MONZA CELEBRATES THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TROFEO CADETTI DURING ACI HISTORIC RACING WEEKEND
Thursday evening, May 10, 1965: the history of the Formula 875 Monza officially begins, the small training formula wanted by Luigi Bertett, president of the Automobile Club Milano, and Romolo Tavoni, sports director of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, who was also Enzo Ferrari’s personal secretary and sports director of the Cavallino.
To celebrate the sixty years since this event, during the ACI Historic Racing Weekend (April 11-13), the Autodromo Nazionale Monza will host, in collaboration with the Scuderia Salvati of Milan, an exhibition at the former museum area, where several single-seaters that competed in the Trofeo Cadetti will be displayed. The exhibition will highlight the history of the series through dedicated panels with images and vintage posters. The atmosphere of the ‘70s and ‘80s will also be recreated with some vintage road cars and various accessories like suits, helmets, signs, and more.
On Saturday at 12:00, at the Tazio Nuvolari Press Room, there will be a conference attended by drivers and professionals who have raced in or worked on the Trofeo Cadetti.
Trofeo Cadetti Formula Monza 1965/2025 – Factory of Champions
The Trofeo Cadetti began in 1965 with the Formula 875, continuing from 1982 with Formula Panda, then Formula Fire, and Formula Junior Monza until the early 2000s. The Formula 875 Monza was named so because it originally cost only 875,000 lire. The engine was a two-cylinder unit mounted on the Fiat 500 Giardiniera. In 1983, the new Formula Panda was introduced, equipped with the four-cylinder engine from the small city car. Later, in 1988, the 903 cc engine was replaced by the more modern Fiat FIRE 1,000 cc engine.
Drivers such as Arnaldo Bernacchini, Lella Lombardi, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Alberto Colombo, Giovanni Salvati, Giorgio Francia, Luciano Pavesi, Michele Alboreto, Franco Fraquelli, Artico “Tato” Sandonà, Guido Forti, Paolo Guerci, Massimo Pollini, Lucio Vergani, Max Papis, Fabrizio Barbazza, and Giovanni Lavaggi all raced with the vehicles from the Trofeo Cadetti.