Monza and the circuit for the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix by air The Italian Grand Prix is located in Monza just outside one of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities: Milan As if being in the crowd for one of the world’s most iconic motor races wasn’t enough And that’s true also of fans headed to the city for World Endurance Championship races If you’re thinking about travelling to Milan and Monza for a race this guide will help you arrange your travel plans and ensure your trip goes off without a hitch The Italian Grand Prix is ideally places for international visitors just outside Italy’s second largest city Served by efficient rail lines and and international airports getting to Monza is not complicated wherever you’re travelling from Milan is the closest major city to aim for You’ll be able to travel to the circuit within an hour and it puts you in the heart of this exquisite city Monza is 23km north of the city centre of Milan The distance can be covered in just under an hour by car It will inevitably take longer on race weekends There are three airports in the vicinity of Milan Cross-border services make Milan accessible from Basel This route begins in the Netherlands and passes through Belgium so those with motorhomes might see this as a useful way of travelling to the race The town of Monza itself is slightly north of the city of Milan which will be approximately a 20-minute walk to the circuit hotels and accommodation might be cheaper in Milan itself there are three main ways to get to the race There are two train stations near the circuit you can aim for Monza F1 shuttle buses usually operate from outside the station The closest train station to the Monza circuit is Biassono-Lesmo and you can catch a train from Milano Porto Garibaldi This entrance to the circuit is quite a walk from the Fan Zone and activities but a good option if you are in grandstands 9 you could take the metro to Sesto1 Maggio FS But be warned: these buses are extremely busy all weekend They might be a useful mode of transport for Friday Formula 1 practice sessions but avoid this method for Formula 1 Grand Prix Sunday Driving from Milan to Monza can get extremely busy on race weekends and will take around an hour which will cost around €20 per day to park in Taxis will also be available throughout the city and not a bad option if you can split the fare with a group but it might be well worth it for the ease of travel It could also be worth jumping on the Metro towards Sesto1 Maggio FS There are several parking options dotted around the Monza track The Blue zone is the cheapest and is around 4km from the circuit The Monza F1 shuttle bus linking the car park and the circuit is included in the price of €100 for a 3-day pass Tickets for the Italian Grand Prix are already on sale and sell out every year without fail. Avoid disappointment and buy yours now GALLERY: All the biggest celebrities and artists at the Miami Grand Prix MUST-SEE: Watch as Roddy Ricch takes on a thrilling Hot Lap in Miami POWER RANKINGS: Who shone brightest for our judges during an eventful Sprint weekend at the Miami GP OBITUARY: Remembering the life and career of the ‘tough and popular’ Jochen Mass Kevin Magnussen's second practice session in Monza came to a disappointing and early end as he spun off at Turn 7 finding the barriers after skidding over the gravel the Haas driver lost the rear of the car and did a full 360 into the barriers bringing out the red flags to halt the session Magnussen was 11th fastest before his incident and looked far more comfortable than a number of drivers as Haas were targeting a strong weekend Thankfully the Dane was ok as he climbed out of the car and was taken back to the pits Watch the Haas driver’s crash by hitting go on the video player above Antonelli taking plenty of positives from 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Become part of the largest racing community in the United Kingdom Kevin Magnussen went off and into the barrier during second practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix Second practice ahead of this weekend's Italian Grand Prix has been red-flagged With just under 30 minutes of the session remaining the Haas driver lost the rear of his VF-24 as he entered Turn 7 – the second Lesmo – and span through the gravel.  His car finally came to a halt after making heavy contact with the barrier ending his session and resulting in a red flag for his car to be retrieved and for barrier repairs to be made.  It marks a disappointing day at Monza for the Dane, who caused a €7,500 fine for Haas after impeding Carlos Sainz in second practice Lewis Hamilton topped the session at the time of Magnussen's crash Sign up for the daily digest and/or weekly newsletter and we'll make sure that you are fully up to date with the latest news from the Formula 1 world Find the latest F1 news and news from other motorsport series at RacingNews365.com the world's leading independent F1 website providing daily F1 coverage Check out the 2025 F1 calendar for an overview of all the races with extensive background and real-time information.  Follow RacingNews365 on your favorite social media channels I agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant advertising and improve my service Pay to read The Race without adverts or cookies used for personalised ads By logging in, you agree to our use of third-party and analytics cookies to enhance your experience and improve our services. For more details, please review our Privacy Policy Charles Leclerc scored a brilliantly opportunistic victory for Ferrari in the 2024 Italian Grand Prix defeating Oscar Piastri’s McLaren thanks to a strategic masterstroke at Monza Mercedes and Red Bull all committed their drivers to a two-stop race following a frenetic pace in the opening stint Ferrari gambled on making it to the end with just one pitstop And that gamble paid off handsomely thanks most likely to a combination of the Ferrari’s excellent inherent tyre management capabilities and another superbly executed drive by Leclerc Once McLaren realised the Ferraris weren’t going to make a second stop the team told Piastri to crack on and chase them down Leclerc held a lead of 11.5 seconds over Piastri with just eight laps to run after Piastri overtook the rear-gunning Ferrari of Carlos Sainz into the Ascari chicane Sainz was at this stage struggling with his front-left tyre despite pitting four laps later than Leclerc did but Leclerc’s pace held up better - and although Piastri was charging along in the closing laps Lando Norris converted pole position into third place losing out to a surprise pass from Piastri into the second chicane on the first lap and then getting overtaken by Leclerc into the first Lesmo as the McLaren suffered a rear slide and lost traction in the middle of the chicane It still looked at this stage as though the McLarens were racing each other for the win - especially when Leclerc complained about losing track position to Norris after being called into the pits as early as lap 15 of 53 - but the race turned on its head thanks to Leclerc pulling off the Monza equivalent of the ‘George Russell Spa’ strategy Norris struggled to prevent his front left Pirelli opening up - complaining of understeer early in the race and requiring a couple of turns of front wing to be added at his first pitstop to try to improve the car’s balance The 16 points he scored for third place plus fastest lap at least cut his championship deficit to Max Verstappen down from 70 to 62 - but this had to go down as a major missed opportunity for McLaren given Red Bull’s struggles at Monza while Verstappen salvaged sixth place on a weekend where Red Bull qualified badly and looked confused as to why the RB20 simply wasn’t working on a track that should have favoured it much better than Zandvoort did George Russell briefly threatened the top two at the start of the race launching well off the grid but getting forced wide approaching Turn 1 by Piastri’s McLaren Russell damaged his car’s right front wing endplate and subsequently dropped to the back of the leading group of eight cars before recovering to seventh by passing the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez into the first corner - despite Perez forcing the Mercedes onto the grass approaching the braking zone Alex Albon scored his first points since Williams introduced its first major upgrade of the season narrowly beating Kevin Magnussen’s Haas in a battle of one-stopping midfield cars Magnussen copped a 10s penalty for colliding with Pierre Gasly’s Alpine at the second chicane and received two penalty points on his licence that will now mean a race ban given his existing tally Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin went with a two-stop strategy but fell just a tenth of a second short of beating Magnussen’s Haas to the final point Nico Hulkenberg had a horrible race to 17th - including getting forced off the track at Ascari by Daniel Ricciardo’s RB then colliding with the other RB of Yuki Tsunoda at Turn 1 which forced Tsunoda to retire and earned Hulkenberg a 10s penalty for causing a collision Franco Colapinto finished 12th on his F1 debut for Williams ahead of Ricciardo (who was penalised five seconds for that Hulkenberg incident) Please accept marketing cookies to enable YouTube videos The Italian Grand Prix is held every