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Even in such unusual and unsettling times as 2020, the team at Canossa Events and Scuderia Tricolore is ready to fire the engines of our passion at the 10th edition of the Terre di Canossa (1-4 October). 

Covid-19 has created many organisational headaches and many regular competitors reluctantly had to miss out because of the new restrictions. Despite all this, Canossa Events has chosen to carry on and welcome its friends and fans with its usual style and a clear message: it’s time to get back on track, to get up and running again, to get back to our lives and our passions, like the passion for our vintage cars that have been waiting patiently in garages for months on end, in the hope of seeing sunlight again before winter.

Terre di Canossa is ready to go, obviously with the utmost attention to the safety of the crews, who we look forward to welcoming with our usual smile, even if it will be hidden by a face mask, as required by the health and safety protocol.

The 10th edition

The 2020 edition is celebrating an important milestone and so Canossa decided to mark the event with a medieval theme focusing on Matilda of Canossa, who was Queen of Italy in the 12th century. Everything was dedicated to her from the start, with the event highlights taking place in some fascinating historic locations.

The competitors will experience a taste of Medieval splendour and the atmosphere of the Middle Ages at the gala evening in the splendid setting of Tabiano Castle, built at the turn of the 11th century, at lunch on Friday at Filattiera Castle, built between the 12th and 13th centuries by the Malaspina family, and at the finishing line overlooked by the 12th century Rocca del Boiardo fortress.

This year, the rally follows an itinerary of about 650 km and includes around fifty timed trials, four average speed trials with secret passage checks and two special trophies: the Trofeo Forte dei Marmi and the Trofeo Tricolore for non “professional” drivers, who are always welcome. But the Terre di Canossa is not just a rally. It is primarily a winning combination of fantastic cars and gentlemen drivers who come here from far afield to enjoy this unique opportunity to get a special taste of Italy, combining the adrenalin of the competition with the delights of the best Italian food and wine, and the chance to explore the areas en route.

We can confirm some of the most popular ingredients in previous years have been included in this tenth edition: the departure from the beautiful Art Nouveau town of Salsomaggiore Terme, the road crossing the Cinque Terre with its scenic views of the sea, and the drive through Lucca city centre and across its ancient city walls, welcomed by flag bearers in medieval dress.

The two, highly-coveted trophies for non “professional” drivers are also back, along with the “Pre-War Cup” for pre-war cars, and the all-essential sundowner beach party at Forte dei Marmi, the pearl of Versilia. Another welcome comeback is the Naval Base at La Spezia thanks to the hospitality of the Italian Navy which always extends a warm welcome to the participants of the Terre di Canossa.

The organisers have also included lots of new elements to keep things interesting for regular competitors. These include the inaugural evening and lunch on Friday at two lovely medieval castles, the challenge of crossing Cisa Pass and driving through San Rossore Presidential Estate.

The race will end at Scandiano in the province of Reggio Emilia. Here, for the first time, drivers will compete to win the Trofeo Tricolore on roads climbing up through the hills, taking the crews to their last lunch location with a panoramic terrace overlooking the vast flat lands of Emilia below

A Green event

The organisers have reconfirmed their eco-friendly outlook by deciding once again to implement a CarbonZero protocol this year, requiring measures to be employed that can help reduce the impact on the environment, calculating the residual emissions of climatealtering gases. These emissions are then entirely compensated by planting trees in the Tuscan Emilian Apennine Mountains.

More info

Motor Valley is the main protagonist of the TV show “On The Road Again” broadcasted on Sky Sport MotoGP (channel 208): eight episodes (produced in collaboration with Regione Emilia-Romagna, APT Servizi Emilia-Romagna and Motor Valley Development) which will be aired in the weeks between the first and second MotoGP races at Misano World Circuit.

