The temple of speed. The fastest circuit on the Formula 1 calendar. F1 has raced at Monza in every season except one. The 2025 Italian Grand Prix is set to take place on September 7.
1141st F1 GRAND PRIX | 95th ITALIAN GRAND PRIX | 75th GRAND PRIX AT MONZA
2024 POLESITTER: LANDO NORRIS | 2024 WINNER: CHARLES LECLERC
2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday September 5
Free Practice 1 – 1:30pm Local Time / 12:30pm UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 5:00pm Local Time / 4:00pm UK Time
Saturday September 6
Free Practice 3 – 12:30pm Local Time / 11:30am UK Time
Qualifying – 4:00pm Local Time / 3:00pm UK Time
Sunday September 7
The 2025 Italian Grand Prix – 3:00pm Local Time / 2:00pm UK Time
2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
Lewis Hamilton currently shares the record for most Italian Grand Prix victories with Michael Schumacher. A win for Hamilton at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix would be a record-breaking fifth Monza victory.
Like victories, Lewis Hamilton is also tied with Michael Schumacher for the most Italian Grand Prix podium finishes. Hamilton will be aiming to become the first driver to finish in the top three at Monza on nine occasions this weekend.
If Fernando Alonso completes 16 laps of the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to have raced 1,000 laps at Monza during his Formula 1 career.
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix. There are usually two DRS zones at Monza. The activation zones are located on the main straight and between Turns 7 & 8.
MONZA TRACK GUIDE
‘La Pista Magica’ – ‘the magic track’ – is how Monza is referred to by Italians. The ferocious speed of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza encapsulates the spirit of the sport like no other circuit and requires the drivers to be on the absolute limit throughout the race weekend. Steeped in history and universally loved by Formula 1 fans, Monza has hosted the most Grands Prix in the sport’s entirety.
Italians, in particular the Milan Automobile Club, wanted to host an Italian Grand Prix to rival the already successful Grand Prix of the French Automobile Club. In January 1922, Monza was selected as the location for the new racing circuit, being selected rather than Gallarate or a Grand Prix in the Milan area. Monza was chosen due to its versatility of having a mass of open land – indeed the largest city park in Europe. Construction of the Monza circuit began in February 1922 and was completed by a 3,500 strong workforce during the summer of the same year, despite attempts to stop the construction due to landscape conservation fears.
The track opened its gates for the first time on 3rd September 1922. After six successful years, the 1928 Italian Grand Prix was marred by the death of the driver Emilio Materassi and twenty seven spectators in the worst accident seen in Italian motorsport. The event had a negative impact on the perspective of the sport in the country, leading to the event’s suspension for 1929 and 1930. Tragedy would strike again in the 1933 running, with three top drivers being killed in three heat races leading up to the main event. The terrible events led to chicanes being added to the circuit and, after the 1938 Italian Grand Prix, the banked section was dismantled.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix. The C3, C4 and C5 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
While other teams made two pit stops, a one-stop strategy aided Leclerc to a popular Ferrari victory at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
Kimi Antonelli made his F1 weekend debut at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, stepping into George Russell’s cockpit for Free Practice 1. The Italian pushed a little too hard a little soon and brought out the red flags after colliding with the barriers at the Parabolica. Despite his off, he was announced as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement for 2025 on Saturday morning at Monza.
Franco Colapinto was another new face for the Italian Grand Prix weekend, with him taking Logan Sargeant’s seat at Williams for the remainder of the 2024 season. The Argentine had shown good pace but a mistake in qualifying cost him a place in Q2.
McLaren had the upperhand in qualifying, with the papaya pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locking out the front row. Mercedes and Ferrari locked out the next two rows on the grid, leaving Max Verstappen only seventh in the starting order.
For the second race in a row, polesitter Norris did not lead by the end of Lap 1. He was overtaken by team-mate Piastri at the second chicane, in a move which also allowed Charles Leclerc to pass. Further around the first lap, Daniel Ricciardo picked up a time penalty after being deemed to have forced Nico Hulkenberg off track, resulting in a trip through the gravel for the Haas driver. Hulkenberg later made contact with Ricciardo’s team-mate in his quest to move up the order.
Higher tyre wear was expected at Monza in 2024 thanks to the entire track being resurfaced. Norris was first of the frontrunners to pit, diving into the pit lane – and hitting the advertising board – at the end of Lap 14. Leclerc pitted on the next lap but Norris successfully undercut the Ferrari and ran in a net second place.
Tyre wear meant that the Italian Grand Prix became a two-stop race for most teams in 2024, with Norris making his second stop on Lap 33. Piastri pitted for the second time five laps later but the Ferrari drivers opted not to pit for a second time, leaving Leclerc leading from team-mate Carlos Sainz.
Both McLarens made up time with their fresher tyres and both were able to pass Sainz. Piastri continued to gain time in the closing stages but it was not enough. Leclerc was out of reach and secured his second win at Monza in front of the Tifosi. Piastri finished ahead of team-mate Norris.
WHAT’S THE FASTEST EVER LAP AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX?
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