Facts and Stats
Facts and Stats
VERSTAPPEN WINS FASTEST RACE IN F1 HISTORY AT MONZA
The Italian Grand Prix produced not only a memorable race, but also a treasure trove of top trivia for Sean Kelly to dive into
They call Monza the ‘Temple of Speed’ and Max Verstappen showed why in the Italian Grand Prix, winning it in record-breaking time and at record-breaking speed. Here’s all the need-to-know numbers about that amazing feat, as well as plenty more from a thrilling afternoon’s racing…
- It was the fastest world championship Grand Prix in F1 history, with Verstappen winning at an average speed of 250.706 kph ( 155.791 mph).
- The total race time was 1:13:24.325.
- The previous record was set in Monza by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari in 2003 (1:14:19.838, 247.585 kph, 153.842 mph).
- It was only the second time the fastest race record has been broken in the last 54 years.
- Verstappen has won twice in Italy this season.
- It was his third win of the season, and his 66th career victory.
- It was Verstappen’s third Monza win in the last four years.
- Verstappen was the first driver to win from pole at Monza since 2019.
- The top three finished in grid order for the first time at Monza since 2010.
- McLaren’s Lando Norris took P2 and has finished second in all of Verstappen’s Grand Prix victories in 2025.
- It was the seventh time he has finished second this season (he has five wins at this stage).
- Norris has closed the championship gap to 31 points behind team mate Oscar Piastri.
- Piastri’s P3 result was his lowest finish since Canada, six races ago.
- It was Piastri’s 34th consecutive points finish in a Grand Prix – the third-longest in history behind Verstappen (43) and Lewis Hamilton (48).
- With Charles Leclerc in P4, a Ferrari finished fourth at Monza for the fifth consecutive year.
- Leclerc is the highest driver in the championship without a win this season (fifth).
- With George Russell in P5, Mercedes finished fifth at Monza for the third year running.
- Lewis Hamilton’s P6 was the lowest Ferrari finish at Monza since 2021 (Carlos Sainz, P6).
- Alex Albon finished in P7 and has scored at Monza every time he has raced here for Williams.
- Albon moves past Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and into seventh in the Drivers’ Championship.
- Williams have scored 86 points this season (they scored 84 points in the previous seven seasons combined).
- Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto took P8 for his fourth points finish in the last six Grands Prix.
- That was the best Sauber finish at Monza in the hybrid era.
- Antonelli’s P9 for Mercedes was his best result since finishing on the podium in Canada six races ago.
- With P10, Isack Hadjar scored the first Racing Bulls point at Monza since 2022.
