Discover the Fiorano Circuit - Pit stop in Maranello

In the 1950s and 1960s, motor racing teams from Modena and the surrounding area used the city’s racetrack (Autodromo di Modena) for testing. Located in what was then the immediate outskirts of Modena, the facility sat adjacent to the Via Emilia.

This complex served multiple purposes, also functioning as an airfield, a circuit for car and motorcycle races, and a driving school (where Piero Taruffi directed courses for Scuderia Centro Sud, whose headquarters were opposite the track). Consequently, it suffered from conflicts between these competing uses, alongside increasing restrictions on operating an infrastructure that was rapidly being absorbed by Modena's expanding urban footprint.

As a result, in the early 1960s, Scuderia Ferrari—which also tested its racing cars at the city track—decided to construct its own dedicated test track in Fiorano. Opened in 1972, it was built on a site adjacent to the Maranello factory.

Construction of the circuit, personally championed by Enzo Ferrari, began in 1971 and was completed in under seven months. The track length is 3,021 meters; the average lap speed exceeds 160 km/h, with a top speed over 290 km/h. Within the perimeter of the track, Il Drake also built a house for himself, where the office he worked in remains preserved almost intact to this day.

The original layout has been partially modified over the decades based on feedback from Scuderia Ferrari drivers. In the early 1980s, a fast left-right chicane was added at the request of Gilles Villeneuve to better evaluate the behavior of ground-effect single-seaters. Toward the end of 1995, at the request of Michael Schumacher, the design of the first corner was altered because it did not resemble any of the curves on the Formula 1 World Championship calendar.

Ferrari's current use of the track primarily involves tire development. The circuit is equipped with extensive telemetry gear, an underground closed-circuit camera system, and an asphalt irrigation system to simulate wet conditions.

Historically closed to the public, the Fiorano track became accessible for tours starting in August 2010. Since then, visitors to the Ferrari Museum can join guided shuttle bus tours of the circuit. Furthermore, as has always been the tradition, fans can observe test sessions from designated viewing spots around the complex perimeter.