Imola is narrow, kerb-heavy and short on overtaking spots — which turns a WEC race here into an exercise in traffic management.
What it is
- 4.909 km, 19 corners, run anticlockwise
- Kerbs at Variante Alta and the Acque Minerali are used aggressively
- Very few genuine overtaking spots for a full endurance grid
- On the WEC calendar since 2024 as the 6 Hours of Imola
What it demands
With more than thirty cars on a narrow, old-school layout, position is worth more than pace. A prototype held up behind two GT cars through the Acque Minerali loses more than it can win back on the run to Tosa, so teams plan stints around clear track rather than fuel windows.
The kerbs are the mechanical test. Riding them is unavoidable and every pass over them loads the floor, the suspension and the driver, which is why setups here trade a little cornering stability for the ability to absorb the hits.
Because Imola joined the calendar in the Hypercar era, its data set is short but dense — and directly comparable with the other six-hour rounds of the same seasons.