Motor racing history on track at Mugello over the next weekend
Over twenty historic F1 single-seaters are expected at the
Scarperia (Florence) circuit in the first running of the ‘Mugello
Historic Festival’, a unique event for car fans who
will also have around 200 cars to see on track and in the
paddock. Many of these have written some of the most unforgettable
pages in the history of international motor sport and include
Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell, Keke Rosberg’s Williams
and James Hunts’s McLaren. On top of that we have Lotus,
Brabham, Minardi, Ensign and Osella to name but a few. The
race promises to be really fascinating and is run under the
auspices of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile.)
Another highlight of the event is the Shell Ferrari Historic
Challenge, eligible to all Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo
cars built for racing. There are eleven different categories
in the Challenge and around sixty cars will take part, from
a 1932 Alfa Romeo P3 to a 1981 Ferrari 512 BB LM.
Completing the card are the races for the FIA Trophy Lurani
(an extremely rapid and fascinating Junior Formula,) the World
Sports Cars Masters and GT and the Sports Endurance Masters
with cars completing an endurance race on this technical Scarperia
circuit.
Mugello will also stage races in the Orwell Supersport Cup
(For Prototypes and Can-Am cars built prior to 1976) and the
Club Europe F2 series.
Of special interest will be the on-track parade of the F40s,
which forms part of the celebration of 60 years of Ferrari.
It takes place in the early afternoon of Sunday 1 April. The
‘Mugello Historic Festival’ programme gets underway
on Friday 30 March, with free practice and qualifying: Saturday
31 sees more qualifying prior to the first races. Then, the
final day, 1 April, is given over entirely to racing.
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