Leclerc recorded a second Ferrari home win at Monza in 2024, Verstappen did not finish on the podium at Monza until winning in 2022 and Tsunoda has finished only once in his four appearances. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Italian Grand Prix!
Max VERSTAPPEN
Max Verstappen recorded his first Monza win – and first top four result at the track – in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix. His win was the first time he finished the Italian Grand Prix since 2019. His 100% finish record came to an end at Monza in 2020 and he recorded a second consecutive DNF at the track in 2021 after colliding with title rival Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix for a second time in 2023, this time doing so having started from the front row of the grid. Verstappen scored at the Italian Grand Prix in every season between 2016 and 2019, with a best result during that time of fifth in 2018. He finished sixth in 2024.
Verstappen inherited pole position in 2021 following a grid penalty for Valtteri Bottas. That was the only time that he started on the front two rows of the grid at Monza until 2023, when he started second. The Dutchman qualified on the front row in 2017, but started only 13th after a penalty. He also qualified on the front row in 2022 but another penalty demoted him to seventh on the grid. In 2024, he qualified seventh.
Given his low starting positions, it’s no surprise that – of the races he’s finished – Verstappen has never finished in a position lower than where he has started at the Italian Grand Prix. He gained 11 positions at the track in 2019 and gained six on his way to victory in 2022.
MAX VERSTAPPEN’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2015 |
LOST |
20 |
20 |
12 |
8 |
2016 |
LOST |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
2017 |
WON |
2 |
13 |
10 |
3 |
2018 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2019 |
LOST |
20 |
19 |
8 |
11 |
2020 |
WON |
5 |
5 |
DNF |
– |
2021 |
WON |
2 |
1 |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
WON |
2 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
2023 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2024 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
Liam LAWSON
Liam Lawson has raced at Monza in various categories including the Euroformula Open Championship, in which he took victory. Further appearances followed in Formula 3 and Formula 2. In F3, he took a podium finish in the 2019 Sprint Race, finishing as runner-up. He qualified fourth in 2020 but started from pole position as a result of penalties for other drivers. In the Feature Race, he crossed the line second but was handed a 10-second penalty for forcing another driver off track, dropping to him to seventh in the final result.
In F2, Lawson recorded three top five finishes across his five appearances at the track but never finished on the podium. In 2021, Lawson raced here in DTM. At the opening race of the season, he became the championship’s youngest-ever race winner.
Lawson raced in the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, substituting for Daniel Ricciardo. He finished the race in 11th place – and just six seconds away from the points – having started 12th.
LIAM LAWSON’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
WON |
12 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
Lando NORRIS
Lando Norris has scored on all six appearances so far at the Italian Grand Prix. He recorded what was then the best result of his career to date here in 2021, finishing as runner-up to his team-mate. He finished tenth in 2019, fourth in 2020, seventh in 2022 and eighth in 2023. In 2024, he returned to the Monza podium, finishing third.
Norris has reached Q3 here in the last five seasons and secured his first pole position for the Italian Grand Prix in 2024. 2021 was the first time he out-qualified his team-mate at Monza – something which he has since done in all but one of the previous four seasons.
The 2022 Italian Grand Prix was the first Monza race in which Norris finished in a worse position than where he started from. It happened again in 2024.
Before his first F1 appearances here, Norris had previous experience at the Monza circuit in F3 in 2017 and F2 in 2018. He won the first of the three F3 races here in 2017, finishing as runner up in the other two. Meanwhile, in F2 in 2018, Norris finished sixth in the Feature Race and fifth in the Sprint Race. He drove for McLaren at the track in 2018 in Free Practice 1 for the Italian Grand Prix.
LANDO NORRIS’ ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
LOST |
14 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
2020 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2021 |
WON |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2022 |
WON |
7 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
2023 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
2024 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
Oscar PIASTRI
Oscar Piastri failed to score points on his first Italian Grand Prix appearance in 2023, finishing in 12th place. He had out-qualified his team-mate on Saturday, reaching Q3 and setting the seventh fastest lap time.
In 2024, Piastri completed an all-McLaren front row at the Italian Grand Prix. A bold overtake on the opening lap saw him snatch the lead from his team-mate. Although he would go on to finish ahead of Lando Norris, he would not win the race. After falling to third after his second pit stop, Piastri passed the one-stopping Carlos Sainz and set off in hunt of Sainz’s Ferrari team-mate. He ultimately finished three seconds behind Charles Leclerc.
