ACI AND FREE EVENT HONORED FOR ITALY GP WITH BEST ENGAGEMENT CHALLENGE AT BEA AWARDS 2025
Rome, Nov. 21, 2025. Automobile Club d'Italia and FREE EVENT have been awarded the Best Engagement Challenge of the BEA Awards 2025, for the creative, organizational and strategic excellence of the project - developed in close synergy with theAutodromo Nazionale Monza team - dedicated to the Formula 1 Pirelli Italian Grand Prix 2025.
The prestigious award - given by the publisher of ADC Group - was collected by Andrea Camporesi - Creative Director and CEO of FREE EVENT - and Vincenzo Lamaro, Senior Advisor F1 & Sport Relationship of ACI Sport S.p.A.
"This recognition," said ACI Extraordinary Subcommissioner Giovanni Battista Tombolato. is a source of deep pride for the entire Automobile Club of Italy." "I would like to sincerely thank - Tombolato added - the entire ACI team, the extraordinary staff of Autodromo Nazionale Monza and the professionals of Free Event for their commitment, dedication and passion with which they contributed to the success of the Italian Grand Prix 2025. The result achieved - concluded the ACI Extraordinary Subcommissioner - rewards a collective effort that made the race weekend unforgettable for tens of thousands of spectators and brought additional luster to our country and ACI. This award belongs to each of them."
The award highlights the extraordinary impact of the engagement activities designed for the Italian GP: initiatives capable not only of involving 370,000 spectators present at Monza, but also of reaching hundreds of millions of fans around the world. Results that confirm the role of ACI and Autodromo Nazionale Monza as absolute references in the panorama of the most important international sporting events.
Pictured above from left are Andrea Camporesi - Creative Director and CEO of FREE EVENT - and Vincenzo Lamaro, Senior Advisor F1 & Sport Relationship of ACI Sport S.p.A.
REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES ANNOUNCED FOR MONZA RALLY SHOW 2025
Autodromo Nazionale Monza announces the procedures for obtaining refunds of tickets or season tickets purchased for the Monza Rally Show 2025, originally scheduled for December 5-7, 2025 and later cancelled.
For those who purchased tickets or season tickets directly on the TicketOne online platform, the refund will be automatic without any application procedure. Refunds will start on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 , and the amount will be automatically credited to the payment method used at the time of purchase.
If, on the other hand, the tickets or subscriptions were purchased at a physical TicketOne outlet, you will have to follow the online refund request procedure, which will be available starting Tuesday, November 18, 2025 and closing Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The refund procedure is available at the following LINK, where one can follow all the instructions to complete the request .
BRUSA-ZANAZIO GRANT ENCORE IN NINTH SPECIAL RALLY CIRCUIT BY VEDOVATI CORSE
Second consecutive victory for Cesare Brusa and Guido Zanazio (Citroen C3 Wrc+, Gino Motorsport) at the Special Rally Circuit by Vedovati Corse, which took place today at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and is now in its ninth edition. The two, under an incessant downpour, conquered all four trials on the program. Brusa with this success became the most successful driver in this race: he now stands at three, counting also the 2017 victory.
Unlike a year ago, the driver, from Bergamo in Rovetta, who routinely competes with the Porsche 911 GT3 in the Michelin Cup, drove throughout the competition, leaving the note book to his friend from Gravellona Toce. "It was a difficult race because of the weather conditions, but I must admit to being comfortable in the rain," Brusa said.
Second were the Valsabbini Alberto Dall'Era and Daniel Zanelli, also at the wheel of a Citroen C3 Wrc+ Gino Motorsport. Podium in comeback for the four-time Italian champion Andrea Crugnola (first among Rally 2s with the Citroen C3, Easi) navigated by Stefano Tavernini who got the better of Como's Marco Butti and Andrea Botta, at the first time on a Toyota Yaris Gr (Step Five).