year at Monza and there are plenty of spots to choose from to see the cars at their fastest This circuit sees the drivers at full throttle for the majority of the lap the two Lesmo bends and the wide Curva Grande and Parabolica making the Italian Grand Prix an action-packed Formula 1 race you’ll find out what you can see from the different stands at the track We’ve also highlighted where you can access with a general admission ticket for the Italian Grand Prix Monza may be renowned as one of the oldest fastest and most iconic race on the Formula 1 calendar but the grandstands do not enjoy such a favourable reputation The stands are mainly concrete or plastic bleacher style seats and many fans prefer to bring a cushion Top tip – inflatable cushions are much more portable you may find yourself on your feet for a lot of the weekend Something to bear in mind is that the exact placement of the giant TV screens is subject to change year on year the best places to sit and a rundown of the grandstand locations and features The shape of this iconic track is one of the most recognisable in Formula 1 Located just 25 minutes from the centre of Milan But where will you sit for the next edition The best place to sit at Monza is a topic of hot debate among Formula 1 fans Some want to see the cars as close as possible and many want a good view of the podium for the awards ceremony If you’re after the true Tifosi experience at Monza then the Ferrari fans can be found concentrated in Grandstands 1 and 26 on the start/finish line then the Laterale Destra A (23) is located on the start/finish straight and offers panoramic views of the long straight These seats are opposite the pit and podium Big screen: YesCovered: YesNumbered seating: Yes BOOK NOW There’s nothing quite like the buzz of the pit straight on race day at Monza While you are able to soak in the atmosphere pre-race as the cars prepare on the grid and after building up speed through the long back straight and around the Parabollica they reach max huge speeds across the main straight before the major braking zone at the first chicane These grandstands will provide excellent views of F1 cars pushed to their limit the fans flood onto the pit straight to celebrate what they hope will be a victory for the Italian team The scenes in 2019 when Charles Leclerc took the first Ferrari home win in a decade were iconic History would have surely repeated itself in 2020 too when Gasly took victory for the other Italian team If you’re looking for maximum atmosphere from your Grand Prix experience Big screen: YesCovered: NoNumbered seating: Yes One of the major action zones at Monza comes at the Prima Variante The cars squeeze up for this slow right-left chicane before picking up the pace again for the Curva Grande Grandstands 6 and 8 are on either side of the chicane Whether a driver is sizing up a move at the end of the straight the next grandstands 9 and 10 are at the second chicane This corner is at the end of the long Curva Grande section of the track These grandstands offer a view of the cars swinging around the tight chicane which is also a great overtaking opportunity for any driver who’s brave enough It was a key location for the race in 2019 when Charles Leclerc pushed Lewis Hamilton to the very edge of the circuit but managed to hold on for a memorable victory This section of the circuit is also unique in that it’s somewhat secluded from the rest of the circuit really remind you that the race is taking place in the midst of a national park The third sector features the third chicane of the circuit: the Variante Ascari Names in honour of the Italian driver who lost his life at this spot in 1955 it’s a much wider chicane taken at higher speeds than the previous two Sebastian Vettel fell foul of the turn and oversteered onto the grass This triggered an extraordinary set of events that left the Ferrari fans in the stands shocked he didn’t see the bright pink Racing Point of Lance stroll Vettel was deemed to have rejoined unsafely and was handed a 10-second penalty and a drive-through penalty was handed out for the Canadian as this resulted in a dire race in what would be his final home jaunt for Ferrari These stands offer a great view of the cars hammering down from the final DRS zone so many will shape up for an overtaking move as they reach the braking zone Big screen: YesCovered: 22 (Parabolica)Numbered seating: Yes As the cars reach the conclusion of the back straight the track is lined by grandstands on both sides stands 21 (a – e) and 22 are in a great position to see if anyone has made the most of the slipstream to make a move into the legendary Parabolica 12 and 13 are on the inside of this corner Max Verstappen’s travelling army of fans have been known to set up in stands 21 and 22 bringing with them a huge party atmosphere and pumping music Big screen: YesCovered: Vedano (24)Numbered seating: Yes this is where to sit to catch the close battles over the line This should give fans a good opportunity to secure a prime spot on the circuit for the podium celebrations Grandstands 24 and 25 are larger stands right next to them You’ll get a good view of the cars coming into the pits Big screen: YesCovered: NoNumbered seating: No You can get a great view of almost every section of the circuit from general admission zones at Monza All general admission areas are on the inside of the track and Friday provides a chance for fans to wonder around and decide where they want to watch the action on Sunday You’ll want to arrive early on race day to secure your spot with areas at the Curva Granda and two Lesmo corners popular You can also get in front of the grandstands at the entry of the Parabolica with stone bleachers lining the wide corner there’s a gate that opens in the middle of Parabolica after the race to let the fans run on to the track The organisers at Monza have suffered some criticism in recent years over the conditions for fans the track struggled with long queues but have since revised their strategy for race days this is one of the most popular races in Formula 1 and is always a sell out events it is definitely worth getting to the circuit early and waiting around after to avoid the worst of the crowds As we mentioned earlier, don’t forget a cushion for the grandstand seats, and don’t leave booking your Monza tickets too late as they invariably sell out Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting The 2024 Italian Grand Prix is baking – 3°C hotter (at 34°C ambient) than in the 2023 Monza race so far with a near 10°C accompanying rise on track temperatures. This may well combine with the major track surface change here to significantly alter race strategy four Formula 1 teams seem to be in the hunt – based on what we’ve seen so far in Monza practice Mercedes and home favourite of the leading quartet have made a positive start to the track action at Monza which had Andrea Kimi Antonelli crash just 10 minutes into his F1 weekend debut The Silver Arrows squad’s drivers were also complaining of a severe seat heat problem during FP2, while F1 finally got to see the true impact of the controversial track kerb changes at this legendary venue when the pack rolled out on Friday afternoon And while Red Bull might not have been unable to show any performance running today the feeling aboard the RB20 for its drivers is much happier than a week ago at Zandvoort is everything we learned from Friday practice at Monza which offers an insight into how Sunday’s 2024 Italian GP might go for the frontrunners Andrea Kimi Antonelli had begun FP1 promisingly before crashing out at the Parabolica Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images We then headed for the famed Ascari chicane – where we saw how unlike with the previous savage the drivers are now throwing their machines onto the new the trackside spectacle is generally unchanged In the opening session, Antonelli went quickest on his first flying lap early on softs, then was set to go even quicker on his second run a few minutes later. But his tyres cried enough at the Parabolica and he spun off backwards – smashing George Russell’s W15 against the barriers Later, Max Verstappen shot to head FP1 with a late 1m21.676s flier with Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris finishing second and third for Ferrari and McLaren respectively Mercedes working to repair Antonelli’s damage meant Russell missed nearly half of FP2 and so did a run plan much different to the rest. He popped in a time that elevated him from last to sixth in the closing minutes, while Hamilton led the way on a 1m20.738s Max Verstappen didn't manage to post a time on softs during the second session staged on the newly-resurfaced Monza layout Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images This came on the second of two soft tyre runs he completed on the same set of C5s just before Kevin Magnussen crashed and stopped FP2 with his off backwards and into the Lesmo 2 barriers and with a similar quick trip to the pits for a front wing flap adjustment Norris had also gone quicker with his second set of softs but ended up just 0.003s slower than his Mercedes rival having set personal best sectors in Monza’s first two thirds on his first of two soft-shod fliers (with his second significantly slower But having to save a big oversteer snap exiting the third Ascari apex cost Piastri so much time running down the back straight he ended up 0.120s off Hamilton’s leading effort The obvious rebuttal to this interpretation of the data is that a more experienced driver would’ve known not to attack so hard so early and raise the tyre temperatures to the point they risked a crash later in the lap Red Bull missed slotting in a true performance run here as Verstappen had to correct an oversteer snap to avoid his own Antonelli-like Parabolica shunt and so backed off from the runoff on what became his sole FP2 softs flier attempt due to Magnussen’s shunt a gearbox issue being detected between Friday’s sessions meant he was another late FP2 starter And although he tried a flying effort after the session restarted post-red flag he wound up well off the pace and complained about “a few mechanical issues because we had to put the car together quickly” costing him time The Ferrari drivers were able to slot into third and fifth in FP2’s best times just before the Magnussen shunt with Carlos Sainz leading the way for the Scuderia The GPS traces have provided lots of information about Antonelli’s crash – with the Italian clocked hitting the highest speed through Lesmo 2 for all of FP1 and then having a higher minimum speed (by 8.6mph) than Verstappen on FP1’s quickest lap at Ascari just before he crashed He ultimately did so because these speeds had taken so much life from the soft C5s on Russell’s W15 at the time. