When was monza opened

This track is filled with rich history, wherever you go you will find at least something new each time when visiting. The original Monza track was 6. It was a high-speed oval that looped in and also around the circuit. The distinctive banked section of the track wasn't built when Monza was first constructed, it was built 32 years later in When it was used during those specific years, both of those tracks were combined to create the ultimate Italian race and circuit. The drivers would have to cross the start-finish line twice each lap.

When entering the oval they had to cross it, and when exiting back onto the track they crossed it once again. Evidently, the Monza circuit is still used today, however, the steep banking that stunned the racing world was never used again after There was and is danger at every single track, especially in the early and mid-days of racing.

The banking was extremely steep, the steepest point of the high-speed oval goes up to 80 percent gradient. The banked curves were only "protected" with a small armco barrier, those barriers were supposed to sustain high speeds of up to mph. But with fragile, thin, stripped down, and unsafe race cars that didn't even have seatbelts, going around a high-speed banked oval at enormous didn't seem like the safest, and it's true, it was a high risk to take as a driver.

Yes, I know the Mercedes-Benz W S and Streamliner look gorgeous and sexy caressing the banking, but with those not so bulletproof cars going at such high speeds on a bank with little to no protection, it wasn't the brightest idea.

And if the tires degrade on such a dangerous part of the circuit, it won't turn out well. It was difficult for teams to find tires and treads to not only cope with the strain and pressure, but tires that can also maintain grip and stability under immense stress.

Numerous drivers from explained their terrifying experiences there, divulging how their tries threw their treads and almost gave out on the banking. And not to mention that to go the fastest and to reach the top speed on the banking, the drivers would have to go all the way on the tippy top of the banking, literally driving sideways.

It was insanely dangerous And that might be a controversial topic It is believed by many that the high-speed oval banked layout and race were kept to benefit and satisfy Ferrari. Let's just say was not the prancing horses year, compared to the new rear-engined cars, the Scuderia's front-engined 's were not proving well and efficient in corners.

However, straight-line high speed was their forte. And this banking was not shy from high speed and kind of straight lines. Its history began shortly after the First World War, when the Italian motor industry was undergoing its first great ascendancy. Authorities began looking for land to create a circuit to test their cars and demonstrate to the rest of the world their superiority through sporting success.

Gallarte and La Cagnola near Milan were initially suggestions and rejected before some far-sighted visionary proposed the royal park at Monza to the Automobile Club of Milan. This was deemed suitable and preparations were began in earnest soon after.

Agreements were made with the administrators of the park and plans drawn up for a high speed track and road circuit. Engineer Piero Puricelli, who would go on to develop many of the pioneering autostrada routes across Lombardy, was entrusted with heading up the design and construction phases.

Vincenzo Lancia and Felice Nazzaro duly turned the first sod on February 26, at an elaborate ceremony. Construction would only get under way for a matter of days, however, before conservationists — alarmed at the number of trees due to be felled to make way for the new circuit — forced a halt to proceedings.

There followed several months of negotiations with Rome by the motoring authorities but, eventually, permission was sought to resume, albeit on a much modified course using as many of the existing park roads and pathways as possible, to allay the fears over excessive tree felling. Much time had been lost and, with the SIAS having earlier proclaimed the circuit would be ready to host that year's Italian Grand Prix, there was no time to lose. Up to 3, workman were brought in to complete construction at a feverish pace, with wagons, trucks and even a three-mile temporary railway laid out among the trees.

Remarkably, in just days, the entire complex was completed. The combined road and high speed oval course, grandstands, service roads and other spectator facilities were all ready as promised for the Grand Prix. Those early days were perhaps among the happiest in the circuit's history; here was Italy leading the world with both its cars and its facilities.

The sense of celebration was to be cruelly shattered just a few years later during the Grand Prix. For reasons that have never been entirely clear, the Talbot of Materassi suddenly swerved to the left while overtaking another car on the grandstand straight, ploughing through the barriers and into the crowd. Materassi was killed instantly, along with 28 spectators. Changes were inevitable. Spectator safety was improved and by , a new configuration was created with the installation of a link road between the central straight of the road course and the eastern straight of the speed course, cutting out the north curve altogether.

Known as the Florio course, this was used in a variety of formations in preference to the full course but, even then, tragedy was not far away. In the Grand Prix, Philippe Etancelin left the road at the Lesmo corners, careering into another group of spectators; three died, including Etancelin, and another 14 were injured.

The came 'Black Sunday' on October 10, On the south curve of the speed circuit, Giuseppe Campari's P3 Alfa Romeo and Baconin Borzacchini's 8CM Maserati slid off on oil laid down the previous lap by a competitor; both were killed instantly. These events led to the virtual abandonment of the combined and speed courses in the following years, further variations of the Florio or the road course being preferred.

After one last Italian Grand Prix on the original road course in early , the Monza authorities set about more radical alterations. Under plans drawn up by engineer Aldo di Rionzo, the banked oval course was demolished altogether and a new Grand Prix road course devised. This saw the installation of a new Vialone curve and extended back straight which lead into two sharp right handers to complete the lap and lead back to the start finish straight.

Changes were also made to the two Lesmo curves and a new section of test track, bypassing the Curva Grande, was installed at the behest of Pirelli. The gardens of The Royal Palace. Torta Paesana Cake. The most beautiful beds in the world. Following the defeat suffered by Fiat at the Italian Grand Prix, which took place at the Montichiari circuit, the Milan branch of the Italian automobile club, the ACI, decided to build a permanent track on which carmakers could try out their new models and test materials and components.

Work began on 3rd May and was completed in days. On 10th September, the Italian Grand prix was won by Pietro Bordino driving a Fiat at an average speed of kph 87 mph. Over the years, the circuit was restructured a number of times and was not used at all during the war years.

It was rebuilt in and, in , a new high-speed ring with two raised curves was planned.