Piastri won at Monza on his last appearance at the track before moving up to Formula 1, in the Formula 2 Feature Race in 2021. Piastri also finished on the podium here in Formula 3, finishing third in the 2020 Feature Race.
OSCAR PIASTRI’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2023 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
12 |
-5 |
2024 |
LOST |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Lewis HAMILTON
Lewis Hamilton has recorded five Italian Grand Prix wins and a further three podium finishes – but he has not finished on the podium at Monza since 2019.
Following a penalty for entering the pit lane when it was closed, Hamilton finished only seventh in the 2020 Italian Grand Prix – his worst result at Monza since 2013. He then retired in 2021, following a collision with Max Verstappen. He has finished fifth in each of the last three seasons.
In addition to his 2021 collision, Hamilton has a further two retirements here, both a result of crashing out in 2009 and 2010. They’re the only other seasons in which he has failed to score at Monza.
Hamilton has taken pole at the Italian Grand Prix seven times, with his 2020 pole lap setting a new record for the fastest lap in F1 history. Hamilton took four consecutive poles at Monza between 2014 and 2017. In total, Hamilton has had nine front row starts here. He qualified fifth in both 2021 and 2022 – but moved up to fourth on the final grid in 2021 and dropped to 19th due to a grid penalty in 2022.
His eighth place in qualifying in 2023 marked his worst qualifying result at the track in a decade. 2008 and 2013 are the only years in which Hamilton has failed to reach Q3 at the track.
Despite being in contention for the win, 2019 marked the first time Hamilton did not lead a lap of the Italian Grand Prix since 2013. He set a new record for most laps led at the track during the 2020 race.
LEWIS HAMILTON’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2007 |
LOST |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2008 |
LOST |
15 |
15 |
7 |
8 |
2009 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
DNF |
– |
2010 |
LOST |
5 |
5 |
DNF |
– |
2011 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
2012 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2013 |
LOST |
12 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
2014 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2015 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2016 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
2017 |
WON |
1 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
2018 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2019 |
WON |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2020 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
7 |
-6 |
2021 |
LOST |
5 |
4 |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
WON |
5 |
19 |
5 |
14 |
2023 |
LOST |
8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2024 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
Charles LECLERC
In 2024, Charles Leclerc won with Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix for the second time. That win was Ferrari’s first home win at Monza since 2019, when Leclerc secured Ferrari’s first Monza victory in almost a decade.
Leclerc’s wins are two of five times that he has scored points here. He returned to the podium in 2022, finishing as runner-up, and finished fourth in both 2021 and 2023.
Two of Leclerc’s appearances at the Italian Grand Prix have resulted in point-less afternoons: he finished 11th on his first appearance in 2018 and crashed out on a disappointing day for Ferrari in 2020, when the team recorded a rare double DNF.
Leclerc has taken two pole positions at Monza, in 2019 and 2022. He also reached Q3 in 2021, 2023 and 2024. In 2024, he won from fourth on the grid. 2023 was only the second time, after 2021, that Leclerc has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the Italian Grand Prix.
CHARLES LECLERC’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2018 |
WON |
17 |
15 |
11 |
4 |
2019 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2020 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
DNF |
– |
2021 |
LOST |
6 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2022 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
2023 |
LOST |
3 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
2024 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
George RUSSELL
George Russell scored at Monza for the first time in 2021, finishing in ninth place. He took his first podium finish at the circuit in 2022, finishing in third place and picked up more points with sixth and seventh place finishes in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
2021 was also the first time he made it out of Q1 at the Italian Grand Prix and he went on to record what was then his best qualifying result at the circuit, with 15th in Sprint Qualifying. In 2022, he reached Q3 at the track for the first time, qualifying in sixth place – one position behind his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton.
2022 was the first time Russell was out-qualified by his team-mate at the track. Qualifying sixth, Russell moved up to second on the grid as the result of grid penalties for the four drivers immediately ahead of him, including team-mate Hamilton.
He out-qualified Hamilton in 2023, setting the fourth fastest lap time in Q3 before once again out-qualifying him in 2024 and setting a new personal best qualifying result at the track with third place.
Russell previously competed at Monza in F3, GP3 and F2. Prior to F1, he scored points in every race he had competed in at the track, and won in GP3 in 2017 and at the F2 Sprint Race in 2018.
