San Marino Grand Prix
The San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One championship race. It was run at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006. In April 1963, the first race with Formula One cars took place at Imola,. as a non-championship event, won by Jim Clark for Lotus. The race was held on the same track as the first Grand Prix of the Formula One World Championship, which took place on April 25, 1981.
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The San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One championship race. It was run at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006. The town is home to several racing car manufacturers – namely Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Minardi, Dallara and Stanguellini. In 1980, the Italian Grand Prix moved from the high-speed Monza circuit to Imola, as a direct result of 1978’s startline pile-up, which claimed the life of the popular Swedish driver Ronnie Peterson. The 1981 event saw Canadian Gilles Villeneuve qualify his Ferrari on pole position. His teammate Didier Pironi inherited the lead but was eventually caught by Nelson Piquet, who eventually won the race with Riccardo Patrese taking second and Carlos Reutemann coming home third. 1982 saw another memorable race; it was boycotted by most of the FOCA teams and was a turning point in Formula One’s history. Only 14 cars competed, and after the Renaults of Alain Prost and René Arnoux retired, Ferrari had no competition, and finished first and second. 1984 saw Prost win in a McLaren, and 1985 was yet another exciting race; Ayrton Senna lead much of the race until he passed Senna in the closing stages. The final race of the season was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Monza, Italy, which was won by Fernando Alonso for Ferrari.
The following year, the Grand Prix returned to Monza. This left the owners of the Imola circuit without a Grand Prix. They asked the Automobile Club of San Marino, the motorsport authority of the nearby Republic ofSan Marino, to apply for their own Grand Prix, and their application was successful and the San MarinoGrand Prix was born. In April 1963, the first race with Formula One cars took place at Imola,. as a non-championship event, won by Jim Clark for Lotus. A further non-Championships event took place in 1979, whichwas won by Niki Lauda for Brabham-Alfa Romeo. The first test run took place two years later when Enzo Ferrari sent a car to the track and Alberto Ascari ran some demonstration laps, and the first car race took place in June 1954. The race was held on the same track as the first Grand Prix of the Formula One World Championship, which took place on April 25, 1981. The event was won by Ferrari’s Gilles Villeneuve, who led the race for the first 19 laps until he pitted for fresh tyres. He was quoted as saying afterwards, ‘I’ll never speak to my teammate P ironi again in terms of speaking to my life’
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