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said afterwards that “what we have seen in one and a half laps is just astonishing” it’s clear how Mercedes is trying to spin this but the obvious rebuttal to this interpretation of the data is that a more experienced driver would’ve known not to attack so hard so early and raise the tyre temperatures to the point they risked a crash later in the lap Toto Wolff defended Antonelli after the young charger crashed in FP1 Photo by: Sam Bagnall / Motorsport Images this is also just how rookies find the right limit and Wolff is entirely correct to also insist “I'd rather slow somebody down than make him fast The GPS data also indicates that even if Verstappen had completed his FP2 softs flier he was running in a conservative engine mode and so has much more potential to come over one-lap Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said of this: “Until that point [where Verstappen went off] he was two-tenths behind Norris but not with the normal engine power Marko reported “we are much better than in Zandvoort” on the balance issues that wrecked things for Verstappen last time out at his home race The track changes played havoc with the FP2 long-runs with one team source suggesting the times logged above must be treated with extreme caution because the drivers just haven’t yet figured out how best to push over a long stint on the new surface The tyre range is the same C3-C4-C5 selection as in 2023 But the new surface and hotter temperatures are combining to produce severe surface graining on the softs and mediums The hard basically hasn’t appeared as the teams are really trying to save these sets for the race as far as the times can be relied upon for this reason Red Bull ends Friday on the up in the long-run stakes Adding to the positivity for Verstappen’s squad which has the RB20 back in low-drag specification with those high-waisted cooling gulleys is that his FP2 long run was the longest of all the front runners at 14 tours Verstappen impressed with his times on long runs offering hope for Red Bull after its Zandvoort defeat Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images The other main point to note is just how close things look across the leading teams which applies to the performance runs for them too (except for Red Bull And although Ferrari is clocked at the back of the averages right now Leclerc did set off pushing harder than any of his rivals and so paid the price on the graining factor “driving the car felt nice and the upgrades we brought to the car are working as expected” Mercedes is just one week on from topping FP2 and then fading so it’s wary of getting away with topping the second session at Monza just as it did at Zandvoort (there with Russell) Piastri’s Ascari wobble and Verstappen’s flying lap absence are key factors here The hot seat issue that was affecting Hamilton and Russell in FP2 also hasn’t been fully diagnosed as well as a possible rising ERS temperature theory the most likely explanation is the W15s planks are rubbing all the way along the long Monza straights and so sending high-temperature spikes quickly to the drivers sat just above One way to solve this would be to raise the car slightly with Mercedes also acknowledging that the car and its plank rubbing on the straights – and more on the kerbs here than ever before thanks to the track changes – mean it could be giving away a slight performance/time edge with this too How the track evolves from here will be key to who wins the Italian GP. With no rain expected it will grip up significantly and this is predicted to help with the graining issue But right now the teams are working hard to assess whether or not this race has changed from a nailed on one-stopper (because of the big pitlane time loss factor) to the two-stoppers that Friday's graining issue indicated is now a real possibility Pirelli thinks the severe pitlane penalty – due the high speeds drivers still out can clock as rivals trundle along at the speed limiter – means the teams could yet be forced to employ major tyre management tactics While hardly stuff to get the pulses racing on paper for fans it could meant an interesting pitstop timing affair and mean the Monza DRS trains that have characterised modern races here and made the overtaking challenge tricky can be broken therefore improving the racing spectacle after all Can Hamilton stay at the front for qualifying or will Red Bull and McLaren spoil his efforts to impress the tifosi Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport In order to keep delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker Franco Colapinto will start from 18th position Although he had been close to his team-mate all weekend he made a small mistake on his final lap in Q1 © Overtake/Motors Inside / Franco Colapinto takes part in his first Grand Prix.A lukewarm start Franco Colapinto made his grand debut in Formula 1 this weekend in Monza is far from being the most difficult on the calendar The lateral forces and physical intensity are lower than in Singapore or Qatar to drive a Formula 1 car on a first Grand Prix weekend If his first free practice session was difficult ending more than seven tenths behind his teammate the Argentine was able to gain confidence as the laps went on He never stopped closing the performance gap between him and Alexander Albon So much so that he finished just three tenths behind the Thai driver in the last session He could therefore legitimately hope for good things in qualifying the newcomer in the discipline was too aggressive in the Lesmo turns and went too wide he did not make it past Q1 when there was space to participate in the second part of the qualifications « It was special to do my first qualifying session in F1 I enjoyed every moment of the weekend so far I made a small mistake during my second attempt which prevented me from doing a good second lap as I was well placed after my first run and I was trying to take a step forward in my second attempt The car was very competitive and I think it was possible to make it to Q2 today it is just the beginning and there are things I still need to work on even though I have only done a few laps in an F1 car and the team has worked hard to make the car suit me a bit better Williams could move up in the pack thanks to its top speed He must not get carried away at the risk of ending his race in the gravel or in a collision « It will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about the car and tires as well as the management of a full race in F1 Hadjar #20 Campos Racing 1:32.249 +0.089 8 3P Aron #17 Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:32.322 +0.162 8 4D Hauger #11 MP Motorsport 1:32.341 +0.181 8 5V Martins #1 ART Grand Prix 1:32.348 +0.188 6 6A Antonelli #4 PREMA Racing 1:32.374 +0.214 7 7J Marti #21 Campos Racing 1:32.508 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Audi announce organisational restructure ahead of F1 arrival in 2026 5 Winners and 5 Losers from Miami – Who excelled in the Sunshine State Tsunoda concedes he ‘made life much more difficult’ with five-second penalty in Miami after battling for final point ‘We took the tough decision’ – Vasseur defends Ferrari team orders situation in Miami as he acknowledges Hamilton’s frustration As Alex Albon kicked up the gravel on the exit of Curva Grande it was clear that the Italian Grand Prix was not going the way of Red Bull The Thai-British driver admitted that the move was “risky” as he unpacked a mixed Grand Prix at Monza where he ended up in sixth place with the Renault pair ahead In his second race at Red Bull, Albon was left to start eighth after the bizarre end to qualifying Ahead were both Renaults and McLaren's Carlos Sainz and all three proved very tough opposition on the long straights of Monza – where the Red Bulls aren’t so formidable when Albon was right on the rear wing of Carlos Sainz he decided to make his move through the Della Roggia chicane ending up right alongside the