The final round of the ACI Racing Weekend has come to an end at Mugello International Circuit, with Sunday’s action dominated by rain, which played a major role in the races and the decisive battles for the 2026 championship titles. Challenging weather conditions, unexpected twists and closely fought races delivered an exciting season finale at the Tuscan circuit.

In TCR Italy, newly crowned champion Michele Imberti, who had already secured the title on Saturday, ended the season with a victory behind the wheel of his Hyundai Elantra N TCR Evo, finishing ahead of Giacomo Prandelli and Marco Pellegrini. In the DSG category, Daniele Verrocchio claimed victory ahead of Davide Casetta and Temel Camlidag. It was an unfortunate day for Sandro Pelatti, who started from pole position but was forced to retire following an off-track excursion in the early stages of the race. However, the Tuscan driver still secured the Master title thanks to his podium finish on Saturday. Local driver Cosimo Barberini also delivered a strong performance, starting from eighth position due to the reversed grid following his Race 1 victory and fighting his way up to fourth place, despite a driveshaft issue slowing him down in the closing stages.

In the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, amid rain and Safety Car interventions, Andrea Bristot once again emerged victorious, claiming Race 2 and completing a perfect weekend following Saturday’s win and his triumph in the 2026 overall championship. Behind him were Flynt Schuring Van Soelen and Marcus Voisin. In the Michelin Cup, the title went to Tuscan driver Stefano Stefanelli, who finished second behind Alex De Giacomi, with Cesare Brusa completing the podium.

In the Italian F4 Championship, Race 3 saw young Elia Weiss claim his first victory in the series, delivering an impressive performance ahead of David Cosma Cristofor and Andy Consani. British driver Kenzo Craigie also had reason to celebrate, securing the Rookie title and completing an outstanding season.

There was plenty of excitement in the Italian GT Endurance Championship as well, with a thrilling three-hour race full of drama and constantly changing circumstances. Persistent rain made track conditions particularly treacherous, leading to numerous off-track incidents and repeated Safety Car interventions. The action began right from the start, with Akamanaging to overtake Ferrari in the opening stages of the race.

The battle remained intense until the final laps, when contact between Segù and Cressoni prevented the anticipated three-way fight for victory. Amid retirements, overtakes and continuous changes in the running order, Alessandro Balzan and Dylan Medler, representing Rinaldi Racing, emerged victorious and were crowned 2026 Italian GT Endurance Champions. Their flawless performance was built on careful race management, great determination and decisive overtaking manoeuvres in extremely challenging conditions.

The rain continued even during the podium ceremonies, but it did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the drivers and fans. An intense weekend of motorsport at Mugello thus came to an end, featuring spectacular racing and newly crowned champions across the fifteen corners of the Tuscan circuit.

An intense and exciting day at Mugello International Circuit, which hosted qualifying sessions and the first races of the final round of the ACI Sport championships. With victories, dramatic twists and championship titles decided, Saturday delivered plenty of action at the Tuscan circuit.

In the Italian F4 Championship, 2026 champion Luka Sammalisto, who had already secured the title at Misano, claimed an impressive double victory. He dominated both races from start to finish, starting from pole position in Race 1 and second on the grid in Race 2. Among the protagonists was also Kenzo Craigie, winner of the E4 Championship. The young British driver, a member of the Mercedes Junior Programme, remains in contention for second place in the overall standings and the Rookie title.

In the Italian GT Endurance Championship, pole position went to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Alba-Ferrari, representing AKM Motorsport. Starting alongside them will be the Audi R8 of Levi-Aka-Frassineti, while the Ferrari 296 GT3 of Balzan-Medler, entered by Rinaldi Racing, will start from third position. In the GT Cup First Division, the fastest time was set by the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo of Roccadelli-Lancillotto, representing SP Racing. In the GT Cup Second Division, Carboni-Di Benedetto-Nicolosi set the fastest time in the Am class, while Gonzalez-Font Casas-Tato Sanchez topped the Pro-Am category.

