The polesitter has failed to win the last five races at Monza and no driver has scored from 20th since 1993. Here’s everything you need to know about the history of each grid slot at the Italian Grand Prix!
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX GRID STATS IN BRIEF
- Polesitter has not won since 2019
- No retirements from 14th since 2003
- Furthest back win from 11th
- 19th has scored three times in last six years
- No points from 20th since 1993
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX RESULTS: GRID OVERVIEW
| Grid Slot | Last Win | Last Podium | Last Points | Last Non Finish | Best Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 | 1st |
| 2 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2012 | 1st |
| 3 | 2018 | 2021 | 2024 | 2007 | 1st |
| 4 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2022 | 1st |
| 5 | 2009 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 1st |
| 6 | 1997 | 2017 | 2024 | 2022 | 1st |
| 7 | 2022 | 2022 | 2024 | 2019 | 1st |
| 8 | 1995 | 2020 | 2024 | 2015 | 1st |
| 9 | 1967 | 1993 | 2024 | 2011 | 1st |
| 10 | 2020 | 2020 | 2023 | 2015 | 1st |
| 11 | 1971 | 2008 | 2020 | 2023 (DNS) | 1st |
| 12 | - | 2012 | 2021 | 2022 | 2nd |
| 13 | - | 1968 | 2024 | 2020 | 2nd |
| 14 | - | 1970 | 2023 | 2003 | 3rd |
| 15 | - | - | 2009 | 2021 (DNS) | 4th |
| 16 | - | 1977 | 2019 | 2024 | 3rd |
| 17 | - | - | 2002 | 2023 | 4th |
| 18 | - | - | 2022 | 2017 | 4th |
| 19 | - | 2021 | 2022 | 2018 | 5th |
| 20 | - | - | 1993 | 2016 | 3rd |
- No wins from pole since 2019
- Pole to win conversion rate under 40%
- 3 DNFs this millennium
- Podiums in 19 of last 22 races
Historically, the pole to win conversion rate at Monza is under 40%. In the 25 races held here between 1961 and 1986, the polesitter won only twice. The polesitter’s luck at Monza began to change at the dawn of the millennium, with all but five Monza races between 2000 and 2019 being won by the driver starting from the front of the grid.
However, Charles Leclerc’s 2019 victory remains the last time that the Italian Grand Prix was won from pole and is the only time in the last seven races at the circuit that the polesitter has won.
Since the turn of the millennium, Juan Pablo Montoya’s retirement in 2002, Lewis Hamilton’s late race crash in 2009 and Max Verstappen’s crash with Hamilton in 2021 are the only occasions that the polesitter has failed to finish the Italian Grand Prix, while Hamilton’s seventh place in 2020 is the only other time that the polesitter has failed to finish on the podium in that period.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM POLE POSITION AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | DNF | 2 | 3 |
- Three wins in last 18 races
- Two wins in last four years
- One DNF since 2001
In the last 25 Italian Grands Prix, the driver starting second has won only four times. Two of those wins have been in the last four Monza races. Nico Rosberg won in 2016, Daniel Ricciardo in 2021 and Max Verstappen in 2023.
Since 2001, Jenson Button’s retirement in 2012 is the only time that the driver starting from second on the grid has failed to finish at Monza.
In total, the driver starting here has won 14 times and has finished on the podium 36 times – including in all of the last four seasons.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 2ND ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- Last win in 2018
- Last podium in 2021
- Fewest non-finishes of top 20 grid slots
In 2019, 2020 and 2021, the driver starting third at Monza finished as runner-up. Lando Norris ended that streak with a seventh place finish in 2022, while Charles Leclerc finished fourth having started here in 2023 and George Russell finished seventh in 2024.
Third on the grid at Monza has had fewer non-finishes than any of the other top 20 grid slots at the circuit. There have been 19 non-finishes from this position in total, the most recent coming in 2007, when Felipe Massa retired from third on the grid with suspension failure.
Since 1996, Ralf Schumacher’s non-finish in 2002 is the only other time that the driver starting here has failed to pick up points.
In 2018, Lewis Hamilton became the first driver to win the Italian Grand Prix from third on the grid since Michael Schumacher in 1996. It was the 12th win in total from third on the grid at Monza.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 3RD ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
- 2024 marked first win since 2002
- Two DNFs in last four years
- Last podium in 2018
Charles Leclerc became the first driver to win at Monza from fourth on the grid since 2002 at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix. His was the eighth win in total from fourth on the grid.
The driver starting here retired in both 2021 and 2022 and scored just a single point in the two seasons prior to that. The grid slot’s recent run of poor results came after two consecutive podium finishes in 2017 and 2018.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 4TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 3 | DNF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 5 |
- Two wins from fifth – in 1985 and 2009
- Three podiums since 2013
- Fewest points finishes of top six grid slots
Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix from fifth on the grid in 2009. It was the second win from this grid slot at Monza; the first was for Alain Prost in 1985.
