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| MUGELLO (196X) | |||||||||||||||||
| Not to be confused with | Mugello - Mugello, Circuito Stradale - San Piero a Sieve (1967) - San Piero a Sieve, Circuito della Fortezza | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | First proposals for a permanent road circuit that should have replaced the road circuit still in use. These proposals were abandonded due to problems with the purchase of land and only after a few years it was possible to build the circuit in another location. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Scarperia FI - Firenze - Toscana | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Approx. 3 km - 1.8 mi South of current Mugello circuit, on the border between Scarperia and San Piero a Sieve | ||||||||||||||||
| Latitude - Longitude (approx) | + 43°58'00" + 11°21'00" (approx) 43.966667 11.35 (approx) | ||||||||||||||||
| UTM Coordinates (approx) | X = 688516.599 - Y = 4870855.349 - Zone 32T (approx) | ||||||||||||||||
| Aerial photo / Map (*) |  OpenStreetMap - Google Maps - Bing Maps - Flash Earth - Wikimapia | ||||||||||||||||
| Altitude AMSL (approx) | 200 m - 656 ft (approx) | ||||||||||||||||
| Inauguration | |||||||||||||||||
| Closing | |||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Bonan Mario Bonan | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources and links (Translation) (**) |
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| Scarperia | |||||
Original proposal | |||||
| Description | First draft of the circuit proposed on February 1966 by Automobil Club Firenze. The ground, already found, is very undulating, with two depressions and a central hill and it should be the same area where later was built the circuit opened in 1974 and still in use today, but as you can see, track layout was completely different. Architect Mario Bonan did a plastic model of this area and he was able to draw a circuit considered spectacular and challenging. There were 11 corners, one of them with a 18° banking and two with a minor banking; its radius was between 90 and 215 m (between 295 and 705 ft). It should have had 15 boxes, total length 60 m - 197 ft, on the right side of the track and in front of the main grandstand. From the latter, it should have been possible to see at least 70% of the track. These informations make me think that tribune was on the external side of the track, pits on the internal, so direction could have been clockwise. Total cost was foreseen between 400 and 500 million Lire of that time (between 206.500 e 258.000 Euro of that time), to be paid by ACI (Italian Automobil Club), local Automobil Clubs, Commune of Scarperia, Province of Florence, Provincial Tourtso Authority of Florence and maybe some petrol and oil factories. At mid December 1967 another layout was proposed, completely different from this one (see) | ||||
| Years | 1966 | ||||
| Direction |  Clockwise | ||||
 Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | October 20th 2020 | ||||
| Info last update | November 1967 | ||||
| Designer | Bonan Mario Bonan | ||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 5100 m | 16732 ft | 3.169 mi | (2) | |
| length | 2700 m | 8858 ft | 1.678 mi | Sum of all straights | (2) |
| length | 2400 m | 7874 ft | 1.491 mi | Sum of all corners | (2) |
| Width | 9.5 m | 31 ft | (2) | ||
| Max. banking (bends) | 18 ° | 32.5 % | (2) | ||
| Bend minimum radius | 90 m | 295 ft | (2) | ||
| Max minimum radius | 215 m | 705 ft | 0.134 mi | (2) | |
| Autodromo Toscano | |||||
| Description | First proposed permanent circuit in Mugello, completely different from the well known track, opened only in 1974. In Mid December 1967 a convention tool place at Palazzo Pretorio, Scarperia, in order to present officially the proposal for Autodromo Toscano, that should replace the old famous Mugello street circuit. Proposed circuit should have been undulating (see elevation profile) and 3 different layouts, suitable for any kind of races, both cars and motorbikes. Moreover, it should have had a link to the old Mugello circuit (not shown on my map). | ||||
| Years | 1967 | ||||
| Direction | Clockwise | ||||
| Proposal |
YES
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| Proposal not developed | YES | ||||
| Car Circuit | YES | ||||
| Motorbike circuit | |||||
| Type | Permanent | ||||
| Inauguration | |||||
| Closing | |||||
| Last update of this page | October 20th 2020 | ||||
| Info last update | December 1967 | ||||
| Designer | Bonan Mario Bonan | ||||
| Distinctive points | |||||
| length | 2880 m | 9449 ft | 1.79 mi | Short circuit | (3) |
| length | 6875 m | 22556 ft | 4.272 mi | Full circuit | (3) |
| length | 4600 m | 15092 ft | 2.858 mi | Medium Circuit | (3) |
| Difference in level (approx) | 65 m | 213 ft | (3) | ||
| Straight length | 1020 m | 3346 ft | 0.634 mi | Longest straight | (3) |
| Straight length | 105 m | 344 ft | Shortest straight | (3) | |
| Max. gradient | 8 % | 4.6 ° | (3) | ||
Mugello: original proposal, February 1966
Mugello, proposal December 1967: full course
| Updates | |||||||
| Date | Track layout | Years | Description by | Map by | Thanks to | Note | |
| October 21st 2020 | Guido de Carli | Matteo Bonan | Update | Description | |||
| February 21st 2009 | Scarperia | 1966 | Guido de Carli | Update | Description | ||
| May 12th 2006 | Autodromo Toscano | 1967 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | New | Description with map | |
| May 12th 2006 | Scarperia | 1966 | Guido de Carli | Guido de Carli | New | Description with map | |
| Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list | |||||||
