List of major automobile races in Italy
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Grand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
and other major automobile races in Italy
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Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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- Adriatic Grand Prix
- Alessandria Grand Prix
- Bari Grand PrixBari Grand PrixThe Bari Grand Prix was a Grand Prix road race, held in Bari, Italy, between 1947 and 1956. The course was and, except for 1956, was run in an anticlockwise direction. In 1953 the race was not contested.- Winners :-Bibliography:...
- Circuito di Avellino
- Circuito del GardaCircuito del GardaCircuito del Gardais an Italian racing venue in Salò on the banks of Lake Garda,known for hosting fifteen Grand Prix races between1921 and 1966.These were arranged in three periods....
- Coppa AcerboCoppa AcerboThe Coppa Acerbo was an automobile race held in Italy, named after Tito Acerbo, the brother of Giacomo Acerbo, a prominent fascist politician. Following Italy's defeat in World War II, and the consequent demise of fascism, the race was renamed the Circuito di Pescara, and in some years was also...
- Coppa CianoCoppa CianoThe Coppa Ciano was an automobile race held in Italy. Originally referred to as Coppa Montenero or Circuito Montenero, the Coppa Ciano name being used between 1927 and 1939....
- Coppa FlorioCoppa FlorioCoppa Florio was an Italian car race started in 1900, and renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50 000 Lira and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be offered the manufacturer that wins four or more of the first seven races, the first race held in 1905...
- Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
- Giro de Sicilia
- Grand Prix of ItalyItalian Grand PrixThe Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place on 4 September 1921 at Brescia...
- Grand Prix of Modena
- Grand Prix of Mugello
- Grand Prix of NaplesGrand Prix of NaplesThe Grand Prix of Naples was an auto racing event, held in Posillipo, outside Napoli.In its original incarnation, it began in 1934. Known as the Coppa Principessa di Piemonte in honor of Marie-José of Belgium, it continued from the same event held in 1933 in the Circuito Province Meridionale...
- Pescara Grand Prix
- Grand Prix of Rome
- Grand Prix of Turin
- Mediterranean Grand PrixMediterranean Grand PrixThe Mediterranean Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, held at the Autodromo di Pergusa, in Sicily, Italy. The first event, run to Formula One rules, took place in 1962. The last Formula One event took place in 1965 before the race switched to Formula Two rules...
- Milan Grand Prix
- Mille MigliaMille MigliaThe Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 ....
- San Marino Grand PrixSan Marino Grand PrixThe San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006...
- Syracuse Grand PrixSyracuse Grand PrixThe Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race held at Syracuse Circuit in Sicily, Italy. For most of its existence, it formed part of the Formula One non-Championship calendar, usually being held near the beginning of the season before the World Championship races....
- Targa FlorioTarga FlorioThe Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973...