Fifth was Luciano "Linos" with Silvia Rocchi in a Skoda RS Bianchi Team. The driver from Brescia was also first among the Over 55s.
In group RC3N success for Riccardo Pederzani and Martina Omacini (Renault Clio, KZ Racing Team). RC4N was dominated by Giuseppe "Giò" Dipalma and Mirko Russo (GiakSportRent). Matteo Ferrarol and Francesca Belli, on the other hand, prevailed in RC5N on the Renault Clio of Ats Motorsport.
The award dedicated to Luciano Vedovati was presented to Marco Butti, first Under 25 at the finish.
Sara Micheletti, from Piateda in Valtellina with partner Simone Miele, won the women's race at the wheel of the Skoda RS DreamOne Racing.
First Under18 the Tuscan Lorenzo Lenzi paired with Alessio Natalini (Skoda Fabia Evo Pavel).
In the historicals success for the Lancia Delta Evoluzione prepared by Marcauto, of Giuseppe Collura and Federico Di Leo.
9TH SPECIAL RALLY CIRCUIT 2025 STARTED IN THE RAIN WITH 81 CARS AT THE START
A thin autumn drizzle accompanied by fog is providing the backdrop for the ninth Special Rally Circuit 2025 by Vedovati Corse, which got off to a regular start this morning from the platform located in the avenue between the two paddocks where the protagonists will return for the celebrations in mid-afternoon.
At the start, after technical and sporting scrutineering, 79 competitors for modern cars and 2 for historic cars. A car change is reported: Simone De Martini, flanked by former Italian champion Lucio Baggio, will use a Skoda Fabia instead of the announced Toyota Yaris Gr Rally2.
On Saturday between reconnaissance, free practice sessions and shakedowns the competitors began to taste the track, which since mid-afternoon started to get wet due to rain. The weather could blow the predictions out of the water: the powerful Wrc+ of Brusa-Zanazio, Mezzatesta-Vitali and Dall'Era Zanelli will have an even harder time against the multi-titled Andrea Crugnola, the tracky Marco Butti or the newly crowned Croatian rally champion Matteo Bernini, Linossi or Puricelli.
Free entrance, parking fee. After the first special, started at 8.38 a.m., the program includes three more specials: 2 - Special Vedovati (19.620 km) will start at 11.09 a.m.; 3 - Vedovati (23.780 km) at 1.36 p.m.; 4 - second pass on Special Vedovati at 4.07 p.m. The total mileage is 89.170 km, of which 86.8 timed.
The first car is expected at the finish line at 4:30 pm. The rankings will be posted at 6:45 p.m.
(Source: Vedovati press release)
EIGHTY-TWO CARS AT THE START OF THE 9TH SPECIAL RALLY CIRCUIT BY VEDOVATI CORSE
Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosts Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16, the ninth edition of the Special Rally Circuit organized by Vedovati Corse. Eighty-two crews are at the start. With excellent names such as Matteo Fontana from Como, who won the WRC3 world championship at the Japan Rally. In Monza, however, he will read the notes to "grandfather" Luigi, doyen of national rallies on the Toyota Yaris Gr Rally2. Also present will be Alessandro Arnaboldi, his usual navigator, who has become the youngest co-driver to boast a world title: he will flank Giuseppe Pozzoli on a Ford Fiesta Rally4.
Vice-champion overall and winner of the Italian Rally Trophy, Andrea Crugnola from Varese is a regular at Vedovati having already won it in 2022: this year he will compete with Stefano Tavernini, who has "colored" the Citroen C3 Rally2 with his marks this season.
Headlights on Matteo Bernini as well: not yet of age, he raced the Croatian championship, winning both the Junior and Overall titles.
Also on the entry list is Marco Butti from Como, fifth in TCR Europe 2025 - only a breakdown in the last round deprived him of the continental crown - and winner of "Vedovati" 2021, the first minor to win a rally in Italy.
