Fast facts ahead of the Italian Grand Prix
With the Italian Grand Prix, the European leg of the 2025 Formula One season is set to come to an end. F1Technical’s lead journalist Balazs Szabo delivers some key facts and trivia ahead of the Monza F1 round.
Historic track – Today’s Italian Grand Prix will be the 76th race which means that the race has been staged in every single year since the FIA Formula One Championship was launched back in 1950.
Of the 75 Italian Grands Prix, 74 races have taken place at Monza. The only exception happened in 1980 when Imola played host to the Italian Grand Prix.
The German and the Briton – Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton are the most successful drivers in the history of the Italian Grand Prix.
Both drivers have won on five occasions apiece. Nelson Piquet sits behind the duo on this list with four victories to his name. Max Verstappen and Charles Lecler have won in Monza twice apiece.
Pole position - Hamilton holds the record for most pole position at Monza with seven. Five other drivers on the current grid has started the Italian Grand Prix from the front of the field - Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz.
Ferrari on home soil – The Scuderia is the most successful team in the Italian Grand Prix with 20 triumphs followed by McLaren with ten wins.
Mercedes has won seven times and has been the dominant force since the hybrid power unit were introduced in 2014. However, the team from Brackley was unable to win in the last six years.
There have been several memorable races at Monza. The 2019 Italian Grand Prix saw Charles Leclerc show a heroic performance to secure his second F1 victory while it was AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly, who came out on top after a chaotic race in 2020.
The following year saw Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen come together at Turn 1 with Daniel Ricciardo securing a brilliant victory for McLaren. The follwinf two years belonged to Max Verstappen who took a commanding victory in front of Leclerc and Perez, respectively. Last season, the Monegasque beat the McLaren duo to secure his second Italian GP triumph.
Three compounds – The sport’s tyre supplier Pirelli is providing tyres from the softer end of its range at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. The C3 compound is featuring as the white-banded hard tyres, with the C4 as the medium tyres and C5 as the red soft tyre.
The Brazilian – The record for the fastest race lap dates back to 2004 when Rubens Barrichello set a time of 1m21.046 with Ferrari that is still the official track record at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Two DRS zones - There will be two DRS zones in Italy. The detection point for the first zone will be 95m before Turn 7, with the activation point 170m after Turn 7. The second detection point will be 20m before Turn 11, with the activation point 12m after the finish line.
Sponsors – The Italian Grand Prix has had a title sponsor since 1988 when Coca-Cola became the major partner of the event.
Following four years with the American multinational beverage corporation, the Italian Grands Prix have been sponsored by Pioneer, Campari, Vodafone, Santander and Heineken. This year’s race is sponsored by Formula One’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli.
Long cirucit – The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a relatively long circuit with its length of 5.793km. The race distance will be 306.720km with drivers required to complete 53 laps to cover the entire distance.
Changes – The Temple of Speed has gone through only a minor change for this year. A new gate has been installed in the wall in front of garage 32.
Stewards – The international FIA race stewards will be Felix Holter, Garry Connelly, Mathieu Remmerie and Derek Warwick. The trio will work together with Valerio Brizzolari who will take on the role of the national steward.
