The track surface was described as dusty and abrasive, tending to make the circuit very slippery. The Formula 3000 races held at the circuit were noted for poor standards of organization and marshalling.
The circuit was opened in 1951, initially as a high-speed oval. The original circuit was 4,800 meters long. The first major competition was the inaugural Mediterranean Grand Prix in 1962, a non-championship Formula One event. Ferrari drivers Lorenzo Bandini and Giancarlo Baghetti took the first two places in 1962, and John Surtees won in 1963. Jo Siffert won the event in 1964 and 1965.
In 1967, the Mediterranean Grand Prix switched to Formula 2 rules and became a round of the European Championship, remaining a fixture until 1984. The circuit then hosted Formula 3000 from 1985 to 1998. Many notable drivers, including Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, and Keke Rosberg, won the Mediterranean Grand Prix during this period.
During the 1960s, the track also hosted sportscar events such as the Coppa Città di Enna. In 1974, the Coppa Florio, described as one of the world's oldest motor races, was revived as a sports car race at Pergusa. It counted towards the World Sportscar Championship most years from 1975 and was last held under that series in 1981. Lella Lombardi and Enrico Grimaldi took a victory in 1979, making Lombardi the first female driver to win an FIA-sanctioned world championship race.
Modifications were made to the circuit, including the addition of chicanes, since the 1970s. The track length increased to 4,950 meters. In 1989, the Italian round of the Superbike World Championship was held at the circuit.
In the 1990s, the track was upgraded and subsequently hosted rounds of the FIA Sportscar Championship, the FIA GT Championship, and International Formula 3000. In 1997, it was the location of the Ferrari Festival.
Due to not passing the highest FIA safety standards, the track was mostly the venue of national events during the 2000s. However, the European Touring Car Championship visited Pergusa in 2000 and again in 2002, with Fabrizio Giovanardi winning all four races. In 2003, Roberto Colciago and Gabriele Tarquini were winners. The FIA GT Championship also visited in 2002 and 2003.
In 2004, FIA revoked the circuit’s license, requiring further improvements. In 2009, FIA approved circuit modifications and granted FIA Grade 3 homologation. The circuit reopened for national racing competitions in 2011. The first international competition after its reopening was the Superstars Series in 2012. The European Touring Car Cup returned to Pergusa from 2013 to 2015. A round of the TCR Italian Series was held in 2015.
In October 2020, Creventic organized a 12-hour race at the circuit over two days as part of the 2020 24H GT Series, reviving the Coppa Florio name.
The corpus lists the following events as having been held at Enna-Pergusa:
Coppa Città di Enna — World Sportscar Championship rounds 1962–1967; European Sportscar Championship rounds 1970, 1972–1974
Coppa Florio — World Sportscar Championship rounds 1975–1977, 1979, 1981; European Sportscar Championship 1978; revived under 24H Series in 2020
Mediterranean Grand Prix — 1962–2003 (non-championship F1, F2, F3000)
European Touring Car Championship — 2000, 2002–2003
FIA GT Championship — 2002–2003
Formula 3000 — 1985–1998
Superbike World Championship — 1989
Superstars Series — 2012
European Touring Car Cup — 2013–2015
TCR Italian Series — 2015
This article is based solely on the supplied corpus. No external sources were consulted; claims that could not be substantiated against the corpus were omitted under the drop-the-claim rule.
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