It is 40 years since the World Championship first raced at the Santerno circuit, when it hosted the Italian Grand Prix instead of Monza, which at that moment could not be used due to its modernisation process. The next season, the national race returned to Monza on the outskirts of Milan, but for 26 years, Imola hosted the San Marino Grand Prix. Scuderia Ferrari has won here eight times, the first in 1982 with Didier Pironi in a race where relations soured between the Frenchman and his Canadian team-mate Gilles Villeneuve. The following championship, Patrick Tambay won and then came six wins for Michael Schumacher (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).

The track is unchanged with its legendary corners such as the high speed Villeneuve, Tosa, the demanding Piratella and the downhill Acque Minerali.

What’s in a name
In 1970, at a City Council meeting the mayor of Imola, wishing to honour Ferrari and mark the importance of the links between the race track and the Maranello marque, named the circuit after Enzo Ferrari’s son Dino, who died at the age of 24 in 1956. When Enzo himself passed away in 1988, the decision was taken to add the father’s name to that of his son.

The event appeared on the 2022 Formula One calendar to be held for a third consecutive edition. In early 2022, the Italian organisers officially confirmed a contract extension which allows them to continue organising the Grand Prix through to the 2025 season.

FERRARI STATS SINCE 1980

• 8 RACE WINS
• 6 POLE POSITIONS
• 10 FASTEST LAPS
• 24 PODIUMS