Italy
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
The Temple of Speed. The fastest circuit Formula 1 knows.
- Length
- 5.8 km
- Bends
- 11
- Elevation
- 24 m
- Opened
- 1922
Autodromo Nazionale Monza sits in a royal park north of Milan and has been a byword for pure speed since 1922. Long straights broken by chicanes push the average lap speed over 250 km/h, the highest on the F1 calendar. For a driver it is a lesson in braking from high speed and in nerve through the fast sweeps of Curva Grande and Ascari.
Did you know
- Built in 1922 in just 110 days; the world’s third permanent circuit after Brooklands and Indianapolis
- The nickname “Temple of Speed” is no exaggeration: F1 cars reach about 360 km/h on the main straight
- The abandoned Sopraelevata banked oval of 1955 still stands in the park, and you can walk to it
- The 1971 Italian Grand Prix had the closest finish in F1 history: Peter Gethin won by 0.01 seconds
- The famous Parabolica has been called Curva Alboreto since 2021, in honour of Italian Ferrari driver Michele Alboreto
Record
F1 race lap record: Lando Norris, McLaren MCL39 — 1:20.901 (2025 Italian GP)
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