Ossola's Guido Zanazio and Bergamo's Cesare Brusa will also be there in a Citroen C3 Wrc+ as they did a year ago when they captured overall success.
Simone Miele, already winner of an IRC Cup and the same "Vedovati" in 2018 and 2019, will also be present in the role of navigator of partner Sara Micheletti.
Novara-based Piero Longhi, a federal instructor who can boast two overall national titles in his trophy cabinet, and Mirko Puricelli, who triumphed in 2014, still stands out; he will now race in his Citroen DS3 WRC while the navigator who shared that success, Gabriele Falzone, will sit alongside Ogliari in Rally2.
As many as 37 Rally2s attended.
The program includes Saturday reconnaissance (with road cars) from 10.30 to 12.30 and shakedown (optional) from 14 to 15.45 and 15.45 to 17.30. On Sunday the race with the start set at 08.31 for a total of 4 Special Stages. The arrival of the first car is scheduled for 16.30 hours. There are 89.170 total kilometers of which 86.800 are timed
Admission is free, parking fee only on Sunday.
(Source: Vedovati press release)
PRESIDENT LA RUSSA IN MONZA FOR “WHEELS IN HISTORY”, TO HONOUR AND REMEMBER FERRUCCIO MERCANTI, THE FATHER AND FOUNDER OF THE AUTODROMO
About sixty vintage cars participated in "Wheels in History" today, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. ACI Storico 's traveling event, which in this edition had as its main theme the Milan Cortina Olympic Games to be held in just over two months. The cars , after stopping at some, iconic Milanese sports venues, reached the legendary Monza track, making one lap on the High Speed Ring and one of the 5.793-kilometer road course home of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix.
At the end of the parade, a ceremony was held in memory of Arturo Mercanti who, as director of the Automobile Club Milano, wanted the creation of the Monza National Racetrack. At the entrance, under the stele dedicated to him, the President-elect of Automobile Club d'Italia and president of ACM, Geronimo La Russa, accompanied by General Carmine Sepe, Commander of the Army Military Command Lombardy, stationed in Milan, retired Autieri General Francesco Lojacono, General and Paralympic athlete, Roberto Como, and former slalom racer Giuliano Razzoli, Olympic gold medalist in Vancouver 2010, as well as two victories and 11 podiums overall in the World Cup, and a member of the Courmayeur Army Sports Center, laid a laurel wreath.
"It was absolutely right to celebrate Arturo Mercanti, who was a great military man but also a great statesman and a pioneer of motor racing," stressed President La Russa. "He was the director of the ACM and was the one who strongly wanted this racetrack, which more than 100 years later, makes Italy great in the world and makes the hearts of so many fans beat faster. A facility that the world envies us. And he himself in 1922 fought to make it because it was not a given that it would be done here, in the largest enclosed park in Europe. Right to remember him in an event that acts as a link between ACI, Sport and the Army. We are all part of this great nation. The Tricolor will continue to soar high on this racetrack that holds world-class events every year. Today is a particularly happy day because we are also celebrating Ferrari, which races under an ACI sports license and has just won the WEC title, which makes us all proud."
Also present at the event were Autodromo Nazionale Monza vice president Enrico Radaelli, ACM vice president Marco Coldani, director of the day, and director Paolo Roggiero.
The event was organized by Automobile Club Milano and ACI Storico with the collaboration of CONI Lombardia.
THE SEVEN FINALISTS OF AUTO EUROPA 2026 IN THE TEMPLE OF SPEED
Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosted the photo video shoot of the seven finalists of Auto Europa 2026 on Thursday, November 6, 2025. Organized by UIGA, the Italian Union of Automotive Journalists, the event is now in its thirty-ninth year.
Deployed along the pit lane are Audi Q3, Bmw X3, Dacia Bigster, Fiat Grande Panda, Jeep Compass, Mercedes-Benz CLA and Renault 4 E-Tech Electric.
