the Chianti region. The name is historic, of course, for the Circuito di Mugello was a famous event in the Twenties when the likes of Giuseppe Campari, Alfieri Maserati and Enzo Ferrari thundered through the Tuscan countryside on a 40-mile road course reaching north towards Bologna and incorporating the great Futa Pass. Though revived in the late Fifties and Sixties, the Circuito, like the other great Italian road races, could not survive and a proper circuit was constructed near Barberino di Mugello. A superb, sweeping track, ranged across a valley, with the main straight feeding into a rising and curling right-hander. Sweeping across the hillside behind the pits, the track then sweeps downhill across a bridge and soars uphill, through a sweeping left-hander, to the other side of the valley. Located 30km north-east of Florence in the beautiful countryside of Tuscany, Mugello is a modern circuit with reputable facilities. Bought by Ferrari back in 1988, the 5.245km track has been renovated to a high standard and has a growing reputation as one of the world´s most up-to-date, scenic and safest race circuits. A blend of slow and fast turns with sweeping curves, long straights and off-camber corners make Mugello one of the most challenging circuits for the riders and engineers. Having hosted its first MotoGP event back in 1976 the venue became a permanent fixture in 1991 after extensive refurbishment. Set within a beautiful tree lined Tuscan valley, Mugello also offers ample viewing areas for the boisterous Italian crowd. |
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