Race Track On Roof Of Fiat Factory

A vespa racing event on the roof of lingotto s fiat factory organized by red bull in 2011.

Race track on roof of fiat factory.

The factory s best known symbol is the test track which is a superb piece of design modelling and construction that occupies the whole roof surface of the workshops. The building has been modernized to fit today s architectural design standards. Discover fiat lingotto factory in turin italy. View of fiat lingotto factory with test track on the roof in 1928.

Spiral roadway to move cars up to a higher level of the former fiat lingotto factory in turin. However the fiat test track remains on the roof in well maintain condition after nearly 100 years of weathering. When a fiat had finished its climb through the 16 000 000 square feet of lingotto it exited the building by way of the roof. Each fiat was taken on to the roof and around the banked race track to.

The track featured is a real race track built on the roof of a fiat factory that opened in turin s ligotto district in 1923. Two 443 metres straights joined by parabolic bends form a continuous track for testing the cars. Built between 1916 and 1923 the building was the brainchild of italian engineer giacomo mattè trucco and was one of the first buildings of its size to rely heavily on reinforced concrete. Lingotto is a district of turin italy and the location of the lingotto building on the via nizza.

The fiat race track is featured in a getaway sequence in the film. Now an entertainment complex the lingotto building was once an avant garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.