These cars were chosen by UIGA members assisted by a jury of 150 opinion leaders. On Nov. 10 and 11, 2025, the seven finalists will compete for the important award at the Bosch Italia headquarters in Milan, thanks to the votes of the specialized journalists who make up the association, the jury formed by the opinion leaders and the public .
CANCELLED THE MONZA RALLY SHOW 2025
Autodromo Nazionale Monza informs that the 2025 edition of the Monza Rally Show, scheduled for 5-7 December 2025, will not take place.
The decision follows a thorough assessment of the current market dynamics and of the organisational and logistical framework which do not allow the guarantee of a show that can match the tradition and prestige. This also takes into account the planning needs and preparatory activities connected with the infrastructure works scheduled for 2026.
Autodromo Nazionale Monza wishes to apologise to all drivers, teams, commercial partners and fans who had already confirmed their participation or purchased tickets for the event
Information regarding refunds for spectators who bought their tickets on TicketOne.it, via Call Center, at TicketOne retail outlets or at the Monza Circuit Shop will be announced in the coming days.
RACETRACK SUNDAY WILL BE FINISH LINE OF WHEELS IN HISTORY TRIBUTE TO "MILAN-CORTINA 2026"
On Sunday, November 9, around 12:30 p.m., theAutodromo Nazionale Monza will be the finish line of "Wheels in History."
The "theme" of this year's edition is sports, as the XXV Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina 2026 will be held from Feb. 6 to 22.
Crews will pass in front of the great stages of Milanese sports, paying homage to historic Ambrosian facilities and sports clubs, before landing at theAutodromo Nazionale Monza.
Departure is set for 10 a.m. from AC Milan headquarters on Corso Venezia.
The vintage cars will drive through the central streets of Milan. They will then touch on
The sports clubs involved are: Circolo della Spada Mangiarotti, Atletica Riccardi, Rhinos Milano American Football, Tennis Club Milano Alberto Bonacossa, Urania Basket Milano, Powervolley Milano.
Arrival at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza is scheduled at 12:30 p.m. Inside the Brianza circuit, in addition to the parade of historic cars on the track, there will be a commemoration of Arturo Mercanti, the Director of Automobile Club Milano who in 1922 coordinated the conception, design and construction of the Monza track, the historic home of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix and the third oldest permanent racetrack in the world, after the British Brooklands (from 1907, no longer in use) and the North American Indianapolis, from 1909.
Among the 50 vintage cars entered, in addition to the many iconicAlfa Romeo Giulietta models, are the 1937 Targa Florio-winning Lancia Augusta, the Triumph TR2 Long door Le Mans, the 1971 Ferrari Daytona, the Ferrari 512 TR, the Maserati 3500 GT Touring and the Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina.
(Source: AC Milan press release)
GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE 6 ROUTE DI SPERANZA
On Saturday, Nov. 1, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosted the 36th edition of "6 Ruote di Speranza," organized by the Monza section of the Uilmd (Italian Union Fighting Muscular Dystrophy): about 1,200 young people took part in the event, most of whom had the opportunity to sample a lap of the famous track that hosts the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. At their disposal were 430 cars, 260 of them Grand Touring cars and 130 vintage cars. These were also joined by cars provided by the State Police, Carabinieri, Air Force, Guardia di Finanza, Fire Brigade and the Maltese Cross.
Among the proposed activities are simulators and two-seater karts.
There are two exhibitions: one on the 75 years of Formula 1 curated by journalist and writer Enrico Mapelli in collaboration with the City of Arcore and one on the 100 years of the Monza circuit set up by the Friends of the Autodrome.
The Moto Incontro Group, led by Walter Maggioni, donated 1,000 euros to Uilmd monzese.
The day was attended by the Monza City Council's Councillor for Sport, Viviana Guidetti.
Meals to participants were provided by the Civil Defense nucleus of the Monza Section of the National Alpini Association. Notes played by the Alpini Fanfare of Asso (Como) accompanied the day.
(photo courtesy of Massimo Campi)