Overview
- Dropped from the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, Imola and the municipal authorities have launched a renovation program positioned as keeping a return viable, most plausibly as a reserve or rotational venue.
- Current works include enlarging the waterproof paddock area and repaving the square by the medical center to meet FIA World Endurance Championship standards.
- The pit terrace is being covered in three phases alongside reinforced flood protection for the paddock wall and an extension of the track’s residential noise barrier.
- At Tosa, the old house has been demolished for the new Casa degli Eventi hospitality facility, with road upgrades adding a two-lane bridge with a cycle path and two new roundabouts.
- Imola will broaden year-round activity with a Music Park Arena for concerts that can double as a fan zone, targeting attendance near 2025’s roughly one million visitors despite the loss of the Grand Prix crowd.