Imola International Circiut

Imola is a very average small town in the plains to the east of the mountains of the Apennines - the backbone of Italy. Nowhere else on earth there is such a passion for race cars for this region is that of Enzo Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and the cities of Modena and Maranello. In the hills behind the Imola Mille Miglia weaves its way through the hills and the famous Futa and Raticosa passes to the race between Florence and Bologna.

It’s in the depression after the First World War that the city of Imola has decided to launch a public works programme to provide jobs and boost the local economy. Four motorsport enthusiasts Alfredo Campagnoli, Graziano Golinelli, Ugo Montevecchi and Gualtiero Vighi proposed the construction of a new road linking the existing public roads which could become a racing circuit where local companies could prove that their products. It did not seem a good idea at the time, and once all the documents are in the form of construction began in March 1950. Two years later, Enzo Ferrari sent a sports car to the track for a test with Alberto Ascari, and Gigi Villoresi Giannino Marzotto share driving. The Moto Guzzi and Gilera motorbike companies also sent along the corridors. It was not until April 1953, however, that the first motorcycle races in Imola and that it was June 1954 before the first race car - a sports car, a case that has witnessed the battle Luigi between stirring Maglioli in a Ferrari and Luigi Musso in a Maserati.

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In spite of the addition of the baffles, the circuit was prone to constant preoccupations with a safety, most of the time concerning the corner dish-outside of Tamburello, which was very unequal and had dangerously little part between the way and a wall out of concrete which protects a split which functions behind him. In 1987, Nelson Piquet had an accident there during the practice and was bored race due to the damage. In San Marino 1989 large Prices, Gerhard Berger broke his Ferrari at Tamburello after a failure before wing. The car caught fire after the heavy impact, which has in fact duplicated it monocoque, but thanks to the fast work of the firemen and the medical personnel Berger survived without serious damage.

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Saint Marino Grand Prix was one run of formula championship one that had been made to work to the Enzo Automobile race track and the Dino Ferrari in the city of Imola, neighbor to mountains of Apennine in Italy, from 1981. Marino Grand Prix is called Saint because there is already a great Italian Prix and the republic of Saint Marino is in if too much small in order accommodating a large one prix. In 1980, the track of Imola is used for cinquantunesima the great Italian zone of Prix.The around to Imola is domestic to several suppliers of the car from race - cioé Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati. As a result of the second world war, the city has launch a program in order to try to improve the local economy. Local motor four that runs the enthusiastic ones has proposed the construction of new road that connects the public roads puts into effect them, that they could be used from the local suppliers of automobile in order to verify their prototypes. The construction has begun in March 1950. The first elaboration of test has happened two years more subsequently when Enzo Ferrari has transmitted an automobile to the track.

In it you open them 1953, the first race of the motorcycle has happened to Imola and the first race of the automobile has happened in june 1954. In it you open them 1963, the first race with the formula automobiles one has happened to Imola, like event of not-championship, gained from Jim Clark for loto. An ulterior event of not-championship has happened to Imola in 1979, that it has been gained from Niki Lauda for Brabham-Alpha Romeo.

In 1980, the great Italian Prix has moved from the circuit to high speed of Monza towards Imola, while a direct result of batteries-up of startline 1978 ‘ s, that it has exact the life of driver Swedish the popular Ronnie Peterson. It has been won from the Nelson Piquet for Brabham-Ford. The following year, the great Italian Prix given back to Monza and to Imola it has been launch like Saint Marino Grand Prix, called after to the near republic of Saint Marino.

In 1994, there were three serious incidents to Imola. During the practical one of friday, Rubens Barrichello has arrested itself hard in the recinzione to Low Varying in which she has slowed down violentemente and unconscious was struck for some minuteren. Qualification session was moreover the dead women of Roland Ratzenberger to the angle of the Villeneuve in one and the dead women of the senna of Ayrton during the race in if to the angle of 6th-gear Tamburello. Consequently, for race 1995, the angle of Tamburello has been transformed in chicane. Moreover it has lead to many changes that are made to other circuits and the sport in with, in the attempt to render it surer.

During the last few years, the constructors have protested approximately the poor quality of the facilities to Imola and there was much talk of falling Saint Marino Grand Prix from the championship of formula one particularly, since there is an other large one prix that he is held in Italy. 29 August 2006, the race has been excluded from the calendar freed for season 2007.

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Hi i’m Franco and I live near Imola, so i decided to write about my favourite race track:) The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari is a current self electric circuit close of Imola, 40 kilometers east the Bolognas and 80 kilometers eastern of the Italian city the Ferrari factory in Maranello.
The electric circuit is called after Ferraris late founder Enzo and its son Dino, which had died in the fifties. Before Enzo Ferrari death 1988 it was called „Autodromo Dino Ferrari “.
It was the scene for the formula San Marino Grand Prix (for many years, two, the Grand Prix in Italy each year were held, therefore running, which was held with Imola, after that close convenient condition mentioned) and he regaled also the edition 1980 of the Italian Grand Prix, which normally takes place in Monza. If formula one visits Imola, it is seen as „the Hauptstromkreis “of Ferrari and masses of tifosi (Ferrari advocate) to come out to support the local crew.
Imola, since it admits verbally, is one of the minority of the non-oval electric circuits, which go into one to left direction. (Istanbul, electric circuit run and Autódromo the José Carlo walk with interLagos, Brazil are other one after left electric circuit, those recently from Formula one are used)
Established in the fifties, Imola with the drivers was popular because of its fast, liquid plan. 1973 and 1974 two chicanes were added, in order to slow the cars down. A third chicane was added 1981.

This is our nations glory The Imola Circuit:)

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