Assetto Corsa – ingame shot of the Lotus 49 at The historical Monza track.

Assetto Corsa – ingame shot of the Lotus 49 at The historical Monza track.

Today Kunos Similazioni posted a new teaser picture of what appears to be the historical Monza track. They really know how to tease us.

The first track was built from May to July 1922 by 3,500 workers, financed by the Milan Automobile Club – which created the Società Incremento Automobilismo e Sport (SIAS) (English: Automobile Sport and Encouragement Company) to run the track.

The initial form was a 3.4 square kilometres (1.31 sq mi) site with 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of macadamised road – comprising a 4.5 kilometres (2.80 mi) loop track, and a 5.5 kilometres (3.42 mi) road track. The track was officially opened on 3 September 1922, with the maiden race the second Italian Grand Prix held on 10 September 1922.

In 1928, the most serious Italian racing accident to date[5][6] ended in the death of driver Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators at that year’s Grand Prix.[5][6] The accident led to further Grand Prix races confinement to the high-speed loop until 1932.

The 1933 race was marked by the deaths of three drivers and the Grand Prix layout was changed, with two chicanes added and the longer straights removed.
There was major rebuilding in 1938–39, constructing new stands and entrances, resurfacing the track, moving portions of the track and adding two new bends.
The resulting layout gave a Grand Prix lap of 6.300 kilometres (3.91 mi), in use until 1954. The outbreak of World War II meant racing at the track was suspended until 1948,[10] and parts of the circuit degraded due to the lack of attention.
Monza was renovated over a period of two months at the beginning of 1948, and a Grand Prix was held on 17 October 1948.

Official Webpage – http://www.assettocorsa.info     –    http://www.kunos-simulazioni.com