During the weekend of the Italian Grand Prix, as announced by Mario Isola, the mix C3 as hard, C4 as medium and C5 as soft. This is the choice of the softest compounds in the range Pirelli, already used since the start of the season in five other race weekends. At the Monza National Autodrome will be tested again the Alternative Tire Allocation after the first test in Hungary. Each pilot will have available 11 sets of slick tires (3 Hard, 4 Medium and 4 Soft). During qualifying it will be mandatory to use only one type of compound per session. The only exception is rain: in Q1, Therefore, all cars will have to fit the Hard tyres, in Q2 the Mediums and in Q3 the Softs.
F1 in Monza, we race at our house
Last year, there were eight different strategies followed by the first 10 drivers to take the checkered flag. Max Verstappen and George Russell – first and third respectively – had opted for the single stop. Charles Leclerc, however, had already done so two tire changes, before the safety regime towards the end of the race.
The Italian Grand Prix is one of the races that has taken place in every edition of the World Drivers' Championship, starting from the first edition in 1950. It has always been held in Monza with one exception, when the race was hosted in Imola. Inaugurated in 1922, the Monza Autodrome it is one of the oldest in the world still in operation, second only to that of Indianapolis. The team with the most victories in the palmares is Scuderia Ferrari (19 out of 72 total Grands Prix). The drivers with the most first successes are Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton (five each).
From Hamilton to Leclerc: the winners of recent years
The winners of the last five Grands Prix in Monza have always been different. Lewis Hamilton (2018), Charles Leclerc (2019), Pierre gasly (2020), Daniel Ricciardo (2021) and Max Verstappen (2022). Pirelli will remain in Monza even after the Grand Prix because a couple of days of tests are scheduled with Alpine and Red Bull Racing. The teams will take to the track on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 September to test dry tyres.
Mario Isola: “Monza home race for Pirelli”
There was no shortage of words from Mario Isola, head of Pirelli's Motorport area: “The European Formula 1 season ends with the traditional Monza event, which represents also the home race for Pirelli, given that our headquarters is just a few kilometers from the circuit. In the collective imagination, Monza is synonymous with speed, it is not called its Temple for nothing: on this track the race with the highest average speed (247,585 km/h) in the history of the top motor racing competition was held, a record established by Michael Schumacher in 2003 and never surpassed again".
“Stability when braking is essential”
“This is the track where, usually, we run with the lowest possible aerodynamic configuration precisely to favor top speed by decreasing resistance to progress. Stability under braking and traction exiting the two chicanes are the factors that put the tires to the greatest test on this track, although the lateral loads exerted in the fast corners, such as the Parabolica named after Michele Alboreto and the Grande, should not be underestimated. ”.
Isola: “In Monza space for the Alternative Tire Allocarion”
“The Italian Grand Prix will be the second opportunity, after the Hungarian one, to experiment with the alternative tire allocation system (ATA) which allows you to use two sets of tires less than the standard format, with a benefit in terms of CO2 saved during production and transport, and to offer a wider range of strategic solutions to teams and drivers. Also for this reason we chose to bring the softest trio of compounds (C3-C4-C5), already used five times this season, to Monza."
SOURCE: Pirelli F1