After Barrichello’s win, the driver starting here failed to finish for three consecutive years. Since then, fifth on the grid has failed to score only once, and has scored three podium finishes, with second for Fernando Alonso in 2013, third for Felipe Massa in 2015 and second for Sergio Perez in 2023.
Of the top six grid slots, fifth is the one which has scored on the fewest occasions. In 2020, Max Verstappen became the first driver to retire from this position since 2012.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 5TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | DNF | 4 | 8 | 2 |
- Three podiums in last 20 seasons
- Last podium in 2017
In the last 20 seasons, the driver starting sixth has gone on to stand on the podium at the Italian Grand Prix on three occasions, most recently in 2017.
In 2022, Fernando Alonso’s retirement brought to an end an 18 race run of top ten results for the driver starting here – though Romain Grosjean was disqualified having started and finished sixth in 2018.
Lewis Hamilton’s fifth place finish in 2024 was the first top five result for this grid slot since 2020.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 6TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | DSQ | 5 | 4 | 6 | DNF | 7 |
- Three wins; last in 2022
- Most non-finishes of top nine grid slots
In 2022, Max Verstappen took the third win for the driver starting seventh at Monza. It’s one of two points-scoring appearances for the driver starting seventh in the last four Monza races; the other being a sixth place result, also for Verstappen, in 2024.
The two previous wins from this position, before Verstappen’s 2022 victory, were recorded by Denny Hulme in 1968 and Ronnie Peterson in 1974.
Of the top nine grid slots, seventh has had the fewest top ten finishes and the most non-finishes. In 2019, Carlos Sainz recorded the fourth retirement from this grid slot in the previous 11 seasons.
Verstappen in 2022 is the only driver to finish above fifth having started from seventh since Ralf Schumacher finished on the podium in 2000.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 7TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | DNF | 6 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
- 18 points finishes in last 20 years
- 2020 is only podium since 2005
- Last DNF in 2015
In the last 20 years, the driver starting from eighth has scored points at Monza 18 times – including in all of the last seven seasons.
In 2020, Lance Stroll finished third having started eighth. It was the first podium finish for the driver starting eighth at Monza since Giancarlo Fisichella’s third place in 2005.
Romain Grosjean’s retirement in 2015 and Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat’s 12th place finishes in 2013 and 2017 respectively are the only three occasions on which this grid slot has failed to score since 2004.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 8TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 6 | DNF | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
- One DNF since 2004
- Points in last four races
- Eight podium finishes; won in 1967
The driver starting ninth retired from all of the first four Italian Grands Prix to be held as a round of the World Championship. In contrast, since 2004 there has been only one retirement from this grid slot, that being for Nico Rosberg in 2011.
No points were scored from this grid between 2017 and 2020 – but Lance Stroll finished seventh having started ninth in 2021, Zhou Guanyu added another point to this position’s tally in 2022, Lando Norris finished eighth from here in 2023 and Alex Albon finished where he started in 2024.
Eight podium finishes have been recorded from ninth on the grid at Monza, including a win for John Surtees back in 1967. No podiums have been recorded from this position since 1993.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 9TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
- Won in 2020
- Four podium finishes
- Scored in all but one of last seven races
Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix from tenth on the grid. His was the first victory from this grid slot. It was the fourth podium finish from here, the other three all being third place finishes – the most recent of which was for Fernando Alonso in 2012.
In the three years prior to Gasly’s win, the driver starting here finished ninth in all three seasons.
The last four seasons have seen less impressive results – Fernando Alonso finished eighth in 2021, Nicholas Latifi managed only 15th in 2022, Alonso finished ninth from here in 2023 and Nico Hulkenberg could finish no higher than 17th in 2024.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 10TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 7 | DNF | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
- Furthest back win, in 1971
- Last podium in 2008
- No top eight finishes since 2012
11th is the furthest back grid slot to have won the Italian Grand Prix. Peter Gethin won from that position in 1971, in what remains the closest ever finish to a Formula 1 race. Gethin crossed the line 0.01 seconds ahead of Ronnie Peterson.
The grid slot has scored a further three podium finishes since then, the most recent being third place for Robert Kubica in 2008.
Since 2012, the driver starting here has not finished above ninth – something which they’ve done three times in that period. Yuki Tsunoda failed to start having been due to line up here for the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 11TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 9 | 13 | 9 | DNF | 16 | DNF | 9 | 12 | DNF | DNS |
- Four podium finishes; last in 2012
- Three points finishes in last seven seasons
There have been four podium finishes from 12th on the grid, the most recent of which was a second place finish for Sergio Perez in 2012.
Since then, the driver starting here has scored five times, including three times in the last seven years.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 12TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 13 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 10 | DNF | 8 | 10 | DNF | 11 |
- Single podium finish, in 1954
- 38 non-finishes – more than any other grid slot
- 15 points finishes – five in the last 13 races
In 2022, Sergio Perez finished sixth having started 13th on the grid. That was the best result for the driver starting 13th at Monza since 2000, when Alexander Wurz finished fifth.
