The
Italian Grand Prix (
Gran Premio
d'Italia) is one of the longest running events on the
motor racing calendar.
The first Italian
Grand Prix motor racing
championship took place on 4 September
1921 at Brescia
.
However,
the race is more closely associated with the course at Monza
, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's
race, and has been the location for most of the races over the
years.
The 1923 race included one of
Harry
A. Miller's rare European
appearances with his single seat "American Miller 122" driven by
Count Louis Zborowski of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fame.
The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the
European Championship
from 1935 to 1938.
The Italian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural
Formula One championship races in 1950, and has
been held every year since then.
The only other championship race for which
this is true is the British Grand Prix
.
After winning the
2006 Italian
Grand Prix,
Michael
Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula 1 racing at
the end of the 2006 season.
Kimi Räikkönen replaced him at
Ferrari from the start of the 2007 season.At the
2008 Italian Grand Prix,
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest driver
in history to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Aged 21 years and 74
days, Vettel broke the record set by
Fernando Alonso at the
2003 Hungarian Grand Prix by 317
days as he won in wet conditions at Monza. Vettel led for the
majority of the Grand Prix and crossed the finish line 12.5 seconds
ahead of McLaren's
Heikki
Kovalainen. Earlier in the weekend, he had already become the
youngest polesitter, after setting the fastest times in both Q2 and
Q3 qualifying stages. His win also gave him the record of youngest
podium-finisher.
Sponsors
Coca-Cola Gran Premio d'Italia
1988-1991
Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia
1992-1996
Gran Premio
Campari d'Italia
1997-2001
Gran Premio
Vodafone d'Italia
2002-2006
Gran Premio
Santander d'Italia
2007-present
Winners of the Italian Grand Prix
Repeat winners
| Number of wins |
Driver |
Years |
| 5 |
Michael Schumacher |
1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 |
| 4 |
Nelson Piquet |
1980, 1983, 1986, 1987 |
| 3 |
Tazio Nuvolari |
1931, 1932, 1938 |
| Alberto Ascari |
1949, 1951, 1952 |
| Juan Manuel Fangio |
1953, 1954, 1955 |
| Stirling Moss |
1956, 1957, 1959 |
| Ronnie Peterson |
1973, 1974, 1976 |
| Alain Prost |
1981, 1985, 1989 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
2002, 2004, 2009 |
| 2 |
Luigi Fagioli |
1933, 1934 |
| Rudolf Caracciola |
1934, 1937 |
| Phil Hill |
1960, 1961 |
| John Surtees |
1964, 1967 |
| Jackie Stewart |
1965, 1969 |
| Clay Regazzoni |
1970, 1975 |
| Niki Lauda |
1978, 1984 |
| Ayrton Senna |
1990, 1992 |
| Damon Hill |
1993, 1994 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya |
2001, 2005 |
Year by year
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the
Formula One World Championship.
A cream background indicates an event which was part of the
pre-war European
Championship.
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