Monza town has hotels close to the park, and Milan is the city base for most visitors, linked by train and metro plus bus. On Grand Prix weekend rooms in Monza go first.
The operator lists more than 20 stands around the lap, including the Tribuna Centrale and the finish line stands (Gradinate Traguardo), the stands at the First Variant, the Second Variant and the Roggia, a run of stands through and after the Variante Ascari, the Parabolica stands inside and outside the corner, the Vedano stand and a stand for disabled visitors. The number open varies by event.
What each spot gives you:
Variante del Rettifilo: cars brake from about 350 km/h to 70 km/h, one of the best overtaking spots and the scene of first lap battles. Formula 1 recommends this stand.
Lesmo: two rights, the first taken at about 180 km/h and the second at about 160 km/h.
Ascari: three corners in a row, left right left.
Parabolica: the long final corner, its radius opening up onto the straight, with the old banking in view.
Plan your day
Getting there
The circuit is inside the Parco di Monza, north of Milan. The park has several gates: Porta Vedano (circuit entrance A) and Porta Santa Maria delle Selve (circuit entrance B), which the circuit lists for pedestrians and staff on the Milan route, plus Porta Biassono, Porta Villasanta, Porta San Giorgio and Porta Lesmo. Drivers come in by the A4, the A9 and the Milan ring roads, with the gate used depending on the direction.
Monza station on the Milan to Chiasso line is about 6.6 km from the circuit. Local buses run from Corso Milano near the station to Porta Vedano (entrance A) and to Biassono (entrance B). From Milan, metro line 1 runs to Sesto 1 Maggio FS, where a bus continues to Biassono and Vedano. Taxis can drive in through the vehicle gates. Airports: Linate about 25 km, Orio al Serio about 40 km and Malpensa about 50 km.
Public transport
Monza station is about 6.6 km away, with local buses from Corso Milano to Porta Vedano and Biassono. From Milan, metro line 1 to Sesto 1 Maggio FS then a bus to Biassono and Vedano.
Nearest airport
Milan Linate Airport (LIN), about 25 km away.
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The track
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, the Temple of Speed, was built in 110 days and opened on 3 September 1922, and sits inside the Parco di Monza north of Milan. The Grand Prix lap is 5,793 m, 10 to 12 m wide, run clockwise, with 7 right and 4 left corners, and cars are at full throttle for about 80 percent of it. In lap order: the 1,194 m start straight, the First Variant (Variante del Rettifilo), Curva Biassono, the Second Variant (Variante della Roggia), the two Lesmo corners, Curva del Serraglio, the left right left Variante Ascari, and the long Curva Alboreto (Parabolica) back onto the straight. The old high speed banking is still preserved and can be seen from the Parabolica and from a bridge near the Variante Ascari. The disused Junior track is 2,405 m.