McLaren as the two barrelled into the entry of the first Lesmo right-hander “I was quite happy with the move into Turn 4 The Red Bull driver admitted that it wasn’t the plan to end up on the outside of the first Lesmo but it was a case of needs-must due to the Red Bull's relative lack of top speed But the problem for us is that we weren’t great on the straight so a lot of our moves had to be done deep into the brakes or into the corners If I had that much more space I would’ve stayed on the track,” he said READ MORE: Vettel ‘can’t be happy’ with race-ruining Monza spin Alexander Albon: 'I was maybe a bit too optimistic with Carlos' Albon took a short trip through the gravel on the outside of the corner who was trying to rescue the rear of his own car very late braking with that Red Bull like always we see from Max [Verstappen] and everyone who drives that car Then I managed to get the run to the inside of Turn 6 I had a bit of a nudge from the rear and I think it was just enough to get him a bit out of line “It was hard racing and I honestly lost the car a bit there was nothing I could’ve done differently,” he said as he took a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage while battling with Kevin Magnussen That left Albon to finish a decent P6 – and the next race could yield even better results a few more corners so it should be good,” said Albon “I’m quite happy with [my start at Red Bull] but otherwise it’s a good start and hopefully I can pick it up towards the end of the season.” Albon now sits ninth in the drivers’ standings one point ahead of former team mate Daniil Kvyat and equal with fourth-place finisher in Monza Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull's protest into Russell over yellow flags rejected by Miami stewards VideoRACE START: Verstappen narrowly holds onto the lead in thrilling start to Miami GP AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from the Miami GP as Piastri wins in dominant McLaren 1-2 Lewis Hamilton led FP2 at Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix by 0.003 seconds from Lando Norris while a Max Verstappen Parabolica slip and then a mid-session stoppage kept Red Bull outside the top 10 FP2 was halted for over 10 minutes through the start of the second half of the one-hour session due to Kevin Magnussen crashing his Haas at the second Lesmo the home crowd enjoyed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz knocking Hamilton and Norris down from the benchmark time with his 1m21.264s before Leclerc went even quicker with a 1m21.119s – getting away with turning in from slightly on the grass on approach to the della Roggia chicane For the second weekend in a row in an FP2 session there was an unusually early switch to the qualifying simulation runs – as the teams worked to see how the softs can cope with multiple runs on the new asphalt here The McLaren drivers led the switch and duly blitzed to the top times – with Oscar Piastri getting ahead on a 1m20.858s that featured then best times in the first and second sectors but Norris was able to nip ahead by 0.007s with his 1m20.851s Hamilton slotted in 0.317s slower and was not even able to head Leclerc’s earlier time on the mediums but the drivers were about to show it is possible to get multiple push laps from the C5 rubber in 2024 First Norris bettered the first-place benchmark with a 1m20.791 then Hamilton forged ahead on a 1m20.738s – that gave him first place by 0.003s – with both coming into the pits for front wing adjustments only between their two flying laps on the softs Verstappen’s first softs effort had to be aborted as he had to catch an oversteer snap going through the Parabolica as he was close the lap Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images Having gone into the runoff on the outside Verstappen backed off and started touring around to possibly start a second attempt after cooling his tyres but the session was then interrupted by Magnussen’s crash The Dane lost the rear of his Haas traversing Lesmo two on a soft tyre flier and spun off backwards into the gravel trap – ending up buried in the barriers after which the pack headed back out to complete the session with the typical end-of-FP2 race simulations Red Bull appeared to give Sergio Perez another chance to try the softs after he had stayed down the order pre-red flag he remained 14th and behind Verstappen’s best effort on the mediums from the early stages Perez had also missed much of the first half of the session as Red Bull worked on his RB20 in its garage The stoppage initially preserved the top 10 behind Hamilton and Norris as Sainz Aston Martin pair Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll Sainz and Leclerc had set their best times either side of Norris and Hamilton putting in their second fliers on the softs George Russell’s session was completely different to the rest as he only joined the fray 25-minutes in after Mercedes had to repair the car Andrea Kimi Antonelli had crashed in FP1 Like like the rest did a race simulation stint after the red flag but a few minutes before the end he switched to the softs and jumped from last to sixth which shuffled Bottas down to 11th and left the two Red Bulls 14th and 15th Both Mercedes drivers complained of their seats getting hot throughout FP2 Red Bull driver Verstappen had been leading the race after Ferrari polesitter Charles Leclerc made a second pitstop to change back onto a set of soft tyres He had been closing slowly on Verstappen, who was running a one-stop strategy on medium tyres, when Daniel Ricciardo stopped his McLaren between the two Lesmo corners with his car stuck in gear The car could not be moved back behind the barriers and required a crane to lift it from the roadside While the leaders pitted for fresh tyres in anticipation of a restart, the race remained under safety car conditions to the end, prompting frustration both from runner-up Leclerc and Verstappen's team boss Christian Horner "There was enough time to get that race going," Horner told Sky. "I think they picked up the wrong car, they picked up George Russell." The FIA has now responded to explain why the race ended under caution stating that the severity of the incident was not great enough to warrant a red flag An FIA spokesperson said: "While every effort was made to recover Car #3 quickly and resume racing the situation developed and marshals were unable to put the car into neutral and push it into the escape road "As the safety of the recovery operation is our only priority and the incident was not significant enough to require a red flag the race ended under safety car following the procedures agreed between the FIA and all competitors "The timing of the safety car period within a race has no bearing on this procedure." Asked by Autosport to explain what had happened Ricciardo said he had no warning that the car was about to shut down explaining that there was "nothing I could do" off the racing line obviously to a safe area as soon as possible but I couldn't see anywhere where I could pull in so I just had to stop on the grass and that was it "I tried to get out of the car as quick as possible and do what I could but obviously I heard at the end that the race ended like that under safety car "So a shame for the race but nothing I could do." Leclerc conceded that the safety car interruption had not unduly altered the outcome of his race but unfortunately we were second at that place The earlier Formula 3 feature race was red-flagged for a crash involving Kush Maini and Brad Benavides on the exit of the second Lesmo with the former's MP Motorsport car spinning across the bows of his Carlin rival This ultimately determined the championship in favour of ART driver Victor Martins who only lost one place to a five-second penalty for a track-limits infringement and thus was classified fourth HomeF1NewsItalian Grand Prix - Qualifying: Lando Norris on pole again Max Verstappen a long way behindF1Italian Grand Prix - Qualifying: Lando Norris on pole again Max Verstappen a long way behindLando Norris took his second pole position in a row after Zandvoort © Overtake/Motors Inside / Lando Norris back on pole after Zandvoort.The Q1 So when Charles Leclerc set the first interesting time in Q1 But everything could have taken a turn when Carlos Sainz went a bit too wide at the exit of Lesmo 2 The Spaniard almost lost control of his Ferrari The track conditions have significantly improved Lando Norris is the first man to go under the 1 minute 20 mark (1:19:911) A benchmark that no one has managed to beat the Mercedes were not as comfortable as during the free practice sessions Oscar Piastri was released in a very dangerous manner The Australian narrowly missed the Red Bull The situation could have turned into a tragedy he went way off track and had all four wheels in the gravel He managed to regain control of his Williams this mistake prevented him from moving on to Q2 who were at the back of the grid during free practice A performance they did not think achievable before the start of qualifying The Ferrari drivers were the first to leave the pits They were four tenths off Lando Norris' time in Q1 Max Verstappen then the two McLarens erased the time of the red cars Lando Norris once again was the fastest (1:19:727) took provisional control in the middle of Q2 The Mercedes driver was just under a tenth faster (1:19:641) The two Haas cars that were having a great start to the lap The two Alpines did not manage to challenge Nico Hülkenberg's tenth place Fernando Alonso did not make it through to Q2 by a tenth of a second Max Verstappen once again had a scare in the pits The situation was noted by the race directors The McLarens proved that they were comfortable on this track by driving even faster than in Q2 It is worth noting that Sergio Perez went faster than his teammate on the first attempt The Dutchman made a mistake in the final sector The triple world champion's second attempt is also bad Lando Norris improved his lap time (1:19:327) Just when a Ferrari had a chance to be in the top three George Russell came and dashed the hopes of the tifosi Les photos du samedi au Grand Prix d'Italie. Toutes les photos The towering trees that used to push right up against the twin quick right-handers early in the second sector have been dramatically thinned – the race missing an almost tunnel-like area where natural beauty met cutting-edge racing technology.  