Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli

The Misano World Circuit (officially known as Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli or Misano Circuit Sic 58, and before 2006 called Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica) is a race track located next to the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santa Monica-Cella. Originally designed in 1969 as a length of 3.488 km (2.167 mi), it hosted its first event in 1972. In 1993, the track length was increased to 4.064 km (2.525 mi).

Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
LocationMisano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
CEST (DST)
Coordinates43°57′41″N 12°41′0″E
Capacity60,000 (MotoGP 2016 Official Race Day Attendance 100,496)
FIA Grade2
Broke ground1970
Opened4 August 1972 (1972-08-04)
Former namesCircuito Internazionale Santa Monica (1972–2006)
Misano World Circuit (2006–2012)
Major eventsCurrent:
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Italian motorcycle Grand Prix (1980, 1982, 1984, 1989–1991, 1993)
San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix (1985–1987, 2007–present)
Emilia Romagna motorcycle Grand Prix (2020–2021)
World SBK (1991, 1993–2012, 2014–2019, 2021–present)
GT World Challenge Europe (2015–present)
ETRC Misano Grand Prix Truck (1992–2019, 2021–present)
Former:
FIM EWC (1977–1978, 1980)
DTM (2018–2019)
FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2018)
Websitewww.misanocircuit.com
Grand Prix Circuit (2008–present)
Length4.226 km (2.626 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:20.785 (Haralds Slegelmilhs, Dallara T12, 2022, Formula Renault 3.5)
Short Truck Circuit (2008–present)
Length4.048 km (2.515 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record2:02.042 (Norbert Kiss, MAN TGS, 2021, Truck racing)
Grand Prix Circuit (2007)
Length4.180 km (2.597 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:32.196 (Pablo Sánchez, Dallara F304, 2007, F3)
Grand Prix Circuit (1993–2006)
Length4.060 km (2.523 miles)
Turns12
Race lap record1:19.697 (Pastor Maldonado, Dallara T05, 2006, Formula Renault 3.5)
Grand Prix Circuit (1972–1992)
Length3.488 km (2.168 miles)
Turns11
Race lap record1:08.500 (Roberto Moreno, Ralt RH6/84, 1984, F2)

As of 2007, it began hosting the San Marino and Rimini Coast Grand Prix as part of the MotoGP World Championship.

In 2012, the track was renamed to commemorate Marco Simoncelli, a local motorcycle racer who died in 2011.

History

The circuit was designed in 1969; it was built from 1970 and 1972, and inaugurated that year. Its initial length was 3.488 km (2.167 mi) and only had a small, open pit area. This version of the circuit hosted three editions of the San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, from the 1985 season to the 1987 season. In 1993 it was modified for the first time: the track length was increased to 4.060 km (2.523 mi), with the possibility to race both the long and the old short loop; moreover, new facilities and new pit garages were built. It was at Misano during the 1993 Italian Grand Prix that the defending 500 cc World Champion Wayne Rainey's career ended after he fell and suffered a broken spine. Between 1996 and 2001 all facilities were improved further, adding more pits and stands. In 2005, a new access point to the circuit was built, Via Daijiro Kato, in honor of the late Japanese rider, killed during the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, whose in-season race home was in the Portoverde frazione of Misano Adriatico.

Main straight

In order to host again the World motorcycle championship, the circuit was extensively modified in 2006. The circuit direction was changed to clockwise direction, the track length was brought to 4.180 km (2.597 mi), track width has been widened to 14 m (15 yd), facilities were improved, and all security measures have been applied. The first MotoGP race held on the circuit after the modifications was the 2007 San Marino and Rimini Coast Grand Prix, which was won by "home" marque Ducati.

Aerial view of the circuit

During the 2010 Moto2 event, Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa was killed after losing control of his bike and being subsequently struck by both Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis.[1] Coincidentally this incident occurred 17 years to the day of Wayne Rainey's career ending incident also at Misano.

