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The Misano World Circuit is a big motor theme park in the Riviera Romagnola near the town of Misano Adriatico. A place that hosts world sport events and that is a reference point for the widespread love for motors in the land of motors. It is situated few meters from the sea and near the hills and represents a masterpiece from the point of view of the efficiency and the reliability of the organization.

Not only sports events but also offers to all the companies that choose to join, in a successful way, the world of motors with their incentive, congressional and marketing initiatives. Every year the Misano World Circuit hosts the most spectacular two and four wheels sport competitions; it is an important showcase for the big industrial brands and gather, around the love for motors, over than 500 thousand people.

History of The Misano World Circuit

Valentino Rossi

The Misano World Circuit was designed in 1969; it was built from 1970 and 1972, and inaugurated that year. Its initial length was 3,488 km and had a little and open pit area. This version of the circuit hosted three editions of the San Marino motorcycle Gran Prix, from 1985 to 1987. In 1993 it was modified for the first time: the track length was increased to 4.060 kilometres (2.52 mi), with the possibility to race both the long and the old short loop; moreover, new facilities and new pit garages were built.

It was at Misano on September 5, 1993, that the defending World 500cc Grand Prix Motorcycle Champion Wayne Rainey’s career ended after he fell and suffered a broken spine. Between 1996 and 2001 all facilities were improved further, adding more pits and stands. In 2005, a new access point to the circuit was built, in via Daijiro Kato (Daijiro Kato street) in honor of the late Japanese pilot, killed during the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, who loved to live in the frazione Portoverde of Misano Adriatico.

In order to host again the World motorcycle championship, the circuit was extensively modified in 2006. The circuit direction was changed to clockwise direction, the track length was brought to 4.180 km, track width has been widened to 14 meters, facilities were improved, and all security measures have been applied. The first MotoGP race held on the circuit after the modifications was the 2007 San Marino and Rimini’s Coast Grand Prix, which was won by “home” marque Ducati.