Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Name: Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Address: Monza, Italy

Monza, Italy

About this circuit

Monza is the temple of speed. Five flat-out kilometres through the Royal Park north of Milan, four DRS zones, the lowest aero downforce setup any team will run all year, and lap-record speeds that no other modern circuit approaches. The fans — the tifosi — have made Ferrari's home race the loudest crowd in F1.

Monza has hosted a Grand Prix every championship year except 1980. The circuit's character has stayed largely the same since the chicanes were inserted in the 1970s to slow cars down: long straights, three slow chicanes that ruin lap-time but create overtaking, and the high-speed Curva Grande and Parabolica that test commitment.

Circuit Details

5.793 km

Length

Race Laps

CountryItaly

CityMonza

Coordinates45.6156, 9.2811

Total Races Held75

Records

Most Wins

1.Michael Schumacher

5 wins

2.Lewis Hamilton

5 wins

3.Juan Fangio

3 wins

Circuit Layout

Lap-time database

Top 100 fastest race laps ever set at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, filterable by year and driver.

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Key corners

Variante del Rettifilo (Turns 1-2): The first chicane after the start: a heavy braking from over 340 km/h to about 90 km/h for a tight right-left. The single most chaotic first lap corner of the year — sausage kerbs and grass edges punish anyone trying to cut.
Curva Grande (Turn 3): A long, fast right-hander taken flat or with a small lift in current cars. The corner where slipstream battles play out — the leading car ends the corner with the trailing car right on its gearbox heading into the second chicane.
Lesmo 1 + 2 (Turns 6-7): Two right-handers in quick succession at around 220 and 250 km/h. The only meaningful aero-dependent corners on the lap; cars set up for low downforce run wide and wash speed.
Parabolica (Turn 11): The last corner — a long, decreasing-radius right that loads up over its second half before opening onto the main straight. Get it wrong and the entire next lap, including DRS into Turn 1, is compromised.

Strategy and tyres

Low aero, high straight-line speed, low tyre wear — Monza is one of the easiest one-stop races on the calendar. The strategic interest is in the slipstream cooperation between teammates in qualifying (Mercedes' famous tow trains in 2019) and in the safety-car timing. Soft compounds last longer here than the headline speed suggests because the corners are few and short.

If you're going

Early September in Lombardy — average 25 °C, dry, occasional thunderstorms. The Parabolica grandstand and the Variante Ascari hill give the best views; the grandstand under the iconic Ferrari banner at the start-finish straight is the priciest. Grid invasions have been a tradition since the 1950s; expect a wall of red after the chequered flag.

Pole Lap

Max Verstappen · 2025

Autodromo Nazionale Monza — Max Verstappen · 2025

F1 drivers at Autodromo Nazionale Monza

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Year	Winner	Team
2025	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2024	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
2023	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2022	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2021	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren
2020	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri
2019	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
2018	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2017	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2010	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
2009	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn
2008	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso
2007	Fernando Alonso	McLaren
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren
2004	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2002	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2001	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan
1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1997	David Coulthard	McLaren
1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1995	Johnny Herbert	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Damon Hill	Williams
1992	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren
1988	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
1987	Nelson Piquet	Williams
1986	Nelson Piquet	Williams
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren
1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren
1983	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1982	René Arnoux	Renault
1981	Alain Prost	Renault
1979	Jody Scheckter	Ferrari
1978	Niki Lauda	Brabham
1977	Mario Andretti	Team Lotus
1976	Ronnie Peterson	March
1975	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
1974	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Team Lotus
1972	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Lotus
1971	Peter Gethin	BRM
1970	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford
1968	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford
1967	John Surtees	Honda
1966	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari
1965	Jackie Stewart	BRM
1964	John Surtees	Ferrari
1963	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
1962	Graham Hill	BRM
1961	Phil Hill	Ferrari
1960	Phil Hill	Ferrari
1959	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
1958	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
1957	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
1956	Stirling Moss	Maserati
1955	Juan Fangio	Mercedes
1954	Juan Fangio	Mercedes
1953	Juan Fangio	Maserati
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1951	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1950	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo