Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Italy · Historic venue
Old-school, anti-clockwise and lined with walls — a circuit that predates the run-off era and still feels like it.
Circuit layout
Race historyOld-school, anti-clockwise and lined with walls — a circuit that predates the run-off era and still feels like it.
Circuit
- Circuit
- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
- Location
- Imola, Italy
- Length
- 4.909 km
- Corners
- 19
- Race laps
- 63
- Race distance
- 309 km
- First GP
- 1981
- Opened
- 1953
- Grands Prix
- 32
Last winner here
Lap record
About Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari at Imola is one of the last genuinely old-fashioned circuits in Formula 1: anti-clockwise, narrow, undulating and hemmed in by walls with minimal run-off. It hosted the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006 and returned in 2020 as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Overtaking is difficult. The lap has only two realistic passing places — the Tamburello and Variante Alta chicanes — and the rest is a sequence of fast, committed corners where following closely destroys front tyres. Qualifying position matters more here than at most permanent circuits, and races are often decided in the pit lane.
Imola's history is inseparable from the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, in which Roland Ratzenberger was killed in qualifying and Ayrton Senna at Tamburello during the race. The circuit was substantially modified afterwards, and those weekends drove a generation of safety reform across the sport.
Notable facts
- One of only a handful of anti-clockwise circuits in Formula 1.
- Named after Enzo Ferrari and his son Dino; it lies around 40 km from Maranello.
- The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, in which Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger died, drove a generation of safety reform.
- Hosted the Italian Grand Prix in 1980, the only year Monza has missed since 1950.
Grands Prix by decade
32 races across 4 decades, with 1 decade away from the calendar.
Most wins — drivers
Most wins — constructors
Every Formula 1 winner at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
32 World Championship Grands Prix have been held here between 1980 and 2025.