The area around the track’s second chicane – the Variante della Roggia – is also looking shockingly barren this year including as it backs onto the long straight that leads up the Ascari chicane.  this part of northern Italy was struck by a series of severe thunderstorms.  These were so ferocious that the wind felled approximately 10,000 trees in the former royal Monza park as per information gathered by Autosport from event organisers.  Two storms in four days between 21-24 July did the real damage fell in a domino-like effect as they hit others nearby The falling branches and trunks also badly damaged Monza’s track barriers and guardrails although the circuit’s asphalt surface and its kerbs escaped harm.  working with employees from the local government worked hard to clear the debris and repair the damage in the time that led up to this weekend’s event and it has resulted in no disruption.  Trees had to be cleared from many of the walkways and access roads around the Monza circuit site although the larger fanzones placed on wider grassy areas were largely unaffected.  F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said ahead of the Italian GP weekend: “We have to thank the circuit managers because after all the damage to the structures caused by bad weather in July they were engaged in a race against time to be able to guarantee the conditions to be able to carry out the race weekend.”   He added: “It wasn't obvious [the race would go ahead] We know that in August it's not easy to be able to count on businesses [that are typically short on staff due to the holiday season] Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas said after driving the track in Friday practice that previously he could "never remember seeing those mountains so clearly after the main straight” before so many trees had come down around the track “It looks visually a bit different,” he added Going on that back straight [through the Lesmo complex] just everything feels a bit more wide open.”   Domenicali also said that the Monza event organisers are set to conduct a series of improvement works to the track and paddock ahead of the 2024 edition of the Italian GP.  Approximately 10,000 trees were lost at Monza in recent storms Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images “As for the future, they confirmed to me that the necessary renovation work on the facility will begin after the end of the [2023] grand prix,” said the former Ferrari team boss.  because next year it's necessary to show signs of improvement but we also need to keep up with the times in terms of services which must be in line with the prices paid by those who come to the racetrack we will have clear ideas about the future”.   This is the second 2023 F1 race in Italy to be tinged with tragedy – albeit in this case only in terms of environmental damage as nobody was hurt in the storms that damaged so many trees in the Monza parkland.  the Imola event had to be cancelled due to heavy rain causing severe flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region where at least 15 people were killed and tens of thousands were displaced.  the Monza track organisation is embarking on a replanting effort to replace the lost trees with Domenicali joining in at the start of this weekend’s event (pictured above).  But with many of them being hundreds of years old it will take a long time before one of motorsport’s brilliant beauty spots is anything like what it used to be Additional reporting by Roberto Chinchero and Jonathan Noble Lando Norris took his fourth pole position of the F1 2024 season The McLaren driver made evident on track the dominance of the MCL38 over the rest of the field he was the fastest man in the Italian Grand Prix qualifying Lando Norris beat Oscar Piastri by +0.109s to take pole position at Monza The grid was ordered by teams with McLaren dominating Red Bull found themselves one step below the top three with Max Verstappen finishing the qualifying in P7 his worst qualifying result since Singapore 2023 and +0.695s behind Lando Norris Max Verstappen’s Q3 lap was particularly slow in comparison to Lando Norris’ And Lando himself was not satisfied with his lap Max made a mistake at the exit of the second Lesmo corner when he may have been disturbed by his team-mate Sergio Perez who touched the gravel with his left rear tyre and made the Dutch driver make a small correction at the corner entry the RB20’s speed through the Ascari Chicane was particularly poor by comparison to their front-running rivals Norris was able to be 9km/h faster at this point which also allowed McLaren to have more speed going into the long straight before Parabolica But also in Parabolica the differences were tremendously significant Norris and Piastri were able to be 10km/h faster in this key Monza corner before the final metres approaching the 1.1km long main straight Verstappen admitted to the media present at the circuit that Red Bull should have been closer to McLaren – calling his car “not driveable” during qualifying as the ideal lap times for each team have shown previously 👉 Winners and losers from the 2024 Italian Grand Prix qualifying 👉 Follow PlanetF1.com’s WhatsApp and Facebook channels for all the F1 breaking news! even with his Q2 lap that was almost four-tenths of a second better than his best Q3 lap Verstappen was aiming for P7 at best at the Italian Grand Prix qualifying Mercedes and Ferrari were out of Red Bull’s reach and much further ahead was McLaren in a league of their own Red Bull’s Sector 1 was quite competitive thanks to Verstappen’s slightly higher top speed than McLaren the Ferrari engines were the clear dominators of qualifying at Monza Fernando Alonso managed to reach 354km/h with his Mercedes powered Aston Martin thanks to a slipstream from Oscar Piastri in his Q2 flying lap Max Verstappen’s Sector 2 lap in Q2 was competitive but he didn’t manage to beat Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri the time lost in both the Ascari Chicane and Parabolica was too significant If we analyse Max Verstappen’s Q2 lap in more detail against his Q3 lap we can indeed see that Sergio Perez’s mistake in Lesmo 2 affected Max in this same corner The Mexican driver was just in front of him and the gravel dust made him lose focus and almost three tenths of a second at this spot His cornering around Ascari also worsened between Q2 and Q3 although here the time loss was less than in Lesmo where he carried the best minimum speed corner in his Q2 lap Verstappen therefore faces a challenging race at the Italian Grand Prix where the main objective will be to minimise damage with the Drivers’ Championship in mind Fighting for the podium should be his aspiration and for that he will have to beat Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz as well as George Russell and Lewis Hamilton a complicated but not impossible mission for Max Lando Norris on the other hand has a great opportunity with team-mate Oscar Piastri as his biggest rival at the start with both McLaren drivers looking to maximise the team’s points haul as the fight with Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship gets ever closer Read next: ‘Furious’ Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes ‘deserve better’ after Italian GP qualifying © Planet Sport Limited 2025 • All Rights Reserved Ahead of discussions to secure the Italian Grand Prix's future beyond next year the president of the Italian racing federation the ACI has revealed a host of changes he wants implemented by 2022 According to a report in Gazzetta dello Sport Damiani wants a new circuit configuration that will make the track faster and secure its claim to the 'Temple of Speed' tag An initial suggestion is to remove one of the track's three chicanes - most likely the second one - and open up the second Lesmo so it returns to being a faster challenge while the addition of new access roads and a new main grandstand as well as the possible renovation of the old banking Damiani suggests that having a full workable banking could make Monza a unique attraction with The cost of the project has been costed at €100m but Damiani has not been put off by the amount of money it will take and thinks it can be raised through contributions from the local and national governments He told Gazzetta dello Sport: "The money will be found in some way." Key to the project