Guido Meda and Nicolò De Devitiis will lead an exciting journey – riding Ducati and Scrambler motorbikes – in four stages through Emilia Romagna, from Piacenza to the Riviera Romagnola. In each episode Meda will be joined in the discovery of the territory by a very special guide: Nina Zilli on the roads of Val Trebbia, in the Piacenza area; Bruno Barbieri in the “Food Valley” between Parma and Reggio Emilia; Andrea Dovizioso in Forlì; Claudio Domenicali on the Bolognese Hills; Giuseppe Giacobazzi in Romagna and Massimo Bottura, in an all-Modenese tale between Osteria Francescana and Casa Maria Luigia. Up to Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico, where Andrea Albani, Vice President of the Motor Valley and Director of the Circuit, recounted the role of circuits and events to fuel the myth of Riders’ Land.

Nicolò De Devitiis’s parallel route will take in the symbolic places of the Emilia-Romagna Motor Valley: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati, Dallara, are just some of the names that will punctuate the journey of his motorbike.

The schedule of the opening episodes

• Thursday 10 September: Dovizioso 6.30 p.m. (first pass) and 9.15 p.m.
• Friday 11th September: Domenicali at 6.45 p.m. (first pass) and 9.15 p.m.
• Saturday 12th September: Domenicali at 5.00 p.m. and 9.45 p.m., Dovizioso at 6.45 p.m. and 9.15 p.m.
• Sunday 13th September: Dovizioso at 4.00 p.m. and Domenicali at 4.30 p.m.

The scheduling of the other episodes will be communicated by the channel week by week.

Not long now until the OCTO Grand Prix in San Marino and Rimini Riviera scheduled for the Misano World Circuit from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 September. To start off the events in the program, the Riders’ Land Experience are preparing to color the stands the Misano World Circuit, while the drivers of the Motor Valley are preparing to get on the track from Friday onwards with the first free practice.

Record numbers recorded for the Motor Valley riders in Misano

Also this year the San Marino GP and the Rimini Riviera will feature many riders born in the Motor Valley. There will be 10 representatives in all three GP categories: Andrea Dovizioso from Forlimpopoli fourth in the Moto GP world, Mattia Pasini and Stefano Manzi from Rimini and Federico Fuligni in Moto 2. In Moto 3 instead together with the leader of the ranking Marco Bezzecchi from Rimini we will find his fellow citizen Enea Bastianini, Nicolò Bulega from Montecchio Emilia, Andrea Migno and Niccolò Antonelli from Cattolica and the very young Kevin Zannoni who will participate as a wild card. Demonstration once again of the prolificity of this land in terms of talents baked in two wheels in these years.

The Riders’ Land Experience program

In the meantime, the Riders’ Land Experience program has begun, with events that will accompany the OCTO Grand Prix of San Marino and the Riviera of Rimini until Sunday 9 September. A unique offer in the world motoring context between official events and many others that have been spontaneously organized. Friday 7, in Misano from 6.00 pm at Arena 58 the “MotoGP Moped Race 2018 & Partners” will be held, with food stands and various exhibitors, as well as performances by Matti di Corinaldo, big shows and elaborate Ape races, and the Proto-Kart and Taxi Drift. Admission to the public is free.

World Classic Racing Bikes

World Classic Racing Bikes is a non-profit association that gathers over 250 Grand Prix motorcycles and collectors from all over Europe. MWC Hospitality Riviera will host the exhibition “The weapons of heroes”: from Pasolini, Agostini, Saarinen to Troy Bayliss. A series of Italian motorcycles that can be admired in the area next to the paddock. Scheduled meetings with riders and technicians who have made these bikes great and iconic. The exhibition is connected to ‘Renzo Pasolini, the Man, the Driver, the Legend, a local Hero’ scheduled in Rimini. The two exhibitions will be merged from October 5 to 7, also on the Misano circuit, during the Misano Classic Weekend. The bikes present: Mv Agusta 500cc 3 cil 1970 driver Giacomo Agostini; Benelli 250cc 4 cil 1969 driver Renzo pasolini; Benelli 500cc 4 cil 1972 driver Jarno Saarinen; Paton 500cc 4 cil 2000 driver by Paolo Tessari; Aprilia 250cc 2 cyl 1993 driver Loris Reggiani; Cagiva 500cc V594 1994 driver John Kocinski; Gilera 500cc 4cil 1963 driver Benedicto Caldarella; Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP 2005 rider Loris Capirossi.