In TCR Italy, local driver Cosimo Barberini, from Montaione, claimed a home victory behind the wheel of the Cupra Leon VZ entered by Team NOS. He dominated the race from pole position, maintaining the lead all the way to the chequered flag. Meanwhile, second place secured the 2026 TCR Italy Championship title for Michele Imberti, the second of his career following his DSG category triumph in 2020. The Kombat Motorsport driver claimed the championship at the wheel of the Hyundai Elantra N TCR. In the DSG category, Daniele Verrocchio took victory and moved into the lead of the Master standings. Newly crowned champion Francesco Miotto attended the race as a spectator.

There was no shortage of drama in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, with a particularly eventful Race 1 featuring three Safety Car interventions and a red flag. At the start, championship leader Andrea Bristot overtook pole-sitter Pietro Delli Guanti to take the lead. The closely fought race ended prematurely following a heavy accident involving Lirim Zendeli and Alexander Tauscher.

Despite an initial investigation into a restart following a Safety Car period, the stewards confirmed Andrea Bristot's victory, officially crowning him 2026 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Champion. For the Dinamic Motorsport driver, who had already secured the Rookie title, it marks an extraordinary championship double in his debut season.

In the Michelin Cup, local driver Stefano Stefanelli claimed victory ahead of Andrea Galli and Lee Mowle, with the latter taking third place following a penalty handed to Andrea Girondi. It was an unfortunate day for the other title contenders: Cesare Brusa was forced to retire following contact with Karen Gaillard, while Alex De Giacomi was involved in an accident alongside Benjamin Berta and Luciano Martinez.

The ACI Racing Weekend programme will continue on Sunday, November 1, with the first cars taking to the track from 8:40 AM. More races and championship titles are still to be decided, promising a spectacular season finale through Mugello's fifteen corners.

The ACI Sport championships reach their final round, with the Tuscan circuit ready to host the decisive battles of the 2026 season. Among the protagonists are the young drivers of the Italian F4 Championship, with the overall title already secured by Luka Sammalisto and the Teams' Championship claimed by US Racing, the newly crowned champion's team. Nearly fifty single-seaters will take to the track, divided into groups for the first three races, before the fourth and final race, the Final, which will feature thirty-six drivers. The Rookie and Women's titles are still to be decided.

The drivers of the Italian GT Endurance Championship will also take centre stage, with fifty-one crews entered across the various classes. Six titles are still up for grabs, with Albag-Ferrari looking to defend their championship lead against the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 of Liberati-Zanon-Michelotto and the Ferrari 296 GT3 of Balzan-Medler, representing Rinaldi Racing. In the GT Cup Am category, just one point separates Di Benedetto, Nicolosi and Carboni from their rivals Bolzoni and Contessi.

In TCR Italy, the championship battle is heating up between Imberti's Hyundai Elantra and Poloni's Audi, with fifteen points separating the two drivers in favour of the Kombat Motorsport competitor. In the DSG category, however, the title race was already settled at Misano, with Francesco Miotto securing the 2026 championship.

The battle also remains open in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, where Andrea Bristot holds a twenty-eight-point advantage over Pietro Delli Guanti, the only driver still capable of challenging him for the crown. In the Michelin Cup, Girondi and Brusa are separated by just one point, while Stefanelli and De Giacomi remain mathematically in contention for the title.

A weekend packed with adrenaline and excitement, with numerous championship titles still at stake and decisive battles through the corners and elevation changes of Mugello.

On Sunday, November 1st, 2026, Mugello Circuit will once again host an exciting day of cyclocross racing with the 6th edition of the Trofeo Città di Firenze, an international competition organized by APD Virtus Settimo Miglio, returning to the circuit for the fourth consecutive year.

The 2026 edition marks an important milestone, as the event joins the prestigious Selle SMP Master Cross international series for the first time, becoming part of a calendar featuring some of the discipline's most significant competitions.

Italian and international athletes will compete on a specially designed course within the circuit, with races across several categories, from young talents to Elite and Masters riders.

