Centomiglia del Lario: the 77th edition runs October 9-11 with the Casiraghi memorial
Three days of powerboating between Como and Cernobbio: trials and races counting toward world, European and Italian offshore titles, a paddock at Villa Erba's former gallop track, and a tribute to Stefano Casiraghi forty years after his 1986 victory.
Translated from the Italian original. Leggi in italiano
Speed returns to the Lario. From Friday October 9 to Sunday October 11, the waters between Como and Cernobbio host the 77th edition of the Centomiglia del Lario, the historic powerboating competition organized by Yacht Club Como M.I.La. - C.V.C. A.S.D. with the patronage of the Lombardy Regional Council. Three days of trials and races, with world, European and Italian titles at stake, culminating on Sunday afternoon with the race that gives the event its name.
The weekend program
It begins on Friday October 9 with free practice from 9 to 11:30 am, followed at 2 pm by Race 1 Long of the world, European and Italian offshore championship, class 3D-5000. On Saturday October 10 a new free-practice session runs in the morning from 10 am to noon, then at 2 pm Race 2 Short of the same championship and at 3 pm the races of the Italian Touring Cup, Honda Offshore and Offshore One Green Class championships. On Sunday the 11th, after final free practice from 9:30 am to noon, the Centomiglia del Lario starts at 2 pm, with the awards ceremony to follow.
The organizational heart between Cernobbio and Como
The paddock with the competing boats and team facilities will be set up in the former gallop track of Villa Erba in Cernobbio, while the Yacht Club Como will host the technical briefings, jury activities and final awards. Admission for the public is free along the shores: viewing points indicated by the organizers include the Villa Olmo promenade, the outer breakwater and viale Geno in Como, as well as Cernobbio and Blevio. The paddock and the club remain accessible only to teams, members and accredited guests.
Forty years after Casiraghi
The 2026 edition is also tied to the fortieth anniversary of Stefano Casiraghi's victory, the Como-born driver who won the Centomiglia in 1986 on a Tullio Abbate hull powered by a Lamborghini engine. The anniversary will be told through exceptional images and testimonies: his brother Marco Casiraghi, photographer Mario Brenna, who followed the driver through his sporting season, and Tullio Abbate Junior.
A race born in 1949
The Centomiglia is one of the world's longest-running powerboating competitions. The first edition started on September 4, 1949 from Como, with 34 crews at the start and 26 at the finish: Mario Marzorati won on a Taroni hull with a Gray Marine engine, averaging 66.022 kilometers per hour. Since then the race has become the Lario's nautical palio, the proving ground of the drivers, designers and shipyards that made Italian powerboating history.