The last weekend at the Misano World Circuit was one to remember. Three Italians on the top step of the podium with Andrea Dovizioso in MotoGP, Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia in Moto2 and Lorenzo Dalla Porta in Moto 3 who raised the Italian flag triumphing in all three classes of the OCTO Grand Prix in San Marino and the Rimini Riviera. To frame the splendid sunny Sunday there was a spectacular audience that from the early morning stormed the circuit and then invaded it at the end of the race at the opening of the gates.

Record numbers

Not only were there memorable results on the track for this edition of the San Marino GP at the Misano World Circuit but also extraordinary numbers in the stands. In fact, there was the audience record of all editions with more than 159 thousand spectators on the weekend, confirming for the third consecutive year on very high levels of influx. There was also an extraordinary audience also on competition day with over 96 thousand on Sunday, with the third overall result in the MotoGP season after Le Mans and Assen.

Italian triumph on the track

In MotoGP the champion Andrea Dovizioso, the only representative of the Motor Valley won the race with an extraordinary management ahead of Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow, who took advantage of Jorge Lorenzo’s crash in the final.

Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, wins as dominator in Moto 2, who started in pole position and was in front of all the others right from the start. Behind him was Pasini, a long second, ending fourth overtaken in the final by Oliveira and Schrotter.

In Moto 3, instead, Lorenzo Dalla Porta won his first race in Moto3 ahead of Jorge Martin and Fabio Di Giannantonio, at the end of a breathtaking race, marked by an accident at the start and by the fall one lap from the end of Marco Bezzecchi while he was ahead. In the final Dalla Porta came out well from the last corner and in speed managed to precede Martin for a handful of thousandths.

The satisfaction of the promoters

“We are all very satisfied, the Grand Prix in San Marino and the Rimini Riviera continues to grow on all fronts and this year’s record was a great result. To the appealing sportsman who attracts audiences all over the world, we have added ingredients that are in our DNA and that are now perfectly integrated, guaranteeing widespread benefits all over the territory. “

The initiatives and events that accompanied the Grand Prix have allowed us to further expand the size of the MotoGP in San Marino and the Rimini Riviera with The Riders’ Land Experience, Bottura’s Slowfood, the sustainability of the Pit Lane Walk and the garden in honor of Nicky Hayden.

The promoters finally thanked all those who professionally and voluntarily worked for the success of the event with special praise to the police for the commitment and professionalism they gave in the local area.

Two events with a strong heritage flavor characterized the Motor Valley weekend, a wonderful show for classic car fans.
The two stages of the Mille Miglia of Cervia, Parma and Bologna-San Luca were in fact the great attraction of this weekend in the land of engines.

1000 Miglia

A legendary ninety-first edition

Also this year the historical re-enactment of the Mille Miglia has stopped in the Motor Valley, and not once but twice.
The Freccia Rossa, in fact, on her journey with departure and arrival in Brescia, concluded her first test at Cervia-Milano Marittima on Wednesday 16th, while she stopped for the last time, before returning to Brescia, on Sunday at Parma.

A large crowd of enthusiasts welcomed the transit and the stops of the “traveling museum”” which saw the participation of 900 pilots and copilots in a journey that lasted more than 1,700 kilometers.

Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini won the event, the Argentine crew, number 85, on board the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS “” Testa Fissa “” of 1933, crossed the finish line of Viale Venezia in Brescia with an active 74108 points.

For the Tonconogy-Ruffini it is the third victory of the Mille Miglia, after the successes achieved in 2013 and 2015.

Bologna – San Luca

The speed uphill

For Bolognese vintage car enthusiasts who have not been able to watch the Mille Miglia pass, instead, Bologna – San Luca has come to the rescue: uphill speed competition between historic cars that has seen cars of the caliber of the splendid Ferrari on stage 250 GT Sedan competition of 1960 by Hofer Egon or the very rare Ferrari Daytona Spider of 1970.

