Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Explained

The Misano World Circuit (officially known as Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli or Misano Circuit Sic 58, and before 2006 called Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica Misano) is a race track located next to the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santa Monica-Cella. Originally designed in 1969 as a length of 3.488km (02.167miles), it hosted its first event in 1972. In 1993, the track length was increased to 4.064km (02.525miles).

As of 2007, it began hosting the San Marino and Rimini Coast Grand Prix as part of the MotoGP World Championship.

In 2012, the track was renamed to commemorate Marco Simoncelli, a local motorcycle racer who died in 2011.

History

The circuit was designed in 1969; it was built from 1970 and 1972, and inaugurated that year. Its initial length was 3.488km (02.167miles) and only had a small, open pit area. This version of the circuit hosted three editions of the San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix, from the 1985 season to the 1987 season. In 1993 it was modified for the first time: the track length was increased to 4.06km (02.52miles), with the possibility to race both the long and the old short loop; moreover, new facilities and new pit garages were built. It was at Misano during the 1993 Italian Grand Prix that the defending 500 cc World Champion Wayne Rainey's career ended after he fell and suffered a broken spine. Between 1996 and 2001 all facilities were improved further, adding more pits and stands. In 2005, a new access point to the circuit was built, Via Daijiro Kato, in honor of the late Japanese rider, killed during the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, whose in-season race home was in the Portoverde frazione of Misano Adriatico.

In order to host again the World motorcycle championship, the circuit was extensively modified in 2006. The circuit direction was changed to clockwise direction, the track length was brought to 4.18km (02.6miles), track width has been widened to 14m (46feet), facilities were improved, and all security measures have been applied. The first MotoGP race held on the circuit after the modifications was the 2007 San Marino and Rimini Coast Grand Prix, which was won by "home" marque Ducati.

During the 2010 Moto2 event, Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa was killed after losing control of his bike and being subsequently struck by both Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis.[1] Coincidentally this incident occurred 17 years to the day of Wayne Rainey's career ending incident also at Misano.

On 3 November 2011, the circuit owners announced that it would be named after Marco Simoncelli, an Italian motorcycle racer who died during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang a week prior.[2] [3] Simoncelli was born in nearby Cattolica and had lived from childhood in Coriano.[4] [5] [6] On 8 June 2012 the track's new name was confirmed at the San Marino round of the Superbike World Championship.[7]

Events

Current
Former

Lap records

As of June 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli are listed as:

Category Time Driver Vehicle Event
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.226 km (2008–present)[8]
1:20.785[9] 2022 Misano BOSS GP round
1:24.135[10] Adriano Pagni Buzaid 2023 Misano BOSS GP round
1:25.380[11] 2008 Misano Euroseries 3000 round
1:27.291[12] 2019 Misano DTM round
1:28.279[13] 2018 Misano F3 European Championship round
1:30.288[14] 2018 Misano DTM round
1:30.373[15] 2020 Misano FREC round
1:31.159[16] 2022 Misano Ultimate Cup round
1:31.791 2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:31.939[17] 2022 Misano GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup round
1:32.687[18] 2024 Misano World SBK round
1:32.765[19] 2015 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Alps round
1:33.265[20] 2022 Misano Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe round
1:34.368[21] 2021 Misano Italian F4 round
1:34.906[22] 2024 Misano GT2 European Series round
1:35.394[23] 2023 Misano Ferrari Challenge Europe round
1:35.841[24] 2024 Misano Porsche Carrera Cup Italia round
1:36.173 2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:37.114[25] 2024 Misano World SSP round
1:37.195[26] 2010 Misano Italian GT round
1:38.909 2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:40.593 2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:40.909[27] 2024 Misano GT4 European Series round
1:41.297 2023 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:41.804[28] 2024 Misano TCR Italy round
1:43.195 2010 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:47.961[29] 2024 Misano World WCR round
1:48.749[30] 2024 Misano Supersport 300 round
1.52.080[31] 2020 Misano Renault Clio Cup Italy round
2:04.566[32]
Formula E Circuit: 3.381 km (2024)
1:18.682 2024 Misano ePrix
Short Truck Circuit: 4.048 km (2008–present)
2:01.993[33]
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.180 km (2007)
1:32.196[34] 2007 Misano Italian F3 round
1:34.649 2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:35.942[35] 2007 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Italia round
1:36.022 2007 Misano World SBK round
1:38.074 2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
1:38.475[36] 2007 Misano Italian GT round
1:39.109 2007 Misano World SSP round
1:39.301 2007 Misano Italian GT round
1:39.548[37] 2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia round
1:40.378[38] 2007 Misano Ferrari Challenge Italia round
1:42.811 2007 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
Short Truck Circuit: 4.000 km (2007)
2:01.710[39] 2007 Misano European Truck Racing Championship round
Grand Prix Circuit: 4.060 km (1993–2006)
1:22.185[40] 2006 Misano Euroseries 3000 round
1:25.709[41] 1998 Misano International Sports Racing Series round
1:26.087[42] 2003 Misano Italian F3 round
1:28.565[43] 2006 Misano Italian GT round
1:29.833[44] 2005 Misano Formula Renault 2.0 Italia round
1:33.207[45] 2006 Misano Italian GT round
1:34.179[46] 1999 1st Misano Italian Superturismo round
1:34.289 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:34.913[47] 2002 Misano World SBK round
1:35.782 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:36.139[48] 2006 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Italia round
1:36.165[49] 2006 Misano Eurocup Mégane Trophy round
1:36.511[50] 2006 Misano Ferrari Challenge Italia round
1:37.057 2006 Misano Italian GT round
1:37.449[51] 1994 Misano Italian GT round
1:37.628 2006 Misano World SSP round
1:38.235[52] 2000 Misano Italian GT round
1:40.327[53] 2006 Misano European Truck Racing Championship round
1:41.088 1993 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:43.230[54] 2006 Misano FIA GTC round (TC '76)
1:47.185[55] 2006 Misano Renault Clio Cup Italia round
Grand Prix Circuit: 3.488 km (1972–1992)
1:08.500 1984 Gran Premio dell'Adriatico
1:13.241[56] 1991 Misano Italian F3 round
1:13.600[57] 1973 Misano Interserie round
1:15.892 1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:16.600[58] 1974 Trophée Marlboro - Etienae Aigner Misano
1:17.965 1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:18.278[59] 1992 Misano Italian Superturismo round
1:18.300[60] 1978 Misano 6 Hours
1:18.611[61] 1991 Misano World SBK round
1:23.157[62] 1992 Misano Italian GT round
1:23.436 1991 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
1:24.540 1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
1:26.200[63] 1977 Misano Group 4 race
1:30.136 1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
1:40.600 1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Fatalities

