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...

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Official page on the Pinacoteca Agnelli website - https://www.pinacoteca-agnelli.it/en/...
"Lingotto: Myths, Mechanisation and Automobiles" by John Cook - https://www.academia.edu/14362388/Lin...

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IMAGE CREDITS
Historic Lingotto images by Carlo Maggio used under license from Alamy
Except for this one, by Dgtmedia - Simone - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Giacomo Matté-Trucco - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Fiat's original factory on Corso Dante - https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichi...
1920s theatre by charmainezoe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/charmai...
Aerial photo of Fiat Mirafiori factory - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...