Sunday, November 1st – Event Schedule

The day will begin at 7:30 AM with license checks and course practice sessions, while the first races will get underway at 9:00 AM.

Race Schedule:

• 07:30 – 08:55 | Course practice – International categories
• 09:00 | Masters
• 10:05 | Junior Men
• 10:07 | Junior Women
• 11:20 – 13:00 | Promotional races
• 11:45 | Elite and Under 23 Women
• 12:55 | Elite and Under 23 Men
• 13:30 | Masters Awards Ceremony
• 14:20 | International Categories Awards Ceremony
• 14:20 | Second-Year Beginner Boys
• 14:22 | First-Year Beginner Boys
• 15:00 | Youth Girls
• 15:01 | Beginner Girls
• 15:35 | Second-Year Youth Boys
• 15:36 | First-Year Youth Boys
• 16:25 | National Categories Awards Ceremony

Activities will begin on Saturday, October 31st, with official course practice sessions scheduled from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Si è aperto ufficialmente il secondo Mugello Racing Weekend, con l’intera giornata dedicata alle prove libere. Numerosi i campionati in pista con le serie targate PNK Motorsport e FX Racing. Tra le Gt sono presenti i piloti del National GT Challenge, con all’interno la classifica dedicata alle Ferrari 488 Challenge. A loro si affianca la serie SuperSport GT con un totale di oltre trenta vetture. Chiude sul circuito toscano la Top Jet Formula 2000, dopo aver iniziato a stagione a metà aprile al Red Bull Ring. A seguire la Mitjet Trophy con circa venti vetture, in pista anche le Legends Cars Trophy con oltre quaranta vetture a darsi battaglia sulle quindici curve del Mugello. Per questo monomarca è presente lo Youtuber Alberto Naska, sempre in lotta nelle prime posizioni. Penultimo appuntamento per le vetture di origine americana che daranno sicuramente spettacolo, in vista del finale di stagione a Misano a metà novembre. Penultimo appuntamento anche per la RS Cup, serie dedicata alle Clio IV. In pista anche la Young Timer Touring Cup con l’ATCC FX, la Formula Junior, Trofeo Predators e la FX Pro Series/FX3. Tanta carne al fuoco per gli amanti del Motorsport.

The first edition of the Italian Historic Grand Prix concluded with great success. More than 25,000 spectators packed the paddock and grandstands of the Mugello International Circuit over the course of the weekend.

The event, which featured more than 200 historic cars on track, including over 100 single-seaters, celebrated Scuderia Ferrari’s golden decade with the collaboration of the Corse Clienti department.

In this context, ten drivers who wrote the history of the Prancing Horse in Formula 1 and beyond took center stage in two exhibitions and numerous events with the fans.

René Arnoux climbed into the cockpit of the 1995 412 T2, the last 12-cylinder Ferrari to compete in the Formula 1 World Championship and the first to be driven, albeit during a test, by Michael Schumacher. Irishman Eddie Irvine returned to the wheel of the F399 with which he narrowly missed out on the World Championship title, climbing onto the top step of the podium no fewer than four times, accompanied by Luca Badoer and Andrea Bertolini, official test drivers during the ten years that enriched the achievements of the Maranello manufacturer.

Taking center stage in the exhibition and highly sought after by fans were Gerhard Berger, Nicola Larini, Stephan Johansson, Mika Salo, Giancarlo Fisichella and Antonio Giovinazzi.

A success that once again confirmed the public’s great interest in motorsport and the special bond between Ferrari, its fans and the Mugello Circuit.

