Very little is missing 32nd edition of the Nuvolari Grand Prixthe international regularity event for historic cars that every year sees classic car enthusiasts converge in Mantua to honor the legend of the driver who more than any other marked the history of twentieth century motoring: the “Great Tazio“. This year will be even more special, because in fact the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Flying Mantuan will be celebrated, an important anniversary that will be celebrated thanks to the organizational effort of Mantova Corse.
From 15 to 18 September 315 crews on cars manufactured from 1919 to 1976coming from all over the world and selected by a special commission, will cover the 1,100 kilometers of the route, crossing the suggestive landscapes of Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Veneto. Among other things, in 2022 the initiative “Nuvolari Green Grand Prix”: The environmental impact caused by the circulation of the historic cars participating in the event will be offset by the planting, in selected areas, of such a number of tall trees as to balance the total emission of CO2.
What will the path be like? It begins with a novelty: on Thursday 15 September, after the technical checks, the “Mantova 2022 Award – Nuvolari 130 Years” will take place, a night prologue of 7.5 km through the streets of the historic center of Mantua. It will be the greeting of the City reserved for participants from five continents.
Friday 16 September, the first stage. The historic cars will leave from Piazza Sordello, the heart of the Lombard city. They will cross the evocative streets of Emilia, up to the Modena Autodrome: lunch break and timed tests. We will then continue on the Apennines up to Imola, in the famous “Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari” of Formula 1. Finally, on the Romagna hills towards the Adriatic Sea with arrival in Cesenatico. The evocative location of the Grand Hotel da Vinci will open its doors to participants for the evening.
Saturday 17 September, the second stage, will see a brand new route: from Rimini to Florence, passing through the Mandrioli Pass, from Stia, to the Consuma Pass, then the Chianti area and the break in Borgo Scopeto, among the tall cypresses and close of Sienese hills. In the afternoon the crews will travel along the Arezzo roads with the Montevarchi and Pieve Santo Stefano stamp controls, towards the Viamaggio pass.
San Marino will welcome the Nuvolari GP with the last group of timed tests of the day and the stamp control in Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Government Palace of the oldest Republic in the world. The arrival will be at Rimini, on the promenade of Piazza Tre Martiri. The traditional Gala Dinner in honor of Tazio Nuvolari will close the evening, in the Fellini-style setting of the Grand Hotel in Rimini.
Sunday 18 September, third and last stage. The crews will return to Mantua. The course will reserve them the latest challenges, the decisive ones to decree the winner. Starting from Rimini, they will compete with the timed tests in Meldola, then in Faenza, guests of the Formula 1 team Alpha Tauri, in front of the public in Piazza del Popolo. The arena in Piazza Ariostea will be the glance that Ferrara will reserve for the participants. It will then be the turn of the return to Mantua, through the stamp checks of Bondeno Poggio Rusco and Revere. Lunch will be served at the millenary location of Castel d’Ario, the birthplace of Tazio Nuvolari: it could not be otherwise, on the 130th anniversary of his birth. Finally, finally the arrival in Mantua after 4 days and 1,100 km of race, and the award ceremony among the welcoming historic facades of Piazza Sordello.
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