Autodromo Riccardo Paletti

Autodromo Riccardo Paletti is a race track for motorsports near Varano in the Province of Parma, Italy. The track began as a small 550 m (0.34 mi) oval in 1969, and this was then expanded to a full 1.800 km (1.118 mi), 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.

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Autodromo Riccardo Paletti

Full Circuit (2002–2009)
Location	Varano, Italy
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (DST)
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FIA Grade	3[a]
Opened	1969
Former names	Autodromo di Varano (1969–1983)
Major events	Former: Italian Formula Renault Championship (2000–2006, 2009, 2011) Formula Abarth Italian Championship (2005–2011) Italian F3 (1972–1973, 1975–2010) Italian GT (1993–1997, 1999–2001)
Website	https://www.autodromovarano.it/
Full Circuit (2011–present)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.350 km (1.460 miles)
Turns	14
Race lap record	1:04.432 ( Patric Niederhauser, Tatuus FA010, 2011, Formula Abarth)
Short Circuit (2011–present)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.640 km (1.019 miles)
Turns	13
Full Circuit (2010)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.360 km (1.466 miles)
Turns	12
Race lap record	1:03.181 ( César Ramos, Dallara F310, 2010, F3)
Full Circuit (2002–2009)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.375 km (1.476 miles)
Turns	14
Race lap record	1:03.479 ( Mauro Massironi, Dallara F302, 2006, F3)
Full Circuit (1997–2001)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.800 km (1.118 miles)
Turns	11
Race lap record	0:46.729 ( Mirko Venturi [de], Tatuus FR2000, 2001, FR 2.0)
Full Circuit (1972–1996)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.800 km (1.118 miles)
Turns	9
Race lap record	0:44.905 ( Luca Badoer, Dallara F391, 1991, F3)
Full Circuit (1971)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.200 km (0.746 miles)
Turns	9
Original Circuit (1969–1970)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.600 km (0.373 miles)
Turns	5

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In 2001 the layout was extended to a length of 2.375 km (1.476 mi). However, the layout length was decreased to 2.360 km (1.466 mi) in 2010, then 2.350 km (1.460 mi) in 2011.^[1][2]