Italian Grand Prix Tickets
Race ticket information forItalian Grand Prix Tickets.The Italian Grand Prix is steeped in history, as it has been part of the F1 World Championship line-up since the beginning. The Italian Grand Prix has been held at the famous Monza track for every year, except one, in 1980, when it was hosted at the Imola track. This means that the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is second only to the British Grand Prix for its longevity in hosting F1 Grand Prix. As with many of its European counterparts, Italy has a long motor racing history and that history is inextricably linked with the famous Monza racing track, built back in 1922.
Monza hosted the first F1 World Championship Italian Grand Prix in 1950, which had four Italian drivers in the line-up. Legendary Giuseppe Farina won the race, with a shared second place finish going to Ferrari’s Dorino Serafini, in his only Grand Prix, and Alberto Ascari. Third placed finish was Luigi Fagioli. This meant that, incredibly, the four Italians dominated the podium. In the beginning it was Alfa Romeo that dominated the sport for Italy, until Ferrari came up the ranks.
The Italians call the Monza racing track ‘la Pista Magica’, the magic track, and the Italian Grand Prix at Monza no doubt has witnessed some of F1’s most famous victories, as well as its most horrific accidents. Juan Pablo Montoya won his first Grand Prix here in 2001. But the most memorable race has to be the 1971 Italian Grand Prix, which, 33 years later is still the closest and fastest race in F1 history.
The first five drivers crossed the finish line within 0.61 of a second of each other, with Peter Gethin winning the race. The staggering average speed of the 1971 Italian Grand Prix was 242.615 kmh (151.634 mph). In another incident, legendary German driver Jochen Rindt became the first and only driver to win the Drivers’ Championship posthumously, after he was killed in a fatal crash at the Italian Grand Prix in 1970, before the season ended. He crashed at the Parabolica during a practice session and succumbed to his injuries, but no driver could catch up to his championship points that season. The most recent fatal incident took place in the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, where flying debris from a pile-up crash in the first lap killed a fire marshal.
The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is considered by most F1 enthusiasts to be the most magical race on the F1 calendar. The combination of Italian passion for racing and the legendary Ferrari team make this Grand Prix one of the most exhilarating races in the season. In fact, almost as many Italian fans turn up for the Ferrari testing, as they do for Grand Prix weekend!