Italian Grand Prix 2027

Monza opened in 1922, built in just 110 days specifically to combine a road course with a banked oval — the banking is still standing inside the park today, unused by F1 since a fatal 1961 accident but never demolished. Nobody calls it by its full name. It's the Temple of Speed, and the title is earned: this is still the fastest circuit on the calendar, with Max Verstappen's 2025 pole lap averaging over 164mph and Rubens Barrichello's 2003 race win still standing as the fastest Grand Prix ever run, over two decades later.

Italy is one of only two countries — alongside Britain — that has had a round on every single F1 calendar since the World Championship started in 1950, and Monza has hosted every one of them but a single year at Imola. The result is a crowd unlike any other stop on the calendar: this is Ferrari's home race, and the tifosi's red takes over the grandstands and the forest around them in a way no other venue replicates.

2027 adds a genuine first in Monza's modern era — its return to the Sprint format for the first time since 2021, as part of a three-year deal running through 2029. Everything you need to plan the trip: costs, tickets, where to stay, where to eat, and the detail that only matters once you're actually going.