On 3 November 2011, the circuit owners announced that it would be named after Marco Simoncelli, an Italian motorcycle racer who died during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang a week prior.[2][3] Simoncelli was born in nearby Cattolica and had lived from childhood in Coriano.[4][5][6] On 8 June 2012 the track's new name was confirmed at the San Marino round of the Superbike World Championship.[7]

Events
Current
Future
Former

Lap records

As of October 2023, the fastest official race lap records at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEventCircuit Map
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.226 km (2008–present)[8]
BOSS GP/Formula Renault 3.51:20.785[9]Haralds SlegelmilhsDallara T122022 Misano BOSS GP round
BOSS GP/GP21:24.135[10]Adriano Pagni BuzaidDallara GP2/112023 Misano BOSS GP round
F30001:25.380[11]Clivio PiccioneLola B02/502008 Misano Euroseries 3000 round
Class 1 Touring Cars1:27.291[12]Robin FrijnsAudi RS5 Turbo DTM 20192019 Misano DTM round
Formula 31:28.279[13]Enaam AhmedDallara F3152018 Misano F3 European Championship round
DTM1:30.288[14]Augusto FarfusBMW M4 DTM2018 Misano DTM round
Formula Regional1:30.373[15]Arthur LeclercTatuus F.3 T-3182020 Misano FREC round
LMP31:31.159[16]Lucca AllenLigier JS P3202022 Misano Ultimate Cup round
MotoGP1:31.791Jorge MartínDucati Desmosedici GP232023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
GT31:31.939[17]Raffaele MarcielloMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2022 Misano GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup round
Formula Renault 2.01:32.765[18]Jake HughesTatuus FR2.0/132015 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Alps round
World SBK1:33.174[19]Toprak RazgatlıoğluYamaha YZF-R12023 Misano World SBK round
Lamborghini Super Trofeo1:33.265[20]Loris SpinelliLamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo22022 Misano Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe round
Formula 41:34.368[21]Sebastián MontoyaTatuus F4-T0142021 Misano Italian F4 round
Ferrari Challenge1:35.394[22]Eliseo DonnoFerrari 488 Challenge Evo2023 Misano Ferrari Challenge Europe round
SRO GT21:35.793[23]Anders FjordbachBrabham BT62 GT22022 Misano GT2 European Series round
Porsche Carrera Cup1:36.016[24]Larry ten VoordePorsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup2023 2nd Misano Porsche Carrera Cup Italia round
Moto21:36.173Celestino ViettiKalex Moto22023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
GT21:37.195[25]Emanuele MonciniFerrari F430 GTC2010 Misano Italian GT round
World SSP1:37.470[26]Federico CaricasuloDucati Panigale V22023 Misano World SSP round
MotoE1:40.593Héctor GarzóDucati MotoE2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
GT41:41.020[27]Robert ConsaniAudi R8 LMS GT4 Evo2023 Misano GT4 European Series round
Moto31:41.297David AlonsoGasGas RC250GP2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
TCR Touring Car1:42.249[28]Jack YoungHonda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)2021 Misano TCR Italy round
Supersport 3001:48.501[29]Matteo VannucciYamaha YZF-R32022 Misano Supersport 300 round
Renault Clio Cup1.52.080[30]Cristian RicciariniRenault Clio R.S. IV2020 Misano Renault Clio Cup Italy round
Truck racing2:04.566[31]Jochen HahnMAN TGS2019 Misano ETRC round
Short Truck Circuit: 4.048 km (2008–present)[8]
Truck racing2:02.042[32]Norbert KissMAN TGS2021 Misano ETRC round
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.180 km (2007)[8]
Formula 31:32.196[33]Pablo SánchezDallara F3042007 Misano Italian F3 round
MotoGP1:34.649Casey StonerDucati Desmosedici GP72007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
Formula Renault 2.01:35.942[34]Brendon HartleyTatuus FR20002007 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Italia round
World SBK1:36.022Troy BaylissDucati 999 F072007 Misano World SBK round
250cc1:38.074Hiroshi AoyamaKTM 250 FPR2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
GT21:38.475[35]Stefano LivioFerrari F430 GTC2007 Misano Italian GT round
