Monza Circuit, Motorsport racing track in Monza, Italy
The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is a motorsport racing track in the park of Monza, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) north of Milan. The track runs for 5793 meters and consists of ten turns, including a very long straight of 1100 meters that leads into two sharp chicanes.
The Milan Automobile Club decided to build the circuit in January 1922 to mark its 25th anniversary, and 3,500 workers completed it in 110 days; it opened on 3 September 1922. The first layout paired a 5.500 km road course with a 4.500 km banked oval sharing a front straight, run together as a 10 km circuit. After Emilio Materassi's fatal crash in 1928, Grand Prix racing was confined to the high-speed loop until 1932. Rebuilding in 1938–39 removed the oval and gave a 6.300 km lap used until 1954.
The circuit is called "the Temple of Speed" for its long straights and high-speed corners. The Italian Grand Prix has been held here 92 times out of 97 editions, and since 1950 only the 1980 race was missing while the track was refurbished. In July 2023 Monza staged its first women's Grand Prix, the F1 Academy round, whose three races were won by Marta García, Léna Bühler and Bianca Bustamante.
The circuit lies inside the park of Monza, north of Milan, and the main grandstands and the Rettifilo Tribune sit along the front straight. The site holds three tracks: the 5.793 km Grand Prix circuit, the 2.405 km Junior track and the 4.250 km high-speed oval with steep bankings. The oval was unused for decades and restored in the 2010s. Seating capacity is 118,865.
Juan Pablo Montoya reached a top speed of 369 kilometers per hour (229 miles per hour) here in 2005. This mark still stands as one of the highest ever recorded during a Formula 1 race.
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