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Race weekend · 2026

Italian Grand Prix

Circuit
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
  • Location: Monza, Italy
  • Length: 5.793 km
  • Corners: 11
  • DRS zones: 2
Track guide
Session schedule (UTC)
Free practice

Italy GP 2026 Free Practice 1: Charles Leclerc fastest

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1Charles LeclercFerrari1:23.008
P2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:23.181
P3George RussellMercedes1:23.312
P4Liam LawsonRed Bull Racing1:23.433
P5Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:23.644
P6Lando NorrisMcLaren1:23.719
P7Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:23.802
P8Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:24.006
P9Franco ColapintoAlpine1:24.028
P10Paul AronAlpine1:24.177

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Russell Tops Monza FP2; Mercedes Clear by Seven Tenths

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1George RussellMercedes1:22.559
P2Charles LeclercFerrari1:22.679
P3Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:22.700
P4Lando NorrisMcLaren1:22.943
P5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:23.016
P6Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:23.028
P7Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:23.349
P8Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:23.370
P9Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:23.377
P10Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls1:23.455

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Monza FP3 Results: Russell Fastest, Traffic Chaos Looms for Qualifying

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1George RussellMercedes1:22.219
P2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:22.445
P3Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:22.569
P4Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:22.580
P5Lando NorrisMcLaren1:22.625
P6Charles LeclercFerrari1:22.708
P7Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:22.724
P8Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:22.773
P9Pierre GaslyAlpine1:22.898
P10Franco ColapintoAlpine1:23.101

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Race result
PosDriverTeamPtsStatus
P1Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes25Finished
P2George RussellMercedes18Finished
P3Max VerstappenRed Bull15Finished
P4Lando NorrisMcLaren12Finished
P5Oscar PiastriMcLaren10Finished
P6Lewis HamiltonFerrari8Finished
P7Pierre GaslyAlpine6Finished
P8Arvid LindbladRB4Finished
P9Franco ColapintoAlpine2Finished
P10Yuki TsunodaRB1Finished
P11Gabriel BortoletoAudi0Finished
P12Nico HülkenbergAudi0Finished
P13Carlos SainzWilliams0Finished
P14Liam LawsonRed Bull0Finished
P15Oliver BearmanHaas0Finished
P16Esteban OconHaas0Lapped
P17Alexander AlbonWilliams0Lapped
P18Sergio PérezCadillac0Lapped
P19Valtteri BottasCadillac0Lapped
NCLance StrollAston Martin0Retired
NCFernando AlonsoAston Martin0Retired
NCCharles LeclercFerrari0Retired

Official race classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. NC = not classified (retired before the finish).

Pit stops
DriverStopsFastest stop
Nico Hülkenberg224.246s (fastest)
Carlos Sainz224.570s
Max Verstappen224.933s
Andrea Kimi Antonelli224.963s
Alexander Albon226.394s
Esteban Ocon227.286s
Sergio Pérez228.458s
George Russell130.000s
Pierre Gasly130.000s
Franco Colapinto130.000s
Oscar Piastri130.000s
Lando Norris130.000s
Arvid Lindblad130.000s
Lewis Hamilton130.000s
Oliver Bearman130.000s
Gabriel Bortoleto130.000s
Yuki Tsunoda130.000s
Liam Lawson230.000s
Valtteri Bottas230.000s
Lance Stroll130.000s
Fernando Alonso130.000s

Pit-stop timings via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. "Fastest stop" is each driver's quickest stationary time.

Qualifying result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGap
P1Pierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team1:21.786pole
P2George RussellMercedes1:21.846+0.060
P3Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:21.966+0.180
P4Charles LeclercFerrari1:22.004+0.218
P5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:22.011+0.225
P6Max VerstappenRed Bull1:22.070+0.284
P7Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:22.093+0.307
P8Franco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team1:22.220+0.434
P9Lando NorrisMcLaren1:22.256+0.470
P10Arvid LindbladRB F1 Team1:22.286+0.500
P11Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:22.517+0.731
P12Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:22.756+0.970
P13Nico HülkenbergAudi1:22.779+0.993
P14Liam LawsonRed Bull1:22.821+1.035
P15Carlos SainzWilliams1:23.453+1.667
P16Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:23.454+1.668
P17Yuki TsunodaRB F1 Team1:23.755+1.969
P18Alexander AlbonWilliams1:24.356+2.570
P19Valtteri BottasCadillac F1 Team1:24.364+2.578
P20Sergio PérezCadillac F1 Team1:24.595+2.809
P21Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:25.150+3.364
P22Lance StrollAston Martin1:25.222+3.436

Gap is to pole. Times are each driver's session best (Q3 for the top 10, then Q2, then Q1), so a Q2 lap can read quicker than a red-flag-compromised Q3 lap. Official classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API.

Strategy & analysis
Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit guide
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