Traffic jam at the Italian GP in Monza
09/12/2011
There are only two circuits in the world that have remained on the Formula 1 calendar since the beginning. One is Silverstone in England, where today's F1 World Championship began in 1950, and the second is Monza in Italy.
Both are, or above all were, ultra-fast racetracks. For once, the Italian GP did not take place in Monza in 1980, but in Imola.
The Silverstone and Monza circuits also had a somewhat lesser-known thing in common: endless traffic jams! And that twice a day, in the morning to and in the evening away from the race track. Absolutely chaotic traffic management meant waiting times of several hours every year.
The absolute highlight was Silverstone in 2000, when the visitor parking lots became unusable after extreme rain and the English radio stations asked the fans to stay at home. The roads were completely blocked. Various media representatives reached the track on foot hours later, just before the start of the race, after leaving their cars at the side of the road.
For some years now, improved traffic concepts have been implemented, including the construction of new roads and a more logical distribution of visitor parking spaces.