The Mugello Circuit is not only one of the symbolic venues of international motorsport. The 2025 figures tell the story of a facility capable of generating value, employment and tourism, with an impact extending far beyond the boundaries of the local area. In 2025, the activities of Mugello Circuit Spa generated €205.2 million in production at national level, €149.6 million of which in Tuscany. A result that confirms the strategic role of the Mugello International Circuit for the regional and national economy. The data emerged during the presentation of the study on the economic impact of the Ferrari-owned Tuscan Circuit, carried out through the collaboration between the Centro Studi Turistici di Firenze and IRPET, the Regional Institute for Economic Planning of Tuscany. The conference took place in the Circuit’s press room, immediately after the spectacular on-track parade of the Ferraris that starred in the most glorious decade in the history of the Prancing Horse in Formula 1 (1996 – 2006).

Present at the meeting were Circuit Director Paolo Poli, President of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, Scientific Director of the Centro Studi Turistici di Firenze Alessandro Tortelli, IRPET Research Manager Renato Paniccià and the Councillor of the Municipality of Scarperia e San Piero responsible for the City of Motors, Marco Recati. “The Italian Historic Grand Prix, which comes just a few days after the official announcement of the renewal of the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix at Mugello for the next 5 years, confirms an increasingly attractive calendar,” declared President of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani. ‘’The desire to keep the MotoGP World Championship at Mugello also requires support from local authorities and institutions such as the Tuscany Region. Not only that, we would like to strengthen relations further so that institutions can provide support for the circuit’s activities, which see it active for 299 days. The strategic importance of the facility is demonstrated by the recent Study. From 2011 to 2025, the economic impact has risen from €67 million to €205 million, so it is only right that the Region should also play its part’’. “The Italian Historic Grand Prix – this first occasion, we hope, of a long series – confirms the great quality of the Mugello Circuit’s 2026 calendar and joins other major prestigious events such as the Italian Motorcycle Grand Prix and many other races,” declared Circuit Director Paolo Poli. “Added to this is confirmation of the growth trend, also certified by the recent study on the economic impact of 2025, which established an economic impact for Italy and, specifically, for the Tuscany Region, equal to €205 million per year, qualifying the Mugello facility as one of the most productive”.

Alessandro Tortelli, Scientific Director, Centro Studi Turistici di Firenze, and Renato Paniccià, IRPET Research Manager, then illustrated the Study of the Mugello Circuit’s record Impact on the local area.

A circuit that produces value

2025 is confirmed as a year of extraordinary growth for the Mugello Circuit, with unprecedented economic and tourism impacts for Tuscany and the entire country. The Circuit closed the 2025 financial year with revenues exceeding €21.3 million, marking growth of more than 10% and an operating result that more than doubled compared with the previous year. A figure driven not only by motorsport competitions, but also by a strong push toward diversification: “extra racing” events now account for 36% of total revenues. Management efficiency is also demonstrated by the volume of costs incurred in carrying out the activities, which amounted to €16.2 million (+1.4% compared with 2024), of which €4.6 million remained directly within the regional economic system. Of these, 84.2% was captured by businesses in the LLSs (Local Labour Systems) of Borgo San Lorenzo and Florence. With 299 days of activity and 74 events organized (42% of which were international), the facility generated approximately 478,000 total attendances. The MotoGP World Championship remains the flagship event with more than 212,000 spectators, followed by the Ferrari Finali Mondiali.

Tourism and the local area

The tourist flow generated 338,000 overnight stays, 73% of which were concentrated in the Mugello area. Spending by Circuit visitors (excluding tickets) reached €68.6 million, 86% of which was spent directly in the Mugello area. The sectors that benefited most were: accommodation services (56.5% of total spending), food and beverage services (19.2%), transport and communications (6.6%), retail network (4.6%). Overall, the activities of Mugello Circuit Spa generated a production volume of €205.2 million at national level, €149.6 million of which in Tuscany.

A strategic facility for Tuscany

The contribution to national GDP was €100.4 million, while for Tuscany it was €77.5 million. In terms of employment, 1,259 work units were generated in Tuscany (862 in the Local Labour System of Borgo San Lorenzo), generating €18 million in disposable income for Tuscan households.

These are the main figures

299 days of activity, 478,000 attendances during the season, €205.2 million. Production generated at national level, of which €149.6 million in Tuscany.