GEORGE RUSSELL’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
WON |
18 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
2020 |
WON |
19 |
19 |
14 |
5 |
2021 |
WON |
15 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
2022 |
LOST |
6 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
2023 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
2024 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
Kimi ANTONELLI
Kimi Antonelli recorded a win and two further podiums at Monza in the races he contested here in 2021 and 2022 in the Italian F4 Championship. He raced here again in the Formula Regional European Championship in 2023, where he won the second race. In F2 in 2024, Antonelli finished only 18th in the Sprint Race after starting 15th due to two 5-place grid penalties. He started sixth for the Feature Race, in which he finished fourth.
Alongside his Formula 2 duties in 2024, Antonelli also made his Formula 1 weekend debut, taking part in Free Practice 1 with Mercedes. He made headlines when he crashed out just ten minutes into the session. The day after, Mercedes confirmed that he would take Lewis Hamilton’s place at the team for the 2025 season.
Fernando ALONSO
Fernando Alonso has won the Italian Grand Prix twice – with McLaren in 2007 and with Ferrari in 2010. His 2010 win began a streak of four successive podium finishes at Monza – but his second place in 2013 remained the last time he scored a point here until 2021, when he finished eighth.
From his last nine appearances at Monza, Alonso has recorded five retirements. He has scored only five points at the track since his comeback to F1, finishing eighth in 2021 and ninth in 2023.
Alonso has taken two pole positions at Monza, in 2007 and 2010. He qualified on the back row on his first two appearances at Monza in 2001 and 2003 but then qualified in the top ten at every Italian Grand Prix between 2004 and 2014. He qualified in the top ten for the first time since then in 2022. After qualifying tenth, he moved up to sixth on the 2022 grid – his best starting position at Monza since 2013.
Of the races he has completed here, the 2016 event is the only one which he has finished in a worse position than where he started.
FERNANDO ALONSO’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2001 |
WON |
21 |
21 |
13 |
8 |
2003 |
LOST |
20 |
20 |
8 |
12 |
2004 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
DNF |
– |
2005 |
WON |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2006 |
LOST |
10 |
10 |
DNF |
– |
2007 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2008 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2009 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2010 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2011 |
WON |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2012 |
LOST |
10 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
2013 |
LOST |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2014 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
DNF |
– |
2015 |
LOST |
17 |
16 |
DNF |
– |
2016 |
WON |
13 |
12 |
14 |
-2 |
2017 |
LOST |
13 |
19 |
DNF |
– |
2018 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
DNF |
– |
2021 |
WON |
11 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
2022 |
WON |
10 |
6 |
DNF |
– |
2023 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
2024 |
WON |
11 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
Lance STROLL
Lance Stroll has scored points on four of his eight Italian Grand Prix appearances. He held a 100% finish rate at the circuit until 2022. Stroll recorded his best result at the circuit in 2020, finishing on the podium in third place.
Stroll missed out on reaching Q3 at Monza for the first time in 2021, but made his way back into a top ten starting position during the Sprint Qualifying event. He exited in Q1 in 2022 but moved up to 12th on the grid as a result of grid penalties for other drivers. In 2023, he set the slowest qualifying time of the 20 drivers in Q1 and started from last on the grid. He recorded a third consecutive Q1 exit in 2024, setting the 17th fastest lap time.
Stroll recorded his best qualifying position at the track in the wet 2017 session, where he qualified fourth. As a result of grid penalties, that fourth place became a front row start and made him the youngest driver to start from the front row in Formula 1 history.
2020 was the first time that Stroll was out-qualified by a team-mate at Monza. He has been out-qualified in all of the last five seasons by World Champion team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso.
LANCE STROLL’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2017 |
WON |
4 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
2018 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
2019 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
12 |
-3 |
2020 |
LOST |
8 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
2021 |
LOST |
10 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
2022 |
LOST |
18 |
12 |
DNF |
– |
2023 |
LOST |
20 |
20 |
16 |
4 |
2024 |
LOST |
17 |
17 |
19 |
-2 |
Pierre GASLY
Before 2020, Pierre Gasly had not scored a point at the Italian Grand Prix. That changed in the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, as Gasly recorded his maiden Grand Prix victory at Monza, becoming France’s first F1 winner in 24 years.
The Frenchman had less luck in 2021, with his 100% finish rate ending at the circuit due to a retirement. He also retired from Sprint Qualifying, meaning he started from the back of the grid.
He previously finished 14th in 2018 and 11th in 2019. He scored for the second time at the track in 2022, coming home in eighth place. That remains the last time he scored any points at Monza, having finished 15th in each of the last two seasons.
