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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. |














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