mugello · Profile

The Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello opened on 23 June 1974 in Scarperia e San Piero, in the metropolitan city of Florence, Tuscany. The project came from the Automobile Club di Firenze, which began building the track in 1972 on about 170 hectares of the Mugello valley to a design by engineer Gianfranco Agnoletto. It has hosted the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix since 1976 and has been owned by Scuderia Ferrari since 1988.

The road circuit

Racing in the area goes back well before the permanent track. From the 1920s, races were run on open roads starting in Scarperia. Giuseppe Campari won in 1920 and 1921, and Emilio Materassi in 1925, 1926 and 1928. Between 1964 and 1969 the course measured 66.2 kilometres and climbed the Passo della Futa, and races ran over eight laps. It counted toward the World Sportscar Championship in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Arturo Merzario won in 1969 and 1970. The 1970 race was the last one. That year, during a private test on open roads, a car went into the crowd in Firenzuola and killed a seven-month-old baby. The accident ended road racing in the valley and led to the construction of a closed circuit.

A 5.2-kilometre layout

The track is 5,245 metres long and has 15 corners. Its main straight runs uphill for 1,141 metres to the braking zone for San Donato. The layout follows the natural slopes of the land, with steep changes in gradient. Its best-known sections include the two Arrabbiata corners and the Casanova-Savelli chicane. The main grandstand area holds 50,000 spectators. Ferrari bought the venue in 1988 and upgraded it without changing the layout. In 2011 the whole track was resurfaced, and a new covered main grandstand was built with around 3,000 solar panels supplying about 25 per cent of the site’s electricity. Asphalt run-off areas followed in 2015. The circuit also holds ISO 14001 environmental certification.

The Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The motorcycle World Championship first came to Mugello in 1976 with the Italian Grand Prix. The race returned in 1978, 1985 and 1992 and has been held there every year since 1994, except for 2020, when the pandemic forced its cancellation. The track also hosted the San Marino Grand Prix in 1982, 1984, 1991 and 1993. Winners here include Mick Doohan, Max Biaggi, Àlex Crivillé, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi won the 125cc race in 1997 and the 250cc race in 1999, then won seven straight premier-class races from 2002 to 2008. Francesco Bagnaia won for Ducati in 2022, 2023 and 2024. On 22 June 2025 Marc Márquez took pole, the sprint and the main race, his first win at Mugello since 2014. On 29 May 2021, Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier crashed in qualifying and died the following day.

Formula 1 and other championships

Ferrari has used the circuit for Formula 1 testing since buying it, and from 1 to 3 May 2012 Mugello hosted an in-season test for the whole field. The first Formula 1 Grand Prix at the track was the Tuscan Grand Prix on 13 September 2020, which was organised to mark Ferrari’s 1,000th championship race. Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes and set the fastest lap of 1:18.833, the official lap record. He had lapped in 1:15.144 in qualifying. The circuit has also hosted the World Sportscar Championship from 1975 to 1982 and in 1985, and the European Touring Car Championship from 1976 to 1979, from 1982 to 1984 and in 2000. It held the International Touring Car Championship in 1995 and 1996, and DTM in 2007 and 2008. The Giro d’Italia finished stages at the circuit in 1977 and 2007.

Awards and future on the calendar

The motorcycle Grand Prix teams voted Mugello the season’s best Grand Prix circuit in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2011. In 2025 the venue marked fifty years since its first motorcycle Grand Prix. The 2026 Italian Grand Prix drew 178,723 spectators over the weekend, the event’s highest-ever attendance. On 24 September 2026, MotoGP and the circuit announced a five-year extension that keeps the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello through the 2031 season.