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The Italian Grand Prix – Information, schedule, stream

The Italian Grand Prix, the thirteenth race of the originally planned twenty-three, is scheduled for the weekend of 1 to 3 September. What is the schedule and where can you follow the race weekend?

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1 year ago

30. 8. 2023

Tomáš Myšák

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The Italian Grand Prix, the thirteenth race of the originally planned twenty-three, is scheduled for the weekend of 1 to 3 September. What is the schedule and where can you follow the race weekend?

The Italian Grand Prix has been on the Formula 1 calendar since the official World Championship was founded in 1950. The race at Monza, Italy, is undoubtedly one of the most legendary that F1 currently offers.

The circuit itself was built in 1922 and in just 110 days. After Brooklands in the UK and Indianapolis in the US, it is the third race track to be actually built for racing.

Monza opened its doors on 3 September 1922, a week before the first race was held at the venue. It should be added, from 1950 to the present day, Formula 1 has never missed the Italian Grand Prix. Drivers on this fast Italian circuit run at full throttle 80% of the time.

Rubens Barrichello holds the fastest lap on this track, setting a time of 1:21.046 in his Ferrari in the 2004 season. Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have recorded the most victories here, with both champions winning a total of five times.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The track itself is 5.793 km long and consists of eleven corners. The Autodromo Nazionale Monza, as the official name of the circuit goes, offers two DRS zones. The start of the first DRS zone is located on the straight between turns 7 and 8. The FIA has placed the second DRS zone between turns 10 and 11.

There are also two detection points on the track. The first one can be found at the entrance to turn 7, the second one at the entrance to the finishing straight. The Italian Grand Prix has been scheduled for 53 laps, during which the drivers will cover over 306 kilometres.

But as well as the detection points, you can also see the average speeds that the drivers achieve at each corner, and which gear they usually shift into at that corner.

The Formula 1 cars will take to the track for the first time on Friday, September 1, at 13:30, as part of the first practice session (officially called Free Practice 1 – ed.). This will last the standard one hour.

FP2 will start on the same day at 17:00. The third and final free practice is scheduled for Saturday, September 2, from 12:30 to 13:30.

At the stroke of 16:00, drivers and teams will qualify for Sunday’s Grand Prix, which F1 has scheduled to start at 15:00.

Italian Grand Prix – stream

Live coverage of the F1 race can be watched on Sport 1 and Sport 2, where you can switch between Czech and Slovak audio tracks. But there is also F1 TV, where you can switch between the on-board cameras of each driver.

But F1 TV also offers other features, such as livetiming and detailed telemetry. In addition to the full F1 programme, you can also watch press conferences or practice sessions and F2 or F3 qualifying.

Italian Grand Prix – Predictions

As far as predictions for the race winner are concerned, this season the predictions for first place are virtually unchanged. Last year, Max Verstappen dominated the Italian Grand Prix. He is currently the leader of the drivers’ championship, the Red Bull Racing team also dominates the Constructors’ Cup.

Given that Red Bull is clearly the strongest monopost in the entire starting field at the moment, the Dutch driver can be expected to dominate the Monza race this year as well. However, the podium could be a real mess.

Fernando Alonso will be looking to follow up his podium finish after the Dutch Grand Prix, and typologically this circuit should also suit McLaren. Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez should also be very fast, and Hamilton showed a very solid race pace in Zandvoort.