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  ITALIAN GRAND PRIX: AUTODROMO NAZIONALE DI MONZA, MONZA
The circuit is notable for the fact that drivers are on full throttle for a higher-than-average percentage of the lap due to its long straights and is usually the scenario in which the open-wheeled F1 cars show the raw speed they are capable of (372 km/h (231 mph)) during the V10 formula). It is mostly a flat circuit but has a notable, but gradual, gradient from the second Lesmos to the Variante Ascari. Due to the low aerodynamic profile needed, the grip is very low, understeer and the resulting slide can hurt overall speed and are more serious issues than at other circuits, however, the opposite effect, oversteer, is also present in the second sector, requiring the use of a very distinctive opposite lock technique. Since power is the key for speed on the straights, only competitors with enough power at their disposal are able to challenge for the top places.

The circuit is also known to be the spiritual home of the Scuderia Ferrari and their passionate supporters, the Tifosi.
 
  Track Information
  Track Name AUTODROMO NAZIONALE DI MONZA
  Length 5.793KM
  Race Length 53 LAPS (306.7KM)
  LAP Record 1MIN 21.046
(R. BARRICHELLO 2004)
  Number Of Turns 11
  Track Direction CLOCKWISE
  Downforce Level LOW
  No Of Gear Changes Per Lap 22
  Average Speed 251KPH
  Highest Speed 336KPH
  Brake Wear MEDIUM
  Tyre Compounds Available SOFT & HARD
  2009 Winner 1. R. BARRICHELLO - BRAWN GP, 1:16:21.706 SECS
2. J. BUTTON - BRAWN GP, +2.8 SECS
3. K. RAIKKONEN - RED BULL +30.6 SECS
  2009 Force India Position ADRIAN SUTIL - 4TH
VITANTONIO LIUZZI - DNF (LAP 22 - TRANSMISSION)
  2008 Force India Position ADRIAN SUTIL - 19TH
GIANCARLO FISICHELLA - DNF

Guide

Monza is a great way to round off the European season. It’s the oldest permanent Grand Prix circuit still in use, and the cars still run on the original road course main straight. The current 5.793km Grand Prix track is a high speed, low downforce classic that means the teams run their lowest drag and downforce configurations, only about 70% of what is possible at a slower circuit. This in turn results in the highest top and average speeds and hence the shortest race time.

Equally, drivers require enough grip to get through the lowspeed, high kerbed chicanes that punctuate the lap. Grip can be low and the challenging Curva di Lesmo, the Curva Parabolica, and the Variante Ascari and Curva Grande need precision and courage to get right.

Some of the greatest drivers have won at the track, including Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
 
  Tonio’s View
 
The track layout might look easy but it’s a technical circuit. The key to going fast is being quick out of the corners down the straights and not rolling into the chicanes. If you get the exits right and have improved speed into the straights you gain a fair bit of lap time.The first corner is one of the hardest as you brake down from 340kph 100m from the entrance. It’s very tight and with less downforce this year we will see more mistakes and use of the exit road. Then you accelerate into Curva Grande. You have to jump the kerbs into four and five, then go into the Lesmos. The second Lesmo is great as you are going fast through a tight corner with low downforce. Out of Lesmo 2 you need to have good acceleration down the straight into the Variante Ascari. This corner is a faster chicane and the car is drifting so to gain time you cut over the kerbs and nail it into the next straight and the entrance to the Parabolica, which is a big challenge. Everyone loves racing at Monza with its history and the great atmosphere. I think it’s one of the greatest races - the only place where people jump onto the circuit, passionate about the cars and running on the track. It’s really unbelievable.
 
 
 

 
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