Gasly is yet to qualify above ninth position at the track – though he did reach Q3 for a third time in 2021, qualifying sixth for the sprint event. In 2023, Gasly recorded his first Q1 exit at the Italian Grand Prix, starting one position ahead of his Alpine team-mate. 2019 is the only occasion on which Gasly has been put-qualified by his team-mate at Monza.
PIERRE GASLY’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2018 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
14 |
-5 |
2019 |
LOST |
15 |
17 |
11 |
6 |
2020 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
2021 |
WON |
20 |
PIT |
DNF |
– |
2022 |
WON |
9 |
5 |
8 |
-3 |
2023 |
WON |
17 |
17 |
15 |
2 |
2024 |
WON |
14 |
14 |
15 |
-1 |
Jack DOOHAN
Jack Doohan’s most recent competitive appearances at Monza were in the Formula 2 championship. He secured pole position here in 2022 but retired from the Feature Race – the race in which he started from the front. He finished sixth in the Sprint Race that weekend. The 2023 Feature Race is the only other F2 race in which he scored points, again finishing sixth. He finished ninth in that year’s Sprint. Doohan has previously driven a Formula 1 car at Monza, having tested Alpine’s 2021 car in July 2022 and in May 2023.
Esteban OCON
Esteban Ocon’s 100% finishing rate at Monza came to an end at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, retiring with steering issues just over ten laps from the end of the race. Ocon has scored of four of his previous eight Italian Grand Prix appearances, with his 11th place finish in 2022 being the first time since his first appearance in 2016 that he failed to score at Monza.
Ocon’s best finishing position here is sixth, which he recorded in both 2017 and 2018. He finished eighth in 2020 and tenth in 2021. The latter remains the last time he picked up a point at the track.
2020 was the first time since 2016 that Ocon failed to reach Q3 at Monza, as well as the first time since then that he was out-qualified by a team-mate at the circuit. He has failed to reach Q3 since 2018 and has been out-qualified by his team-mate in all of the last five seasons.
Ocon’s best qualifying result here is fifth, recorded in 2017. That later became third on the grid, due to grid penalties for other drivers. The 2017 race is the only one in which Ocon has finished an Italian Grand Prix in a worse position than where he started.
ESTEBAN OCON’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2016 |
LOST |
22 |
22 |
18 |
4 |
2017 |
WON |
5 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
2018 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2020 |
LOST |
12 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
2021 |
LOST |
13 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
2022 |
LOST |
11 |
14 |
11 |
3 |
2023 |
LOST |
18 |
18 |
DNF |
– |
2024 |
LOST |
15 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
Ollie BEARMAN
Ollie Bearman has previous race-winning experience at Monza. In the Italian F4 Championship in 2021, he won all three races of the Monza meeting. In Formula 3 in 2022, he finished as runner-up in both the Sprint and Feature Race. Bearman has won in F2 in each of the last two seasons at Monza. He took victory in the Feature Race in 2023 and won the Sprint Race in 2024.
Yuki TSUNODA
Yuki Tsunoda has not had much luck to date at the Italian Grand Prix. When he first appeared at the event in 2021, he failed to start the race due to brake issues. Tsunoda originally qualified in 17th place and made up one position during Sprint Qualifying.
In 2022, Tsunoda managed to make the start of the race and finished 14th – six places behind his team-mate. On Saturday, he was eliminated in Q2 and was out-qualified by his team-mate for the second consecutive year.
He recorded a second DNS from three appearances at the track at the 2023 Italian Grand Prix. He had qualified in 11th place for the race – his best qualifying result to date at the track – having out-qualified his team-mate here for the first time.
In 2024 – after exiting in Q1 on Saturday – Tsunoda was out of the race after only seven laps, retiring with overheating problems.
Tsunoda previously raced at Monza in F3 and F2. In F3, he finished on the podium in both races, winning the second race of the weekend. In F2 in 2020, Tsunoda finished fourth in the Feature Race and was not classified in the Sprint Race, retiring after 15 laps.
YUKI TSUNODA’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2021 |
LOST |
16 |
15 |
DNS |
– |
2022 |
LOST |
15 |
20 |
14 |
6 |
2023 |
WON |
11 |
11 |
DNS |
– |
2024 |
LOST |
16 |
16 |
DNF |
– |
Isack HADJAR
Isack Hadjar has previously won at Monza, taking victory here in the final race of the Formula Regional season in 2021. Hadjar has since visited the track in Formula 3 and Formula 2. In 2022, in F3, Hadjar crashed in qualifying and started only 16th for both races, gaining positions in the Feature Race to finish ninth.
