The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is a race track near the Italian town of Imola, 40 kilometres east of Bologna. It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an anti-clockwise direction. It hosted the 1980 Italian Grand Prix and the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006. Imola has hosted a round of the Superbike World Championship from 2001 to 2006 and later since 2009.
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The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is a race track near the Italian town of Imola, 40 kilometres east of Bologna. It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an anti-clockwise direction. The circuit is named after Ferrari’s late founder, Enzo Ferrari, and his son, Alfredo Ferrari, who died in 1956 at age 24. It hosted the 1980 Italian Grand Prix and the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006. The venue returned to the Formula One calendar during the 2020 season to help the sport fill calendar gaps caused by cancellations of other races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the race at the circuit being named the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in honour of the region where the circuit is located. Imola has hosted a round of the Superbike World Championship from 2001 to 2006 and later since 2009. The track was also used as part of the finishing circuit for the 1968 UCI Road World Championships, which saw Italian cyclist Vittorio Adorni winning with a lead of 10 minutes and 10 seconds over runner up Herman Van Springel.
It also served as the start and finish for stage 11 of the 2015 Giro d’Italia which was won by Ilnur Zaknarin, and stage 12 of the 2018 Giro della Bennett. The TCR International Series raced at Imola in 2016. The 6 Hours of Imolas was revived in 2011 and added to the Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup as a season event until 2016. Since 2017 it hosts the 12 Hours ofImolas, around of the 24H Series. The race was held over 60 laps of the 5 kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 300 kilometres. In April 1953, the first motorcycle races took place, while the first car race took place in June 1954. In 1987, Nelson Piquet crashed heavily during practice after a tyre failure at the Tamburello after a front wing failure. In 1989, Gerhard Berger crashed his Ferrari at the Santerno Grand Prix after a rear wing failure at a front-out corner. In 2000, the track was used for the World Touring Car Championship Race of San Marino, in 2008 for the Race of Europe, and in 2009 for the race of Italy.
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