World SSP1:39.109Anthony WestYamaha YZF-R62007 Misano World SSP round
GT31:39.301[35]Giacomo PicciniLamborghini Gallardo GT32007 Misano Italian GT round
Porsche Carrera Cup1:39.548[36]Stefano ComandiniPorsche 911 (997 I) GT3 Cup2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia round
Ferrari Challenge1:40.378[37]Nicola CadeiFerrari F430 Challenge2007 Misano Ferrari Challenge Italia round
125cc1:42.811Mattia PasiniAprilia RSA 1252007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
Short Truck Circuit: 4.000 km (2007)[8]
Truck racing2:01.710[38]Markus BösigerFreightliner2007 Misano European Truck Racing Championship round
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.060 km (1993–2006)[8]
F30001:22.185[39]Giacomo RicciLola B02/502006 Misano Euroseries 3000 round
WSC1:25.709[40]Didier de RadiguèsRiley & Scott Mk III1998 Misano International Sports Racing Series round
Formula 31:26.087[41]Álvaro ParenteDallara F3032003 Misano Italian F3 round
GT1 (GTS)1:28.565[42]Miguel RamosMaserati MC12 GT12006 Misano Italian GT round
Formula Renault 2.01:29.833[43]Davide ValsecchiTatuus FR20002005 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Italia round
GT21:33.207[44]Matteo BobbiFerrari F430 GTC2006 Misano Italian GT round
Super Touring1:34.179[45]Nicola LariniAlfa Romeo 156 TS1999 1st Misano Italian Superturismo round
500cc1:34.289Mick DoohanHonda NSR5001993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
World SBK1:34.913[46]Troy BaylissDucati 998 F022002 Misano World SBK round
250cc1:35.782Tetsuya HaradaYamaha TZ250M1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Porsche Carrera Cup1:36.139[47]Monforte MaurizioPorsche 911 (996) GT3 Cup2006 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Italia round
Eurocup Mégane Trophy1:36.165[48]Jaap van LagenRenault Mégane Renault Sport2006 Misano Eurocup Mégane Trophy round
Ferrari Challenge1:36.511[49]Vito PostiglioneFerrari F430 Challenge2006 Misano Ferrari Challenge Italia round
GT31:37.057[42]Luca PolatoDodge Viper Competition Coupe2006 Misano Italian GT round
GT11:37.449[50]Pierre-Alexandre PopoffFerrari F401994 Misano Italian GT round
World SSP1:37.628Broc ParkesYamaha YZF-R62006 Misano World SSP round
GT2 (GT1)1:38.235[51]Renato MastropietroPorsche 911 GT22000 Misano Italian GT round
Truck racing1:40.327[52]Antonio AlbaceteMAN TGA2006 Misano European Truck Racing Championship round
125cc1:41.088Dirk RaudiesHonda RS125R1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 21:43.230[53]Peter MückeFord Capri RS2006 Misano FIA GTC round (TC '76)
Renault Clio Cup1:47.185[54]Massimiliano PedalàRenault Clio RS2006 Misano Renault Clio Cup Italia round
Grand Prix Circuit: 3.488 km (1972–1992)[8]
Formula Two1:08.500Roberto MorenoRalt RH6/841984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico
Formula 31:13.241[55]Marcello VentreRalt RT351991 Misano Italian F3 round
Group 71:13.600[56]Leo KinnunenPorsche 917/10 TC1973 Misano Interserie round
500cc1:15.892Wayne RaineyYamaha YZR5001991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Sports 20001:16.600[57]Jean-Pierre JabouilleAlpine A4411974 Trophée Marlboro - Etienae Aigner Misano
250cc1:17.965Luca CadaloraHonda NSR2501991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Group A1:18.278[58]Nicola LariniAlfa Romeo 155 GTA1992 Misano Italian Superturismo round
Group 51:18.300[59]Toine HezemansPorsche 935/77A1978 Misano 6 Hours
World SBK1:18.611[60]Rob PhillisKawasaki ZXR-7501991 Misano World SBK round
Group B1:23.157[61]Luca SartoriFerrari F401992 Misano Italian GT round
125cc1:23.436Fausto GresiniHonda RS125R1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
350cc1:24.540Carlos LavadoYamaha TZ 3501980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
Group 41:26.200[62]Gianpiero MorettiPorsche 9341977 Misano Group 4 race
80cc1:30.136Peter ÖttlKrauser 801989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
50cc1:40.600Stefan DörflingerKreidler 50 GP1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

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