The Pescara Circuit was a race course made up entirely of public roads near Pescara, Italy that hosted the Coppa Acerbo auto race. Pescara is the longest circuit to ever host a Formula One Grand Prix, but was used only once, for the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix, in which Scuderia Ferrari remained absent.

History

The country and town roads used were both narrow and bumpy. Like many long circuits (such as the original Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps circuits), Pescara was revered as a fantastic driver's circuit, but also like Spa and the Nürburgring, it was extremely dangerous and unforgiving.

The long track travelled through a number of villages situated on hills surrounding Pescara, following a roughly triangular shape with its corners at the seaside municipality of Pescara. It included two long straights (about as long as the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans and the Buonfornello Straight of the Targa Florio) between the seaside municipality of Montesilvano, nicknamed "The Flying Kilometre". The highest point, at Spoltore, was above sea level.

It was the first F1 circuit with an artificial chicane, built in 1934 on the start-finish straight to reduce speed in the pits after of flat out. After that race the circuit was permanently retired as a racing venue as it was impossible for the organizers to guarantee the safety of drivers and spectators. || Achille Varzi || Auto Union B || 1935 Coppa Acerbo

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| Voiturette || 11:06.800 || Giuseppe Farina || Alfa Romeo 158 || 1939 Coppa Acerbo

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| Formula Junior || 11:10.400 || Denny Hulme || Cooper T52 || 1960 Pescara Grand Prix

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! colspan=5 | Original Road Course (1926–1933): || Tazio Nuvolari || Alfa Romeo P3 || 1932 Coppa Acerbo

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References

  • Etracksonline page on Pescara circuit
  • Approximate circuit layout on Google Maps
  • Approximate circuit layout on Motopaner