Pescara Circuit

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The Pescara Circuit was a 16.032 miles (25.8 km) road race course near Pescara, Italy.

The track boasted two long straights between villages, as well as demanding corners in the seaside town. The roads were both narrow and bumpy, and the staggering 16-mile (26 km) length was the longest of any open-wheel championship event. Like many long circuits (such as the original Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps circuits) Pescara was extremely dangerous.

The first race took place in 1924 and non-Championship Formula One races followed in the early 1950s, before the circuit was eventually included in the official Formula One World Championship in 1957. The Pescara Grand Prix drew in excess of 200,000 spectators, and remains the longest circuit in terms of lap distance ever to stage a Formula One Grand Prix. But the circuit was feared even by Enzo Ferrari- who did not send his cars to this race out of fear for his drivers' safety.[1]

It was the first F1 circuit with an artificial chicane, built in 1934 on the start-finish straight to reduce speed in the pits.

The track's last race was a four hour World Sportscar Championship race in 1961, won by Lorenzo Bandini and Giorgio Scarlatti. After that race the circuit was permanently retired as a racing venue as it was impossible for the organizers to guarantee the safety of drivers and spectators.



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StarLight
It was the first F1 circuit with an artificial chicane, built in 1934 on the start-finish straight to reduce speed in the pits.
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I see you've taken this from the Wikipedia article but it's not right - F1 wasn't in existence in 1934 so it must mean GP; but even that wouldn't be right, here is a picture from Brooklands British GP of 1926


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_British_Grand_Prix
 
nick77
I see you've taken this from the Wikipedia article but it's not right - F1 wasn't in existence in 1934 so it must mean GP.
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No it says that the circuit was built in 1934 and in the early years (1946-1950) it was a non-Championship Formula One circuit.

You are right when we speak about from 1920-1930 ... that was the European Grand Prix period.
In 1946 the FIA founded, but the first official Formula One Championship was in 1950.

And in 1957 it holds it's first Formula One Championship race, so in 1957 the artificial chicane was introduced and that was the first F1 circuit with such a chicane.

Hope is clarified now.
 
StarLight
No it says that the circuit was built in 1934 and in the early years (1946-1950) it was a non-Championship Formula One circuit.

You are right when we speak about from 1920-1930 ... that was the European Grand Prix period.
In 1946 the FIA founded, but the first official Formula One Championship was in 1950.

And in 1957 it holds it's first Formula One Championship race, so in 1957 the artificial chicane was introduced and that was the first F1 circuit with such a chicane.

Hope is clarified now.
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StarLight
It was the first F1 circuit with an artificial chicane, built in 1934 on the start-finish straight to reduce speed in the pits.
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Have done some further research and the written english here is terrible, I think what the sentence is supposed to say is that there was a chicane, which was added in 1934 and in 1957 this circuit was used for an F1 race. Therefore the circuit holds the dubious distinction of featuring the first artifical chicane used in an F1 race.
 
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