moving forward will be an extension of the Italian GP contract which has not yet been renewed as Liberty and race promoters have yet to agree a price Capcom has released a brand new trailer for Ultra Street Fighter IV showing off the move-set for Poison one of the five new characters being added to the roster Ultra will add five new characters and six new stages to the Street Fighter IV roster the fifth new character is yet to be announced by Capcom and is still the subject of speculation among fans The update will be released on consoles in June a full retail version will be priced at $39.99/€39.99 and fans with existing copies of Street Fighter IV or Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will be able to download Ultra digitally for $14.99/€14.99 PC gamers unfortunately will have to wait until August also wears a hoodie at all times to hide how fat he truly is An upcoming pack of downloadable content for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will feature Alucard as a playable character The official press release for this DLC claims that: The DLC expands the incredible story of the recently-released sequel with the fate of the Belmont clan unveiled including use of the Glaciem and Igneas powers Alucard also has vampiric abilities which allow him to transform into a wolf drink the blood of your enemies to intensify your immortal powers The pack will focus on events that take place directly before the storyline in the main game of Lords of Shadow 2 You can read our thoughts on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 by reading our review At one time I was reticent about publishing photographs of fatal motor racing accidents in my books or in MOTOR SPORT It seemed rather distasteful and even disrespectful since William Court’s interestingly morbid Grand Prix Requiem (Patrick Stephens 1992 £20) has been published and a contemporary magazine has used pictures of the horrible crash at Brooklands when Joseph Paul (not Hall ) lost control of his Delage and ran into the spectators with Chitty-Bang-Bang-like aeroengined motor-cars in the news again perhaps it may not be considered unseemly to investigate what may have ended the career of Count Louis Zborowski in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in September 1924 The mercurial Count had ambitions to drive in Grand Prix races as well as achieve wins at Brooklands with his outrageously big cars To this end he had financed the struggling Aston Martin company run by enthusiast Lionel Martin so that he could have suitable road racing cars built in the form of this marques twin-cam machines even though they were half-a-litre under the size of the current GP entries Having by 1924 achieved quite a number of successes with these Aston-Martins and ventured to run his quite unsuitable two-litre straight-eight Miller Mercedes offered Zborowski a drive in one of its new works cars in the Italian GP at Monza Why Mercedes did so is subject to conjecture It may have been because it was forming a fresh GP team and had a vacancy in a fourth car whose father had been killed in his new Mercedes Sixty at the 1903 La Turbie hillclimb Or was it that Mercedes saw in the wealthy Count Zborowski a useful means of regaining favour after the war with a British public who knew of the skill bravery and success of Zborowski at Brooklands and in other English speed events one of the team of four Ferdinand Porsche-designed two-litre Roots-supercharged Mercedes was allocated to Zborowski The other drivers were veteran Christian Werner Italian Targa Florio victor Count Giulio Masetti and Alfred Neubauer who in 1926 decided he preferred running a racing team to driving and was to become one of the greatest managers of a racing department of all time architect of the dominant Mercedes-Benz victories of the immediate pre-WW2 period and beyond The heavyweight Otto Metz and new-boy Rudi Caracciola were there as reserves Taking on the 1922 Shelsley Walsh in an Aston Martin 1.5 litre ‘Strasbourg’ the Mercedes racers traversed the Alps from Stuttgart but after Werner had done one lap of the Monza Autodrome his car overheated and they were all returned hastily to headquarters for a redesign This caused the 1924 Italian GP to be postponed because Fiat had withdrawn its team of cars and this would have reduced the entry to the four car P2 Alfa Romeo team and a few insignificant also-rans So it was not until October 19 that the Italian GP got going Zborowski had endured a disappointing 200 Mile Race with an 1100cc Salmson before he went out to Italy for his first Grand Prix drive in a works car The race was over 497 miles of the combined track and road circuit The Mercedes arrived on Continental tyres but On the opening lap Masetti was second to the leading Alfa Romeo but soon dropped back to fourth place before retiring on lap 43 with a reported severed fuel pipe Werner was going well until he had to stop on his 17th lap for fresh sparking plugs Neubauer had the same trouble and handed his car to Metz Caracciola being reluctant to fill this place Only a few spectators witnessed the accident which happened at lightning speed as Zborowski left the Lesmo bend and was about to go into the straight before the easier bend.… He had been delayed at the start because of a sticking clutch The eight-cylinder Mercedes engines had proved to be reluctant to fire up to the extent that ether had to be fed from a small tank under the scuttle to the carburettors to induce them to start Werner had also been delayed on the line when the flag fell at 10 am he had to stop to change tyres but got away again News of this did not reach the Mercedes pits until Antonio Ascari was being flagged home as the winner Ascari’s team-mates Wagner and Campari/Presenti were second and third Zborowski’s accident happened at the fast Lesmo curve Early reports suggested that the Mercedes had run wide and collided with a tree (no Armco then of course) and that the car had then skidded back across the road and struck another one head on was not too badly injured but Zborowski died soon afterwards Sammy Davis told how he heard of the death of his friend after ” the loudspeaker of my set was switched on and because it suggests that at this still experimental stage in wireless broadcasts Davis must have had a pretty powerful set if he received the transmission direct from Italy But maybe he heard the announcement on 2LO if lt was in Sunday evening action as early as 1924 could have had the news from Reuters and transmitted it as Zborowski was so well known and liked in this country with whom I travelled to see Fred Ellis’s restoration of a twin-cam Aston-Martin similar to that the Count raced when Gallop was Zborowski’s engineer that not only did the Monza Autodrome authorities hold a three-day inquiry into the crash but that he was ordered to attend a similar investigation by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Gallop had the dismal task of conveying the Count’s body to his home at Higham the coffin being carried from Dover to the house on Zborowski’s aged Mercedes truck on which his racing cars had been transported to European circuits I have heard that it expired on the house drive with a seized-up steering column the bushes thereof being made of poor wartime material First accounts of the accident suggested that a seized cable on one of the Mercedes’ front brakes had prevented the driver from releasing the brake after sliding on oil on the corner (as early disc brakes did when used on the sports/racing Jaguars) This theory was given some credence because Masetti’s four-cylinder Mercedes had crashed three weeks earlier at San Sebastian for this very reason In practice Neubauer had lost his Mercedes at the same Lesmo corner causing the car to spin round on the wet road and hit a bank; Neubauer and his mechanic Hemmingway were uninjured But the Mercedes investigation found nothing wrong with either car suggests that immediately after Zborowski’s pit stop a tyre deflated It is true that in a photograph of the wrecked car one front tyre is clearly flat but this could have been caused by the impact As the axle appears to have been torn from the chassis it is difficult to decide whether it was the near or offside tyre that punctured Zborowski was known to have lit a cigarette during his stop But it should be remembered that many people smoked in those days and the Count was often seen to be doing so as his multi-plate clutch was still inoperative and he knew how difficult the Mercedes’ engine was to start He threw away the fag after getting going again in spite of the ‘solid’ clutch By now the race must have looked hopeless to Zborowski In the end the fifth place Schmid was 10 laps in arrears of the winning P2 Campari needing his reserve driver and Metz replacing Neubauer that Zborowski would have wanted to show that his Mercedes could do something as other drivers have done in very recent races and he may well have been on the limit of his car’s road-holding when the accident occurred He may also have been tired at this stage of the race Although Zborowski had lots of track racing experience could not have amounted to much more than 1000 miles whereas the Type 218 engine of the Mercedes in which he was killed developed 170 bhp at 7000 rpm (and would run up to 8000) but the power did not come in until some 5000 A three-speed gearbox rendered pick-up slow which would