In F2 in 2023, Hadjar qualified fourth but failed to score in either the Sprint or the Feature Race, coming home 11th in both events. He failed to score again in 2024, finishing tenth in the Sprint Race and 11th once again in the Feature Race.
Carlos SAINZ
Carlos Sainz finished as runner-up in the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. It was only the second time he had scored points at Monza, having also finished eighth for Renault in 2018. He recorded his second podium finish at the track in 2023, finishing on the third step of the podium.
Sainz has scored in every race at the track since 2020, coming home sixth in 2021 and finishing fourth in both 2022 and 2024.
Sainz has reached Q3 in each of the last seven Monza races, taking his first pole position at the track in 2023. His third place qualifications in 2020 and 2022 and fifth in 2024 are the only other times he’s qualified in the top six here. He qualified seventh on his other three Q3 appearances at the Italian Grand Prix.
2022 was the first time since 2017 that Sainz failed to out-qualify his team-mate at the Italian Grand Prix. He was out-qualified again last year.
Taking a grid penalty into the race, Sainz gained 14 positions over the course of the 2022 event. 2023, when he finished third having started from pole, was the first time Sainz lost more than one position from where he started at Monza.
CARLOS SAINZ’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2015 |
WON |
13 |
17 |
11 |
6 |
2016 |
WON |
16 |
15 |
15 |
0 |
2017 |
LOST |
15 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
2018 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
2019 |
WON |
7 |
7 |
DNF |
– |
2020 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2021 |
WON |
7 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
2022 |
LOST |
3 |
18 |
4 |
14 |
2023 |
WON |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
2024 |
LOST |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
Alex ALBON
Alex Albon has scored three times from his four appearances at the Italian Grand Prix. He finished sixth here with Red Bull in 2019, but failed to score in 2020, finishing only 15th. On his first start here with Williams in 2023, Albon finished seventh. He brought Williams more points in 2024, finishing ninth.
Albon has reached Q3 on all four previous appearances at Monza, setting a new best qualifying result of sixth place in 2023.
After participating in Free Practice on Friday, Albon was ruled out of taking any further part in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix after undergoing treatment for appendicitis. He was subsequently replaced by Nyck de Vries.
ALEX ALBON’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2019 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2020 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
15 |
-6 |
2023 |
WON |
6 |
6 |
7 |
-1 |
2024 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
Nico HULKENBERG
Nico Hulkenberg’s best result from 11 previous Italian Grand Prix appearances is fifth place, which is where he finished in both 2013 and 2019. Those are two of five occasions on which he has finished in the points at Monza. He has failed to finish here only once, in 2012. In each of the last two seasons, Hulkenberg has finished the Italian Grand Prix in 17th place.
While Hulkenberg has been eliminated in Q1 only once at Monza, he has reached Q3 six times. His best qualifying result here is third place, which is where he qualified with Sauber in 2013. 2023 was the first time since 2017 that Hulkenberg qualified ahead of his team-mate at the Italian Grand Prix. He did so again in 2024, qualifying in the top ten here for the first time in six years.
NICO HULKENBERG’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY
Quali Battle |
Qualified |
Grid |
Finished |
Pos Change |
|
2010 |
WON |
8 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2012 |
– |
24 |
24 |
DNF |
– |
2013 |
WON |
3 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
2014 |
LOST |
14 |
13 |
12 |
1 |
2015 |
LOST |
9 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
2016 |
WON |
9 |
9 |
10 |
-1 |
2017 |
WON |
12 |
14 |
13 |
1 |
2018 |
LOST |
14 |
20 |
13 |
7 |
2019 |
LOST |
6 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
2023 |
WON |
13 |
13 |
17 |
-4 |
2024 |
WON |
10 |
10 |
17 |
-7 |
Gabriel BORTOLETO
Gabriel Bortoleto has plenty of racing experience at Monza, having raced here in Italian F4, Formula Regional. Formula 3 and Formula 2. Despite a qualifying to forget, Bortoleto had a weekend to remember at Monza in F2 in 2024. After crashing out in qualifying, he started last for both the Sprint and Feature races. He drove to eighth in the Sprint and won the Feature Race from 22nd on the grid – the furthest back win in F2 history.
