Open-Wheel Racing
2026 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix
This event has finished.
The 2027 edition runs 3 to 5 September.
Why You Should Go
Formula 1's fastest circuit and the tifosi at home.
Format
3 day race weekend
Crowd
370,000 (2025), tifosi and international visitors
Vibe
High energy, festival
About This Event
The Temple of Speed and the loudest weekend on the F1 calendar. Monza has hosted a round of every World Championship season since 1950, and the 5.793 km lap through the Royal Villa park is flat out for around 80 percent of its length with cars past 350 km/h before the chicanes. Three days of F1, F2 and F3, a sea of red on the main straight, and a fan zone inside one of the biggest walled parks in Europe.
1What to Expect
Friday 4 September: F3 and F2 practice and qualifying from 8:55am, F1 practice at 12:30pm and 4:00pm. Saturday: F3 sprint 9:30am, F1 practice 12:30pm, F2 sprint 2:15pm, F1 qualifying 4:00pm. Sunday: F3 feature 8:15am, F2 feature 9:45am, the Grand Prix at 3:00pm.
The tifosi are the show: flares, flags and singing on the pit straight stands, and a Ferrari home crowd that turns the whole park red.
F1 Grid Gigs returns in 2026 with Laura Pausini performing at the circuit.
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The fan zone has team merch stands, an F1 outlet, model stands and three super water stations, with card collectors trading in the crowd.
370,000 came through over the three days in 2025.
General admission is the inside of the park: forest, no zones, and you can walk the whole inside perimeter.
2Best Way to Experience It
- Best value is 3 day general admission (120 EUR, about 132 USD, in 2026). Grandstands run from about 210 EUR to 1,344 EUR for 3 days; the Parabolica stands (21A to 21D, 22) are the mid range and were where the 2026 discounts landed.
- Kids up to 11 are free in general admission with a paying adult and get reduced grandstand seats.
- General admission picks: the inside of the Parabolica (its own bleachers sit inside Gate G) and the forest at Lesmo, close to the cars with a screen further back.
Our experience in 2024
A pit straight stand near the pit exit let us see straight into the garages.
- Use Friday to walk the park and find your spot, then commit early on Sunday.
- Bring something to wipe down your grandstand seat.
Our experience in 2024
The seats were filthy.
About the Venue
While you're in the area
Experiences near Autodromo Nazionale Monza
3Logistics
- Getting there: Monza is 16 km from central Milan. The 2026 GP Train plus Black Shuttle ticket is 10 EUR return from any Milan station to Monza FS with the shuttle included, or the Trenord Day Pass covers all of Lombardy for the three days with kids under 14 free. The Black Shuttle runs 7:30am to 8:30pm Friday to Sunday from Monza station and ends 600 m from Gate G. (Our experience in 2024: the first train and the first bus were both full and left without us, so take the one before the one you planned.)
- The quieter way in: the train to Biassono Lesmo (special services from Porta Garibaldi on Sunday 6 September) and a walk through the park to Gate D or Gate B. Whichever way you come, there is a walk through parkland at the end of it. (Our experience in 2024: Sunday took 1 hour 20 from Monza station to the gate queue and nearly two hours to our seat.)
- Taxis and parking: do not taxi to the circuit. Taxis and chauffeur cars cannot enter in 2026 and drop at Via Toscana in Biassono for a walk to Gate B, and the public cannot drive in. Pre booked car parks sit 1 to 4.5 km out (Blue and Purple have shuttles) and open 7:00am Friday, 6:30am Saturday and Sunday, until 9:00pm.
- Gates: A/B Vedano and B Santa Maria for the pit straight stands 1 to 5 and 23 to 30, C Costa Bassa and D Lesmo for stands 6 to 16 and general admission, G Mirabello for the Parabolica and Ascari stands 17 to 22 and general admission. Check your stand number against the gate list before you choose your route in.
- Getting home: everyone hits the shuttles and Monza station at once. Shuttles run until 8:30pm, so stay in the fan zone or the park for up to two hours after the flag, or walk into Monza's old town for the post race street party and a later train. (Our experience in 2024: a different route out each day worked, and the town centre had food trucks and a Ferrari shop after the race.)
- Coming from Lake Como: come in from the north rather than through Milan. If you are based at Milano Centrale, go early and give yourself time in Monza's old town, which sometimes has cars on display in the centre during race week.
- Bringing things in: bags up to 15 litres, one plastic or metal bottle up to 500 ml, folding chairs and stools that are not wood, small umbrellas without metal tips, cameras for personal use. No glass, cans, alcohol, aerosols, large umbrellas, air horns, flares or power banks over 300 g. The circuit opens at 8:00am.
- Water: more than 45 free water points in 2026, including 17 microfiltered dispensers at the grandstands and three super water stations in the fan zone, still or sparkling. Refill your 500 ml bottle rather than buying. (Our experience in 2024: the refill points were chaos at peak times, so fill up early.)
- Food: pay at one counter, then collect at another. (Our experience in 2024: burgers 12 to 13 EUR, hot dog 9 EUR, nothing over 20 EUR.)
- Where to stay: Milan, and go early each day. A 3 star for 3 nights runs about 300 EUR per person twin share and hostel beds from about 180 EUR (2026 guide). Monza itself has little and books out.
- Weather and kit: early September is hot with little shade in the stands and long walks: hat, sunscreen, comfortable shoes and a 500 ml bottle.
- Based on the 2026 edition. Anthony attended in 2024. Last updated 3 September 2026.
Our vlog
Was seeing Ferrari win in Monza worth it?
2024
4Frequently Asked Questions
- Best fit if you want the tifosi: a Ferrari home race in front of 370,000 people, flares on the straight and a park that turns red. Nothing else on the calendar feels like it.
- Best fit if you rate value in general admission: 120 EUR for three days inside the park, unzoned, with spots at Parabolica and Lesmo that put you closer to the cars than most grandstands.
- Best fit if you can build a Milan trip around it: 20 to 30 minutes from the city, so the race slots into a long weekend of food, football and model shops.
- Not ideal if queues kill it for you: shuttles, gates and trains all bottleneck on race day and the walks through the park are long.
Our experience in 2024
The atmosphere was epic and the waiting took the shine off it.
5Cost Breakdown
| 2026 prices | Price |
|---|---|
| General admission 3 days | €120 (about US$132) |
| Grandstands 3 days | €210 to €1,344 (about US$231 to US$1,478) |
| Laterale Parabolica 21A and 21B 3 days | €594 (about US$653) |
| Train plus Black Shuttle per day | €10 (about US$11) |
| Milan 3 star hotel 3 nights per person twin share about | €300 (about US$330) |
| Budget weekend from Milan all in about | €450 (about US$495) |
| My cost breakdown in 2024 | Price |
|---|---|
| Hotel near Milano Centrale | US$298 |
| Grandstand tickets | US$1,118 |
| Transport | US$33 |
| Food | US$121 |
| Merchandise | US$285 |
| San Siro football match | US$138 |
| Total | US$1,993 (about €1,810) |
Verdict: Epic atmosphere, the queues and waits took the shine off, go if you are a Ferrari fan.
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