not have appealed to the Count’s temperament the cause of the accident was ascribed to oil at the slightly banked It was suggested that the Alfa Romeos had a catch tank in their tails which became overfilled after the lubrication systems had been replenished at the pits because at first the scavenge pumps could not cope and that they thus put oil on the course — and I have never seen a refutation of this from Alfa Romeo It was also suggested that oil to supply the superchargers of any of blown cars might pass into the exhaust systems and onto the track it would seem that the real cause of Zborowski’s death was probably the poor handling of the eight-cylinder Mercedes After Mercedes GB had one of these cars brought to England for Raymond Mays to drive in 1927 he said that during a test run on a private road he braked for a corner and locked over the steering wheel and the car’s tail spun round in a flash In an uncontrollable broadside he went off the road Mays described the roadholding as “appalling” – and the German mechanics who had accompanied the car agreed lapping at 116.91 mph and claiming 130 down the Railway straight He was second in his race to Eyston’s 1 1/2-Iitre Bugatti but found the Mercedes “all but unmanageable” that he was “damn lucky to be alive” Lady Dorothy PAget then bought the car from T&Ts for a large sum of money for Sir Henry Birkin to race after big Hartford shock absorbers and a TNT steering damper had been fitted in a bid to tame it Birkin abandoned the idea after using it in one Mountain-circuit race at Brooklands in 1931 On a cold New York winter evening in February 1954 Rudi Caracciola stepped stiffly from a taxi outside Le Chanteclair restaurant at 18 East 49th Street this 1924 Mercedes languished at T&Ts until it was acquired by J A Peck (When Mays used it the starting trouble had not been cured He said the mechanics kept the revs to 6000 from a cold start and even when warm he found it would stop if the speed became too slow At Brooklands Mays saw 7400 rpm in top gear but getting to this speed “took entirely too long”.) These Mercedes later gained a number of successes in hillclimbs and speed trials and Caracciola won the 1926 German GP in one of them running it as a stripped ‘sports car’ Its handling was now perhaps a little better Even so Rudi stalled at the start and had to be push-started started cleanly but later ran off the wet track into a timekeepers’ box How wise Caracciola had been to refuse to drive at Monza two years earlier It does seem fairly conclusive that the poor handling was the cause of Zborowski’s fatal accident to which Peck drew our attention when I took Gallop to see his car in 1948 saying he was surprised that Porsche and T&Ts failed to notice it in his great work on Mercedes and Benz racing cars the standard reference work on the subject that the angularity of the long drag-link encouraged steering kick-back with suspension movement and the hard springing probably altered the castor action the hubs off-set to the rear of the kingpins It is an unhappy thought that had Zborowski abandoned the Grand Prix when told the night before of his Mercedes’ clutch trouble or had Len Martin not been able to push-start the car either at the beginning of the event or after the tyre stop the Count would have returned the Lancia Lambda lent to him by the Monza authorities and lived to race again there is no place in motor racing for ifs and buts American racers Mario Andretti and Phil Hill have a lot of successes in common McLaren stole the show at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix with a dominant 1-2 finish that left rivals trembling Here are the key takeaways from a pivotal weekend in Formula 1 The Miami Grand Prix weekend was action packed both on and off the track Here's a look at what you may have missed from the event McLaren crushed the opposition in the Miami Grand Prix with Piastri taking his third straight win in a race that looked like Norris's to lose Mark Hughes answers the main questions from the sixth round of the 2025 season the holy hermit who lived in Glen Tanar around 790 AD this heavenly historic home is full of blessings Like something straight out of a fairytale this otherworldly home instantly catches the eye with its Rapunzel style tower and striking granite exterior The magic continues inside where there are five bedrooms home office and a large garden with fruit and vegetable patches plus a greenhouse Every inch of the wonderful home is brimming with happy memories for Debbie Barber who has lived at the C-listed property for the past 46 years Debbie has reluctantly put it on the market as she prepares to move to New Zealand to be closer to her family “The house was built about 1900 for the head forester of Glen Tanar and it was named after St Lesmo the hermit saint who lived in Glen Tanar,” says Debbie “It later became the rectory for St Thomas church until the church sold it to us in 1977 “So I shared it with my husband Harold and our twins John and Helen.” From the moment that Debbie saw St Lesmo Tower “We were attracted to the beautiful and spacious home and its wonderful spacious grounds,” says Debbie It’s no surprise that Debbie was bowled over when she first stepped foot inside the handsome home with its plethora of fine period features such as panelled doors Setting a stylish tone is the superb welcoming hallway and spacious lower hallway with its beautiful decorative archway providing access to the ground floor Relaxing with family or entertaining guests is easy in the fantastic lounge which has an attractive open fire and a quirky seating area with views to the front and side gardens Sunday roast dinners can be enjoyed in the dining area which has a period fireplace and two cupboards Debbie says the property has been the perfect setting for family parties “We’ve enjoyed memorable gatherings on Aboyne Games days and with the now extended family at Christmas,” says Debbie Music fans will also be in their element as this property also has a family room which has been turned into a music room the kitchen has all the right ingredients with excellent storage and space for dining there’s a back kitchen/utility room with stairs leading to the former maids’ rooms which are currently used for storage but could potentially be turned into an office or hobby room The back kitchen/utility room also has a side door to the garden as well as a back door to the back of the property Extra storage space can be found in the handy shelved larder Also on the ground floor is a shower room and an outdoor toilet and sink there are five bedrooms including the master bedroom with a fireplace and beautiful views Keen gardeners are sure to fall in love with the outstanding garden grounds From the extensive vegetable and fruit garden to the greenhouse and the wildlife enriched wooded area The garden is one of the things that Debbie will miss most “I will miss the large-scale garden,” says Debbie sitting in the sunshine on the sheltered lawn and being so near to Aboyne Community Centre and the riverside walks from the door.” Asked who she thinks the property will suit next Debbie says: “I think the property will suit families and also anyone who loves characterful period homes,” says Debbie “I think the appeal to buyers is the lovely characterful house in a wonderful location and the fact that it’s South facing “It’s also so near to the schools and other facilities in desirable Aboyne.” Other key features include the exceptionally large driveway oil fired central heating and a combi boiler To arrange a viewing contact Laurie & Co on 01339 755535 Comments are currently disabled as they require cookies and it appears you've opted out of cookies on this site. To participate in the conversation, please adjust your cookie preferences in order to enable comments and many of its MotoGP activities are based in its home country recently hosted the renowned website SPEEDWEEK.com at the facilities and explained what happens there: as well as the logistics department to manage all activities globally along with Lin Jarvis’s [MotoGP management director] office There is also a small engineering department here for the development of the M1 Performance analysis is also carried out here – our engineers share information with colleagues in Japan And what led Yamaha to create this key space in Italy but travel logistics in Europe are easier from here because we used to have part of MotoGP in the Netherlands There is also a department in Lesmo that works on the engines assembling them throughout the season with parts produced in Japan Dosoli explained why the engines do not come fully assembled to Europe: ‘If you have a problem with an engine we are more flexible because most of the races are in Europe’ celebrating 25 consecutive years on the calendar a former MotoGP rider between 2014 and 2018 recently shared his critical view on the current environment in the premier category paddock Italian rider for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is preparing to return to action at the French Grand Prix Yamaha's technical director in the premier class stressed the importance of Miguel Oliveira's return to action who was sidelined for several Grands Prix.. Fabio Quartararo surprised everyone at the MotoGP Spanish GP by bringing the Monster Energy Yamaha back to the front for the first time in a long while © 2025 M Sports - Premium news & magazine M Sports Please enter your username or email address to reset your password © 2025 M Sports - Premium news & magazine M Sports HomeF1NewsTwo DRS zones at MonzaF1Two DRS zones at MonzaAfter the race at SPA Francorchamps the F1 circus will head to Italy and Monza there will be two DRS zones like in Valencia and Montreal to facilitate overtaking ©DR / The two DRS zonesOn the occasion of the upcoming Italian GP in Monza the FIA has just announced the presence of two zones for the DRS system A change since there is usually only one zone at other Grand Prix events of the season The first zone is located on the main straight while its detection will be at the exit of the Parabolica The second zone will be between the second Lesmo corner and the Ascari chicane with detection occurring between the two Lesmo curves George Truefitt was one of the founding fathers of the AA and 33 of his buildings remain protected Given the number of elite architects connected with the Architectural Association (AA) in the past 170 years it is somewhat baffling that its founding fathers are now almost all forgotten Among them Charles Gray and Robert Kerr were the best known yet Sir John Summerson considered the under-celebrated George Truefitt (1824-1902) to be the most brilliant of all and out of the 37 buildings attributed to him now standing Truefitt had always been a nonconformist in architecture since his formative years; as a fledging young architect who had built nothing he cofounded the AA with other like-minded individuals and publicly criticised other copycat architects that subscribed to Pugin’s prevalent doctrines of historical correctness he was a leader in London’s suburban eclectic architecture leaving a legacy in Islington including his best known building the grade II listed St George’s Church in Tufnell Park Truefitt’s most interesting and original buildings express modern sensibilities far ahead of his peers with his most innovative buildings appearing after 1870 When his style-obsessed contemporary Richard Norman Shaw was busy inaugurating yet another new fashion label Truefitt had started to develop a contextualised architecture by exploring locally sourced materials and even adopting a 'minimalist' approach on some occasions A number of these buildings anticipate the advent of modernism as Truefitt had the courage to abandon ornaments some 40 years before Adolf Loos allowing the beauty of the natural material to radiate of its own accord What’s particularly noticeable about Truefitt’s architecture is that all the novel things most architects still preach today were quietly being practised by Truefitt back in the 1870s This private estate lies in an eye-arresting valley hermitically cut off from the outside world so Truefitt’s idiosyncratic experiment remains virtually unknown to the architectural audience His Tower of Ess was built in the early 1870s as an entrance lodge to Glen Tanar Truefitt fully exploited the scenic beauty of the surroundings as well as local resources such as a technique named ‘cherry-cocking’: embedding pebbles within the mortar between the granites allowing the relatively undressed blocks to be aligned neatly into courses The building was made of local granite of various colours which became finer as the building went up His buildings usually do not have a principal elevation or a ‘show front’ All elevations of Tower of Ess are different with one side showing only one door opening It could be mistaken as a building designed by a modernist master like Lewerentz or even Zumthor His Church of St Lesmo is also impressively existential It is a private chapel within the estate converted in 1871 from the ruins of a house with a 17th century archway Truefitt took a consciously primitive approach to the design a century before Hungarian maverick Imre Makovecz He added a roof made of unsawn rustic pine and heather thatch It is a ‘homemade’ building in the true sense of the word: built with recycled materials from the ruins local granite and the pine from the forests nearby; even the seats were covered with local deerskin The inside of the chapel is lit by very few rectangular openings on the granite walls with cherry-cocking The dimly-lit interior and the tactile raw materials like the deer fur rough-faced granite and unsawn pine all contribute to the creation of an atmospheric ambience It is an exceptional piece of Victorian architecture that echoes the emotional quality of the 20th century works of Lewerentz or Van der Laan Both tower and chapel are category B listed by Historic Environment Scotland – two remarkable buildings ahead of their time Truefitt’s striving for originality is as evident in his writings as buildings; he was a lone wolf who executed every drawing by himself leaving no disciplines – nor he was ever considered part of the establishment of high Victorian architecture Truefitt’s buildings and approach are perhaps even more pertinent today and have a lasting resonance for which he should be better remembered Tszwai So is director at Spheron Architects and one of RIBAJ’s Rising Stars 2016 Sign up to receive regular briefings, updates and our weekly newsletter – all designed to bring you the best stories from RIBAJ.com Sign up to receive regular briefings, updates and our weekly newsletter – all designed to bring you the best stories from RIBAJ.com Credit: Greater Manchester PolicePolice are hunting a man in connection with a spate of alleged parcel thefts on the same street in the run-up to Christmas More than 30 parcels were stolen from homes on St Officers believe a man took parcels from three different addresses in just 10 minutes on 19 December before going on to impersonate a homeowner to receive another parcel from a delivery driver He then returned the following afternoon and tailgated another delivery driver into an apartment complex in St Lesmo Road before getting into the mailroom stuffing a shopping bag with more than 30 parcels and escaping Police has now released a picture of the man they want to speak to in connection with the thefts and they describe him as being about 5ft 6in tall Detectives say he was wearing a hat and a scarf over his mouth at the time of the incidents together with a black cap and a black bubble coat the Italian rider who will replace Jorge Martín at Aprilia Racing for the French Grand Prix shows great enthusiasm for his return to Le Mans © 2024 Motociclismo - All rights reserved Motociclismo © 2024 Motociclismo - All rights reserved Motociclismo.  My NewsSign Out Sign InCreate your free profileSections news Alerts  27 shows Francesca Pascale at villa Gernetto in Lesmo the disgraced former prime minister of Italy who became infamous for hosting "bunga bunga" sex parties has announced a relationship with a politician 49 years his junior as he seeks to return to power despite facing an underage prostitution trial The billionaire former leader told television viewers Sunday he is now in a steady relationship with Francesca Pascale a 27-year-old political councilor in his People of Freedom Party beautiful on the outside and even more beautiful on the inside.” Disgraced Berlusconi says he'll run for fourth term as Italy's premier Pascale bears a striking resemblance to Berlusconi’s ex-wife who left him in 2009 after accusing him of consorting with minors He was forced to resign in November 2011 when it became clear he could not deal with Italy’s economic crisis but nevertheless Berlusconi made a surprise announcement last week that he will be seeking a fourth term as prime minister in the government elections in late February Berlusconi has been at the center of countless scandals and gained worldwide notoriety as the host of the so-called "bunga bunga" parties private dinners that allegedly led to sexy shows performed by his young and attractive guests He is also a defendant in a trial over allegations that he paid an escort known as “Ruby the heart-stealer” in exchange for sex when she was still a minor Complete World coverage on NBCNews.com Silvio Berlusconi and Francesca Pascale attend a soccer match on Dec 4 in Milan./A judge on Monday set the date for the final hearing of that trial in early February making a verdict possible before the elections Italy’s new first lady will be one-third the prime minister's Follow World News from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook Rome: The archbishop of Milan has suspended a 46-year-old priest charged with paying a teenage boy for sex Cardinal Angelo Scola appealed to parishioners for "unity" as he announced he was suspending Father Alberto Paolo Lesmo from his duties as parish priest in the Milan neighbourhood of Muggiano "Cardinal Scola and his colleagues express their distress and their pain those close to him and for Father Lesmo," it said It said it had only recently learnt that the priest was the subject of a probe launched in 2013 as he had hidden it from his superiors The alleged abuse occurred between 2009 and 2011 was a teen at the time and prostituted himself to fund his habit The archidiocese has opened its own investigation Child sex abuse scandals have dogged the Catholic Church in recent years with alleged victims breaking their silence in the United States Pope Francis has approved the creation of an internal church tribunal to punish bishops who cover up sex abuse by priests but networks of abuse survivors are sceptical that much will change