There have been only two results better than fifth recorded from here – fourth place for Louis Rosier in 1950 and a podium finish for Umberto Maglioli and José Froilán González, who shared a drive in 1954.
Unlucky number 13 is certainly true at Monza. The grid slot has racked up 38 non-finishes over the history of the Italian Grand Prix at this track – the most of any position. Between 1974 and 1996, the driver starting here finished the race only four times in the 23 races. Better times have followed for the slot, with five of its 15 points-scoring races coming in the last 13 races.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 13TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 12 | 15 | DNF | 10 | DNF | 16 | DNF | 11 | 6 | 17 |
- No DNFs since 2003
- 2018 was first points finish in 20 years
- Scored twice in last four years
While the last driver to retire from 14th on the grid was Heinz-Harald Frentzen back in 2003, in 2018 Sergio Perez finished seventh to take the first points finish from this position on the grid since Damon Hill 20 years previously.
The only other points-scoring races for this grid slot in the last 26 years came in 2021 and 2023, when George Russell finished in ninth place and Valtteri Bottas finished tenth.
So, while a finish from here is likely, points-scoring races are rare. No driver has finished above sixth from this grid slot since Jean-Pierre Beltoise finished on the podium in 1970.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 14TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
- Not scored since 2009
- Finished 9 of last 11 races
- Highest grid slot with no podium finishes
Nick Heidfeld’s seventh place in 2009 is the last time that the driver starting from 15th scored a point at the Italian Grand Prix.
Though the driver lining up here has finished all but two of the last 11 races at Monza, the best result from those races is 11th for Charles Leclerc in 2018.
15th is the highest grid slot to have never given a podium finish at the circuit, with the best result being fourth for Arturo Merzario in 1974 and Karl Wendlinger in 1993.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 15TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 20 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | DNF | DNS | 13 | 13 |
- Five DNFs in last ten years
- Single podium result, in 1977
In the last ten seasons, the driver starting 16th at the Italian Grand Prix has failed to finish five times. It is the grid slot with the highest DNF rate over the past decade.
The better news is that on two of the four occasions that the driver lining up here made it to the end of the race, they scored points.
In 2017, Daniel Ricciardo recorded the second-best result from this grid slot with fourth place. The only time that has been bettered was in 1977, when Alan Jones finished third.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 16TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 14 | DNF | DNF | 4 | DNF | 10 | 12 | DNF | 16 | 14 |
- No points since 2002
- Last top ten finish in 2009
- Five DNFs in last 15 years
No driver has scored from 17th on the grid at the Italian Grand Prix since Jenson Button finished fifth in 2002.
Both the 2008 and 2009 Italian Grands Prix resulted in tenth place finishes for the driver starting 17th, but that was before tenth was a points-paying position.
In the last 15 years, there have been five non-finishes from 17th on the grid. The best result from here is fourth, recorded most recently by Stefan Johansson in 1984.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 17TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 16 | 11 | 11 | DNF | 12 | 11 | DNF | 14 | 12 | 15 |
- Best result of fourth, in 2022
- Three points finishes in last ten years
Carlos Sainz finished fourth in the 2022 Italian Grand Prix – a new best-ever result ever scored from 18th on the grid at Monza.
While three drivers have scored points from 18th in the last ten years, there have been only four points-scoring occasions from this grid slot in the past 38 years.
The driver starting here has retired only three times the past 20 years – the most recent of those being for Esteban Ocon in 2023.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 18TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 17 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 15 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 4 | DNF |
- Top five finishes in both 2021 and 2022
- 2015 was first points finish since 1978
The driver starting 19th finished in the top five at the Italian Grand Prix in both 2021 and 2022. Valtteri Bottas recorded the grid slot’s first podium result at Monza with third place in 2021, while Lewis Hamilton finished fifth from here in 2022.
In 2015, Daniel Ricciardo’s eighth place finish marked the first time that the driver starting 19th had scored points at Monza since Patrick Tambay finished fifth for McLaren in 1978.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 19TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 18 | 8 | 16 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
- Best result of sixth, in 1984 and 1993
- Last top ten result in 2003
What do Gerhard Berger and Erik Comas have in common? They both finished in sixth place having started from 20th on the grid at Monza in 1984 and 1993 respectively.
They’re the only two drivers to have finished in points-paying positions from this grid slot at the track; though ironically Berger was ineligible to score points at the 1984 event as he was driving the second ATS car and the team had only officially entered one car into the championship.
As a result of Kimi Raikkonen’s pit lane start in 2019 and Pierre Gasly’s pit lane start in 2021, the grid slot was left clear.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 20TH ON THE GRID AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 12 | DNF | 15 | 13 | – | 11 | – | 14 | 16 |
There have been three pit lane starters at the Italian Grand Prix. Marcus Ericsson finished 19th in 2014, Kimi Raikkonen finished 15th in 2019 and Pierre Gasly retired in the opening stages of the race in 2021.
