F1MATHS: Key numbers from the Italian Grand Prix

Last Sunday's Italian Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen secure his third win of the season, following on from those in Suzuka and Imola, as well as his third in this race, to add to those in 2022 and 2023, all with Red Bull Racing. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers some key numbers and facts from the race at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Fastest race - Last Sunday's Italian Grand Prix became the fastest world championship Grand Prix in F1 history. Race winner Max Verstappen took only 1:13:24.325 to cover the race distance which led to an average speed of 250.706 km/h or 155.791 mph.

The Dutchman thus broke Michael Schumacher's previous record, which was set at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion took 1:14:19.838 to win that round, recording an average speed of 247.585 km/h.

In fact, the drivers who finished second to seventh today also got under the Ferrari driver’s winning time.

Third win - Although Red Bull struggled for pace at last year's Monza race, Max Verstappen had everything under control last Sunday.

The Dutch driver has won three times this season, securing his first win at the Japanese Grand Prix before winning the first Italian round of the season at Imola.

In total, Verstappen recoreded his 66th career victory, which means he is still third on the all-time list behind Lewis Hamilton (105) and Michael Schumacher (91).

Inching closer - It was Verstappen’s third Monza win in the last four years, which meant that he joined a fairly big group of drivers who have won at the Italian Grand Prix three times.

This list includes Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Ronnie Peterson, Alain Prost, Rubens Barrichello, and Sebastian Vettel.

Repetition - Just as they did a year ago, the two McLaren drivers were on the podium, with Lando Norris ending up second and Oscar Piastri third at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

New record - On his way to the second place at Monza, Lando Norris also set a new outright average speed record when he set the race fastest lap on lap 53 in 1m 20.901s, at a speed of 257.781 km/h.

Becoming the first driver to win from pole at Monza since 2019, Verstappen has now inched closer to Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, who hold the record for most wins at the Italian Grand Prix with five.

Five - The qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen secure pole position for the fifth time this season. Considering that he has only converted three pole positions into a race victory this year, it is clear to see that Red Bull's RB21 usually offers more performance on a single lap than over a race distance.

It is a significant change to the first two seasons of the current ground-effect era where the Milton Keynes-based squad's tyre management were excellent.

1.91 seconds – Ferrari were the quickest team in the pit lane at Zandvoort, but McLaren came out on top at last Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

The Woking-based completed Oscar Piastri’s sole tyre change in just 1.91 seconds which is only 0.01 seconds slower than the record of the 2025 season.

Almost the full distance – Pirelli brought relatively soft tyres (C5, C4 and C3) to Monza, but the degradation was unexpectedly low despite the soft compounds and the high ambient and track temperatures.

The longest stint of all came courtesy of Esteban Ocon who did 51 laps on the Hard which was only two laps shorter than the full race distance. The Haas driver started on the white-walled tyres, and pitted on Lap 51 to complete the remaining two laps on the soft tyres.

Having finished second last Sunday, Lando Norris went furthest on the Medium completing 46 laps. The red-walled compound was not a preferred choice on Sunday, with Liam Lawson having completed the most laps on the Soft with a nine-lap stint.

Fourteen – Fourteen drivers finished on the lead lap. The last driver, who was not lapped by race winner Max Verstappen, was Liam Lawson, ending up 82.251 second behind his former team-mate.

Seven – Seven different teams collected points at Monza. Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren all ended up in the points-paying positions with both cars, while Williams, Sauber, Racing Bulls and Red Bull scored points with only one car.