Track & statistics for the Italian GP 2024

The route

The 5.245-kilometer-long circuit is one of the most fluid tracks on the calendar, despite the three hairpin bends “San Donato,” “Correntaio,” and “Bucine.” In the past, Mugello has hosted many exciting races, as the Italian drivers in particular are highly motivated in front of their home crowd and the many S-bends allow an immediate counterattack to most overtaking maneuvers.

The course is driven clockwise, is 14 metres wide and has nine right-hand bends and six left-hand bends. The longest straight is the start-finish straight, which measures 1.141 kilometres. The two most famous bends are the fast right-hand bends “Arrabbiata 1” and “Arrabbiata 2”, where the drivers like to make the rear wheels smoke. Equally well-known is the downhill combination of the “Casanova” and “Savelli” bends, which inspired Valentino Rossi to create his legendary helmet design with the frightened face for Mugello 2008.

The statistics

The Ferrari-owned circuit in Mugello was opened in 1974. Two years later, the motorcycle world championship made its debut in Tuscany, with Barry Sheene triumphing on Suzuki. In 1978, 1982, 1984 and 1985, the motorcycle world championship also visited Mugello before the circuit was finally permanently included in the racing calendar in 1991 and has been a permanent fixture since then, with the exception of the 2020 Corona season.

The record winner in Mugello is Valentino Rossi. He won here seven times in a row from 2002 to 2008. In the following decade, however, Mugello was regularly “Lorenzo’s Land”. The Mallorcan triumphed three times in a row between 2011 and 2013, and a fourth, fifth and sixth time in 2015, 2016 and 2018. New MotoGP top speed records are regularly set in the history books in Mugello. The current record is 366.1 km/h, set by Brad Binder in the 2023 sprint.

MotoGP records: Mugello