Autodromo di Franciacorta
The Autodromo di Franciacorta is a 1.57-mile (2.52-km) raceway paved in Bargnana, 24 km to the southwest of Brescia, Italy. It is part of a motorsports complex with the Franciacorta Karting Track where racing competitions such as the NASCAR Whelen Auto Race Series, the FIA Rallycross Championship, or the European Touring Car Cup come regularly. There are 13 turns in Franciacorta, some of them with considerable banking, that run clockwise on a highly technical layout. The area around the track is full of vineyards and wine production facilities that leverage the climate and its moraine soils to grow a worldwide famous sparkling wine.
The Autodromo de Franciacorta has an L-shaped layout when seen from above. The front straightaway goes from West to East in the clockwise-oriented configuration. Turns one to three are 90-degree left-handers, and turn number four is a 90-degree right-hander leading into a short straight. The stretch from turn five to eleven is highly technical and sneaky, demanding full driver's attention to avoid hitting the curbs. The back straightaway comes next and goes from South to North, followed by a super-tight corner number twelve and the 90-degree turn thirteen. Once drivers are back into the main straight, they speed up to reach 200 km/h near the entry to corner one.