External links

Notes and References

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  2. News: Misano circuit to be renamed after Marco Simoncelli . BBC Sport . 6 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111106221003/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motogp/15584165.stm . 6 November 2011 . live .
  3. Web site: Subito al lavoro per legare il nome di Marco Simoncelli a Misano World Circuit. Misano World Circuit. it. 3 November 2011. 9 November 2011. Already working on tying the name of Marco Simoncelli to Misano World Circuit. 10 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111110191804/http://www.misanocircuit.com/index.php?page=news&cod=75. dead.
  4. Web site: Marco Simoncelli: Career Achievements. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 October 2011. 9 November 2011.
  5. Web site: Accendere la moto e andare è stata la lezione di Marco Simoncelli. L'Occidentale. it. 23 October 2011. 9 November 2011. Start up the bike and go was the lesson of Marco Simoncelli. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025030446/http://www.loccidentale.it/node/110799. 25 October 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: Quel clone di Valentino con la faccia da cabaret nascosta in un cespuglio. Il Giornale. it. 24 October 2011. 9 November 2011. That clone of Valentino with the face of cabaret hidden in a bush.
  7. Web site: Misano circuit is renamed after Marco Simoncelli . 11 June 2012 . BBC . 12 June 2012.
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  33. Web site: Misano Grand Prix Truck 2024 - Misano World Circuit, length 4048 m - 25. & 26. May 2024 - Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship - Final Result TITAN Category Race 1, 25.05.2024 . 25 May 2024 . 27 May 2024.
  34. Web site: 2007 Misano Italian F3 - Round 4 . . 6 May 2007 . 1 May 2022.
  35. Web site: 6 Ore Misano, 21–22 Luglio 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 - Classifica Gara 2 . 22 July 2007 . 1 April 2023.
  36. Web site: Sara Racing Weekend, 4–5–6 Maggio 2007 Sara GT C.I. Gran Turismo - Classifica di Classe Gara 2 . 6 May 2007 . 1 April 2023.
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  46. Web site: CIST 1999 » Misano World Circuit Round 1 Results . 18 April 1999 . 1 May 2022.
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  54. Web site: Peroni Racenetwork FIA GTC - TC '76 - Results Race 1 . 18 June 2006 . 1 April 2023.
  55. Web site: Renault Clio Cup 2 Ore Classic, 09-10 Sett. 2006 Renault Clio Cup - Classifica Aggregate Gara . 10 September 2006 . 1 April 2023.
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  58. Web site: European 2-Litre Championship Misano 1974 . 28 July 1974 . 7 June 2022.
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  61. Web site: 1991-08-02 to 1991-08-04 World Superbike San Marino Round Race 1 . 4 August 1991 . 8 March 2023.
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  63. Web site: Gr.4 Misano 1977 . 10 July 1977 . 9 June 2022.

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