Lingotto: The Last Surviving 1920s Factory Rooftop Racetrack (Yes, There Were Others)

In 1923, the city of Turin unveiled a huge new car factory, with one very special feature: it had a high-speed circuit on the roof, complete with banked curves, and two 500m-long straights. But why would you put a racetrack on the roof of a factory? I travelled to northern Italy to see it for myself... MORE INFO Official page on the Pinacoteca Agnelli website - “Lingotto: Myths, Mechanisation and Automobiles“ by John Cook - INSTA - TWIT - FACE - IMAGE CREDITS Historic Lingotto images by Carlo Maggio used under license from Alamy Except for this one, by Dgtmedia - Simone - : Giacomo Matté-Trucco - :Matté Fiat's original factory on Corso Dante - : 1920s theatre by charmainezoe - Aerial photo of Fiat Mirafiori factory - :Stabilimento_Fiat_Mirafiori,_veduta_aerea,