The special opening of the Fan-zone — on Thursday, May 15 at 1 PM, behind the main grandstand — will mark the first official event of the Formula 1 AWS Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia-Romagna, taking place from May 16 to 18 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola. As per tradition, the area will be open to the public with free access from 1 PM to 7 PM on the opening day only.

Tickets for Friday and Saturday

Starting on Friday, ticket booths will offer the chance to purchase passes to access the Fan Zone. Tickets are still available for the free practice sessions (Friday: 1:30–2:30 PM; 5:00–6:00 PM), final practice (Saturday: 12:30–1:30 PM), qualifying (Saturday, 4:00 PM), and the first races of Formula 3 (10:05 AM) and Formula 2 (2:15 PM).

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Fan Zone: all the events with the drivers

Thursday, May 15

Among the first guests at the Fan Zone — where some of the most beautiful cars produced in the Motor Valley will be on display — will be Gabriele Minì (Prema Racing) and Leonardo Fornaroli (Invicta Racing), drivers for ACI Team Italia and key contenders in the Formula 2 championship. Between 3:00 and 4:00 PM, the stage will host Nicola Lacorte (winner of the 19th ACI Sport Supercorso in 2022, now racing with DAMS), Nicola Marinangeli (a standout in the Italian Formula 4 with Aix Racing), Brando Badoer (Prema Racing and part of the McLaren Driver Development Program), and Dino Beganovic (Ferrari Driver Academy, competing in F2 with Hitech TGR). At 5:30 PM, the first appearance by Scuderia Ferrari HP, featuring the Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari, Frédéric Vasseur.

Friday 16

In the Fan Zone: Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber: 11:25–11:35 AM), Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson (Visa Cash APP Racing Bulls: 11:35–11:45 AM), Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. (Atlassian Williams Racing), Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris (McLaren Formula 1 Team) — between 11:55 AM and 12:05 PM, and Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso (Aramco Aston Martin: 12:05–12:15 PM).

Saturday 17

Not to be missed, on Saturday morning, the events with the big names of the World Championship: Max Verstappen, 4-time World Champion (10:35 AM), together with Yuki Tsunoda (Oracle Red Bull Racing), joined by Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto from BWT Alpine; Andrea Kimi Antonelli, AMG Petronas Mercedes driver, who grew up in the ACI Team Italia program (10:55–11:05 AM); Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, the 7-time World Champion who, for the first time, will appear in red before the Italian crowd (11:05–11:15 AM).

Food Challenge and games with the drivers

This year’s big novelty is that the F1 stars alternating in the Fan Zone will participate in some fun games: Michelin two-star Chef Max Mascia will put the Kick Sauber drivers (Friday, 11:25–11:35 AM) and MoneyGram Haas drivers (Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon, Saturday, 10:25–10:35 AM) to the test in a Food Challenge. The first group will learn how to close tortellini, while the second will compete in a blind taste test to identify dishes and ingredients of three typical Italian dishes. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris (Friday, 11:55–12:05 PM), as well as George Russell (Saturday, 10:45–10:55 AM), will be taught and shown some typical Italian gestures. A particularly useful exercise for the English Mercedes driver, who has Antonelli as his teammate.