What is Pescara?
[[Image:Pescara Town Hall - Harbour 2004 by-RaBoe.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Pescara at night]] [[Image:Flag of Pescara.svg|right|150px]] [[Image:Araldico Città di Pescara.svg|right|90px]] '''Pescara''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] city in [[Abruzzo]] of 123,400 [[inhabitant]]s. In 1957, the only Pescara [[Formula One]] [[Grand Prix]] was held, and won by [[British]] driver, [[Stirling Moss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pescara-Grand-Prix|title=Pescara Grand Prix|work=Nation Master Encycopedia|accessdate=2009-10-30|archive-date=2005-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050422025648/http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pescara-Grand-Prix|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the longest ever Formula One track, using over {{convert|16|mi|km|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} of local roads. It was first used for motor car racing in 1924, and closed in 1961. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{Province of Pescara}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Pescara| ]] [[Category:Capital cities in Italy]]