The race, after the initial parade of 15 other fascinating specimens along the arcades of San Luca, saw 50 drivers compete against the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin of San Luca.

Antonio Angiolani has been classified for the second time in a row over March 783 F3; according to Giuliano Palmieri on a De Tomaso Pantera, third Giuseppe Gallusi on a Porsche 911 SC and fourth Salvatore Asta on the BMW 2002 T.I .. All four drivers represent Scuderia Bologna Corse, organizer of the time trial.

Cervia and Milano Marittima are preparing for a weekend full of events dedicated to all fans of two and four wheels.

The Mille Miglia stage

The historic stages in Cervia and Milano Marittima

Only the Mille Miglia could start off this exciting weekend, starting on Wednesday May 16 in Cervia under the Tower of San Michele and then move in the evening to Milano Marittima in Piazza Garibaldi where fans will have the opportunity to admire the show of cars from 8pm onwards. The race will resume on the morning of May 17 from the pit stop in Ring del Pino in Milano Marittima.

MiMa On Track

A two-wheeled day

May 19th will instead be dedicated entirely to motorbikes with “” MiMa On Track “” known to sportsmen and lovers of the genre as the most famous SBK motorcycle show with Yamaha, Ducati and other numerous motorcycle clubs in the region making this a unique event. Guaranteed performance thanks to the acrobatics of the freestyler BMX Flatlander Luca Contoli and the participation of Andrea Pirillo.

Mototemporada

A historical re-enactment to close the Motor Week

The weekend will end on Sunday 20 May with the commemoration of Mototemporada, historic motorcycle competition held in Milano Marittima between 1964 and 1971 where enthusiasts can admire 30 beautiful vintage motorcycles. There will be bikes that have made the history of motorsport, like the MV of Agostini and Read, the Yamaha 250/350, the Ducati MGP of Capirossi, the Suzuki of Lucchinelli, of Ferrari and of Sheene, the Ducati of Bayliss and the Benelli of Provini.

On May 16, the 36th edition of the re-enactment of the Mille Miglia kicks off, the classic route to Rome and return with departure and arrival in Brescia will also stop in Emilia-Romagna in the towns of Cervia-Milano Marittima and Parma.

New this year

It starts one day earlier

The date of the event – as per usual, one week ahead of the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix – this year will begin on Wedneaday instead of Thursday, taking off and ending in Brescia, crossing half of Italy, with a turning point in Rome. Every year, the route changes, to provide new scenery for the race.

The stages

Nothing new in the historic stages of the race

As in 2016, the Mille Miglia will be held in four stages over four days and will pass through some of the most beautiful and evocative roads in Italy. The first stage, starting in the early afternoon of Wednesday, May 16, will end in Cervia-Milano Marittima, while the third stage on Friday 18 will be concluded again in Parma, which in recent years has always reserved a fantastic welcome to Freccia Rossa. From here, on Saturday morning, the cars will return to Brescia.

The rules

There is no change in terms of race regulations, which remain unchanged in the sport section with 440 cars admitted to the race, selected by a special commission.

For all motoring enthusiasts there will be a wonderful motoring weekend on the 5 and 6 May, on the Enzo and Dino Ferrari international racetrack, which is once again becoming the center of Motorsports in the Region, and along the streets of Brisigella, the Minardi Day will be held, with F1 Faenza teams on the track at Imola, and the Bandini Trophy, the summer fair dedicated to the Ferrari driver who died in 1967. The strong connection between the organizers (Francesco Asirelli and Giancarlo Minardi), has allowed a single major event to be born, dedicated to the passion for engines.

During the 25th edition of the Bandini Trophy F1 Valtteri Bottas in W07 Mercedes-AMG, will be driving from the Piazza di Faenza to Brisighella on Saturday afternoon, where at 6 pm he will receive the prestigious trophy. Also worth noting is the presence of the engineers Aldo Costa, designer of the F1 world champions, and Riccardo Mosconi, Lewis Hamilton’s track engineer.