Autodromo di Pergusa

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Start and finish area with main grandstand

The Autodromo di Pergusa is a motorsport racing track in the Pergusa district of the city of Enna in Sicily . The circuit circles the only natural lake in Sicily, Lago di Pergusa .

During the 1960s, the Coppa Città di Enna races took place here and later in the 1970s the Coppa Florio races took place here. From 1962 to 1998, the Gran Premio del Mediterraneo was held here almost annually , an automobile race that was initially a Formula 1 race without world championship status, later part of the Formula 2 European Championship and, from 1985, the International Formula 3000 Championship . In the 1990s the racetrack was expanded; since then, races of the FIA GT championship have also run here . In 1997 the Ferrari Festival took place on the racetrack. In 2012 several races of Italian racing series were held, including the finale of the Superstars Series . In 2013, the ETCC brought the Super 2000 touring cars back to Pergusa after the European Touring Car Championship had been there in 2002 and 2003 .

The length of the race course is 4950 meters and the course has 16 curves.

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Coordinates: 37 ° 31 ′ 16 ″  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 18 ″  E