From October 2 to 4, Mugello hosts the first edition of the Italian Historic Grand Prix. From the tribute to Ferrari’s Golden Age with the drivers from the Schumacher era, to more than 250 historic cars and 18 breathtaking races.

For great motorsport enthusiasts, the Italian Historic Grand Prix on the ups and downs of Mugello is an event not to be missed.
This first edition pays tribute to the most glorious decade in Ferrari’s Formula 1 history, from 1996 to 2006. Nine single-seaters from that era will take to the track, driven by the drivers who contributed to the Scuderia’s extraordinary success during those years.

SCUDERIA FERRARI – GOLDEN AGE: 1996-2006

The only team to have competed in every Formula 1 season since the World Championship was inaugurated in 1950, Scuderia Ferrari has experienced several eras of success, but none has matched the results achieved during the 1996-2006 period. During this extraordinary decade, the Scuderia won six Constructors’ World Championships, 87 Grands Prix and achieved 203 podium finishes.

Legendary was the Dream Team made up of Jean Todt, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne and Michael Schumacher, which won five Drivers’ World Championships. This golden chapter in Ferrari’s history will be celebrated during the first edition of the Italian Historic Grand Prix, which will take place at the Mugello Circuit from October 2 to 4.

Organized by HVM Racing and the Mugello Circuit, in collaboration with Ferrari, the event will feature no fewer than nine single-seaters designed in Maranello between 1996 and 2006, from the F310 to the 248 F1. Visitors will be able to appreciate the extent of the technical developments that characterized this era: from the transition from the naturally aspirated 3.0-liter V10 to the 2.4-liter V8 and the introduction of grooved tires, to the increasing use of aerodynamic appendages such as bargeboards, turning vanes, chimneys and even “penguin wings”
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These single-seaters will take to the track as part of the “Golden Age 1996-2006” parades led by iconic figures from Ferrari’s racing history, including René Arnoux, Gerhard Berger, Giancarlo Fisichella, Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo and Stefan Johansson.

But make no mistake, this will not just be a historic parade, but a true race weekend. It starts on Friday with qualifying, followed by the races on Saturday and Sunday for the competing categories. In addition to more than one hundred Formula 1 cars divided into grids by decade, there will also be Formula 2, Formula 3 and Master Endurance Legends.

“The cars will all be on track, we at Ferrari always support our customers and we are the only manufacturer to have a department dedicated to historic cars,” commented Antonello Coletta, Ferrari Global Head of Endurance and Corse Clienti, while presenting the event.

It is also a source of great pride for Paolo Poli, CEO and director of the Ferrari-owned Mugello circuit: “It is an honor to be able to host this first Italian edition. Our track was central during the 1996-2006 decade, when Schumacher and Ferrari used the circuit to develop the cars. At the time, in fact, private testing in F1 was permitted.”

Three days of races and events to relive the legend, then, at Mugello from October 2 to 4. In addition to the activities on the list, for fans, in the dedicated area, there will be F1 simulators and an exhibition village. All in celebration of Schumacher for a first, unmissable edition of the Historic Grand Prix in Italy.

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EXPERIENCE: GRANDSTANDS AND PADDOCK

The public will have the opportunity to admire up close the cars that have made motorsport history. With a standard admission ticket, all spectators will have a seat in the grandstand and access to various areas of the circuit.

Tickets guaranteeing access to the paddock will also be available. Ticket holders will be able to visit the “Scuderia Ferrari – Golden Age: 1996–2006” exhibition, which will bring together nine iconic single-seaters from this legendary decade, from the F310 to the 248 F1, together with the 1995 Ferrari 412 T2, the last Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 single-seater equipped with a V12 engine. Meet-and-greet sessions and autograph sessions with the Ferrari drivers in attendance will also be organized. The Fan Zone will host Formula 1 simulators, a giant screen broadcasting the action live, an exhibitor village dedicated to the automotive world and a refreshment area.

All information and the race program at www.mugellocircuit.com/