Alberto Ascari’s secured his first drivers’ championship in 1952. Farina secured the world championship once, while Ascari won the championship gold twice in as many years. Some of the most successful Italian Formula 1 drivers include Giuseppe Farina and Alberto Ascari. The current F1 grid does not feature any Italian drivers. Chicanes were added to the track on the pit straight and at the Curva del Vialone to reduce the overall speed of the Grand Prix.ĭriving the Alfa Romeo, Giuseppe Farina won the inaugural Italian Grand Prix in 1950. The Formula 1 cars had become considerably faster in the early 70s, and the 1971 Italian Grand Prix was the fastest race of the calendar. The memorable Parabolica was added to the circuit design in 1955 when a dual configuration of the track was used for the race.įollowing multiple tragedies both at Monza and its sister track Imola, changes were incorporated into the track to reduce the speed on several turns including the iconic Lesmo curve.
The current version of the track includes eleven turns in total with three chicanes. Since its first Grand Prix in 1950, the track has undergone numerous changes, and the current configuration came into existence in the 2000 season. The track Monza has been a part of the F1 calendar every year apart from the 1980 Grand Prix when the race was shifted to Imola as Monza underwent major redevelopment. The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running races in Formula 1 history and has been part of Formula 1 since the inaugural 1950 season.
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