Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

What is a lap of Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari like?

Imola runs anticlockwise and has an old-school feel: a relatively narrow lap with a 30-metre difference between its highest and lowest points. The lap is defined by the fast Tamburello and Villeneuve chicanes, the Tosa hairpin, the downhill plunge into Acque Minerali, the Variante Alta chicane and the double-left Rivazza that launches cars onto the pit straight. There is a single DRS zone, on the run from Rivazza to Tamburello, and overtaking is generally regarded as difficult; the pit lane is the longest on the calendar in terms of time lost, which makes a one-stop strategy the norm. After the 1994 tragedies the Tamburello and Villeneuve curves were turned into chicanes for 1995; the Variante Bassa chicane before the pits was removed in the 2007-08 rebuild, making the run from Rivazza to Tamburello flat out.

Lap length

4.909 km

Turns

19

Direction

anticlockwise

Downforce

Medium

Longest straight

about 1,250 m

Elevation change

30 m

DRS zones (to 2025)

1

Character

High speed (about 25% of the lap is cornering)

Layout described

Grand Prix layout as reconfigured in 2007-08 (Variante Bassa chicane removed for cars, revised circuit inaugurated May 2008), 4.909 km / 19 turns, used for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in 2020-2022 and 2024-2025 (the 2023 race was cancelled after floods)

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Does pole position win at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari?

The pole sitter has won 11 of 32 races here (34%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 21 of 32 races (66%) and from the top three in 27 (84%). Lowest grid position to win: 5th, Nelson Piquet in 1980.

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

How are races at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari won?

Since 2010

5 races; winners made 1 stop in 1, 2 stops in 4; first stop at a median lap 27 (43% of the race)

1994 to 2009 (refuelling)

13 races; winners made 2 stops in 9, 3 or more in 4; first stop at a median lap 26 (42% of the race)

Lap times over the years

All races at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari