Pescara Grand Prix

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Pescara Grand Prix
Pescara Circuit
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Laps 18
Circuit length 25.58 km (15.89 miles)
Race length 460.42 km (268.09 miles)
Most wins by single driver Stirling Moss (1)
Most wins by single constructor Vanwall (1)
Last race (1957):
Winner Stirling Moss
Winning team Vanwall
Winning time 2:59'22.700
Pole time 9:44.600
Pole driver Juan Manuel Fangio
Pole team Maserati
Fastest lap 9:44.600
Fastest lap driver Stirling Moss
Fastest lap team Vanwall

The Pescara Grand Prix is the longest circuit ever used in the F1 World Championship, at just under 16 miles. Located in Pescara, an Italian town, on the adriatic coast, it utilised the roads there.

Grand Prix motor racing first started here with Enzo Ferrari winning in 1924. Know as the Coppa Acerbo, it was a challenging race that attracted many top drivers during the 1930's who wanted to show off their skills.

The circuit started on the roads in the outskirts of the town, the course followed the coastline, until heading inland toward the villages Spoltore and Villa Raspa. From here it followed through the roads there to the outskirts of a town called Cappelle, where a sharp right hairpin sent the racers down the "flying kilometer" a stretch of track near Montesilvano. In 1950, Juan Manuel Fangio was clocked going over 192 mph through the "flying kilometer".

The only World Championship race was held in 1957, with Stirling Moss taking 1st place.

The circuit closed for good in 1961 as it was impossible for race organisers to guarantee safety.

[edit] Winners of the Pescara Grand Prix

Year Driver Constructor Location Report
1957 Flag of United Kingdom Stirling Moss Vanwall Pescara Report

For details on other winners between 1924 and 1961, see Coppa Acerbo.

[edit] External Links

Etracksonline page on Pescara circuit


Races in the Formula One championship:
2007 championship Grand Prix events:

Australian | Malaysian | Bahrain | Spanish | Monaco | Canadian | U.S. | French | British
German | Hungarian | Turkish | Italian | Belgian | Japanese | Chinese | Brazilian

Past championship Grand Prix events:

Argentine | Austrian | Dutch | European | Indy 500 | Las Vegas | Luxembourg | Mexican | Morocco
Pacific | Pescara | Portuguese | San Marino | South African | Swedish | Swiss | USA East | USA West