Autodromo Riccardo Paletti | |
Former Names: | Autodromo di Varano (1969–1983) |
Location: | Varano, Italy |
Coordinates: | 44.6811°N 10.0225°W |
Time: | CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST) |
Events: | Former: Italian Formula Renault Championship (2000–2006, 2009, 2011) Italian F3 (1972–1973, 1975–2010) Italian GT (1993–1997, 1999–2001) |
Fiagrade: | 3 |
Opened: | 1969 |
Layout1: | Full Circuit (2011–present) |
Surface: | Asphalt |
Length Km: | 2.350 |
Length Mi: | 1.460 |
Turns: | 14 |
Record Time: | 1:02.834 |
Record Driver: | Mei Shibi |
Record Car: | Dallara F308 |
Record Year: | 2023 |
Record Class: | Formula 3 |
Layout2: | Short Circuit (2011–present) |
Surface2: | Asphalt |
Length Km2: | 1.640 |
Length Mi2: | 1.019 |
Turns2: | 13 |
Layout3: | Full Circuit (2010) |
Surface3: | Asphalt |
Length Km3: | 2.360 |
Length Mi3: | 1.466 |
Turns3: | 12 |
Record Time3: | 1:03.181 |
Record Driver3: | César Ramos |
Record Car3: | Dallara F310 |
Record Year3: | 2010 |
Record Class3: | F3 |
Layout4: | Full Circuit (2002–2009) |
Surface4: | Asphalt |
Length Km4: | 2.375 |
Length Mi4: | 1.476 |
Turns4: | 14 |
Record Time4: | 1:03.479 |
Record Driver4: | Mauro Massironi |
Record Car4: | Dallara F302 |
Record Year4: | 2006 |
Record Class4: | F3 |
Layout5: | Full Circuit (1997–2001) |
Surface5: | Asphalt |
Length Km5: | 1.800 |
Length Mi5: | 1.118 |
Turns5: | 11 |
Record Time5: | 0:46.729 |
Record Driver5: | Mirko Venturi |
Record Car5: | Tatuus FR2000 |
Record Year5: | 2001 |
Record Class5: | FR 2.0 |
Layout6: | Full Circuit (1972–1996) |
Surface6: | Asphalt |
Length Km6: | 1.800 |
Length Mi6: | 1.118 |
Turns6: | 9 |
Record Time6: | 0:44.905 |
Record Driver6: | Luca Badoer |
Record Car6: | Dallara F391 |
Record Year6: | 1991 |
Record Class6: | F3 |
Layout7: | Full Circuit (1971) |
Surface7: | Asphalt |
Length Km7: | 1.200 |
Length Mi7: | 0.746 |
Turns7: | 9 |
Layout8: | Original Circuit (1969–1970) |
Surface8: | Asphalt |
Length Km8: | 0.600 |
Length Mi8: | 0.373 |
Turns8: | 5 |
Autodromo Riccardo Paletti is a race track for motorsports near Varano in the Province of Parma, Italy. The track began as a small oval in 1969, and this was then expanded to a full, 11 turn race track. This new layout was inaugurated officially on 26 March 1972. The track is named after Formula One driver Riccardo Paletti (1958–1982), who was killed at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix.
In 2001 the layout was extended to a length of . However, the layout length was decreased to in 2010, then in 2011.[1] [2]
As of September 2011, the fastest official race lap records at the Autodromo Riccardo Paletti are listed as: