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Monza, Italy

Monza

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Autodromo Nazionale Monza track layout
Length
5.793 km
Corners
11
First GP
1950
Races held
76
Lap record
1:20.901

Lando Norris, 2025

About Monza

Monza is the fastest track on the calendar: a 5.793 km lap with only 11 corners, on which cars are at full throttle for about 80% of the lap. They reach maximum speed on the 1.1 km start/finish straight and then brake from around 350 km/h to about 70 km/h for the Variante del Rettifilo chicane, one of the best overtaking places in the championship. Teams run their lowest-downforce wings of the year.

The circuit sits inside the Parco di Monza, a former royal park north of Milan. Its long straights and tight chicanes reward good traction and brake stability, and much of the old banking is still visible beside the modern track near the Curva Alboreto (the Parabolica).

Track Sectors

1

Sector 1

The start/finish straight ends in the heavy Variante del Rettifilo braking zone, followed by the flat-out Curva Grande.

2

Sector 2

The Variante della Roggia chicane leads into the two Lesmo corners, where drivers brake late and carry speed through the trees.

3

Sector 3

After the Serraglio straight comes the Variante Ascari and the long Parabolica (Curva Alboreto), which feeds back onto the main straight.

Circuit History

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza was built in 1922 to a design by Alfredo Rosselli and was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit, after Brooklands and Indianapolis. Monza was part of the first Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, when Giuseppe Farina won in an Alfa Romeo, and it has hosted the Italian Grand Prix in every year except 1980, when the race was held at Imola.

The track's speed has always come at a price. Wolfgang von Trips crashed in 1961 in an accident that killed 15 spectators, and the banked oval was last used in Formula 1 in 1969. The first chicanes were added in 1972 and a third followed in 1976 to slow the cars, and the circuit has been revised repeatedly since. Rubens Barrichello's 2004 lap of 1:21.046 stood as the Monza lap record until Lando Norris beat it in 2025.

Monza has produced some of the sport's unlikeliest winners, such as Sebastian Vettel's 2008 victory for Toro Rosso in the rain. In 2026 Kimi Antonelli won for Mercedes from 19th on the grid, the first Italian winner at Monza since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966.

Grand Prix Winners

  1. 2026

    Kimi Antonelli

    Mercedes

  2. 2025

    Max Verstappen

    Red Bull Racing

  3. 2024

    Charles Leclerc

    Ferrari

  4. 2023

    Max Verstappen

    Red Bull Racing

  5. 2022

    Max Verstappen

    Red Bull Racing

  6. 2021

    Daniel Ricciardo

    McLaren

  7. 2020

    Pierre Gasly

    AlphaTauri

  8. 2019

    Charles Leclerc

    Ferrari

  9. 2018

    Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

  10. 2017

    Lewis Hamilton

    Mercedes

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